Katrina Paras
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Katrina Paras
@katrinaparas.bsky.social
PhD student at Weill Cornell and MSKCC in the Finley Lab | UCLA alum
Reposted by Katrina Paras
I'm excited to share our latest story from the
@lydiafinley.bsky.social lab, where we show that it's not just whether cells take up nutrients that matters, but how and where those metabolites are used. Out now in @naturemetabolism.bsky.social: rdcu.be/ejFTs 1/
Intracellular metabolic gradients dictate dependence on exogenous pyruvate
Nature Metabolism - Jackson et al. provide insight into how metabolic adaptations that accompany cell state transitions drive reliance on exogenous nutrient availability, focusing on pyruvate as a...
rdcu.be
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thrilled that my thesis work in @lydiafinley.bsky.social's lab is out in the world! We found that methotrexate targets a specific metabolic vulnerability in a particularly aggressive form of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project over the years!
PAX3-FOXO1 drives targetable cell state-dependent metabolic vulnerabilities in rhabdomyosarcoma https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.15.633227v1
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Katrina Paras
Our latest preprint identifies (targetable!) metabolic programs intrinsic to different cancer cell states in rhabdomyosarcoma, out just in time for @katrinaparas.bsky.social's thesis defense tomorrow!
PAX3-FOXO1 drives targetable cell state-dependent metabolic vulnerabilities in rhabdomyosarcoma https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.15.633227v1
January 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM