Alex Ritter, PhD
@RitterLab
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Cell biologist/immunologist/glassblower studying how killer T cells destroy cancer. See linked Instagram for glass art and cell content! 🔬🦠
San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2020
Small but mighty! This is a video of a killer T cell of the immune system destroying a monstrous ovarian cancer cell. I recently captured this data on a spinning disc confocal microscope.
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I will be attending and presenting my work alongside many inspiring scientists, artists, and communicators at this wonderful conference at the end of March. If you can't make it to Heidelberg, you can sign up to stream the talks virtually. Check it out! 👾👾👾.
📣Deadline extension for #VIZBI 2023📣. This is your opportunity to join a meeting full of science, creativity and art. It is a great match if you want to showcase your work or if you want to be amazed by the talks and expositions🖼️🧬. Register today👇.
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👽 Life is weird! Thanks @sci_steph and @DrugDiscovNews for sharing my serendipitous story in science.
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With videos of dramatic cancer cell deaths and unflagging T cell attacks, Alex Ritter studies how immune cells and tumors battle with microscopic precision.
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Check out these awesome animations of a very important pathway. Great job @Matthew_BaTiSiO!.
DNA is stored in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. Presence of DNA in the cytoplasm is a tell-tale sign of Viral infection. cGAS 🔵 is a signalling enzyme that gets activated by DNA in the cytoplasm. It reacts with ATP + GTP to form a messenger molecule: cGAMP. #animation #b3d
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Do you like art and science? The Stochastic Gallery meets semi-monthly to have conversations the intersection of science and art! Our next meeting is Monday, Jan 23 at 5pm EST! See link below.
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Fascinating biology @mattkrisiloff.
What are the coolest technologies being worked on today?. One would definitely be In-vitro gametogenesis: turning stem cells into human eggs. @Conception CEO @mattkrisiloff breaks it down for us. 🧬
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If you're looking for a postdoc position with a very talented PI - check out @LindseySeldin's posting!.
The Seldin Lab @EmoryMedicine, Dept of Cell Biology is seeking creative postdocs to pursue exciting studies on stem cell dynamics during epithelial development and cancer. Please explore our website and contact us to join our growing team!.
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This is one of my favorite papers of the year. Very unexpected emergent properties from a seemingly simple system. The videos are incredible! Congrats to the authors @CellRaiser_, @born2raisecell et al.
Our first preprint is out! Led by Rohith Rajasekaran (@born2raisecell): “A programmable reaction-diffusion system for spatiotemporal cell signaling circuit design” . A visually stunning toolkit to build cellular radios that probe or control cell biology.
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If you can’t join us in person, the talk will be live streamed and recorded: .
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I am excited to be returning to my alma mater @Concordia_MN to deliver the Biology department’s annual Fuglestad lecture! If you’re in the Fargo-Moorhead area I’d love to see you. The talk is Thursday, November 10 at 7PM CST in the campus centrum.
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If your can’t join in person, the lecture will be live-streamed and recorded.
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I'm excited to share that I will be joining the team of @HanaScientist @altos_labs to contribute to the goal of programming cellular rejuvenation to restore cell health and resilience. How can we modulate or engineer the immune system to aid in this effort?
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🔥CHECK THIS OUT!🔥. Our immune system employs specialized assassins that can seek and destroy cellular threats. Follow the link to see an interactive explainer with sexxxy vids of how these Killer T cells work! . 🔬🦠.
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Stunning microscopy videos reveal new insights into how the immune system attacks cancer cells.
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🦠🦠🦠.T-cell Team work! Often, we observe that one T cell alone cannot kill a cancer cell. In vivo, many T cells “work together” to destroy these threats. This post from @genentech highlights an example of this observation. Check out the link in the last post on the thread! 🔬🔬.
This video by @Ritterlab shows an immune cell called a T cell (purple) approaching and attaching to a cancer cell (teal). The T cell tries to kill the cancer cell by secreting a toxin (red wave), but the cancer cell survives. Follow this thread to see how this battle ends. ⬇️
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@AxonsAlex and Esther Stoeckli also contribute a beautifully written review of the history and study of this important process here. Bravo!.
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😳😳😳 Look at how these neurons navigate to wire up a developing organism! Leaning what guides these “brain cells” to connect can teach us more about the molecular factors that govern neural connectivity in adults. Incredible imaging! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻.
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Congrats @MazaJohnathan and the rest of the 2022 #HannaGrayFellows.
Meet the 2022 #HannaGrayFellows!. These talented postdoctoral scientists represent a promising and more diverse future for biomedical science. Learn more about them at
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Thrilled about the new 4DCP initiative at Janelia and they could not have selected a better person to lead it! Congrats to JLS (@JLS_Lab). I'm looking forward to the many cool discoveries that will come from this program.
Janelia Senior Group Leader Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (@JLS_Lab) will head the 4D Cellular Physiology research area, our new, 15-year research program to understand how cells work and communicate to build and maintain organs and organisms. (1/5).
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Another amazing molecular rendering from @Matthew_BaTiSiO.
The Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) is a protein kinase that acts as one of the master regulators of metabolism in the cell. FKBP12 (green) binds to the rapamycin antibiotic and inhibits mTOR. #sciart #Blender3d #Science . Created as part of a commission for @tordable
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RT @queerentist: If you’re looking for equity & inclusion consulting, @ChrissyStachl has done some amazing & impactful work at UC Berkeley!….
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