Merkel Cell Carcinoma Collaborative (MC3) Institute
@mc3-institute.bsky.social
MC3 is dedicated to improving the lives of Merkel cell carcinoma patients through translational research. A collaboration of experts @uwmedicine.bsky.social & @fredhutch.bsky.social, we unite researchers, clinicians, & advocates in the fight against MCC.
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📢 We’re Hiring! #MC3Institute is seeking a full-time Clinical Trials Coordinator to join our dedicated #cancerresearch team advancing studies in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
🧪 Application deadline: October 27
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🧪 Application deadline: October 27
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⏳ Deadline approaching! Applications for the #MC3Institute’s Clinical Trials Coordinator position close this Monday, Oct. 27.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
⏳ Deadline approaching! Applications for the #MC3Institute’s Clinical Trials Coordinator position close this Monday, Oct. 27.
🔗 Apply Now: wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
🔗 Apply Now: wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
🎉🔬 Congrats to Haroldo Rodriguez on successfully defending his PhD dissertation, “Characterizing the Role of Tumor-Specific B Cells in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Disease Control!” @justintaylorlab.bsky.social
🔗 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/haroldo-rodriguez-successfully-defends-phd-dissertation
🔗 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/haroldo-rodriguez-successfully-defends-phd-dissertation
October 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🎉🔬 Congrats to Haroldo Rodriguez on successfully defending his PhD dissertation, “Characterizing the Role of Tumor-Specific B Cells in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Disease Control!” @justintaylorlab.bsky.social
🔗 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/haroldo-rodriguez-successfully-defends-phd-dissertation
🔗 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/haroldo-rodriguez-successfully-defends-phd-dissertation
📢 We’re Hiring! #MC3Institute is seeking a full-time Clinical Trials Coordinator to join our dedicated #cancerresearch team advancing studies in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
🧪 Application deadline: October 27
🔗 wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
🧪 Application deadline: October 27
🔗 wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📢 We’re Hiring! #MC3Institute is seeking a full-time Clinical Trials Coordinator to join our dedicated #cancerresearch team advancing studies in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
🧪 Application deadline: October 27
🔗 wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
🧪 Application deadline: October 27
🔗 wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
📢🔬 Join Our Team! #MC3Institute is hiring 2 paid, full-time Clinical Research Fellows! Help improve #MerkelcellCarcinoma care thru patient support, clinical trials, & research, under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Nghiem. @fredhutch.org
Apply 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/apply-mc3-clinical-research-fellowship
Apply 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/apply-mc3-clinical-research-fellowship
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📢🔬 Join Our Team! #MC3Institute is hiring 2 paid, full-time Clinical Research Fellows! Help improve #MerkelcellCarcinoma care thru patient support, clinical trials, & research, under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Nghiem. @fredhutch.org
Apply 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/apply-mc3-clinical-research-fellowship
Apply 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/apply-mc3-clinical-research-fellowship
✨Poster Spotlight ✨
Tomas Bencomo, grad student in the #NghiemLab, shares his poster from last week’s 2025 Merkel CELLebration, on #spatialtranscriptomics which helps identify why some patients respond to #immunotherapy & others don’t.
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
Tomas Bencomo, grad student in the #NghiemLab, shares his poster from last week’s 2025 Merkel CELLebration, on #spatialtranscriptomics which helps identify why some patients respond to #immunotherapy & others don’t.
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
✨Poster Spotlight ✨
Tomas Bencomo, grad student in the #NghiemLab, shares his poster from last week’s 2025 Merkel CELLebration, on #spatialtranscriptomics which helps identify why some patients respond to #immunotherapy & others don’t.
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
Tomas Bencomo, grad student in the #NghiemLab, shares his poster from last week’s 2025 Merkel CELLebration, on #spatialtranscriptomics which helps identify why some patients respond to #immunotherapy & others don’t.
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Bhatia on this well-earned recognition! Your work continues to fuel progress in the fight against #Merkelcellcarcinoma — and we’re proud to be your partners.
Congrats to Dr. @bhatia-s-md.bsky.social on being named the inaugural holder of the Lyn and Daniel Lerner Endowed Chair in #MerkelCellCarcinoma at Fred Hutch. Read more: https://bit.ly/3IwHQFp
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Bhatia on this well-earned recognition! Your work continues to fuel progress in the fight against #Merkelcellcarcinoma — and we’re proud to be your partners.
✈️🌍 Last month, #MC3Institute members joined 70+ clinicians, trainees, & researchers in Stockholm for the 9th Nordic/2nd European Merkel Cell Carcinoma Meeting.
Together we shared discoveries, sparked collaborations, & pushed the boundaries of what we know about #MCC.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpupdjvv
Together we shared discoveries, sparked collaborations, & pushed the boundaries of what we know about #MCC.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpupdjvv
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
✈️🌍 Last month, #MC3Institute members joined 70+ clinicians, trainees, & researchers in Stockholm for the 9th Nordic/2nd European Merkel Cell Carcinoma Meeting.
Together we shared discoveries, sparked collaborations, & pushed the boundaries of what we know about #MCC.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpupdjvv
Together we shared discoveries, sparked collaborations, & pushed the boundaries of what we know about #MCC.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpupdjvv
✨ Poster Spotlight ✨
Kate Biese shares her poster from last week’s #MerkelCELLebration on this summer’s @fredhutch.org @obliteride.bsky.social! 🚴♂️
⏳ 1 week left to support our team—Donations accepted thru 9/30. tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster #merkelcellcarcinoma
Kate Biese shares her poster from last week’s #MerkelCELLebration on this summer’s @fredhutch.org @obliteride.bsky.social! 🚴♂️
⏳ 1 week left to support our team—Donations accepted thru 9/30. tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster #merkelcellcarcinoma
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
✨ Poster Spotlight ✨
Kate Biese shares her poster from last week’s #MerkelCELLebration on this summer’s @fredhutch.org @obliteride.bsky.social! 🚴♂️
⏳ 1 week left to support our team—Donations accepted thru 9/30. tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster #merkelcellcarcinoma
Kate Biese shares her poster from last week’s #MerkelCELLebration on this summer’s @fredhutch.org @obliteride.bsky.social! 🚴♂️
⏳ 1 week left to support our team—Donations accepted thru 9/30. tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster #merkelcellcarcinoma
🎉🔬 #MC3Institute proudly hosted our 20th annual #MerkelCELLebration on 9/15—welcoming over 240 guests to learn more about the latest research & advances in #MCC treatment.
📖 Event recap: tinyurl.com/3zpkufm3
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#cancerresearch #merkelcell
📖 Event recap: tinyurl.com/3zpkufm3
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#cancerresearch #merkelcell
September 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🎉🔬 #MC3Institute proudly hosted our 20th annual #MerkelCELLebration on 9/15—welcoming over 240 guests to learn more about the latest research & advances in #MCC treatment.
📖 Event recap: tinyurl.com/3zpkufm3
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#cancerresearch #merkelcell
📖 Event recap: tinyurl.com/3zpkufm3
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#cancerresearch #merkelcell
✈️ Emily Gong, former #MC3Institute undergrad research assistant, took her passion for research to France to study #Merkelcell carcinoma under Dr. Mahtab Samimi of the Université de Tours.
Keep Reading 👉 tinyurl.com/mr5x6dur
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Keep Reading 👉 tinyurl.com/mr5x6dur
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
✈️ Emily Gong, former #MC3Institute undergrad research assistant, took her passion for research to France to study #Merkelcell carcinoma under Dr. Mahtab Samimi of the Université de Tours.
Keep Reading 👉 tinyurl.com/mr5x6dur
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Keep Reading 👉 tinyurl.com/mr5x6dur
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
In a study of #MCC patients, researchers found stopping immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy is associated w/ a higher risk of disease progression — 39% at 2 years compared w/ 14% among those who continued treatment.
Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/ydnr2fck
@uwdermatology.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/ydnr2fck
@uwdermatology.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a study of #MCC patients, researchers found stopping immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy is associated w/ a higher risk of disease progression — 39% at 2 years compared w/ 14% among those who continued treatment.
Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/ydnr2fck
@uwdermatology.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/ydnr2fck
@uwdermatology.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
🚀🌟 We're excited to launch our official #MC3Institute Instagram account, instagram.com/mc3institute/!
Follow us to stay updated on the latest:
🔬 Research projects
🤝 Collaboration & training opportunities
✨ Member spotlights
📅 Upcoming events
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Follow us to stay updated on the latest:
🔬 Research projects
🤝 Collaboration & training opportunities
✨ Member spotlights
📅 Upcoming events
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚀🌟 We're excited to launch our official #MC3Institute Instagram account, instagram.com/mc3institute/!
Follow us to stay updated on the latest:
🔬 Research projects
🤝 Collaboration & training opportunities
✨ Member spotlights
📅 Upcoming events
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
Follow us to stay updated on the latest:
🔬 Research projects
🤝 Collaboration & training opportunities
✨ Member spotlights
📅 Upcoming events
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
🚴♀️🏃♂️🚶 We were proud to once again take part in @obliteride.bsky.social, @fredhutch.bsky.social's annual fundraising bike ride & 5K walk/run, on 8/9 in Seattle!
👏 Congratulations to Team “Skin In The Game!”
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social
👏 Congratulations to Team “Skin In The Game!”
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🚴♀️🏃♂️🚶 We were proud to once again take part in @obliteride.bsky.social, @fredhutch.bsky.social's annual fundraising bike ride & 5K walk/run, on 8/9 in Seattle!
👏 Congratulations to Team “Skin In The Game!”
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social
👏 Congratulations to Team “Skin In The Game!”
#Obliteride #CureCancerFaster @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social
🎉 Thrilled to announce the #NCI has renewed a $14.3M project grant — “Immunobiology & Immune Therapy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma” — led by Dr. Paul Nghiem!
🔗 tinyurl.com/y62adf2f
Funding will support 60 scientists at:
@fredhutch.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social
@uofmichigan.bsky.social
Uni of Virginia
🔗 tinyurl.com/y62adf2f
Funding will support 60 scientists at:
@fredhutch.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social
@uofmichigan.bsky.social
Uni of Virginia
August 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🎉 Thrilled to announce the #NCI has renewed a $14.3M project grant — “Immunobiology & Immune Therapy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma” — led by Dr. Paul Nghiem!
🔗 tinyurl.com/y62adf2f
Funding will support 60 scientists at:
@fredhutch.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social
@uofmichigan.bsky.social
Uni of Virginia
🔗 tinyurl.com/y62adf2f
Funding will support 60 scientists at:
@fredhutch.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social
@uofmichigan.bsky.social
Uni of Virginia
☀️🧴 With @obliteride.bsky.social coming up this Sat, we spent time selling popsicles & sunscreen to raise funds & build awareness around #Merkelcell carcinoma. #CureCancerFaster
🧡 Donate or Join Team 'Skin in The Game' tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
🧡 Donate or Join Team 'Skin in The Game' tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
☀️🧴 With @obliteride.bsky.social coming up this Sat, we spent time selling popsicles & sunscreen to raise funds & build awareness around #Merkelcell carcinoma. #CureCancerFaster
🧡 Donate or Join Team 'Skin in The Game' tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
🧡 Donate or Join Team 'Skin in The Game' tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
🗞️ Fresh off the press! #MC3Memos newsletter vol 2 is here—packed w/ stories, latest advancements, & opportunities within the Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MC3) Institute.
📰 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/mc3-memos-vol-2
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
📰 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/mc3-memos-vol-2
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
August 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🗞️ Fresh off the press! #MC3Memos newsletter vol 2 is here—packed w/ stories, latest advancements, & opportunities within the Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MC3) Institute.
📰 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/mc3-memos-vol-2
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
📰 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/mc3-memos-vol-2
@fredhutch.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
#merkelcellcarcinoma #cancerresearch
Dr. Paul Nghiem spoke to @endpts.com on how proposed budget cuts to federal #cancerresearch threaten life-saving projects & drive top scientists out of the field. #ResearchImprovesLives @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
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Federally-funded cancer research comes to a perilous crossroads
Paul Nghiem and MC3 Institute await $15.7M NCI funding decision for Merkel cell carcinoma research amid Trump budget cuts. Endpoints founder John Carroll watches research future unfold.
endpoints.news
June 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dr. Paul Nghiem spoke to @endpts.com on how proposed budget cuts to federal #cancerresearch threaten life-saving projects & drive top scientists out of the field. #ResearchImprovesLives @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
endpoints.news/federally-fu...
endpoints.news/federally-fu...
💜 Yesterday marked the final day for our clinical research fellows — Dr. Ariel Finberg & Peter Ch’en! Together they've made a lasting impact on our #MCC clinic @fredhutch.bsky.social, guiding patients w/ compassion & curiosity.
Proud to watch them take the next step in their medical careers.
Proud to watch them take the next step in their medical careers.
June 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
💜 Yesterday marked the final day for our clinical research fellows — Dr. Ariel Finberg & Peter Ch’en! Together they've made a lasting impact on our #MCC clinic @fredhutch.bsky.social, guiding patients w/ compassion & curiosity.
Proud to watch them take the next step in their medical careers.
Proud to watch them take the next step in their medical careers.
Congratulations Dr. Akaike! 👏
🔬🗾 Dr. Tomoko Akaike delivered a compelling oral presentation at Annual Meeting of the Japanese Dermatological Association in Yokohama last week on, “Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Immunotherapy Outcomes in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patients.” #JDAannualMTG @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Congratulations Dr. Akaike! 👏
Grateful to our Director, Dr. Paul Nghiem, for his leadership in advocating for science & standing up for the research community. 👏🔬 #sciencenotsilence #supportscientists
Last night, Dr. Paul Nghiem asked a question at the Community Impact Town Hall, hosted by @atg.wa.gov @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov & @ordoj.bsky.social — urging AGs to help release approved federal research funds.
👉 www.youtube.com/live/xYY6G_6...
👉 www.youtube.com/live/xYY6G_6...
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Grateful to our Director, Dr. Paul Nghiem, for his leadership in advocating for science & standing up for the research community. 👏🔬 #sciencenotsilence #supportscientists
🌞🧴 Last Fri, our team spent the afternoon selling popsicles to raise funds for @fredhutch.bsky.social #Obliteride & build awareness around Merkel cell carcinoma.
So proud to ride, walk, & run in support of life-saving cancer research. Support our team 👉 tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
So proud to ride, walk, & run in support of life-saving cancer research. Support our team 👉 tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
May 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🌞🧴 Last Fri, our team spent the afternoon selling popsicles to raise funds for @fredhutch.bsky.social #Obliteride & build awareness around Merkel cell carcinoma.
So proud to ride, walk, & run in support of life-saving cancer research. Support our team 👉 tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
So proud to ride, walk, & run in support of life-saving cancer research. Support our team 👉 tinyurl.com/obiteride-mc3
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Nghiem on this well deserved recognition! #AAP
⚕️🌟 Proud share that Dr. Paul Nghiem, Chair of UW Derm & Director @mc3-institute.bsky.social, has been inducted into the prestigious Association of American Physicians #AAP! @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.bsky.social
👉 derm.uw.edu/news/paul-nghiem-inducted-association-american-physicians
👉 derm.uw.edu/news/paul-nghiem-inducted-association-american-physicians
May 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Nghiem on this well deserved recognition! #AAP
👏 Thrilled to announce that Ankita Menon, our former #undergrad research assistant, will be joining us full-time as a Research Study Coordinator! @fredhutch.bsky.social
Welcome Q&A 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/ankita-menon-transitions-research-study-coord
Welcome Q&A 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/ankita-menon-transitions-research-study-coord
May 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
👏 Thrilled to announce that Ankita Menon, our former #undergrad research assistant, will be joining us full-time as a Research Study Coordinator! @fredhutch.bsky.social
Welcome Q&A 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/ankita-menon-transitions-research-study-coord
Welcome Q&A 👉 mc3institute.uw.edu/news/ankita-menon-transitions-research-study-coord
Reposted by Merkel Cell Carcinoma Collaborative (MC3) Institute
This is an amazing group studying a rare, aggressive #SkinCancer called Merkel cell carcinoma #MCC. The Merkel Cell Carcinoma Collaborative #mc3institute is a relatively new, international endeavor coming out of the #NghiemLab at #UW in #Seattle. @paulnghiem.bsky.social 🧪
🎥 Dr. Nghiem & Krista Lachance recently joined #JNCCN360 for a virtual interview to share their vision for the new institute. 🙏 A big thank you to JNCCN for spotlighting our mission & work ahead! @uwmedicine.bsky.social
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is an amazing group studying a rare, aggressive #SkinCancer called Merkel cell carcinoma #MCC. The Merkel Cell Carcinoma Collaborative #mc3institute is a relatively new, international endeavor coming out of the #NghiemLab at #UW in #Seattle. @paulnghiem.bsky.social 🧪
🎥 Dr. Nghiem & Krista Lachance recently joined #JNCCN360 for a virtual interview to share their vision for the new institute. 🙏 A big thank you to JNCCN for spotlighting our mission & work ahead! @uwmedicine.bsky.social
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/
May 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎥 Dr. Nghiem & Krista Lachance recently joined #JNCCN360 for a virtual interview to share their vision for the new institute. 🙏 A big thank you to JNCCN for spotlighting our mission & work ahead! @uwmedicine.bsky.social
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/
👉 jnccn360.org/advanced-skin-cancers/videos/introducing-the-mc3-institute/