TheSpikeLab
@TheBenSpikeLab
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Working to understand how cells integrate cues to sustain complex tissues, how this goes awry in diseases like cancer, and how to put things right.
Joined April 2021
Congrats to Ozlen, Brooke and the rest of the gang for getting this preprint up and the formal manuscript under peer review. https://t.co/0Kf7XtiIvh
biorxiv.org
Breast cancers are categorized into subtypes with distinctive therapeutic vulnerabilities based on expression of clinically targetable receptors and other genes that mimic cell types of the normal...
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Spread the word! We have two Biostatistics faculty searches open @UofUHealth, in collaboration with @HuntsmanCancer. @UofUPHS #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter #BlackInStats #PopulationHealth #HigherEdJobs #EpiJobs
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Today, we released Uncharted to transform cancer care and empower patients in a whole new way. An emotional day for me. Share with those you love:
unchartedhealth.org
Cancer Patients - get free, scientifically valid cancer education created by scientists, researchers, and oncologists to understand your cancer, take control of your life, and improve your outcome.
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Stoked to start work on a DOD-CDMRP-Breakthrough level 2 award trying to learn (and block) some mechanisms of adaptive plasticity in breast cancer with our partnering lab @BryanWelm !
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First Lab Tweet! Proud of our team. @Babbling8rooke @Freeman_DW @Elnaz_MM and Ozlen Balcioglu. Picking up some retro-accomplishments on this first one 😁. Brooke and David passing prelims. Yay! Also: https://t.co/B4Y1Im7Z2d
breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com
Background CRIPTO is a multi-functional signaling protein that promotes stemness and oncogenesis. We previously developed a CRIPTO antagonist, ALK4L75A-Fc, and showed that it causes loss of the stem...
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Inspiring day with the lab at the Y-Me softball tournament with survivors, donors and sponsors raising money for breast cancer research at the University of Chicago! So many strong women and their families and the irrespressible Ginger Rugai
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