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Mohita Tagore, a postdoctoral fellow in the Sloan Kettering Institute
Meet Mohita Tagore, Winner of a Kravis WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Tagore is a postdoctoral fellow in the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute studying cell communication in cancer.
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MSK leadership on the stage in the Zuckerman Research Center auditorium.
MSK’s Virtual Convocation and Commencement Honors Graduates and Award Winners

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 41st annual ceremony recognized graduates and award winners with an online event.
In the Lab
X and Y chromosomes in mice
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Especially for Sex Chromosomes)

One’s big, one’s small. Somehow, they make it work.
In Brief
A fluorescent image of cells undergoing differentiation in a mouse model.
Cancer Stem Cells’ Reliance on a Key Amino Acid Could Be an Exploitable Weakness

The discovery links metabolism to the way cancer stem cells form tumors.

Nobel Laureate James Allison to Speak at Virtual Commencement as GSK Awards Doctorates to Eight Students

Learn about the eight students who successfully defended their dissertations and will be awarded PhD degrees during the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences commencement ceremony on May 27.

  • Friday, May 22, 2020
In the Lab
Chromosomes from a human male
How Small Chromosomes Compete with Big Ones for a Cell’s Attention

During meiosis, small chromosomes risk being lost in the shuffle. Here’s how they hold their own.
In the Lab
Fluorescent image of mouse prostate gland
New Discovery Explains How the Prostate Gland Regenerates Itself

Androgen-deprivation therapy, a mainstay of prostate cancer treatment, may give prostate cells new growth abilities, scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have found.

Two Sloan Kettering Institute Scientists Elected to Esteemed National Academy of Sciences

Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.

  • Tuesday, April 28, 2020
In the Lab
An illustration of a samurai riding a horse along a strand of RNA. The samurai’s sword is changing the letter A to the letter I.
Novel Tool Enables Study of Rare Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells

MSK investigators have used a lab tool originally developed to study fly nerve cells to uncover new findings about acute myeloid leukemia.
In the Lab
Bacteroides bacteria under the microscope
Research Uncovers Details about How Gut Microbes Influence the Immune System

Investigators have shown how gut microbes promote the formation of a type of immune cell called regulatory T cells.