Crys Conn
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Assistant Prof @PennMedicine #RNA translation in cancer bio. Advocate for Science, Research, Healthy living & Equality #STEM #FirstGen #Fluid They/them
Philadelphia, PA
Joined April 2011
RT @DrSTANtheMAN: Early methionine availability attenuates T cell exhaustion @NatImmunol
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Nature Immunology - The tumor environment is nutrient deficient. Here the authors show that early availability of methionine is critical for optimal T cell activation and prevents...
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RT @BenStanger01: 50% OFF From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine - through Aug 11!
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Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as...
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RT @lab_gomes: Super excited to share our newest piece out today @NatureRevCancer linking age-induced metabolic reprogramming to cancer dev….
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Nature Reviews Cancer - In this Perspective, Lazure and Gomes argue that metabolic changes that occur as a result of ageing may shape tumour initiation and progression and the development of...
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RT @NobelPrize: Remembering the remarkable Marie Skłodowska Curie - awarded the 1903 physics prize and 1911 chemistry prize - who passed aw….
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RT @ShechnerLab: Hello RNA World! Ever wonder what's "talking to" your favorite transcript, but were too scared to ask? In our review in @C….
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RT @CedricBlanpain: I am delighted to share our new study uncovering the role of innate immunity in regulating cell plasticity and reprogra….
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Nature Cancer - Blanpain and colleagues delineate lineage reprogramming following PTEN deletion in different prostate cancer-originating cells, demonstrating that in basal cells the NF-κB...
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RT @LiuFange: WE ARE HIRING: Postdoc Positions! Join us at UPenn in vibrant Philly, cutting-edge science, great city, amazing team. Please….
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Fantastic lecture by, new to UPenn, faculty Dr. Booker. Welcome to Penn and thank you for openly hosting a wonderful lecture for all today!
✊🏽 Celebrate Black freedom, resilience & community!. 📅 June 18 – Seminar w/ Dr. Squire Booker.📅 June 21 – Freedom Day Celebration. Planned by our trainee leaders to honor Black history with reflection, joy & education. 🎟️ RSVP via flyer QR codes. All are welcome.
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RT @ShorterLab: Control of epithelial tissue organization by mRNA localization:
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Nature Communications - Subcellular mRNA localization is prevalent but with poorly understood physiological roles. Here, the authors show that Net1 mRNA targeting to the basement membrane controls...
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RT @Aiims1742: Second paper on HMGA2 mediated basal identity in #PancreaticCancer from Sita Kugel @fredhutch. This one is an elegant mechan….
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RT @TheModzLab: WE ARE HIRING (Postdoc Position)! Please share this with anyone who might be interested. Philly and UPENN are waiting for y….
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RT @genophoria: Really excited to see this published! From observations we made in our lab… to a blood test that works in real life scenari….
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Cool new work explaining the dynamics of mRNA translation with the ribosome to inhibit SG localization- by the Moon Lab @smslmoon .#ribosomes #uORF #mRNATranslation #StressResponse .
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RT @MolecularCell: Quality over quantity: Small RNA pauses translation elongation to lift protein activity https://….
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RT @genophoria: Check out our latest preprint, led by @schen_sc, that brings together an amazing team of scientists from several labs to ta….
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Transfer RNAs (tRNAs), once viewed as static adaptors in translation, are now recognized as dynamic regulators of gene expression. While recent studies have illuminated roles for tRNA stability, the...
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RT @CellChemBiol: Genetically encoded tool for manipulation of ΔΨm identifies its role as the driver of ISR induced by ATP synthase dysfunc….
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RT @CellCellPress: Now online! Quiescent cell re-entry is limited by macroautophagy-induced lysosomal damage
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Lysosomes are damaged in quiescent cells, and UPR regulators, IRE-1/XBP-1, promote lysosome repair for cell-cycle re-entry. Lysosome damage in quiescent cells is caused in part by macroautophagy and...
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RT @genophoria: Joining forces with Babak Alipanahi, @DavisCompGen, @AidenSababi & @MKarimzade to bring you Exai-1; a multi-modal cell-free….
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Cell-free RNA (cfRNA) profiling has emerged as a powerful tool for non-invasive disease detection, but its application is limited by data sparsity and complexity, especially in settings with constr...
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RT @HHMIJanelia: 🔬 The Liu Lab needed to image hundreds of RNA molecules in thick tissues but there weren’t any tools that were up to the t….
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A new deep learning-based method developed by Janelia researchers & collaborators to generate clear images of thick biological samples doesn’t require any fancy hardware, making it more accessible tha
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