
Peter Westcott
@petermkwestcott
Cancer genomics and immunology, evolution of immune evasion, Assistant Professor @CSHL
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https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/peter-westcott/ 26-09-2019 13:06:06
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Congrats Tuomas Tammela lab, Xueqian Zhuang, et al., on a beautiful study and a bit of silver lining re aging & cancer! This raises a fascinating concept that mutagenic carcinogens are key risk factors of youth, but those that promote inflammation may be key in our golden years.

iFlpMosaics are now published Nature Methods. A compendium of novel genetic tools and related methods for inducing and analysing genetic mosaics in a high-throughput manner. nature.com/articles/s4159… Tweetorial 👇


Happy to report the posting of a new study on compounds that block the interaction of RAS proteins with PI 3-kinase PIK3CA from Vividion Therapeutics @VividionTx, in collaboration with Francis Crick Institute Julian Downward biorxiv.org/content/10.110…



Excited to share our review that’s now out in Science Immunology. We describe how DC-T cell interactions in lymph nodes specify CD8+ T cell fates and sustain anti-tumour immune responses. Stefani Spranger Koch Institute at MIT | science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

How does cancer immunotherapy work, and who are the best candidates? New research from CSHL and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) gives us some insight into the possible effectiveness of this treatment. cshl.edu/videos/is-canc…

Was fantastic presenting at a joint session of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Northwell Health with Sepideh Gholami, MD, MAS, FACS, FSSO and Peter Westcott on a topic that needs more forward progress; Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases. Looking forward to future collaborations!




"It is critically important that we raise our voices in support of innovative cancer science and medicine." AACR President Lillian L. Siu Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR, calls on the #AACR25 delegates to stand together and call on Congress to make cancer research a national priority.


To learn more about some of the new models we’ve developed to deconstruct benign-to-malignant transition, please check out the very talented Leonie Qin’s poster (# LB475), session 54 no. 12 Wed morning. Her thesis work has been integral to this project!



Out now in Cancer Discovery and featured #AACR25, we show a combinatorial approach to overcome resistance to RAS(ON) inhibitor monotherapy in PDAC, where use of CDK4/6 inhibitor Palbociclib and CD40 agonist drives therapy-induced senescence & CD4 T cell-dependent tumor-immune equilibrium

