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Molecular Cell: SRSF2 plays an unexpected role as reader of m5C on mRNA, linking epitranscriptomics to cancer (Gupta Lab)

January 3, 2024

Hai-Li Ma 1 14, Martin Bizet 1 14, Christelle Soares Da Costa 1 14, Frédéric Murisier 1, Eric James de Bony 1 8, Meng-Ke Wang 2, Akihide Yoshimi 3 9, Kuan-Ting Lin 7, Kristin M. Riching 4, Xing Wang 2, John I. Beckman 5, Shailee Arya 5, Nathalie Droin …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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In Memoriam: Sharon B. Murphy, MD (1943–2023)

December 15, 2023

We share with great sadness that the inaugural director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute has passed.  Below is the obituary originally published in the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology on November 18, 2023.  She will …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Nucleic Acids Research: The protein phosphatase EYA4 promotes homologous recombination (HR) through dephosphorylation of tyrosine 315 on RAD51 (Sung Lab)

December 14, 2023

Bárbara de la Peña Avalos, Nicolas Paquet, Romain Tropée, Yan Coulombe, Hannah Palacios, Justin W Leung, Jean-Yves Masson, Pascal H G Duijf, Eloïse Dray Abstract Efficient DNA repair and limitation of genome rearrangements rely on crosstalk between dif …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Molecular Cell: SRSF2 Plays an Unexpected Role as Reader of m5C on mRNA, Linking Epitranscriptomics to Cancer (Gupta)

December 7, 2023

Hai-Li Ma 1 14, Martin Bizet 1 14, Christelle Soares Da Costa 1 14, Frédéric Murisier 1, Eric James de Bony 1 8, Meng-Ke Wang 2, Akihide Yoshimi 3 9, Kuan-Ting Lin 7, Kristin M. Riching 4, Xing Wang 2, John I. Beckman 5, Shailee Arya 5, Nathalie Droin  …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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IScience: Comprehensive Characterization of Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Pediatric Leukemia (Houghton, Grimes, Lai, Chen, Zheng, Kurmasheva, & Tomlinson Labs)

December 6, 2023

Anna Rogojina 1 12, Laura,  J. Klesse 2 3 4 12, Erin Butler 2 3 4 12, Jiwoong Kim 5, He Zhang 5, Xue Xiao 5, Lei Guo 5, Qinbo Zhou 5, Taylor Hartshorne 2, Dawn Garcia 1, Korri Weldon 1, Trevor Holland 1, Abhik Bandyopadhyay 1, Luz Perez Prado 1, Shidan …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Cold Spring Harbor, Spatial-Live: A lightweight and versatile tool for single cell spatial-omics data visualization (Chen, Zheng, Lai)

December 5, 2023

Zhenqing Ye, Zhao Lai, Siyuan Zheng, Yidong Chen Abstract Single-cell spatial-omics data visualization plays a pivotal role in unraveling the intricate spatial organization and heterogeneity of cellular systems. Although various software tools and pack …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Kids Cancer CEO (Community Engagement & Outreach) : Differences between adult and pediatric cancers – Molecular Oncology Series

December 4, 2023

Molecular Oncology Series Patient response to cancer malignancies differs significantly from one patient to the next. These differences can be attributed to the patient’s case-by-case scenario in terms of co-morbidities, location of the tumor, and what …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Molecular and Cellular Biology: A SNAI2/CTCF Interaction is Required for NOTCH1 Expression in Rhabdomyosarcoma (Ignatius Lab)

December 1, 2023

Prethish Sreenivas,Long Wang,Meng Wang,Anil Challa,Paulomi Modi,Nicole Rae Hensch,Berkley Gryder,Hsien-Chao Chou,Xiang R. Zhao,Benjamin Sunkel,Rodrigo Moreno-Campos,Javed Khan,Benjamin Z. Stanton & Myron S. Ignatius Abstract Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Nucleic Acids Research: TATDN2 resolution of R-loops is required for survival of BRCA1-mutant cancer cells (Sung, Gupta, Pertsemlidis, Bishop, et al)

November 29, 2023

Aruna S Jaiswal, Arijit Dutta, Gayathri Srinivasan, Yaxia Yuan, Daohong Zhou, Montaser Shaheen, Doraid T Sadideen, Austin Kirby, Elizabeth A Williamson, Yogesh K Gupta, Shaun K Olsen, Mingjiang Xu, Eva Loranc, Pramiti Mukhopadhyay, Alexander Pertsemlid …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Nature Communications: Genomic profiling of subcutaneous patient-derived xenografts reveals immune constraints on tumor evolution in childhood solid cancer (Zheng, Grimes, Lai, Chen, Wang, Tomlinson, Houghton, & Kurmasheva Labs)

November 27, 2023

Funan He, Abhik M. Bandyopadhyay, Laura J. Klesse, Anna Rogojina, Sang H. Chun, Erin Butler, Taylor Hartshorne, Trevor Holland, Dawn Garcia, Korri Weldon, Luz-Nereida Perez Prado, Anne-Marie Langevin, Allison C. Grimes, Aaron Sugalski, Shafqat Shah, Ch …