John, Mimi and Amy

Mitogenic and progenitor gene programmes in single pilocytic astrocytoma cells.

In this featured publication, lead authors Zachary Reitman, MD, PhD and Brenton Paolella, PhD, and others with Mimi Bandopadhayay, MBBS, PhD and Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD use single cell sequencing technology to examine the cellular state of individual tumor cells. They find that PA cancer cells often look like astrocytes at the RNA level, but […]

John, Mimi and Amy

John Ragnoni, Dr. Mimi Bandopadhayay and Amy Weinstein working hard, but still having fun at a recent PBTF meeting.

PMC Teams Visit June 12, 2019

We had a great time the evening of June 12, 2019 when PMC team members came to visit. Dr. Mimi Bandopadhayay spoke and 6 of our young investigators gave updates on their work. The talks were followed by a check presentation and laboratory tours. The 2018 PMC teams raised $1,746,871.85 for the PLGA program! As […]

Welcome Bill, Kimberly and John!

Bill Tiller, CEO of The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF), Kimberly Roy-Canning, PBTF Northeast Regional Director, and John D’Ambrosio, PBTF Northeast Regional Campaign Manager came for a visit to DFCI on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. It was a lovely evening of presentations by the Dana-Farber PLGA program scientists, tours of the Jimmy Fund Clinic and […]