Kelsey Monson, PhD
@kelseymonson.bsky.social
NCI K00 Postdoctoral Research Fellow @IcahnMountSinai | PhD @NYUGrossman | MS @ColumbiaMSPH | Defining molecular signatures of immunotherapy outcomes
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Inherited mitochondrial genetics as a predictor of immune checkpoint inhibition efficacy in melanoma - Nature Medicine
In this genomic analysis of peripheral blood samples of the phase 3 CheckMate-067 trial of ipilimumab (IPI) versus nivolumab (NIVO) versus ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) in melanoma, the status o...
www.nature.com
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Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Join us for Season 2 of NYC Postdoc Night Science, tomorrow at Weill Cornell! Register below:
Free registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
Our team includes Kelsey Monson, Ramon Massoni-Badosa and Tim Stearns!
@kelseymonson.bsky.social @rmassonix.bsky.social @stearnslab.bsky.social
Our team includes Kelsey Monson, Ramon Massoni-Badosa and Tim Stearns!
@kelseymonson.bsky.social @rmassonix.bsky.social @stearnslab.bsky.social
Postdoc Night Science NYC (October 15 2025)
Register here for the next session for postdoctoral fellows in the NYC area to practice the creative scientific process. For questions contact Itai Yanai (itai.yanai@nyulangone.org)
Date: October 15,...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us for Season 2 of NYC Postdoc Night Science, tomorrow at Weill Cornell! Register below:
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Hard to believe I'm celebrating my one-year anniversary at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai this week!
I'm proud to be part of such a brilliant, collaborative, and innovative community. I've learned so much, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
#WeFindAWay
#MountSinaiMilestone
I'm proud to be part of such a brilliant, collaborative, and innovative community. I've learned so much, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
#WeFindAWay
#MountSinaiMilestone
July 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hard to believe I'm celebrating my one-year anniversary at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai this week!
I'm proud to be part of such a brilliant, collaborative, and innovative community. I've learned so much, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
#WeFindAWay
#MountSinaiMilestone
I'm proud to be part of such a brilliant, collaborative, and innovative community. I've learned so much, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
#WeFindAWay
#MountSinaiMilestone
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Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Inherited mitochondrial genetics as a predictor of immune checkpoint inhibition efficacy in melanoma - Nature Medicine
In this genomic analysis of peripheral blood samples of the phase 3 CheckMate-067 trial of ipilimumab (IPI) versus nivolumab (NIVO) versus ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) in melanoma, the status o...
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🧵1/
Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Medicine!
We found that your mitochondrial DNA—specifically, your haplogroup—can influence how well you respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma.
Here’s the story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
Dear NYC postdocs: the Postdoc Night Science is coming to our very own New York Genome Center on June 2, 5:30-7:30 pm!
Let's dive into the art of asking the right questions, then network with fellow postdocs & find new science buddies 😊
Register below!
Let's dive into the art of asking the right questions, then network with fellow postdocs & find new science buddies 😊
Register below!
May 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dear NYC postdocs: the Postdoc Night Science is coming to our very own New York Genome Center on June 2, 5:30-7:30 pm!
Let's dive into the art of asking the right questions, then network with fellow postdocs & find new science buddies 😊
Register below!
Let's dive into the art of asking the right questions, then network with fellow postdocs & find new science buddies 😊
Register below!
I just experienced a rite of passage for a genomics researcher: I planned out a lovely budget for a grant application, including kits and reagents for all my experiments, only to realize I forgot the actual sequencing costs!🙃
I caught it in time, but my budget is a bit less nice😅
I caught it in time, but my budget is a bit less nice😅
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I just experienced a rite of passage for a genomics researcher: I planned out a lovely budget for a grant application, including kits and reagents for all my experiments, only to realize I forgot the actual sequencing costs!🙃
I caught it in time, but my budget is a bit less nice😅
I caught it in time, but my budget is a bit less nice😅
Our next NYC Postdoc Night Science event will be June 2nd! We'll start off at @nygenome.org, then head to a bar to continue the conversation.
Register here to join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1s9W...
Register here to join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1s9W...
May 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Our next NYC Postdoc Night Science event will be June 2nd! We'll start off at @nygenome.org, then head to a bar to continue the conversation.
Register here to join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1s9W...
Register here to join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1s9W...
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
New T cell priming phase uncovered 👉 bit.ly/4lNwLic @systemsimmunology.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New T cell priming phase uncovered 👉 bit.ly/4lNwLic @systemsimmunology.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow for the next Postdoc Night Science event at @ColumbiaMed! 🧪🔬🧬🗽
New York City postdocs: What do you do when hitting a contradiction? Night science loves this first glimpse of a new concept! Our next 'Postdoc Night Science NYC’ session is April 22 @ Columbia. docs.google.com/forms/d/1v_b... @stearnslab.bsky.social @kelseymonson.bsky.social @sophiekorn.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join us tomorrow for the next Postdoc Night Science event at @ColumbiaMed! 🧪🔬🧬🗽
Join us for the next NYC Postdoc Night Science event, Tuesday 4/22 at @columbiamed.bsky.social!
New York City postdocs: What do you do when hitting a contradiction? Night science loves this first glimpse of a new concept! Our next 'Postdoc Night Science NYC’ session is April 22 @ Columbia. docs.google.com/forms/d/1v_b... @stearnslab.bsky.social @kelseymonson.bsky.social @sophiekorn.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Join us for the next NYC Postdoc Night Science event, Tuesday 4/22 at @columbiamed.bsky.social!
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
It’s hard for many people to see the importance of what CDC does because when it succeeds, there isn’t an outbreak. Your neighbor doesn’t overdose. Your cousin stops smoking or your child doesn’t start. Your grandmother doesn’t develop cancer.
Cuts to this work would put us all at greater risk.
Cuts to this work would put us all at greater risk.
March 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s hard for many people to see the importance of what CDC does because when it succeeds, there isn’t an outbreak. Your neighbor doesn’t overdose. Your cousin stops smoking or your child doesn’t start. Your grandmother doesn’t develop cancer.
Cuts to this work would put us all at greater risk.
Cuts to this work would put us all at greater risk.
Looking forward to attending this New York Academy of Sciences event at @weillcornell.bsky.social in June!
events.nyas.org/8eLgdy?sms=7...
events.nyas.org/8eLgdy?sms=7...
Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy
Join me for this event: Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy
events.nyas.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Looking forward to attending this New York Academy of Sciences event at @weillcornell.bsky.social in June!
events.nyas.org/8eLgdy?sms=7...
events.nyas.org/8eLgdy?sms=7...
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
What do we need for doing good science? François Jacob said it best that we need 'an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship.'
And that's exactly what we had at the Postdoc Night Science NYC club last week at MSK! Join us next time!
And that's exactly what we had at the Postdoc Night Science NYC club last week at MSK! Join us next time!
March 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
What do we need for doing good science? François Jacob said it best that we need 'an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship.'
And that's exactly what we had at the Postdoc Night Science NYC club last week at MSK! Join us next time!
And that's exactly what we had at the Postdoc Night Science NYC club last week at MSK! Join us next time!
Come join us TODAY at 4pm at
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social for our next Postdoc Night Science event!
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social for our next Postdoc Night Science event!
Postdoc Night Science NYC! Next session is Friday 4-6pm at MSK, to learn and practice the creative scientific process! The topic this time is the import/export of ideas. Yael David join us too! @davidlabmsk.bsky.social
Limited spots: docs.google.com/forms/d/12bB... @kelseymonson.bsky.social
Limited spots: docs.google.com/forms/d/12bB... @kelseymonson.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Come join us TODAY at 4pm at
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social for our next Postdoc Night Science event!
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social for our next Postdoc Night Science event!
Join us this Friday at MSK for the next NYC Postdoc Night Science meeting! 🗽💫🧪🔬🧬
Postdoc Night Science NYC! Next session is Friday 4-6pm at MSK, to learn and practice the creative scientific process! The topic this time is the import/export of ideas. Yael David join us too! @davidlabmsk.bsky.social
Limited spots: docs.google.com/forms/d/12bB... @kelseymonson.bsky.social
Limited spots: docs.google.com/forms/d/12bB... @kelseymonson.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Join us this Friday at MSK for the next NYC Postdoc Night Science meeting! 🗽💫🧪🔬🧬
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
Postdoc Night Science NYC is coming to @mskcancercenter.bsky.social!
#MSKPostdocs, come join Drs. @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @kelseymonson.bsky.social to explore and practice the creative scientific process. In this session, they will discuss how to import and export ideas across different fields.
#MSKPostdocs, come join Drs. @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @kelseymonson.bsky.social to explore and practice the creative scientific process. In this session, they will discuss how to import and export ideas across different fields.
February 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Postdoc Night Science NYC is coming to @mskcancercenter.bsky.social!
#MSKPostdocs, come join Drs. @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @kelseymonson.bsky.social to explore and practice the creative scientific process. In this session, they will discuss how to import and export ideas across different fields.
#MSKPostdocs, come join Drs. @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @kelseymonson.bsky.social to explore and practice the creative scientific process. In this session, they will discuss how to import and export ideas across different fields.
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
Night Science with @kelseymonson.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social at Mount Sinai! The perfect place to learn how the words you use to describe your science influences your ability to think beyond the scope. This is your chance to meet Postdocs from all over NYC!
February 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Night Science with @kelseymonson.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social at Mount Sinai! The perfect place to learn how the words you use to describe your science influences your ability to think beyond the scope. This is your chance to meet Postdocs from all over NYC!
Looking forward to our next event TONIGHT at Mount Sinai!
Postdoc Night Science NYC!
Our 3rd session will be Feb. 24th, 5-7pm at Mount Sinai.
Come learn and practice the creative scientific process! This time we talk about the two languages of science. Thank you
@kelseymonson.bsky.social for organizing. @stearnslab.bsky.social joins us as usual too! ⬇️
Our 3rd session will be Feb. 24th, 5-7pm at Mount Sinai.
Come learn and practice the creative scientific process! This time we talk about the two languages of science. Thank you
@kelseymonson.bsky.social for organizing. @stearnslab.bsky.social joins us as usual too! ⬇️
February 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Looking forward to our next event TONIGHT at Mount Sinai!
Standing up and fighting back to protect research funding with Sinai Postdoc Organizing Committee and other NYC academic organizers today
The NIH funding and workforce cuts will devastate the US's world-class, lifesaving biomedical research enterprise. We must act to protect science and our future.
The NIH funding and workforce cuts will devastate the US's world-class, lifesaving biomedical research enterprise. We must act to protect science and our future.
February 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Standing up and fighting back to protect research funding with Sinai Postdoc Organizing Committee and other NYC academic organizers today
The NIH funding and workforce cuts will devastate the US's world-class, lifesaving biomedical research enterprise. We must act to protect science and our future.
The NIH funding and workforce cuts will devastate the US's world-class, lifesaving biomedical research enterprise. We must act to protect science and our future.
Join us at Mount Sinai on Monday for the next Postdoc Night Science NYC meeting!
Register here: https//docs.google...
Register here: https//docs.google...
February 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Join us at Mount Sinai on Monday for the next Postdoc Night Science NYC meeting!
Register here: https//docs.google...
Register here: https//docs.google...
I'm thrilled by the diversity of institutions represented at January's Postdoc Night Science NYC event, co-hosted at NYU by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social! (Thrilled enough to throw together a quick #Rstats plot to showcase it).
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm thrilled by the diversity of institutions represented at January's Postdoc Night Science NYC event, co-hosted at NYU by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social! (Thrilled enough to throw together a quick #Rstats plot to showcase it).
Reposted by Kelsey Monson, PhD
Is hypothesis generation a hindrance to Night Science? @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social demonstrated how easy we fall into pattern recognition, missing the “Gorilla” in our own data. Today’s seminar was all about identifying new strategies to stay curious about our own data.
January 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Is hypothesis generation a hindrance to Night Science? @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @stearnslab.bsky.social demonstrated how easy we fall into pattern recognition, missing the “Gorilla” in our own data. Today’s seminar was all about identifying new strategies to stay curious about our own data.
Postdocs of NYC, join us this Thursday for the next Postdoc Night Science NYC meeting!
I must confess -- I was just lead astray by a prior hypothesis in an RNA-seq experiment this week, so I am especially excited to dive into the perils of missing the proverbial gorillas hiding in our data! 🙈
I must confess -- I was just lead astray by a prior hypothesis in an RNA-seq experiment this week, so I am especially excited to dive into the perils of missing the proverbial gorillas hiding in our data! 🙈
How do you find the gorilla hiding in your data?
The "Postdoc Night Science NYC" club meets for the second time next Thursday to discuss this at NYU. The response so far has been overwhelming but there are probably a few more spots if you can join us!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Shc...
The "Postdoc Night Science NYC" club meets for the second time next Thursday to discuss this at NYU. The response so far has been overwhelming but there are probably a few more spots if you can join us!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Shc...
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Postdocs of NYC, join us this Thursday for the next Postdoc Night Science NYC meeting!
I must confess -- I was just lead astray by a prior hypothesis in an RNA-seq experiment this week, so I am especially excited to dive into the perils of missing the proverbial gorillas hiding in our data! 🙈
I must confess -- I was just lead astray by a prior hypothesis in an RNA-seq experiment this week, so I am especially excited to dive into the perils of missing the proverbial gorillas hiding in our data! 🙈