Alice Berger

@aliceb_phd

Associate Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Understanding cancer one base pair at a time.

Seattle, WA linkedin.com/in/aliceberger Joined September 2011

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Alice Berger @aliceb_phd Sep 23, 2025

I couldn’t ask for a better scientific environment here at the Hutch! If you’re looking for top notch collaborative and impactful cancer biology, this is the place. Great opportunity to join us.

Hsieh Lab @HsiehLab Sep 22, 2025

The Division of Human Biology @fredhutch is recruiting for a lab-based scientist at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Come join a dynamic research community committed to pushing the boundaries of discovery in cancer biology. apply.interfolio.com/174007

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Alice Berger @aliceb_phd Sep 17, 2025

It’s happening…! On my way to my first @lcfamerica Patient Advocate Workshop! Delighted to spend time with doctors, scientists, and patients all working together the end lung cancer!

Alice Berger @aliceb_phd Feb 19, 2025

Lung cancer patients are counting on us — Millions of lives, including mine, hang in the balance with NIH cuts thehill.com/opinion/health…

thehill.com NIH funding cuts could cost me my life, and that of millions of others Even a temporary pause could be devastating for people like me, desperately waiting for new treatments that are under development, being rigorously tested and on the verge of being adopted in clini…

Alice Berger @aliceb_phd Feb 15, 2025

I’m worried at the future prospects for science in our country. In this op-ed, one of my role models, Harold Varmus, is speaking up. Now it’s time for our generation to do the same. Before it’s too late.
nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opi…

Alice Berger @aliceb_phd Feb 14, 2025

Another field changing technique from the Henikoff lab! CUTAC allows chromatic profiling of FFPE tissue, unlocking crazy potential for the use of banked specimens

Ye Zheng @yezhengSTAT Feb 13, 2025

Out in Science 🧬! Using FFPE-CUTAC to profile RNAPII, we discovered that histone gene hypertranscription predicts rapid cancer recurrence and is linked to chromosome losses in meningioma and breast cancer. One more step to unraveling cancer progression! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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