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rushika-perera.bsky.social
Associate Prof. @UCSF Dept. of Anatomy & Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center | My lab studies lysosomes, autophagy, metabolism and pancreatic cancer visit us at : rushikapereralab.com
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Today we celebrate Zena Werb with an inspirational memorial lecture delivered by @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social who is a former UCSF Dept of Anatomy postdoc alum !

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

Doing my first cancer research #newPI rollcall on Bluesky! Please leave a comment with what you work on so I can follow you!

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

📢Please apply for the Cancer Discovery Early Career Award if you are the first or corresponding author of a Cancer Discovery paper published in 2023 or 2024, Assistant Professor or equivalent, and got your PhD/MD within the past 12 years! The deadline is January 10! aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

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Happy New Year. I’m pleased to report publication of the Ducker lab’s latest cancer metabolism paper led by graduate student Kyle Dunlap in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports.... 1/n

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

For those starting on BSKY and loving #metabolism and #mitochondria, the 2 starter packs have now been completed. 300 scientists working in this field are here to be followed! Happy Boxing Day Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/VavECSX Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/CH1MctZ

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Good Sunday, all. What a wonderful collection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology this is! Check it here: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social Happy holiday season to you all! "Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty."-Jacob Bronowski

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Saturday. If you're working on your NIH specific Aims for a February submission, don't include a figure. grants.nih.gov/grants-proce....

submitted 72 days ago • 5 comments

Congrats to Salma Merchant for Cell Stem Cell paper: the effects of fatty acid oxidation in hematopoietic stem cells are context dependent. FAO is not necessary in young HSCs, but becomes necessary during aging, and is deleterious when upregulated by a high fat diet. www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

@robzonculab.bsky.social lab representing at #CellBio2024 San Diego - great talks in the #Lysosome session by @hrshin.bsky.social @cri-utsw.bsky.social and @aakritijain.bsky.social 🙌 Lysosomes are amazing !

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Now online in Cancer Discovery: Androgen Receptor Inhibition Increases MHC Class I Expression and Improves Immune Response in Prostate Cancer - by Lisa Chesner, Felix Feng, Amy Moran, and colleagues @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1158/2159...

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New NCI K32. Up to $80K for salary. $30K/yr research development. US citizenship NOT required. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

In case you missed it.. New preprint! Our latest study identifying how MHC-I is captured by autophagy and targeted for degradation in #PDAC - It all happens at the ER ! Congrats to co-first authors Marine Berquez, Alex Li & Matthew Luy. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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🚨 New bioRxiv study! 🚨 PDAC adapts to glutamine depletion via macropinocytosis, reshaping CAF subtypes & tumor stroma. Blocking it sensitizes tumors to therapy. Shoutout to Dr. Yijuan Zhang for leading this amazing work! Read more: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #CancerResearch #PDAC #TME

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Congratulations to the new #AACR #TME working group Chair elect!!! The one and only (best friend and colleague) @ashi-w.bsky.social www.aacr.org/professional...

submitted 81 days ago • 4 comments