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Johanna Joyce
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Professor, University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
President-Elect, European Association for Cancer Research
Mentor, Teacher, Advocate, Mum
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · Dec 11
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪

A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉

Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌

In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇

Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏
For cancer biologist Johanna Joyce, teaching is essential to being a well-rounded scientist
Advice on finding a supportive academic environment, building inclusivity in science, tackling scientific problems with an open mind, and more from Dr. Joyce.
www.cell.com
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who.int
#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:

9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment

Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
A WHO graphic showing close-up hands making the “finger heart” gesture. A woman smiles softly in the blurred background. Text on the right reads: “EVERY ACTION COUNTS. 90% GIRLS VACCINATED. 70% WOMEN SCREENED. 90% TREATED BY 2030.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Wonderful kick-off meeting this week in Barcelona for our new @adaptmet.bsky.social PhD ITN!

So inspiring to meet our 16 new PhD students, welcome new PIs and reconnect with friends from Evomet ITN - a true celebration of diversity and excellence in #metastasis research across Europe 🙌

adaptmet.eu
Group photo of the PhD students and PIs of the ADAPTMET international training network https://adaptmet.eu
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Join us behind the scenes at the EACR Congress!

Go inside the decision-making process - how the programme comes together, what the committee looks for in cutting-edge science, and how the meeting sparks the next big ideas in cancer research.

magazine.eacr.org/behind-the-s...
Behind the scenes at the EACR Congress - Episode 26 of The Cancer Researcher Podcast - The Cancer Researcher
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of the Annual Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, a four day congress dedicated to basic, preclinical and translational cancer research…
magazine.eacr.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Honored to be among the #HighlyCited2025 researchers - which is truly a testament to the brilliant, dedicated scientists in my lab, and our many generous collaborators in Lausanne and beyond 🙏

@fbm-unil.bsky.social
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The opening of registrations and abstract submission is just around the corner for the EACR 2026 Annual Congress, so what better time to reflect on our Travel Grant winners' experiences of EACR 2025 that took place earlier this year in Lisbon, Portugal.

Read more: magazine.eacr.org/eacr-2025-co...
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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💡 A new study in @cp-iscience.bsky.social led by @johannajoyce.bsky.social (@fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @ludwigcancer.bsky.social) & Jean Hausser (@scilifelab.se @ki.se) tracks how #breast #tumors change over time, cell by cell.
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1762789...
Time in the tumor: how cancer and immunity evolve together
By tracking thousands of cells over time, a study in iScience from Johanna Joyce and Jean Hausser exposes how cancer and immunity evolve together and where therapy might strike most effectively. This ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Yet another great reason to live in Europe!!

Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging 😀

An analysis of aging in >86,000 participants across 27 European countries

Amoruso et al, Nature Aging 🧪⏳

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses - & which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way?

Excited to share our new study on the #TME answering this question!

Great collaboration with the Hausser lab 🧪🧬🔬

Open access link: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Study reveals dynamics of breast tumor microenvironment over time | Johanna Joyce posted on the topic | LinkedIn
How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses — and which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way? In this new study, a wonderful collaboration with Jean Hausser and his l...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Magical #evening colors over the lake

#blueskyartshow #nature #photography
Lake Geneva / Lac Léman painted in pastel colors just after sunset.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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New issue of Nature - with NINE studies on #brain #development from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) 🧠🧪🔬

An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain!

🧠 Immersive feature:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

🧠 Perspective:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of this week's Nature showing a brain rendering Cover caption from the journal: Brain development: Our ability to process information into complex emotions, behaviours and decisions relies on the rich diversity of cell types that make up the human brain. Uncovering the molecular and cellular events that take place during brain development could reveal not only the mechanisms that give rise to this diversity but also shed light on how this process might go awry in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. In this week’s issue, the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) builds on its previous work creating atlases of cell types in the adult mouse, non-human primate (NHP) and human brains to present cell-type atlases of the developing human, mouse and NHP brains. Across a suite of papers, nine of which are published in Nature, the researchers uncover the complex programs through which cell types emerge during brain development in humans and animals, revealing both the shared and unique features of the human brain. The latest work, along with future research directions, is summed up in a Perspective article by Tomasz Nowakowski and colleagues
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Could understanding how #cancer cells talk to their neighbours help stop the disease? Johanna Joyce, a regular at #VIBConf, will uncover these new ways to predict, prevent, and treat cancer. Join #THPT25 before 26 Nov and decode the therapies that outsmart cancer: vibbio.tech/3Le9oAr
#tumorbiology
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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#autumn #alps 🍂🗻🍁🇨🇭
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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A place to pause and enjoy the #autumn colors 🍂🍁

#blueskyartshow #nature #photography
A simple wooden bench in front of of a lake, reflecting the oranges and yellows of trees as they change their colors
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
go.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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NEW Perspective by @alazozcan.bsky.social, Tommaso Vicanolo, Veronique Angeli, Yuval Rinkevich & @drusqui.bsky.social presents a model of immune cells as architects of tissue barriers, by depositing matrix components or by interactions with structural cells and the ECM
#structuralimmunity #immunosky
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers - Nature Reviews Immunology
This Perspective presents a framework of ‘structural immunity’ that positions immune cells as architects of tissue structure. Beyond their roles in antimicrobial defence, we posit that immune cells co...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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People with some cancers live longer after COVID vaccination 😮

mRNA vaccines can augment immune checkpoint inhibition efficacy for patients with skin or lung cancers - by globally boosting immune responses 💉🧪⚕️

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Grippen et al study:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Love our university campus in autumn 🍂🧡♥️
October 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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An intense sunset over the lake, with the clouds glowing as if on fire

#blueskyartshow #photography #glow
Clouds over the lake are painted in vivid colours of pink, orange and blue as the sun sets
October 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Glow
A golden dandelion
A close up photo of a dandelion seed head. A single green stem with hundreds of thinner stems radiating out in a fluffy circle. Behind is a golden sunset that is illuminating the dandelion
October 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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An intense sunset over the lake, with the clouds glowing as if on fire

#blueskyartshow #photography #glow
Clouds over the lake are painted in vivid colours of pink, orange and blue as the sun sets
October 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Johanna Joyce
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Great success of the #ASEICAMujer activity at the #aseicacongress !! Thank you @loreav.bsky.social and @nuriaferrandiz.bsky.social for organizing and @johannajoyce.bsky.social and #AnaJanic for their inspiring example👏🏻👏🏻. @aseica.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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🔬💊 The first day of the 20th #ASEICACongress has been a bliss!

📍 Opening lecture with @johannajoyce.bsky.social 
👉 Official opening with Rafa López and @arkaitzcarracedo.bsky.social 
🧬 Thanks Juan Mari Aburto (@bilbao_udala) and @RaquelYotti (@cienciagob.bsky.social) for joining us!
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM