
Ashkar Lab
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Investigating the role of NK cells in cancer and viral infection. Account run by lab members. @McMasterU @MacImmunology
Joined November 2019
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RT @machealthsci: More people are turning to cannabidiol (CBD) cannabis strains to help with the side-effects of pregnancy. A new study f….
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We are thrilled to announce that our study investigating the impact of oral cannabis consumption on pregnancy outcomes and fetal development is now published at @eBioMedicine part of Lancet Discovery Science ! This work was led by our talented previous student, Tyrah Ritchie!✨.
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RT @UM_Immu: Join us next Thursday for visiting speaker Dr. Ali Ashkar from @McMasterU. Interferon Types and Time Matter is the discussion….
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RT @LabWaggoner: While CD56 expression could be used to indicate a hyper-functional state of NK cells, it does not directly influence the a….
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Enjoying #Cytokines2024 and explore the beautiful city of Seoul! @LizBalint @Emily_YF_Feng @Ana_LPortillo
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RT @LabRullo: Why does covalency matter? Here we develop a new covalent #inducedproximity system that activates T cell tumoricidal functi….
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RT @SunLab_Official: Check out the latest issue of Immunological Reviews on innate immunity (with an adaptive twist!) where @JosefowiczLab….
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Our PhD students were awarded @machealthsci Plenary Awards! Congratulations to @Emily_YF_Feng for an Outstanding Achievement Award and to @LizBalint and @Ana_LPortillo for Publication Awards!
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Congrats to our PhD candidates for their poster awards at this years #CSI2024 @Ana_LPortillo @Emily_YF_Feng and @LizBalint for her first place poster award! @MacImmunology
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RT @minasadeghii: Excited to share my very first publication! Thanks Maz for giving me the chance to write about innate immune memory- a ne….
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RT @mcmaster_medsci: Long Presentation Winners:.1st place: @LiamERondeau .2nd place: Ana Portillo.3rd place: Ann Kuganathan .
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Our latest review is now available at Immunological Reviews! We discuss how "Metabolic adaptations determine whether natural killer cells fail or thrive within the tumor microenvironment". Congrats to co-first authors Adnan Moinuddin, Sophie Poznanski, and @Ana_LPortillo!.
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Congratulations to our PhD student for their recents awards! 🥳 @Emily_YF_Feng was awarded a CSI Travel Award and the MIRC Travel Award! @Ana_LPortillo was awarded the W.E. Rawls Memorial Scholarship and the Alyssa Vito Scholarship in Cancer Research! 👏.
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