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Sloan Kettering Institute’s Justin Perry Honored with Distinguished NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Justin Perry, PhD, cell biologist and immunologist of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) has been named a recipient of the 2021 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.

Unusual Immune Cell Type Could Be Good Target for Immunotherapy

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Part natural killer, part T cell, this hybrid immune cell has a “double sword” for fighting cancer.

Sloan Kettering Institute’s Dana Pe’er Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Dana Pe’er, PhD, computational biologist and lab head at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI), is one of 33 biomedical researchers named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator today.

Announcement

2021 Chairman’s Prize Honors Research That Paves Way for New Cell-Based Therapies to Treat Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Meet Zhongmin Wang, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), who has been awarded the 2021 Chairman’s Prize.

To Detect Ovarian Cancer Early, Researchers Look to Nanotechnology

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Could an implantable IUD help detect cancer early, when it is most curable? Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute are betting yes.

First-Year Students Bring Enthusiasm and Passion for Science to Innovative PhD Program

Friday, September 10, 2021

Learn about how first-year student get oriented to the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK).

A collage of photos showing a zebrafish with GFP-labeled melanocytes, magnified GFP-labeled melanocytes, and hPSC-derived melanocytes growing in a dish.

Why Are Only Some Cells ‘Competent’ to Form Cancer? MSK Scientists Say Context Is Key

Friday, September 3, 2021

Experiments with zebrafish and human pluripotent stem cells reveal the necessary ingredients, besides genetic mutations, that fuel the development of melanoma.

In the Lab

Machine Learning Helps Clarify the Risk Connected to Age-Related Blood Condition

Monday, August 30, 2021

A new study shows how evolution and natural selection influence clonal hematopoiesis, an aging-related blood condition that increases the risk of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease.