Andrei Goga
@andreigoga.bsky.social
Professor, UCSF Dept Cell & Tissue Biology and Medicine / Oncology
Breast Medical Oncologist and Cell Biology. Exploring new mechanisms of cancer biology & therapeutics. Views my own. 🧪 #medsky
Oncogenes.net
Breast Medical Oncologist and Cell Biology. Exploring new mechanisms of cancer biology & therapeutics. Views my own. 🧪 #medsky
Oncogenes.net
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Andrei Goga
@andreigoga.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Introducing the Goga Lab @ctbatucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
We study aggressive breast and liver cancers and mechanisms of oncogene signaling that lead to metastasis.
Our works spans various areas including metabolism, cell cycle and spatial organization of tumors.
oncogenes.net
We study aggressive breast and liver cancers and mechanisms of oncogene signaling that lead to metastasis.
Our works spans various areas including metabolism, cell cycle and spatial organization of tumors.
oncogenes.net
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The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
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What a joy to host the one and only Jenn Prescher for a memorable seminar visit at Cornell Chemistry!!
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What a joy to host the one and only Jenn Prescher for a memorable seminar visit at Cornell Chemistry!!
Amazing weather in the Bay Area the past week.
Here’s some wildlife spotted in San Francisco over the past few days.
The coyote playing with stuffed animals is a highlight.
Here’s some wildlife spotted in San Francisco over the past few days.
The coyote playing with stuffed animals is a highlight.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Amazing weather in the Bay Area the past week.
Here’s some wildlife spotted in San Francisco over the past few days.
The coyote playing with stuffed animals is a highlight.
Here’s some wildlife spotted in San Francisco over the past few days.
The coyote playing with stuffed animals is a highlight.
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Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.
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Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
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Fastest half - but still very slow…
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fastest half - but still very slow…
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The thing about professor stuff is that you’re never done and you’re always behind
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The thing about professor stuff is that you’re never done and you’re always behind
The UCSF Breast Oncology Program is happy to partner with One More City and founder Christine O’Connell to support metastatic breast cancer research. This will be the 4th year that together with Rapha they have sponsored a century ride.
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The UCSF Breast Oncology Program is happy to partner with One More City and founder Christine O’Connell to support metastatic breast cancer research. This will be the 4th year that together with Rapha they have sponsored a century ride.
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social
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Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#Emerging #leader awards to developing faculty in #Cancerresearch are critical, especially in the current era of decreasing funding: 2024.themarkfoundation.org/an-emerging-...
An Emerging Leader’s Evolution
2024.themarkfoundation.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#Emerging #leader awards to developing faculty in #Cancerresearch are critical, especially in the current era of decreasing funding: 2024.themarkfoundation.org/an-emerging-...
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We have a new #NCI Director who was just sworn in: www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute
Dr. Letai will serve as NCI’s 18th director.
www.nih.gov
September 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We have a new #NCI Director who was just sworn in: www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Influencers are selling homeopathy as Tylenol “alternatives” — it’s NOT.
⚠️Homeopathy is a scam created in 1796 by a German guy with NO plausibility or evidence.
Premise:
1️⃣ what causes a symptom will cure an illness w/the symptom
2️⃣ it’s more potent the more it’s diluted
1/
⚠️Homeopathy is a scam created in 1796 by a German guy with NO plausibility or evidence.
Premise:
1️⃣ what causes a symptom will cure an illness w/the symptom
2️⃣ it’s more potent the more it’s diluted
1/
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Influencers are selling homeopathy as Tylenol “alternatives” — it’s NOT.
⚠️Homeopathy is a scam created in 1796 by a German guy with NO plausibility or evidence.
Premise:
1️⃣ what causes a symptom will cure an illness w/the symptom
2️⃣ it’s more potent the more it’s diluted
1/
⚠️Homeopathy is a scam created in 1796 by a German guy with NO plausibility or evidence.
Premise:
1️⃣ what causes a symptom will cure an illness w/the symptom
2️⃣ it’s more potent the more it’s diluted
1/
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Karin Shamardani, DDS/PhD candidate, is working with Jeff Bush @jeffbush.bsky.social to study how Efnb1 and the understudied actin-regulator gene Shrm4 interact to control palatal outgrowth and mesenchymal organization during craniofacial development.
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Karin Shamardani, DDS/PhD candidate, is working with Jeff Bush @jeffbush.bsky.social to study how Efnb1 and the understudied actin-regulator gene Shrm4 interact to control palatal outgrowth and mesenchymal organization during craniofacial development.
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Kyle Jacobs, a Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate in the Kutys Lab, is studying mechanisms of blood vessel inflammation and how this inflammation is dysregulated in diseases like atherosclerosis.
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Kyle Jacobs, a Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate in the Kutys Lab, is studying mechanisms of blood vessel inflammation and how this inflammation is dysregulated in diseases like atherosclerosis.
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Ting, a postdoc in the L’Etoile lab @girlsinscience.bsky.social, was recently awarded the BARI Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how nights of poor sleep contribute to age-related memory decline in tiny roundworms, which—like humans—also experience sleep loss and memory deterioration as they age.
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ting, a postdoc in the L’Etoile lab @girlsinscience.bsky.social, was recently awarded the BARI Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how nights of poor sleep contribute to age-related memory decline in tiny roundworms, which—like humans—also experience sleep loss and memory deterioration as they age.
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Wrapping up National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a big thank you to our outstanding postdocs! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Wrapping up National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a big thank you to our outstanding postdocs! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We are celebrating all the incredible postdocs in the CTB Department! Thank you for your dedication and the vital role you play in advancing research! We will be introducing some of the postdocs who have joined in 2025. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We are celebrating all the incredible postdocs in the CTB Department! Thank you for your dedication and the vital role you play in advancing research! We will be introducing some of the postdocs who have joined in 2025. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
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From @shaynarubin and also well done Poseys and Giants!! Buster Posey, Giants raise $1.3M for pediatric cancer research at Oracle Park gala www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant... via @sfchronicle
Buster Posey, Giants raise $1.3M for pediatric cancer research at Oracle Park gala
Working with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and the V Foundation, Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants raised money at an event that choked up even the famously reserved former catcher.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
From @shaynarubin and also well done Poseys and Giants!! Buster Posey, Giants raise $1.3M for pediatric cancer research at Oracle Park gala www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant... via @sfchronicle
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giants win while mets, padres, and cardinals all lose
great day!
great day!
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
giants win while mets, padres, and cardinals all lose
great day!
great day!
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September 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Was my pleasure to moderate the panel today at the inaugural Female Fellows symposium “Balancing Acts”. An insightful, open and frank discussion on juggling a scientific career with caring, part time work and leave, and a real sense of solidarity.
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Was my pleasure to moderate the panel today at the inaugural Female Fellows symposium “Balancing Acts”. An insightful, open and frank discussion on juggling a scientific career with caring, part time work and leave, and a real sense of solidarity.
Enjoyed the Physics of Life Symposium today @UCSF
September 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Enjoyed the Physics of Life Symposium today @UCSF
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New preprint!
How are developmental cycles coordinated across cell types?
It turns out that, like Geppetto's cuckoo clocks in the GIF below, individual cell types are each performing their own little crazy routine, but all in sync with each other.
How are developmental cycles coordinated across cell types?
It turns out that, like Geppetto's cuckoo clocks in the GIF below, individual cell types are each performing their own little crazy routine, but all in sync with each other.
a bunch of clocks are hanging on a wall including one that says ' 3:00 ' on it
ALT: a bunch of clocks are hanging on a wall including one that says ' 3:00 ' on it
media.tenor.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New preprint!
How are developmental cycles coordinated across cell types?
It turns out that, like Geppetto's cuckoo clocks in the GIF below, individual cell types are each performing their own little crazy routine, but all in sync with each other.
How are developmental cycles coordinated across cell types?
It turns out that, like Geppetto's cuckoo clocks in the GIF below, individual cell types are each performing their own little crazy routine, but all in sync with each other.
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We are thrilled that Hydronovo www.hydronovo.com has been awarded an NIH SBIR grant to develop Ceviginate, a new therapeutic for regenerating salivary gland function in debilitating xerostomia. The discoveries for this breakthrough come from the lab of Sarah Knox in CTB!
www.hydronovo.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are thrilled that Hydronovo www.hydronovo.com has been awarded an NIH SBIR grant to develop Ceviginate, a new therapeutic for regenerating salivary gland function in debilitating xerostomia. The discoveries for this breakthrough come from the lab of Sarah Knox in CTB!