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Congratulations to Ulrich G. Steidl, M.D., Ph.D., on receiving a prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award from @theNCI. The award is accompanied by a seven-year, $7 million grant to study myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid #leukemia. bit.ly/3nC6nKC#cancer
Congratulations to Elizabeth McNally, M.D., Ph.D., Einstein Class of ’90, on being elected editor of @jclinicalinvest (JCI). Dr. McNally will be the first woman to hold the title of editor in JCI’s nearly 100-year history. bit.ly/3HNsPt9#WomenInScience#WomenInMedicine
Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., @AMCuervoLab has been named Distinguished Professor at Einstein. This designation represents the highest academic honor that Einstein can confer on a member of its faculty. #research#science#medicinebit.ly/47wFmxB
The fields of stem cell research and hematology lost one of their brightest stars last week with the passing of Paul S. Frenette, M.D., who died on July 26.
We remember Dr. Frenette at bit.ly/3ClRBOS
The newly renamed Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center #MECCC has been awarded comprehensive designation by the National Cancer Institute of @NIH, the ultimate standard achieved by only 55 other @theNCI cancer centers in the U.S. bit.ly/3EzXxG7@MontefioreNYC
Researchers at Einstein, led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., have received a five-year, $16 million grant from @NIH to determine how #autophagy, a cellular recycling process, is related to #Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. bit.ly/3bFA6fC#aging#alz
Kira Gritsman, M.D., Ph.D., of Einstein and @MontefioreNYC has received a four-year, $2.1 million grant from @NIDDKgov to study the role of the PI3 kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway in myelodysplastic syndrome #MDS development. bit.ly/3ChvWIg@Gritsman_lab
Congratulations! Teresa Bowman, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the department of developmental & molecular biology at Einstein. An exceptional stem cell researcher, mentor, and leader, she begins her new role Dec 1. Learn more at bit.ly/3U8mb95.
No clear career vision, but a passion for biology was the start for @The_Will_Lab into biomedical research. Now she leads stem cell & cancer biology research at an NCI-designated cancer center. #WomeninScience#February11@MontefioreNYC@theNCI