Yannis Zervantonakis
@zervanto.bsky.social
Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh, Cancer Bioengineering, www.zervalab.com
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New Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer article: Multiomics identifies tumor-intrinsic SREBP1 driving immune exclusion in hepatocellular carcinoma bit.ly/4lcxHLC
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#JITC #cancer #MedSky
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@zervanto.bsky.social @jasonlukemd.bsky.social
#JITC #cancer #MedSky
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Thank you for highlighting our work
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Personality is how you respond on a typical day. Character is how you show up on a hard day.
It's easy to demonstrate fairness, integrity, and generosity when things are going well.
The real question is whether you stand by those values when the deck is stacked against you.
It's easy to demonstrate fairness, integrity, and generosity when things are going well.
The real question is whether you stand by those values when the deck is stacked against you.
January 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Personality is how you respond on a typical day. Character is how you show up on a hard day.
It's easy to demonstrate fairness, integrity, and generosity when things are going well.
The real question is whether you stand by those values when the deck is stacked against you.
It's easy to demonstrate fairness, integrity, and generosity when things are going well.
The real question is whether you stand by those values when the deck is stacked against you.
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Happy New Year! 🎉 If your 2025 resolution is to finally get your lab life together (read: #NewPIs), you’re not alone. A few people have requested I share how we use automation to survive:
1️⃣ Recruitment & Scheduling 👩🔬
2️⃣ Finance & Ordering 💸
3️⃣ Alerts & Emergencies 🚨
So here goes!—A 🧵... 1/n...
1️⃣ Recruitment & Scheduling 👩🔬
2️⃣ Finance & Ordering 💸
3️⃣ Alerts & Emergencies 🚨
So here goes!—A 🧵... 1/n...
a man in an office holding a burning piece of wood with the words everything is fine behind him
ALT: a man in an office holding a burning piece of wood with the words everything is fine behind him
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January 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Happy New Year! 🎉 If your 2025 resolution is to finally get your lab life together (read: #NewPIs), you’re not alone. A few people have requested I share how we use automation to survive:
1️⃣ Recruitment & Scheduling 👩🔬
2️⃣ Finance & Ordering 💸
3️⃣ Alerts & Emergencies 🚨
So here goes!—A 🧵... 1/n...
1️⃣ Recruitment & Scheduling 👩🔬
2️⃣ Finance & Ordering 💸
3️⃣ Alerts & Emergencies 🚨
So here goes!—A 🧵... 1/n...
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"Here, we show that this Ab appears to be unreliable due to providing false-positive signals at the expected molecular weight of Bax in immunoblotting experiments and likewise provides false-positive signals in immunofluorescence-based detection of Bax expression"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed - Cell Death & Disease
Cell Death & Disease - Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed
www.nature.com
December 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM
"Here, we show that this Ab appears to be unreliable due to providing false-positive signals at the expected molecular weight of Bax in immunoblotting experiments and likewise provides false-positive signals in immunofluorescence-based detection of Bax expression"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
December 10, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
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When groups meet to brainstorm, good ideas are lost. People bite their tongues due to conformity pressure, noise, and ego threat.
A better approach is brainwriting: generate ideas separately, then meet to assess and refine.
Group wisdom begins with individual creativity.
A better approach is brainwriting: generate ideas separately, then meet to assess and refine.
Group wisdom begins with individual creativity.
December 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
When groups meet to brainstorm, good ideas are lost. People bite their tongues due to conformity pressure, noise, and ego threat.
A better approach is brainwriting: generate ideas separately, then meet to assess and refine.
Group wisdom begins with individual creativity.
A better approach is brainwriting: generate ideas separately, then meet to assess and refine.
Group wisdom begins with individual creativity.
Reposted by Yannis Zervantonakis
Criticizing is fast and easy. Creating is slow and difficult.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie took someone two years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie took someone two years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
December 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Criticizing is fast and easy. Creating is slow and difficult.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie took someone two years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie took someone two years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
Reposted by Yannis Zervantonakis
Ending this 🧵 with the 50th scientist announced today 🎉
Manu Prakash, #Foldscope inventor!
"I get so much joy out of sharing the tools we invent with people to make their own discoveries.. science doesn’t move one paper at a time; it moves one inspired person at a time"
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
Manu Prakash, #Foldscope inventor!
"I get so much joy out of sharing the tools we invent with people to make their own discoveries.. science doesn’t move one paper at a time; it moves one inspired person at a time"
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
Bioengineer and cell biologist Manu Prakash on embracing and sharing the joy of science
The importance of studying nature in its true “playground” and more from Dr. Prakash.
www.cell.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Ending this 🧵 with the 50th scientist announced today 🎉
Manu Prakash, #Foldscope inventor!
"I get so much joy out of sharing the tools we invent with people to make their own discoveries.. science doesn’t move one paper at a time; it moves one inspired person at a time"
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
Manu Prakash, #Foldscope inventor!
"I get so much joy out of sharing the tools we invent with people to make their own discoveries.. science doesn’t move one paper at a time; it moves one inspired person at a time"
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
PostDoc Position in Microenvironment and Cancer BioEngineering. Info & apply here: zervalab.com/join-the-team Please repost.
@upmchillmancc.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #STEMjobs #microfluidics
@upmchillmancc.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #STEMjobs #microfluidics
December 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
PostDoc Position in Microenvironment and Cancer BioEngineering. Info & apply here: zervalab.com/join-the-team Please repost.
@upmchillmancc.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #STEMjobs #microfluidics
@upmchillmancc.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #STEMjobs #microfluidics
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More great @stoverlab.bsky.social poster presentations today! Go team!
@osucccjames.bsky.social @osuwexmed.bsky.social
@osucccjames.bsky.social @osuwexmed.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 12:06 AM
More great @stoverlab.bsky.social poster presentations today! Go team!
@osucccjames.bsky.social @osuwexmed.bsky.social
@osucccjames.bsky.social @osuwexmed.bsky.social
Beautiful
Sculpture of Androgen Receptor with enzalutamide. It was a fun and challenging build that pushed me to learn new techniques. I’ve enjoyed having it in our house, but it’s time for it to go to its forever home. Not sure if all artists feel this way, but I find it bittersweet when they ship out. 🐡
December 11, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Beautiful
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This is good!
December 4, 2024 at 8:35 PM
This is good!
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Blog post on using AI in academia from @arjunraj.bsky.social and the great folks at Mid Career PI Slack!
Finally, a How To guide for how to use AI effectively in academia.
arjun-raj-lab.gitbook.io/arjun-rajs-t...
Finally, a How To guide for how to use AI effectively in academia.
arjun-raj-lab.gitbook.io/arjun-rajs-t...
Using AI in academia | Arjun Raj's Tools For Science
Arjun Raj, with input from Anne Carpenter and the members of Mid-Career PI Slack
arjun-raj-lab.gitbook.io
October 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Blog post on using AI in academia from @arjunraj.bsky.social and the great folks at Mid Career PI Slack!
Finally, a How To guide for how to use AI effectively in academia.
arjun-raj-lab.gitbook.io/arjun-rajs-t...
Finally, a How To guide for how to use AI effectively in academia.
arjun-raj-lab.gitbook.io/arjun-rajs-t...
Our paper “Cancer-cell derived S100A11 promotes macrophage recruitment in ER+ breast cancer” published in
OncoImmunology @tandfresearch.bsky.social , bit.ly/mfs100a11 collab. w/ H. Osmanbeyoglu, S. Oesterreich, A. Lee, led by S. Lee & Y. Cho, support by
UPMC Cancer Center & Pitt Bioengineering
OncoImmunology @tandfresearch.bsky.social , bit.ly/mfs100a11 collab. w/ H. Osmanbeyoglu, S. Oesterreich, A. Lee, led by S. Lee & Y. Cho, support by
UPMC Cancer Center & Pitt Bioengineering
Cancer-cell derived S100A11 promotes macrophage recruitment in ER+ breast cancer
Macrophages are pivotal in driving breast tumor development, progression, and resistance to treatment, particularly in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumors, where they infiltrate the tumor micro...
bit.ly
December 3, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Our paper “Cancer-cell derived S100A11 promotes macrophage recruitment in ER+ breast cancer” published in
OncoImmunology @tandfresearch.bsky.social , bit.ly/mfs100a11 collab. w/ H. Osmanbeyoglu, S. Oesterreich, A. Lee, led by S. Lee & Y. Cho, support by
UPMC Cancer Center & Pitt Bioengineering
OncoImmunology @tandfresearch.bsky.social , bit.ly/mfs100a11 collab. w/ H. Osmanbeyoglu, S. Oesterreich, A. Lee, led by S. Lee & Y. Cho, support by
UPMC Cancer Center & Pitt Bioengineering
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November 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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I mostly see the protein sculptures I build in the lighting of my workshop. It’s fairly static and dull lighting. When they are close to being finished, I bring them into the house and enjoy watching how they change under different natural lighting throughout the day. They are so much more dynamic!
November 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I mostly see the protein sculptures I build in the lighting of my workshop. It’s fairly static and dull lighting. When they are close to being finished, I bring them into the house and enjoy watching how they change under different natural lighting throughout the day. They are so much more dynamic!
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On the Night Science Podcast we ask: do you have a method for coming up with good ideas?, and, how do you distinguish great ideas that you would like to work on from those that are less promising?
The 1st 10 episodes are now on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@NightScienc... @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
The 1st 10 episodes are now on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@NightScienc... @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 1:47 AM
On the Night Science Podcast we ask: do you have a method for coming up with good ideas?, and, how do you distinguish great ideas that you would like to work on from those that are less promising?
The 1st 10 episodes are now on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@NightScienc... @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
The 1st 10 episodes are now on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@NightScienc... @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
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When I will respond to your email
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
When I will respond to your email
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Over 100 postdocs are registered for tomorrow's Postdoc Night Science Boston session! I can't wait to help other places get their own club started.
November 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Over 100 postdocs are registered for tomorrow's Postdoc Night Science Boston session! I can't wait to help other places get their own club started.
Excellent mentor in a great environment
Hello to so many new followers! We recently received fundable scores on 2 R01s and are actively recruiting multiple postdocs. The broad theme of the lab is cancer cell metabolism, and I tailor projects to the postdoc’s scientific interests and career goals. See more: Airdlab.com
Aird Lab
Airdlab.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Excellent mentor in a great environment