Clinician-scientist Pediatric Oncologist focusing on chemical epigenetics & transcriptional circuitries. Better treatments, less toxicity. @stjuderesearch

Joined April 2020
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Very excited for this conference, to learn from experts in pediatric cancer biology and development!
18 Jul 2025
Pediatric Cancer Development: Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, Peter B. Dirks, and Adam D. Durbin will address this topic in a plenary at the AACR Conference on Pediatric Cancer (Sept 25-28; Boston). Learn more: brnw.ch/21wUfPP #AACRpediatric25 @BrainSurgn1989 @ADurbinLab
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Julien Sage blowing my mind in small cell lung carcinoma heterogeneity! So many parallels to #neuroblastoma. #AACR25
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Opening plenary! A call to arms, surrounded by thousands dedicated to improving the lives of people stricken with cancer. This is inspirational! #AACR25 @StJudeResearch
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If you’re at #AACR25 and you want to catch up, send me a message! Super excited for all the #pediatriconcology advances, to see John Prensner and @Elvin_Wag’s presentations, and many more! So much exciting science going on!
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So exciting that Tom Look was elected as a #fellow of @aacr, to join many amazing scientists. Very well deserved. Similarly, @TheRobertsLab1 elected to @aacr board of directors! It is an honor to present our work alongside these luminaries, Monday morning. @StJudeResearch
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26 Apr 2025
This evening, the 33 members of the 2025 class of AACR Fellows were inducted into the AACR Academy. The distinguished scientists who comprise the AACR Academy serve as a global brain trust, providing scientific leadership to advance the AACR's mission. #AACR25
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Congratulations to #AACR25 NextGen Stars! Find out more about Edmond Chan, @Yash_Chhabra, @KarenODixon, @ADurbinLab, @afarkkila, @adj_23, Zuzana Kečkéšová, John Prensner, @Elvin_Wag, @stephxie, and @Dr_Di_Zhao in this month's commentary: brnw.ch/21wSe6k
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So proud to be part of this amazing group!
Insights on Future Directions in Cancer Research from the 2025 @AACR NextGen Stars brnw.ch/21wS7y6 Featuring Edmond M. Chan, @YashChhabra, @KarenODixon, @ADurbinLab, @afarkkila, @adj_23, Zuzana Kečkéšová, John R. Prensner, @Elvin_Wag, @stephxie, and @Dr_Di_Zhao
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@MolOnc_StJude grad students represent! @Larsen_in_Lab from @hatleylab won St Jude Grad School Research Achievement Award, with @HaydenMalone3 from @TheRobertsLab1 as a finalist and @bsteve00 from @hatleylab with an honorable mention. We appreciate all our great students!
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With so much to see and do at #ANR2025, planning ahead is key! 🗓️ Explore the full scientific program online and make the most of your time in Washington, DC. bit.ly/4hJguYe
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RT @StJudeResearch: Cuts in NIH research grants will have a lasting negative impact on science and medicine in the U.S. Grants will continu…
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I am truly honored to be able to work at St. Jude. My lab studies particularly lethal pediatric tumors - what makes them so aggressive? Can we disrupt them? In doing so, we aim to build new treatments for these hard to treat diseases. For example: aacrjournals.org/cancerdisco…
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This initiative is changing the world. It is inspiring to work in its presence. See: stjude.org/gpaccm and for further details, consider tuning into the free online seminar "The Science of Childhood Cancer" on Feb 13, 2025 for more details (stjude.org/education-trainin…)

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Initiatives like this profoundly change humanity. They allow us to realize a dream that every single person agrees with. As Danny Thomas said, "No child should die in the dawn of life." @StJudeResearch @StJude #pediatriconcology #Oncology #pediatrics
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Thankful to @HarvardCatalyst for the opportunity to chat about my path and the work done in my lab to try to address challenging #pediatric #cancers.
Targeting Next-Gen Treatments for the Deadliest Childhood Cancers. In our recent interview, our former trainee @ADurbinLab Adam Durbin @StJude tells us about his research investigating treatment-resistant pediatric cancers. Read: hvrdct.me/82c @NCATS_NIH_Gov @CCOs_CTSA
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Congratulations to Kim! ⁦@KStegmaier_DFCI⁩ on this honor. Couldn’t imagine a better representative for children with cancer! whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…

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Join us at #ANR2025 to explore clinical research topics, including survivorship, social determinants of health, and biomarkers & imaging. Share your insights and contribute to advancing neuroblastoma research by submitting your abstract today! ✍️ bit.ly/3zRFGMq
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An absolute pleasure to be able to contribute to this book with the amazing @JunQiLab, and brilliant Qi Liu and Aimee Qi. From @RoySocChem, “Epigenetic Drug Discovery.” We specifically focus on targeting histone acetyltransferases, and new chemical strategies to target them.
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Thank you to Drs Ho Man Chan and @CherylArrowsmi1 for the invitation. We hope this chapter is helpful to individuals interested in the chemistry and chemical biology of histone acetyltransferases in health and disease. doi.org/10.1039/978183767491…
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We believe this class has enormous promise for therapeutic discovery. Of course, thank you to the funding agencies, @theNCI @NIH @ALSFNews @RallyFoundation @TheVFoundation @hopeonwheels @RecordatiD and @StJude @StJudeResearch. @MolOnc_StJude @DFCI_ChemBio @DFBC_PedCare.
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