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Asmaa El-Kenawi
@asmaakenawy.bsky.social
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Studying Immune Cell and #Prostate #Cancer #Metabolism! (She/Her) #NewPI
#Immunometabolism
https://cancerimmunometabolism.com
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asmaakenawy.bsky.social
Due Friday! The Michael O. Koch GU Oncology Research Excellence Award for Early Career Scholars.. #Prostate, Bladder, Testicular and Kidney cancer research.. Great opportunity to visit Indy and present at the first IU GU Oncology Symposium. Join a fantastic speaker lineup
August 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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eileenparkes.bsky.social
Incoming - new preprint alert from the Parkes lab led by @brunobeernaert.bsky.social Full bluetutorial follows! 1/ 11 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Model figure - in EAC cancers, as chromosomal instability (CIN) increases, we found that a CIN-driven cGAS-dependent axis drives myeloid directed chemokine expression and recruitment of tumor-favoring myeloid populations
May 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
asmaakenawy.bsky.social
So proud of Jennifer Rooks on winning the second place poster award at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Research Day.. Congratulations too to Erin Perkins on her first presentation.
May 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
asmaakenawy.bsky.social
Honored to be recognized among giants at the 2025 Urology Care Foundation Research Honors Program & Reception at #AUA2025 www.auanet.org/researchhono...
April 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
asmaakenawy.bsky.social
Attending my first Ferroptosis focused meeting #ASBMB25 #Chicago
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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michaelhoffman.bsky.social
Something to point out to organizations who are still on Twitter and not here.
richardsever.bsky.social Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Mar 11
Bsky vs Twitter engagement difference now 50-fold...
March 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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ericlaulab.bsky.social
As a melanoma researcher, the GOP-backed 57% CDMRP funding cut will have catastrophic impact on progress we are making in melanoma (and prostate cancer research). Is cutting potentially life-saving research really what the American public wants? PLEASE
PRESSURE YOUR REPS NOW!

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March 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
asmaakenawy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
BREAKING: Kia’s official Instagram account in Norway just posted this..
March 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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joshlangmd.bsky.social
A tremendous program to inspire and train the next generation of biomedical researchers. No good comes from cancelling this program.
altnih4science.bsky.social Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 26
BREAKING:
The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes.

It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/
altnih4science.bsky.social Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 24
NIDA has announced it, but all the NIH summer internship programs are likely cancelled.

Sorry college students interested in STEM jobs, sorry high school students looking at science 🧪 careers. Trump and Musk are cancelling your futures.
February 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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nimasharifimd.bsky.social
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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frezzalab.bsky.social
Good Sunday, all. The papers on #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology in this weekly curated issue are remarkable. Check the papers here:
biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social

"There's no sincere path you can take in life without having your heart broken."-David Whyte
a cartoon drawing of a newspaper with a hot dog on it
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a newspaper with a hot dog on it
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February 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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cvasilescu.bsky.social
Stellar week of #mitochondrialdisease research! 👏
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...

@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoworld.bsky.social @mitowomen.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social

HypoxyStat, a small-molecule form of hypoxia therapy that increases oxygen-hemoglobin affinity
Blume et al, HypoxyStat, a small-molecule form of hypoxia therapy that increases oxygen-hemoglobin affinity
February 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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pcf-science.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT: RFA for 2025 @PCFnews Young Investigator Award Applications, to support innovative & highly promising early career #ProstateCancer researchers.

DEADLINE: March 10, 2025

Apply at: pcf.smartsimple.com

View the RFA here:
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Prostate Cancer Foundation 2025 Young Investigator Awards REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS The Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.pcf.org) champions investment in human capital to fast-forward solutions for prostate cancer with the ultimate goal of ending death and suffering from metastatic prostate cancer. We continue to focus significant efforts on developing gifted cohorts of young prostate cancer researchers. Since 2007, PCF has awarded 429 PCF Young Investigator Awards in 16 countries, making it one of the most prodigious, productive, competitive and prestigious early career awards in cancer research. We are pleased to announce a new round of funding for PCF Young Investigators. We especially encourage young investigators working on prostate cancer health disparities to apply. The mission of PCF is to fund research addressing unmet medical needs in the diagnosis and treatment of potentially lethal prostate cancer. PCF Young Investigator Awards will be three (3) years in duration and will provide $75,000 per year. The award funds may be used innovatively and flexibly to advance the career and research efforts of the awardee. This for example, includes funding “protected time” or direct costs for laboratory science. This award does not support indirect costs such as institutional overhead. Every PCF Young Investigator is required to be under the direct supervision of 1-3 mentors. Young Investigator awardees are required to attend the Annual PCF Scientific Retreat and Young Investigator Forum, typically held in October, throughout the duration of their award.
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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marcedumas.bsky.social
Metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An atlas of metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes - Nature Communications
In this meta-analysis, the authors compile results from 60 years of chemotaxis research into a database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors that compares and analyses their effects as attractant, repellent ...
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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frezzalab.bsky.social
Methanol transfer supports metabolic syntrophy between bacteria and archaea

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Methanol transfer supports metabolic syntrophy between bacteria and archaea - Nature
Zhaonella formicivorans produces methanol, for a novel syntrophic interaction, without requiring methylated compounds as an input.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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mitocrue.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SLC25A38 is required for mitochondrial pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) accumulation - Nature Communications
Pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP, vitamin B6) is crucial for various metabolic processes. Here, the authors identified SLC25A38 as a key regulator of mitochondrial PLP levels using a genome-wide CRISPRi sc...
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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frezzalab.bsky.social
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer in the tumour microenvironmenthttps://

www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08439-0
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer in the tumour microenvironment - Nature
Mitochondria with mutations in their DNA from cancer cells can be transferred to T cells in the tumour microenvironment, which leads to T cell dysfunction and impaired antitumour immunity.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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frezzalab.bsky.social
Check this great paper from the Kononenko lab at @cecad.bsky.social

"Autophagy regulator ATG5 preserves cerebellar function by safeguarding its glycolytic activity"
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Autophagy regulator ATG5 preserves cerebellar function by safeguarding its glycolytic activity - Nature Metabolism
Tutas et al. show an unconventional role for autophagy in the regulation of glycolytic flux in cerebellar Purkinje cells by maintaining the levels of the glucose transporter GLUT2.
www.nature.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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johannajoyce.bsky.social
Disappointing new study showing - once again - that women are leaving research careers at far higher levels than men

If you're interested to read about strategies to reverse these types of curves, check out our recent #Cell perspective- link below ⤵️

#WomeninSTEM 👩‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Among nearly 35,000 biological scientists who authored their first paper in 2000, women were more likely than men to have stopped publishing after 5, 10 or 20 years. The size of this gender gap varies between disciplines.
January 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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frezzalab.bsky.social
Host metabolism balances microbial regulation of bile acid signalling

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Host metabolism balances microbial regulation of bile acid signalling - Nature
A family of host-derived bile acid–methylcysteamine conjugates functions as FXR antagonists, forming part of a microbiota-dependent metabolic network that regulates FXR-dependent physiology.
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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npr.org
Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
The U.S. Surgeon General wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here's why
Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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natcellbio.nature.com
☕This year, in our #CellDeath focus:
Glover, Schreiner, Dewson & Tait reviewed the intersection of #mitochondria and cell death. #pyroptosis #ferroptosis #necroptosis #apoptosis
👉https://rdcu.be/d46gt
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mitochondria and cell death - Nature Cell Biology
Several processes of regulated cell death engage or use mitochondria, which are thus central hubs that not only coordinate cell death but also elicit non-lethal signalling mediated by mitochondrial ou...
www.nature.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM
asmaakenawy.bsky.social
The bile acid Lithocholic acid could mediate the anti-ageing effects of calories restriction www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A bile acid could explain how calorie restriction slows ageing
Lithocholic acid might mediate calorie restriction’s health benefits.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM