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MSK’s Sloan Kettering Institute Celebrates 75 Years of Discovery

Over the last seven and a half decades, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have made important contributions to the fundamental understanding of human biology, as well as driven practice-changing innovations in the treatment of cancer.
Dr. Grady Nelson interviews a student scientist at the science fair.
MSK Supports STEM Education at Yankee Stadium Science Fair

Three MSK researchers served as guest judges at the event, which celebrated students’ academic achievements.
Dana Pe'er and Scott Lowe
Expansion of Cell-to-Cell Communication Drives the Early Development of Pancreatic Cancer, New Research in Mice Finds

New MSK research combined sophisticated genetically engineered mouse models and advanced computational methods to map the earliest cell states leading to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer.
A microscope image of a mouse embryo
The Right Moves: How Studying Cell Movement During Embryonic Development May Offer New Insights Into Cancer Metastasis

New insights into the way cells break away from a tissue during embryonic development may also shed new light on the same process in the context of cancer metastasis.
MSK Awards & Appointments January 2023
MSK Awards & Appointments April 2023

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments.
An MSK scientist peers through a microscope
MSK Research Highlights, April 21, 2023

New MSK research finds adherence is a hurdle for home-based colorectal cancer tests; sheds new light on tumor-associated macrophages in glioblastoma; identifies statins as a promising addition to treatment for HER2-positive gastric cancer; and describes how a new single-cell transcriptome atlas opens the “black box” of early human embryo development.
Marie-Josée Kravis Quantitative Biology Fellows Corey Weistuch and Sneha Mitra
Quantitative Biology Fellowship Targets Cancer With Math and Computer Science

Learn about the Marie-Josée Kravis Fellowship in Quantitative Biology, a two-year postdoctoral fellowship that aims to build a new generation of skilled quantitative biologists who specialize in cancer.
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, and Andrea Schietinger, PhD
MSK Experts To Receive Prestigious Awards at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2023 Annual Meeting

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is pleased to announce that Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, President and Chief Executive Officer of MSK, and Andrea Schietinger, PhD, Associate Member of the Immunology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute will be honored at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting for their significant contributions to cancer research and care.
Luis F. Parada, PhD; Dana Pe’er, PhD; and Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD
Three Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Scientific Leaders Elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is pleased to announce three faculty are among the 23 international scientific leaders elected today to the prestigious Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy class of 2023. All three are members of the Sloan Kettering Institute, a hub for basic science and translational research within MSK.
Cassidy Cobbs
Transgender Visibility: Meet MSK Cancer Research Staffer Cassidy Cobbs

Cassidy Cobbs is many things: a valued colleague who works at the Sloan Kettering Institute; a doting parent to a pit bull named Mando; a beloved sibling; and a passionate baseball fan, who memorized the stats of former player, Ryne Sandberg, at the age of 5. What Cassidy is not is someone who identifies as either a man or a woman.