Aitken Lab
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Investigating how DNA, cells, and tissues are damaged by the world around us, causing diseases including cancer. PI: @S_J_Aitken @Cambridge_Uni & @YaleCancer
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Joined September 2018
📢We are moving to @Yale University! - very grateful to everyone @Cambridge_Uni and @YaleMed who is helping with our multifaceted move… Want to be part of @aitken_lab 2.0? We are hiring at all levels - so get in touch!
It is official: My lab and I are moving to @YaleCancer Center in December! Very excited to be joining the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology and @YalePathology Want to be part of @aitken_lab 2.0? We are hiring at all levels - so get in touch! [1/5]
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🌟NEW PREPRINT ALERT!🌟 We are very pleased to introduce #StrainDifferences: “Genetic background sets the trajectory of cancer evolution” https://t.co/Gd2ptSqUyY [1/12]
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Human cancers are heterogeneous. Their genomes evolve from genetically diverse germlines in complex and dynamic environments, including exposure to potential carcinogens. This heterogeneity of...
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First week @YaleCancer Center: check. Thanks to everyone at #CMCO (especially @MuschenLab, @coraline_mly, @ishizukalab, @BraunMDPhD, Rick, and Lars) for such a warm welcome, @YalePathology and @YaleBIDS for interesting ideas, and so many blue skies 🦋
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Thank you @aitken_lab and everyone at @MRC_TU for the bittersweet farewells (until next time) this week. So many thoughtful words, kind gifts… and the giant carrot cake 🧡
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A great line up of experts sharing cutting-edge research to advance our understanding of cancer biology. 🧬🔬Basic science plays a crucial role in driving breakthroughs! #BiologyMatters | #EDxConf24 Rebecca Fitzgerald | @RFitzgerald_lab Sarah Mazzilli |@DrSMazz Jennifer
💬How is biology informing early detection? Chairs Rebecca Fitzgerald & Sarah Mazzilli will guide us through a line-up of speakers with different backgrounds to address this topic. #EDxConf24 | @RFitzgerald_lab | @Cambridge_Uni | @BU_Tweets | (AB)
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💡Sarah Aitken (@S_J_Aitken) talked about the strand asymmetry as a universal feature of exogenous mutagens. Her team studied lesion segregation model to show combinatorial genetic diversity. #EDxConf24 | @Cambridge_Uni | @CRUKresearch | @OHSUKnight -pds
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📢Final speaker in this session is Sarah Aitken explaining how re-running cancer evolution reveals germline influences on carcinogenesis. #EDxConf24 | @S_J_Aitken | @aitken_lab | @YaleCancer | @Cambridge_Uni | (AB)
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We are excited to highlight the 2024 Early Detection of Cancer Conference sessions. First up is "How is biology informing early detection?". See the full lineup of speakers & register today: https://t.co/JbK90FM7ND
@OHSUKnight @CRUKresearch #EDxConf24
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Indeed, exciting and important research & generous and supportive mentor. 👇🏻
@S_J_Aitken @YaleCancer @yalepathology @aitken_lab @clarnedo @_HAN1999 @MRC_TU @Cambridge_SBS @Cambridge_Uni @YaleMed @MuschenLab @DrEricWiner @YaleGenetics congratulations Sarah! all the best and definitely highly recommend folks to apply (based on previous collab. with Sarah and team)!
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Wonderful that it’s official now. So excited to be there when you launch Aitken Lab 2.0 and to having you as our lab neighbor in CMCO at Yale!
It is official: My lab and I are moving to @YaleCancer Center in December! Very excited to be joining the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology and @YalePathology Want to be part of @aitken_lab 2.0? We are hiring at all levels - so get in touch! [1/5]
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@S_J_Aitken @YaleCancer @aitken_lab @clarnedo @_HAN1999 @MRC_TU @Cambridge_SBS @Cambridge_Uni @YaleMed @MuschenLab @DrEricWiner @YaleGenetics We’re honored that you’re joining us.
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It is official: My lab and I are moving to @YaleCancer Center in December! Very excited to be joining the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology and @YalePathology Want to be part of @aitken_lab 2.0? We are hiring at all levels - so get in touch! [1/5]
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Our @Uni_Cambridge-based team members will continue to work closely with @Matt_Hoare20 @EarlyCancerCam and @SPJacksonGroup @CRUK_CI, as well as ongoing collaborations with @mst_paralogue and others @mrc_hgu @EdinUni_IGC
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This postdoc appreciation week we celebrate Dr Claudia Arnedo Pac who is a computational biologist working on all things #mutations - as well as being our comic book extraordinaire! We're very grateful to have @clarnedo as part of the @aitken_lab 🤩 #NPAW2024 #CelebratePostdocs
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Happy third birthday to us! Punting and picnicking in sunny Cambridge - @aitken_lab with friends and colleagues from our Core Facilities
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New research from @adelynechan and the Narita Group provides insight into different liver cancer subtypes and their prognoses. 'Titration of RAS alters senescent state and influences tumour initiation' https://t.co/Py3eH2gYcM In collaboration with @S_J_Aitken & @Matt_Hoare20.
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It was a pleasure to host one of these talented #AspiringScientists in the @aitken_lab! She was supervised by our PhD student Hashim @_HAN1999, and did experiments, analysed data, and gave a fantastic talk at the end of the week. The future is in great hands 👩🏾🔬
Last month, we welcomed 5 budding young scientists to the Unit to try out their lab skills side-by-side with our researchers as part of the Aspiring Scientists Training Programme (ASTP) Read more about what they got up to with us: https://t.co/hbyfsKvtaO
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Read the explainer about the #StrandInteractions paper in @Nature by @mst_paralogue @mrc_hgu and @S_J_Aitken
🔎#ResearchBriefing🔎 Martin @mst_paralogue and I wrote an explainer about our recent #StrandInteractions paper @Nature "DNA strands show symmetry in damage tolerance but asymmetries in repair efficiency" https://t.co/azfiDR5ljb
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This is an incredible achievement - huge congratulations 🥳🥳 @aitken_lab and @S_J_Aitken FTW indeed!
The surreal and unexpected day that you discover we have *three* lab contributions in @Nature this week - @aitken_lab FTW! 🦀#2023xCRC
https://t.co/XO0UdKCLfp 🔬#TitratingRAS
https://t.co/Bo3zEn9wzm 🧬#StrandInteractions
https://t.co/azfiDR5ljb 🤩#proudPI #newPI
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