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Stef Schwartz
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Immunobiology PhD student @Yale. Interested in (kidney) #cancer biology and #immunology.
(Braun Lab)

#ski • #surf • #soccer
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Another informative and exciting year at #KCRS with the Braun lab!
July 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Excited to participate in the closer to free ride this year on team #CycloPaths! 100% of money raised goes to cancer research and patient care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.
#cancer #research #fundraising #yale

www.rideclosertofree.org/participant/...
A fundraising page for Stephanie Schwartz
Join the Closer to Free Ride on Saturday, September 6th. Register or donate at RideCloserToFree.org.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Hardest workers out there
April 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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science.org
Vaccine scientists and medical leaders have announced they are launching an unprecedented initiative to react to vaccine misinformation and scientifically unfounded vaccine decisions by the U.S. government. scim.ag/3ES9r1Q
Vaccine experts band together to counter U.S. government misinformation
Vaccine Integrity Project intends to provide scientific responses to ill-founded vaccine moves
scim.ag
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Park, Sherwood et al. show that de novo lipid synthesis and polarized prenylation drives cell invasion through basement membrane rupress.org/jcb/article/...

📙 In our #Cancer Cell Biology collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#AACR25
April 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Braun lab April journal club article.

A very rad and novel method to identify cell niches.
Identification and characterization of cell niches in tissue from spatial omics data at single-cell resolution - Nature Communications
Deciphering the features, structure, and functions of the cell niche in tissues remains a major challenge. Here, the authors develop scNiche, a computational framework to identify and characterise cel...
www.nature.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Braun lab March journal club.

The authors identify IL1B, expressed by a subset of TR Macs, may potentially promote tumor cell EMT via single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.
Mapping single-cell transcriptomes in the intra-tumoral and associated territories of kidney cancer
Tumor behavior is intricately dependent on the oncogenic properties of cancer cells and their multi-cellular interactions. To understand these depende…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Tempting.
March 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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ERVs in RCC.
HIF regulates multiple translated endogenous retroviruses: Implications for cancer immunotherapy
An upregulation of the HIF2 transcription factor, which is a hallmark of the most common form of human kidney cancer, drives the expression of multiple relatively intact endogenous retroviruses, inclu...
www.cell.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Review @annualreviews.bsky.social @lucasite-lab.bsky.social
Decoding Immunobiology Through Genetic Errors of Immunity
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
February 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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An oldie but goodie.
February 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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This is outstanding! Watch it and share...
February 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Alzheimer’s scientist resigns after university finds ‘data integrity concerns’ in papers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Alzheimer’s scientist resigns after university finds ‘data integrity concerns’ in papers
University of Minnesota’s Sylvain Lesné was at the heart of an image-doctoring scandal on study of key amyloid protein linked to dementia
www.science.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
www.fiercebiotech.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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science.org
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US
HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education
“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions
scim.ag
February 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Successful anti-cancer immune responses reported in phase 1 trial of a personalized cancer vaccine for #kidneycancer. Research in Nature led by @drchoueiri.bsky.social #PatrickOtt #CatherineWu #DerinKeskin (all of @danafarber.bsky.social) and David Braun of @yalecancer.bsky.social. bit.ly/3CDIT3n
Cancer vaccine shows promise for patients with stage III and IV kidney cancer | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
All nine patients treated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in a phase 1 trial of a personalized cancer vaccine for patients with stage III or IV kidney cancer with a high risk of recurrence, generated ...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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A personalized cancer vaccine to prevent the return of high-risk kidney cancer @nature.com @braunmdphd.bsky.social
@drchoueiri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A personalized cancer vaccine to prevent the return of high-risk kidney cancer
A phase I clinical trial supports the safety and feasibility of a vaccine to limit disease recurrence in people with kidney cancer.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Man I wish my last name was Kennedy. Maybe I would get to run the Department of Transportation. My qualifications are driving a car sometimes and advocating for seatbelt use.
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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nytimes.com
Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.
Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.
During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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nature.com
DeepSeek's open AI model is giving scientists worldwide the opportunity to train custom reasoning models designed to solve problems in their disciplines.

https://go.nature.com/4azXz07
Scientists flock to DeepSeek: how they’re using the blockbuster AI model
Researchers are testing how well the open model can perform scientific tasks — in topics from mathematics to cognitive neuroscience.
go.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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labwaggoner.bsky.social
Deep learning enhances the prediction of HLA class I-presented CD8+ T cell epitopes in foreign pathogens
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@natmachintell.bsky.social
Deep learning enhances the prediction of HLA class I-presented CD8+ T cell epitopes in foreign pathogens - Nature Machine Intelligence
Accurate prediction of immunogenic CD8+ T cell epitopes would greatly accelerate T cell vaccine development. A new deep learning model, MUNIS, can rapidly identify HLA-binding, immunogenic and immunod...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Awesome old school vibe resort. Lucky to have skied it this season.
Devotees of Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Are Working to Take Their Mountain Back
Devotees of Mt. Bachelor are putting together a bid to rescue the ski area — and their way of life — from the titans of the industry.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Ride or die Kirkland 😎
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jan 24
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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jama.com
Renal cell carcinoma is a common cancer that forms in the kidneys.

This JAMA Patient Page describes renal cell carcinoma and its risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.

ja.ma/4jHvhoH

#MedSky
JAMA Patient Page
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM