Zahra Abbas
@zahra-abbas.bsky.social
Researching paediatric cancer immunology and immunotherapies. Based @thekidsau.bsky.social in Perth, Australia. Enjoyer of birds and museums. Curious about almost everything.
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For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?
You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?
You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding.
A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding.
A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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The day Trump won I said I wasn't going to visit the US under a Trump presidency. If you don't have to visit, don't. Don't support Trump, don't take the risk.
No one is safe from their violence. Her story is absolutely horrific. No one should be traveling to the US.
Swiss woman is denied entry at the US border and detained
«You have no right to be here.» A teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York. Instead, she was jailed in New Jersey before being deported. A lawyer warns that something similar could happen ...
www.nzz.ch
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The day Trump won I said I wasn't going to visit the US under a Trump presidency. If you don't have to visit, don't. Don't support Trump, don't take the risk.
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Welcome Josh!
Josh is completing his Honours with us, testing how certain therapies can help the immune system fight medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in kids.
Josh is excited to see the impact of the Cancer Centre's work through our strong researcher-clinician collaborations.
Josh is completing his Honours with us, testing how certain therapies can help the immune system fight medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in kids.
Josh is excited to see the impact of the Cancer Centre's work through our strong researcher-clinician collaborations.
May 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Welcome Josh!
Josh is completing his Honours with us, testing how certain therapies can help the immune system fight medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in kids.
Josh is excited to see the impact of the Cancer Centre's work through our strong researcher-clinician collaborations.
Josh is completing his Honours with us, testing how certain therapies can help the immune system fight medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in kids.
Josh is excited to see the impact of the Cancer Centre's work through our strong researcher-clinician collaborations.
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💪Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics – a new open access journal by EANO & @neuroonc.bsky.social for the global #pediatric & AYA #NeuroOncology community. Now open for submissions!
🔗 academic.oup.com/neuro-onc-peds
Editor-in-Chief: S. Mueller
Executive Editors: M. A. Roldán (EANO), @bandolab.bsky.social (SNO)
🔗 academic.oup.com/neuro-onc-peds
Editor-in-Chief: S. Mueller
Executive Editors: M. A. Roldán (EANO), @bandolab.bsky.social (SNO)
May 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
💪Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics – a new open access journal by EANO & @neuroonc.bsky.social for the global #pediatric & AYA #NeuroOncology community. Now open for submissions!
🔗 academic.oup.com/neuro-onc-peds
Editor-in-Chief: S. Mueller
Executive Editors: M. A. Roldán (EANO), @bandolab.bsky.social (SNO)
🔗 academic.oup.com/neuro-onc-peds
Editor-in-Chief: S. Mueller
Executive Editors: M. A. Roldán (EANO), @bandolab.bsky.social (SNO)
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new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Glioblastoma-instructed astrocytes suppress tumour-specific T cell immunity - Nature
A population of TRAIL-positive astrocytes in glioblastoma contributes to an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment and this mechanism can be targeted with an engineered oncolytic virus to improve o...
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We've launched the Armamentarium, a new toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain and spinal cord.
This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.
🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...
This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.
🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord
NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders.
www.nih.gov
May 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've launched the Armamentarium, a new toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain and spinal cord.
This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.
🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...
This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.
🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...
My lab mate Jacob Byrne is both an incredibly dedicated brain cancer researcher and also, apparently, super human. He's running a marathon every day for 30 days in September to raise money for children's brain cancer research. You can support Jacob as he runs 30 marathons here 👉 bit.ly/4j5I3M7
May 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
My lab mate Jacob Byrne is both an incredibly dedicated brain cancer researcher and also, apparently, super human. He's running a marathon every day for 30 days in September to raise money for children's brain cancer research. You can support Jacob as he runs 30 marathons here 👉 bit.ly/4j5I3M7
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
This is unreal, I can’t even begin to fathom how devastating this would be. My heart goes out to our colleagues in the US.
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is unreal, I can’t even begin to fathom how devastating this would be. My heart goes out to our colleagues in the US.
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Loving job::job!
Chuck long-running code into job::job blocks, Rstudio will execute that code in the background so your console is free to do other stuff. Great if you, like me, always have 5 quarto documents open
Chuck long-running code into job::job blocks, Rstudio will execute that code in the background so your console is free to do other stuff. Great if you, like me, always have 5 quarto documents open
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Loving job::job!
Chuck long-running code into job::job blocks, Rstudio will execute that code in the background so your console is free to do other stuff. Great if you, like me, always have 5 quarto documents open
Chuck long-running code into job::job blocks, Rstudio will execute that code in the background so your console is free to do other stuff. Great if you, like me, always have 5 quarto documents open
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Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025!
Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
March 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025!
Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
this is an awesome resource for paediatric cancer research, highly recommend!
Tools like our Single-cell #PediatricCancer Atlas (ScPCA) Portal make data widely available and easier for researchers to use for their own experiments. Currently, you can explore and download data from 700 samples across 55 cancer types at scpca.alexslemonade.org!
January 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
this is an awesome resource for paediatric cancer research, highly recommend!
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"The science of extreme longevity continues as an immense joke."
—The first man to “survive” past 110 actually died at 65.
—Blue zones are a myth
—Pervasive false claims about longevity and supercentenarians
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...
—The first man to “survive” past 110 actually died at 65.
—Blue zones are a myth
—Pervasive false claims about longevity and supercentenarians
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...
Opinion | The Science of Blue Zones and Extreme Longevity Is Deeply Flawed (Gift Article)
Some of the claims behind the longest-lived people are simply improbable.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"The science of extreme longevity continues as an immense joke."
—The first man to “survive” past 110 actually died at 65.
—Blue zones are a myth
—Pervasive false claims about longevity and supercentenarians
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...
—The first man to “survive” past 110 actually died at 65.
—Blue zones are a myth
—Pervasive false claims about longevity and supercentenarians
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...
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A moving parent’s perspective www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...
Opinion | If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
A bereaved mother’s case against our grief-phobic culture.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:01 PM
A moving parent’s perspective www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...