@deannabellandi.bsky.social
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One of the largest freshwater cyanobacteria collections—1,528 unique strains—is housed in the Orjala Lab at @uicpharmacy.bsky.social, led by Jimmy Orjala, PhD. They discover novel #anticancer and antimicrobial metabolites from these microbes. #DrugDiscovery #CanSky
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Cyanobacteria Help Cancer Research
One of the largest U.S. repositories of North American freshwater cyanobacteria is in the lab of Cancer Center member Jimmy Orjala, PhD.
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April 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of the largest freshwater cyanobacteria collections—1,528 unique strains—is housed in the Orjala Lab at @uicpharmacy.bsky.social, led by Jimmy Orjala, PhD. They discover novel #anticancer and antimicrobial metabolites from these microbes. #DrugDiscovery #CanSky
Read more here: bit.ly/4jcIvsQ
Read more here: bit.ly/4jcIvsQ
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Meet Pamela Thomas-Hall, a stage one #breastcancer survivor, and learn about her journey in this video.
#CanSky
#CanSky
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Meet Pamela Thomas-Hall, a stage one #breastcancer survivor, and learn about her journey in this video.
#CanSky
#CanSky
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We awarded four pilot projects at $50,000 each, for one year, through our @americancancersoc.bsky.social Institutional Research Grant (ACS IRG) to provide seed money for junior investigators to initiate #cancerresearch projects.
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Read about the awardees: bit.ly/42rKUKj
Awardees: 2025 ACS IRG Pilots
The Cancer Center awarded three American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS IRG) pilot projects plus a diversity pilot project.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We awarded four pilot projects at $50,000 each, for one year, through our @americancancersoc.bsky.social Institutional Research Grant (ACS IRG) to provide seed money for junior investigators to initiate #cancerresearch projects.
Read about the awardees: bit.ly/42rKUKj
Read about the awardees: bit.ly/42rKUKj
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A collaboration between the University of Illinois Cancer Center, @uihealth.bsky.social and its Mile Square Health Center, and the UIC College of Dentistry to offer free #oralcancer screenings resulted in 147 people being screened at locations around Chicago.
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April 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A collaboration between the University of Illinois Cancer Center, @uihealth.bsky.social and its Mile Square Health Center, and the UIC College of Dentistry to offer free #oralcancer screenings resulted in 147 people being screened at locations around Chicago.
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Inspirational and scientifically engaging presentations to an audience of 238 people, and a student/trainee poster competition with 73 entries, made our 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium a rousing success.
#CancerResearch #CanSky
Read more here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
#CancerResearch #CanSky
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April 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Inspirational and scientifically engaging presentations to an audience of 238 people, and a student/trainee poster competition with 73 entries, made our 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium a rousing success.
#CancerResearch #CanSky
Read more here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
#CancerResearch #CanSky
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Meet siblings William Cardona and Marlin Salgado, and learn about William’s cancer journey with his sister and caregiver, Marlin.
#SurvivingandThriving #CancerResearch
#SurvivingandThriving #CancerResearch
May 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Meet siblings William Cardona and Marlin Salgado, and learn about William’s cancer journey with his sister and caregiver, Marlin.
#SurvivingandThriving #CancerResearch
#SurvivingandThriving #CancerResearch
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Medical Student Haarisudhan Sureshkumar, who is mentored by University of Illinois Cancer Center member Michael Heiferman, MD, has earned a Medical Student Award from the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF).
Read more here: bit.ly/4kXa7DD
#CancerResearch #EyeCancer #Melanoma
Read more here: bit.ly/4kXa7DD
#CancerResearch #EyeCancer #Melanoma
Medical Student Receives MRF Award
Medical Student Haarisudhan Sureshkumar earns $3,000 Medical Student Award from the Melanoma Research Foundation.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Medical Student Haarisudhan Sureshkumar, who is mentored by University of Illinois Cancer Center member Michael Heiferman, MD, has earned a Medical Student Award from the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF).
Read more here: bit.ly/4kXa7DD
#CancerResearch #EyeCancer #Melanoma
Read more here: bit.ly/4kXa7DD
#CancerResearch #EyeCancer #Melanoma
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Cancer Center member Neelu Puri, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UIC College of Medicine Rockford, and her research team, were featured on WTVO as she was nominated for the Nexstar Remarkable Women initiative.
#CancerResearch
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#CancerResearch
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Puri Research Team on Rockford TV
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Neelu Puri, PhD, and her research team were featured on Rockford TV.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Cancer Center member Neelu Puri, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UIC College of Medicine Rockford, and her research team, were featured on WTVO as she was nominated for the Nexstar Remarkable Women initiative.
#CancerResearch
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#CancerResearch
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We will have a booth at the @ascocancer.bsky.social
2025 Annual Meeting! See us again at booth 10023.
Our booth in the Exhibit Hall will be open from May 31 to June 2. The Exhibit Hall is in the South Building, Level 3, Hall A in McCormick Place.
#CanSky #CancerResearch
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2025 Annual Meeting! See us again at booth 10023.
Our booth in the Exhibit Hall will be open from May 31 to June 2. The Exhibit Hall is in the South Building, Level 3, Hall A in McCormick Place.
#CanSky #CancerResearch
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Visit Us at ASCO 2025
We hope you'll visit the University of Illinois Cancer Center at the ASCO 2025 Annual Meeting. We'll be at booth #10023.
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April 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We will have a booth at the @ascocancer.bsky.social
2025 Annual Meeting! See us again at booth 10023.
Our booth in the Exhibit Hall will be open from May 31 to June 2. The Exhibit Hall is in the South Building, Level 3, Hall A in McCormick Place.
#CanSky #CancerResearch
bit.ly/4ccr4WF
2025 Annual Meeting! See us again at booth 10023.
Our booth in the Exhibit Hall will be open from May 31 to June 2. The Exhibit Hall is in the South Building, Level 3, Hall A in McCormick Place.
#CanSky #CancerResearch
bit.ly/4ccr4WF
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The University of Illinois Cancer Center is proud to participate in the @americancancersoc.bsky.social fundraiser #RelayForLife at an April 17 event organized by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) student chapter of Colleges Against Cancer.
#Fundraiser
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#Fundraiser
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UIC Relay for Life 2025
Join us for the Relay for Life fundraiser at UIC on April 17 and support lifesaving cancer research with your donation.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The University of Illinois Cancer Center is proud to participate in the @americancancersoc.bsky.social fundraiser #RelayForLife at an April 17 event organized by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) student chapter of Colleges Against Cancer.
#Fundraiser
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#Fundraiser
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We have awarded a $100,000 Team Science Award to fund a collaborative research project, to develop a cancer cohort aimed at understanding the causes of, and racial and ethnic disparities in, early-onset cancers.
#CancerResearch
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#CancerResearch
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Team Science Award
A $100,000 Team Science Award from the University of Illinois Cancer Center supports a research project on early-onset cancers.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We have awarded a $100,000 Team Science Award to fund a collaborative research project, to develop a cancer cohort aimed at understanding the causes of, and racial and ethnic disparities in, early-onset cancers.
#CancerResearch
Read more here: bit.ly/4lfVmeX
#CancerResearch
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Register to attend our Community Partner Spring Social!
The event will be held at The Quarry Chi: Art, Culture, Dining & Entertainment, 2423 E. 75th St, in Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Register here: bit.ly/3E2qfD0
The event will be held at The Quarry Chi: Art, Culture, Dining & Entertainment, 2423 E. 75th St, in Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Register here: bit.ly/3E2qfD0
Community Partner Spring Social
The University of Illinois Cancer Center invites you to learn about collaborations with us at a Community Partner Spring Social on May 3.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Register to attend our Community Partner Spring Social!
The event will be held at The Quarry Chi: Art, Culture, Dining & Entertainment, 2423 E. 75th St, in Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Register here: bit.ly/3E2qfD0
The event will be held at The Quarry Chi: Art, Culture, Dining & Entertainment, 2423 E. 75th St, in Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Register here: bit.ly/3E2qfD0
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Registration is still open for the April 18 University of Illinois Cancer Center 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student/Trainee Poster Competition.
#CancerResearch
Register here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
#CancerResearch
Register here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
Don't Miss Kruh Cancer Symposium
The University of Illinois Cancer Center hosts its 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium on April 18. Register to attend and join us!
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April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Registration is still open for the April 18 University of Illinois Cancer Center 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student/Trainee Poster Competition.
#CancerResearch
Register here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
#CancerResearch
Register here: bit.ly/3PW9Nqk
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@uihealth.bsky.social surgeon Gerald Gantt, MD, FACS, FASCRS, who specializes in the treatment of colon and rectal cancers, was featured on radio and TV shows in Chicago and Wisconsin during #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth in March.
Listen to both interviews here: bit.ly/42l9HhG
Listen to both interviews here: bit.ly/42l9HhG
UI Health Gantt on Colorectal Cancer
UI Health surgeon Gerald Gantt, Jr., was featured on radio and TV shows in Chicago and Milwaukee during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@uihealth.bsky.social surgeon Gerald Gantt, MD, FACS, FASCRS, who specializes in the treatment of colon and rectal cancers, was featured on radio and TV shows in Chicago and Wisconsin during #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth in March.
Listen to both interviews here: bit.ly/42l9HhG
Listen to both interviews here: bit.ly/42l9HhG
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Cancer Center member Douglas Thomas, PhD, was featured in UIC Today for research published in @nature.com Communications. The study examines how nitrous oxide can change how genes are turned on and off, which changes how cancer cells behave.
#CancerResearch
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#CancerResearch
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UIC Today Features Thomas Lab
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Douglas Thomas, PhD, featured in UIC Today for research in the journal Nature Communications.
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April 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cancer Center member Douglas Thomas, PhD, was featured in UIC Today for research published in @nature.com Communications. The study examines how nitrous oxide can change how genes are turned on and off, which changes how cancer cells behave.
#CancerResearch
Read more here: bit.ly/4lLWvLQ
#CancerResearch
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Spring has sprung! Our Blue Heeler Lily is thrilled! @ksgriffin.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Spring has sprung! Our Blue Heeler Lily is thrilled! @ksgriffin.bsky.social
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You can still listen to WVON1690's “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason” when his guest was Cancer Center member Keith Naylor, MD, a UI Health gastroenterologist, discussing colorectal cancer. March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth.
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#CanSky #CancerResearch
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#CanSky #CancerResearch
WVON: Conversations on Colorectal Cancer
WVON featured Cancer Center and UI Health gastroenterologist Keith Naylor, MD, during March's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You can still listen to WVON1690's “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason” when his guest was Cancer Center member Keith Naylor, MD, a UI Health gastroenterologist, discussing colorectal cancer. March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth.
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#CanSky #CancerResearch
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#CanSky #CancerResearch
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March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth. Cancer Center member and UI Health oncologist @shikhajainmd.bsky.social, who specializes in colorectal cancer, was on hand at a UIC Flames Men’s Basketball game to share info about colorectal cancer screening and prevention.
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bit.ly/3ERhpZ0
Flames: Colorectal Cancer Awareness
CECIL, the Cancer Center's giant inflatable colon, on display at UIC Flames women’s basketball for March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
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March 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth. Cancer Center member and UI Health oncologist @shikhajainmd.bsky.social, who specializes in colorectal cancer, was on hand at a UIC Flames Men’s Basketball game to share info about colorectal cancer screening and prevention.
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bit.ly/3ERhpZ0
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Cancer Center member Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS, is the PI of a two-year $150K National Cancer Institute RO3 grant, “Using Qualitative Methods to Capture Experiences of Breast Cancer Patients and Characterize Knowledge Types and Levels.”
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#BreastCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
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#BreastCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
NCI Grant to Papautsky, Gadi
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS, is the Principal Investigator of a $150,000 NCI grant.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Cancer Center member Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS, is the PI of a two-year $150K National Cancer Institute RO3 grant, “Using Qualitative Methods to Capture Experiences of Breast Cancer Patients and Characterize Knowledge Types and Levels.”
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#BreastCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
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#BreastCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
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We invite you to the 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student/Trainee Poster Competition on April 18.
The event will be at UIC Student Center West, 828 South Wolcott Avenue, Thompson Rooms (2nd floor).
#CancerResearch #CanSky
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The event will be at UIC Student Center West, 828 South Wolcott Avenue, Thompson Rooms (2nd floor).
#CancerResearch #CanSky
cancer.uillinois.edu/kruh-cancer-...
Kruh Cancer Research Symposium
The 2024 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student Poster Competion drew 183 attendees and 54 posters.
cancer.uillinois.edu
March 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We invite you to the 2025 Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student/Trainee Poster Competition on April 18.
The event will be at UIC Student Center West, 828 South Wolcott Avenue, Thompson Rooms (2nd floor).
#CancerResearch #CanSky
cancer.uillinois.edu/kruh-cancer-...
The event will be at UIC Student Center West, 828 South Wolcott Avenue, Thompson Rooms (2nd floor).
#CancerResearch #CanSky
cancer.uillinois.edu/kruh-cancer-...
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A study that examined how ocular melanoma metastasis happens and tested a therapy that could stop it was featured in UIC Today, along with its authors Cancer Center members Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Michael Heiferman, MD.
@natureportfolio.nature.com
#CanSky
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@natureportfolio.nature.com
#CanSky
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Yamada and Heiferman in UIC Today
Discover the ocular cancer publication featuring research on uveal melanoma by Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Michael Heiferman, MD.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A study that examined how ocular melanoma metastasis happens and tested a therapy that could stop it was featured in UIC Today, along with its authors Cancer Center members Kaori Yamada, PhD, and Michael Heiferman, MD.
@natureportfolio.nature.com
#CanSky
cancer.uillinois.edu/yamada-and-h...
@natureportfolio.nature.com
#CanSky
cancer.uillinois.edu/yamada-and-h...
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Cancer Center Deputy Director VK Gadi, MD PhD, was featured in the digital media outlet @oncologynews.bsky.social, commenting on the study “Musician’s Experience After Breast Cancer Treatment: Defining Musical Toxicity and its Frequency.”
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#CancerResearch #CanSky #BreastCancer
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#CancerResearch #CanSky #BreastCancer
Gadi in Oncology News Central
Cancer Center Deputy Director VK Gadi, MD, PhD, featured in Oncology News Central, commenting on recent research from the Mayo Clinic.
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March 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cancer Center Deputy Director VK Gadi, MD PhD, was featured in the digital media outlet @oncologynews.bsky.social, commenting on the study “Musician’s Experience After Breast Cancer Treatment: Defining Musical Toxicity and its Frequency.”
bit.ly/4hdWT20
#CancerResearch #CanSky #BreastCancer
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#CancerResearch #CanSky #BreastCancer
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Janna Janthapaiboonkajon, a @uicnursing.bsky.social senior and Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s #LymphomaSurvivor, hosted a Pi-Day event for our Survivorship Program. She raffled off items, had students pay to pie their teachers and delivered pie to the cancer clinic at UI Health.
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#CanSky
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#CanSky
Diagnosis Guides Nursing Student to Choose Cancer Care
Like most students who are seniors at the UIC College of Nursing, Janna Janthapaiboonkajon is currently working through her clinical rotations. However, her path to graduation and passion for nursing ...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Janna Janthapaiboonkajon, a @uicnursing.bsky.social senior and Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s #LymphomaSurvivor, hosted a Pi-Day event for our Survivorship Program. She raffled off items, had students pay to pie their teachers and delivered pie to the cancer clinic at UI Health.
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#CanSky
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#CanSky
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Cancer Center members are among the authors of the study, “Correlative Multiscale 3D Imaging of Mouse Primary and Metastatic Tumors by Sequential Light Sheet and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy,” published in iScience a @cellpress.bsky.social journal.
#CancerResearch
More here: bit.ly/43XlRjc
#CancerResearch
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Cancer Center Members in iScience Journal
Explore this publication by Cancer Center members Lee, PhD, Er, PhD, Zhao, PhD and more from UIC on advanced 3D imaging techniques for tumor analysis.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cancer Center members are among the authors of the study, “Correlative Multiscale 3D Imaging of Mouse Primary and Metastatic Tumors by Sequential Light Sheet and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy,” published in iScience a @cellpress.bsky.social journal.
#CancerResearch
More here: bit.ly/43XlRjc
#CancerResearch
More here: bit.ly/43XlRjc
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The @cdph.bsky.social “Healthy Chicago” podcast featured Olga Garcia-Bedoya, MD, FACP, an Internal Medicine Specialist at UI Health, on an episode discussing cervical cancer in Spanish.
#CervicalCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
Listen here: bit.ly/4hkLGgf
#CervicalCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
Listen here: bit.ly/4hkLGgf
Cervical Cancer on 'Healthy Chicago'
Chicago Department of Public Health's "Healthy Chicago" podcast features UI Health's Olga Garcia-Bedoya, MD, discussing cervical cancer.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The @cdph.bsky.social “Healthy Chicago” podcast featured Olga Garcia-Bedoya, MD, FACP, an Internal Medicine Specialist at UI Health, on an episode discussing cervical cancer in Spanish.
#CervicalCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
Listen here: bit.ly/4hkLGgf
#CervicalCancer #CancerResearch #CanSky
Listen here: bit.ly/4hkLGgf