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Miranda Hunter

@mrndhntr

Cancer cell biologist @ MSKCC / NCI K99 fellow / πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ in NYC

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Congrats Daniela - this is awesome!

19.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancestry and somatic profile indicate acral melanoma origin and prognosis - Nature Analysis of the somatic and transcriptomic profile of 123 acral melanoma samples from Mexican patients helps understand tumour origins and prognosis, and highlights the importance of including samples...

We are very happy to see our study finally appear online @nature.com! This has been work of nearly 10 years in collaboration with the National Institute of Genome Medicine πŸ‡²πŸ‡½, the National Cancer Institute πŸ‡²πŸ‡½, the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and others ⬇️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

Triggered!! Some things never change...

18.12.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to another year’s Cell Bio meeting next week in Philly. I am co-chairing a cancer cell biology minisymposium on Tuesday morning with Partha Roy and my pal Junior West @jr2255.bsky.social. Lots of great talks about imaging tumor-TME cell interactions! #cellbio2025

04.12.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Couldn't agree more - the Biorender-ification of science illustration is so depressing.

01.12.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Go Jays!!!!!

09.10.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Mechanical Microenvironment Drives Plasticity in Melanoma Major Finding: Mechanical confinement governs phenotype switching from a proliferative to an invasive state. Concept: Stable changes in chromatin architecture in mechanically confined cells induce can...

Thank you to Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social for highlighting our recent paper! aacrjournals.org/cdnews/news/...

01.10.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got to love studies that were clearly conducted "for the love of the game" (β€œself-decapitating sea slugs”, β€œplants that see and use that for mimicry”, β€œworms that jump in the air”, aka papers you sometimes find in @currentbiology.bsky.social
) References to all of this bellowπŸ‘‡

29.09.2025 06:15 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

08.09.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 1385 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 12

Lay(-ish) summary of our melanoma confinement paper with some behind the scenes details of how this project came about, and what we’re planning to do next (hint: PDAC 🐟). Thanks @nature.com for featuring our work.

04.09.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a follow up to our 2021 paper where we described spatially-organized gene expression changes at the tumor border. We now show that mechanical force exerted on cells at the invasive front leads to changes in nuclear, cytoskeletal, and chromatin architecture that favor invasion.

27.08.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma - Nature Mechanical confinement of cancer cells at the tumour–microenvironment interface induces phenotype switching through chromatin remodelling by HMGB2, leading to a more invasive and drug-resistant state ...

My recent postdoctoral work is out today in @nature.com! We found that physical confinement makes melanoma cells more invasive and drug tolerant. Thanks to all who made this work possible @whitefishlab.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social #NIH #NCI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

27.08.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Science is fun, but
Academia.. needs work

22.08.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Congrats Sarah!! Well deserved!

05.08.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/6 Thrilled to share that I have joined the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor! Grateful for the journey so far and incredibly excited for what’s ahead at @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social @utoronto.ca‬.

csb.utoronto.ca/faculty/feli...

08.07.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

it is hard to convey in words how bad the bloodbath has been for professionals working in the "not evil" sectors

18.06.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 834 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 14
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Opinion: Canada can be the global leader in medical research As the U.S. slashes funding to its research initiatives, there is a chance for us to recruit the best talent from around the world

It's time for Canada to Lead

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

18.04.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Very smart move. Vancouver is gorgeous and UBC is great. Apply!!

08.04.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...

Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

03.04.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 11

Great ❀️

31.03.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?

Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

15.03.2025 01:52 πŸ‘ 1017 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 33

Second, women make terrific leaders. They tend to be organized and prepared. They also tend to be more empathic as they have often experienced more challenges and setbacks than men in similar positions. They tend to be more courageous, particularly when the stakes are high.

36/n

09.03.2025 05:02 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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NIH-funded research is at risk. Cuts to federal funding could harm science and the economy. Contact Congress now to protect research. Every call matters. Find your reps at govtrack.us and speak up today. #FundScience

www.ascb.org/science-poli...

13.02.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Congrats all!! Nice to see it out.

17.01.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited to announce my new lab at the University of Michigan opening Jan 2025! πŸŽ‰We’ll study how cells work together to shape the GI tract, with ties to regeneration & disease.

Hiring at all levelsβ€”esp. a research tech to help launch the lab! Info: huyckelab.org

#DevBio #CellBio #Hiring

13.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fun catching up with some fellow RFG lab OGs in San Diego for #cellbio2024! @rodrigofg.bsky.social

17.12.2024 21:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Been there πŸ˜… but I'm sure you will be funded eventually! Let me know if you want to see my summary statements if that would be helpful.

18.11.2024 23:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Super cool work, congrats Michel and team!

18.11.2024 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bonjour πŸ˜‚

15.11.2024 16:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0