Meet #MSKPostdoc Marc Nater (@MarcNtr) from the @MaraShermanLab. Marc studies how pancreatic cancer hijacks surrounding supporting cells to spread and resist treatment.
#NPAW2026 🇨🇭
@MSKPDA

Neural niches are recurrent features of human cancer that may relay signals to nearby cells, to the immune system, + to the brain. So what’s in these niches, and what happens when cancer cells barge in? We take a look under the hood in our new preprint 1/ biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

I am really happy to announce that we are hiring a postdoc to work on how chromosomal instability changes the immune landscape in colorectal cancer. Interested candidates can contact me directly (PTallon@mdanderson.org) 

jobs.mdanderson.org/search/jobdeta…

@shouval_lab @SnehaPramod @hagargir and I reflect on the work of the ✨ TME community in a new review re fibroblasts in cancer @NatureCancer. 2025 was my yr to 🩵 the distraction of writing (IYKYK), so thx to all whose discoveries made this so gratifying. nature.com/articles/s4301…

With ✨ trainees Frank, Anny & Zainab ⁦@MSKCancerCenter⁩ we share a current understanding of the pancreatic #TME ⁦@NatureRevCancer⁩. It was inspiring to reflect on progress by so many in the field over the last decade. Hope we did yall justice. nature.com/articles/s4156…

PSA: Stop calling macrophages in tissue M1 or M2. These are not states that exist in biology. The only use of M1 is a macrophage cultured ex vivo with LPS and IFNg; and for M2: IL-4/13/10. Macrophages in tissues are highly complex and diverse and do not resemble either of the ates. M1/M2 language causes confusion and sets the field back. Refer to your macrophages by the molecules they express and the cytokines they make.

My lab at ETHZ in Basel has an opening for a postdoc in spatial risk stratification: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_…. Please apply if suitable or RT, thanks!

Our paper is now out in final form at Nature Genetics! For those who missed the preprint, we used large-scale Perturb-seq targeting transcription factors to push primary fibroblasts into diverse transcriptional states, including those observed in cell atlas studies.

Excited to share our new story in @iScience_CP ! We show how iNKT cells promote CRC-derived liver metastasis by driving the formation of a fibrotic niche. Check it out here:
cell.com/iscience/fullt…

Cancer-cell-derived cGAMP limits the activity of tumor-associated CD8+ T cells dlvr.it/TJyT6S

Inflammatory cytokines mediate the induction of and awakening from metastatic dormancy dlvr.it/TJJ61C

Pre-existing intratumoral stem-like CD8+ T-cells drive radiotherapy-induced tumor control biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_immuno

From embryo to adult and back again!
In our latest preprint, we introduce oncoembryology—a parallel analysis of embryonic development and cancer. With my talented PhD student @TDalessi, we explored the fascinating connections between these two processes.
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

1) Excited to share a ms entitled: Integrin-activating Yersinia protein Invasin sustains long-term expansion of primary epithelial cells as 2D #organoid sheets. It describes an alternative to #Matrigel
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… A thread:

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD Student! 🤩
If you are passionate about science and interested in tumor immunology and metabolism… join us in Bonn! 👩🏻‍🔬👨‍🔬
please share🙏

Check out our latest research revealing the role of hepatic iNKT cells in promoting colorectal cancer liver metastasis!

📣 Hot off the press: Transitional arrangements will allow the ERC to begin accepting applications from researchers based in 🇨🇭Switzerland once again, as from the calls under the ERC’s 2024 Work Programme.

Statement from the ERC's Scientific Council 👇
erc.europa.eu/news-events/ne…

Neuroscientists have enabled a paralyzed person to walk again naturally. Using a wireless digital bridge connecting the brain and spinal cord, they allowed an individual to regain control over their leg muscles. actu.epfl.ch/news/thought-c…

Read this. Worth 5 minutes of your time.

It matters who does science science.org/content/blog-p…

Had the honour to preview a great study in Cancer Cell describing immune cell interaction networks in lung cancer (50 days free access under this link) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…