Episode 35-How Tumors Manipulate Blood Vessels, Dr. Dennis Jones

Welcome to Episode 35 of Behind Our Science! In celebration of Black History Month, we are incredibly honored to sit down with Dr. Dennis Jones, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Jones is a distinguished leader in cancer research, whose lab focuses on how tumors manipulate blood vessels to escape the immune system. We discuss his groundbreaking strategies to help immune cells infiltrate and fight metastatic breast cancer, and celebrate his recent honor as the recipient of the 2026 ASIP Cotran Early Career Investigator Award!🌴 Speaking of ASIP 2026: We are headed to sunny Fort Myers, FL, for #Pathobiology2026! The meeting will be held at the beautiful Luminary Hotel & Co., Autograph Collection, located right on the Caloosahatchee River in the vibrant River District. Learn more and join us: https://pathobiology2026.asip.org/🧠 Coming Up Next: "The Biological Cost of Trauma" (3-Part Mini-Series)Trauma isn’t just a memory; it’s a biological event. Launching this March, our new mini-series investigates how trauma rewrites our biology—from our cells to our city streets.• Part 1: The Human Cost• Part 2: The Biological Cost• Part 3: The Community Cure🔥 Join Us LIVE: Heat, Heroes & Healing Event!We are taking Behind Our Science on the road for a live recording of our trauma mini-series! Come for the heat, stay for the healing.When: Saturday, March 14th | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PMWhere: Dave’s Hot Chicken | 7729 Paseo del Norte, El Paso, TX 79912Hosts: MitoGenix Therapeutics LLC & CFC FoundationFeaturing: NAMI-El Paso Director Isidro Torres, and CFC Foundation CEO Marco Vallejos Jr.Activities: $20 Reaper Challenges every 30 mins (win CFC 6 floor tickets!), free CFC 6 GA tickets for the first 10 people who spend $25+, and a massive $5K stretch-goal raffle for a VIP table!(Disclosure: 20% of proceeds from sales on Saturday, March 14th from 4-8 PM from Dave’s Hot Chicken Westside location will be donated directly and uniquely to the CFC Foundation for upcoming clinical studies for TBI in the region.)