Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering and the University of British Columbia/BC Cancer have developed a tool for sequencing the genomes of individual cancer cells on a massive scale. The resource will speed up scientists’ understanding of tumor evolution. For more information, please see this blog post. Dr. Sohrab Shah also explains DLP+ in brief on...Read More

Students can complete and submit an online application at: sam.mskcc.orgDeadline for receipt of applications:  January 17, 2020 at 5pm ESTRead More

Applications are invited from computer science & applied math undergraduate freshmen, sophomores, and juniors interested in pursuing research at the interface of computer science and biomedicine for a summer research experience. Applicants must have computer science experience and fluency. CBSP is sponsored by an NCI grant to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1 R25 CA233208-01)...Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Ed Reznik on his 2019 Young Investigator Award from the Kidney Cancer Association on Metabolic determinants of the tumor microenvironment and sensitivity to immunotherapy in ccRCC. The introduction of immunotherapy has transformed the management of advanced kidney cancer. Although many kidney cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy, there is a formidable gap in...Read More

Today our new computational method for assigning cell types of the tumour microenvironment has been published in Nature Methods. The microenvironment is the set of immune and structural cells that surround and interact with tumours, and has important consequences for both patient prognosis and response to therapy. Recently, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) has given us the...Read More

​This story was originally published on MSKCC.org on July 10, 2019. It is reposted here in its entirety. Inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are a known risk factor for several types of cancer. Women who inherit mutations in these genes have a greater risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. Men are at a higher risk...Read More