Kaylee Gentry MSc
@itsybitsyfitc.bsky.social
Cancer Neuroscience Researcher
Venkatesh Lab - BWH
Venkatesh Lab - BWH
Pinned
Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature
Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...
www.nature.com
Check out the Venkatesh lab's new paper in Nature, where we uncover how neural activity drives small cell lung cancer (SCLC) progression. Grateful to my PI Humsa Venkatesh, my co-first author Solomiia Savchuk, & a huge thanks to all the incredible co-authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨New paper from the NIH PRECISION Human Pain Network! We built a human DRG reference atlas: >500K cells from 126 donors to reveal 22 neuronal & 10 non-neuronal cell types. New insights into human sensory biology!
Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data: humandrg.painseq.com
Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data: humandrg.painseq.com
biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
🚨New paper from the NIH PRECISION Human Pain Network! We built a human DRG reference atlas: >500K cells from 126 donors to reveal 22 neuronal & 10 non-neuronal cell types. New insights into human sensory biology!
Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data: humandrg.painseq.com
Paper: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data: humandrg.painseq.com
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
📢 Registration (free!) for the NCI webinar series 'Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System' is open!
🧠🔬 Amongst many excellent speakers, Frank Winkler and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social discuss #cancerneuroscience of #brainmetastasis
📅 6 exciting topics are covered by leaders in the field 💡!
🧠🔬 Amongst many excellent speakers, Frank Winkler and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social discuss #cancerneuroscience of #brainmetastasis
📅 6 exciting topics are covered by leaders in the field 💡!
Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System (Overview) | Events Registration
OverviewThe Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System series will feature six webinars, each exploring the junction between neuroscience and cancer biology to advance our understanding of cance...
events.cancer.gov
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📢 Registration (free!) for the NCI webinar series 'Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System' is open!
🧠🔬 Amongst many excellent speakers, Frank Winkler and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social discuss #cancerneuroscience of #brainmetastasis
📅 6 exciting topics are covered by leaders in the field 💡!
🧠🔬 Amongst many excellent speakers, Frank Winkler and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social discuss #cancerneuroscience of #brainmetastasis
📅 6 exciting topics are covered by leaders in the field 💡!
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
Happy Halloween from the Venkatesh Lab! @mgbresearch.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Happy Halloween from the Venkatesh Lab! @mgbresearch.bsky.social
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Venkatesh Lab Fall Outing -- Apple Picking!
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Venkatesh Lab Fall Outing -- Apple Picking!
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In a new study, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and colleagues investigated the neuronal-activity dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis. The study was published on @nature.com
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a new study, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and colleagues investigated the neuronal-activity dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis. The study was published on @nature.com
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
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I parked this morning at @pittophathalmology.bsky.social and got a message from my colleague, @jamespherman.bsky.social with this photograph of my car and his car in the parking lot.
This tickled me to no end.
This tickled me to no end.
August 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I parked this morning at @pittophathalmology.bsky.social and got a message from my colleague, @jamespherman.bsky.social with this photograph of my car and his car in the parking lot.
This tickled me to no end.
This tickled me to no end.
Cool to see our lab's recent paper featured in The Transmitter this week! Very proud to have worked on this project.
Neurons in the brain form functional connections with small-cell lung cancer cells that have spread there, fueling the growth of these brain metastases, two independent studies show.
By @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
By @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
Neurons fuel lung tumors that have spread to brain
Functional synapses between brain cells and cancer cells are key to the metastatic growth, according to new findings from two independent teams.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Cool to see our lab's recent paper featured in The Transmitter this week! Very proud to have worked on this project.
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
Check out some #CoolScienceImages (with music by Zara Larsson) from a @nature.com study. A team led by @michellemonje.bsky.social & Humsa Venkatesh showed that neuronal activity plays a crucial role in small cell #LungCancer (#SCLC) pathogenesis. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FluorescenceFriday 🧪
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check out some #CoolScienceImages (with music by Zara Larsson) from a @nature.com study. A team led by @michellemonje.bsky.social & Humsa Venkatesh showed that neuronal activity plays a crucial role in small cell #LungCancer (#SCLC) pathogenesis. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FluorescenceFriday 🧪
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📊 A new national poll shows 71% of voters want Congress to increase federal funding for medical research.
Cuts would stall progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, blood disorders, and more.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #ResearchSavesLives
Cuts would stall progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, blood disorders, and more.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #ResearchSavesLives
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📊 A new national poll shows 71% of voters want Congress to increase federal funding for medical research.
Cuts would stall progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, blood disorders, and more.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #ResearchSavesLives
Cuts would stall progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, blood disorders, and more.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #ResearchSavesLives
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Great to see all our student's shine at the @cshlnews.bsky.social's Biology of Cancer: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting! Props to Rachel Davis & Hannah Farnsworth for a job well done on their poster presentations. Very proud of all our hardworking future PhDs!
September 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Great to see all our student's shine at the @cshlnews.bsky.social's Biology of Cancer: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting! Props to Rachel Davis & Hannah Farnsworth for a job well done on their poster presentations. Very proud of all our hardworking future PhDs!
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Signalling between neurons and tumour cells in the lung and brain promotes the growth of small-cell lung cancer
go.nature.com/4gzoMmI
go.nature.com/4gzoMmI
Wired for growth: neuron–tumour signalling in the lung and brain increases growth of a hard-to-treat cancer
Signalling between neurons and tumour cells in the lung and brain promotes the growth of small-cell lung cancer. These interactions might be a therapeutic target.
go.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Signalling between neurons and tumour cells in the lung and brain promotes the growth of small-cell lung cancer
go.nature.com/4gzoMmI
go.nature.com/4gzoMmI
Wooo go Lexi!
So proud of Lexi Franklin, who delivered an outstanding talk at @cshlnews.bsky.social’s Biology of Cancer: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting yesterday! Keep an eye out for more exciting work from our lab, Rachel Davis and Hannah Farnsworth will be presenting their posters soon!
September 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wooo go Lexi!
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We are excited to share the Venkatesh Lab’s first publication in collaboration with @michellemonje.bsky.social team uncovering how neuronal activity influences the progression of small cell lung cancer #SCLC in the lung and brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature
Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are excited to share the Venkatesh Lab’s first publication in collaboration with @michellemonje.bsky.social team uncovering how neuronal activity influences the progression of small cell lung cancer #SCLC in the lung and brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
Check out the Venkatesh lab's new paper in Nature, where we uncover how neural activity drives small cell lung cancer (SCLC) progression. Grateful to my PI Humsa Venkatesh, my co-first author Solomiia Savchuk, & a huge thanks to all the incredible co-authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature
Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Check out the Venkatesh lab's new paper in Nature, where we uncover how neural activity drives small cell lung cancer (SCLC) progression. Grateful to my PI Humsa Venkatesh, my co-first author Solomiia Savchuk, & a huge thanks to all the incredible co-authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
We are excited to welcome Jacqueline Garcia to the Venkatesh Lab! Jacqueline completed her PhD in Cellular, Molecular, & Developmental Biology at Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2025 as a member of Dr. Chris Dulla’s lab.
September 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We are excited to welcome Jacqueline Garcia to the Venkatesh Lab! Jacqueline completed her PhD in Cellular, Molecular, & Developmental Biology at Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2025 as a member of Dr. Chris Dulla’s lab.
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Scientists are making surprising discoveries about the connections between cancer and the nervous system. Harvard Medicine Magazine profiles the research of William Hwang, Richard Wong, and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social.
@harvardmed.bsky.social
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/neu...
@harvardmed.bsky.social
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/neu...
The Neuroscience of Cancer
magazine.hms.harvard.edu
July 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Scientists are making surprising discoveries about the connections between cancer and the nervous system. Harvard Medicine Magazine profiles the research of William Hwang, Richard Wong, and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social.
@harvardmed.bsky.social
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/neu...
@harvardmed.bsky.social
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/neu...
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The Venkatesh Lab is looking for a Sr. Lab Technician to help support ongoing projects focused on the peripheral nervous system & its interactions with cancers. Check out the posting below!
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...
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Senior Lab Technician RESEARCH NEUROLOGY V Lab
Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts t...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Venkatesh Lab is looking for a Sr. Lab Technician to help support ongoing projects focused on the peripheral nervous system & its interactions with cancers. Check out the posting below!
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...
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UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
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Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
jamanetwork.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Kaylee Gentry MSc
The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
go.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
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joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful
March 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...