Dr Becs
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Postdoc @MSKCancerCenter & @SunLab_Official | Forbes 30 under 30, 2020 | NK cells and Glitter ✨💎
New York City, New York 🇺🇸
Joined August 2016
Thrilled to have this story out online @ImmunityCP!! Together with @SunLab_Official, we highlight how dietary fasting improves NK cell anti-tumor immunity and examine the tissue-specific processes that drive these improved responses 🧵 https://t.co/QpyLoMqHoH
cell.com
Dietary restriction is associated with improved elimination of cancer cells, and fasting regimens are being tested in clinical settings in combination with cancer therapies. Using a cyclic fasting...
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In a study published in @ImmunityCP, MSK's @SunLab_Official and @ScientistBecs found that fasting can supercharge the immune system's “natural killer” cells, a type of white blood cells that can kill #cancer cells. Researchers are optimistic that what they’re learning in animal
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Exciting news! The NK 2025 Meeting is happening in beautiful Tasmania 🇦🇺 this year! A must-attend event for anyone in NK cell research, featuring top experts, groundbreaking science, and plenty of opportunities to connect. 📅 Don’t miss out! 🔗
nk2025.au
Join us in Hobart for a meeting filled with vibrant scientific discussions, innovative ideas, and a shared passion for NK cells and ILC immunity.
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We are hiring! 📣Interested in how host metabolism, diets, #fasting and #ketogenesis affect the immune response? 👇We are offering a #postdoc position to work on the interplay of host metabolism and immunity. Apply by email or DM directly.
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Peter Mac has been named Australia's leading #cancer research institute in @australian newspaper's Research 2025 Magazine, and four of our researchers were named as leader in their field. Read more: https://t.co/XGRPQviadt
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WEHI and @TheRMH are excited to announce Assoc Prof Edwin Hawkins and Dr Michael Christie have been appointed to lead the Colonial Foundation Diagnostics Centre – a pioneering research centre aiming to advance precision diagnosis for inflammatory disease. https://t.co/nAKSKiFAKg
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#SITC2024 hangs with @ScientistBecs & @paulbeavis4 who gave a brilliant talk on novel strategies to improve CAR T cell function in solid tumors
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Starting now! Looking forward to hearing from the other speakers and presenting my own work later this afternoon 🔬
Tomorrow, join the @scrippsresearch virtual symposium featuring @zurisullivan, @alexwellsies, @DjenetBousbaine, @ValeriaMReyes, @CicaCanesso, @ScientistBecs, @Liwen_Deng811, & @NZanluqui. Please RT & register here: https://t.co/hsdYAY6N0r
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Tune in tomorrow!👩🏻🔬
Tomorrow, join the @scrippsresearch virtual symposium featuring @zurisullivan, @alexwellsies, @DjenetBousbaine, @ValeriaMReyes, @CicaCanesso, @ScientistBecs, @Liwen_Deng811, & @NZanluqui. Please RT & register here: https://t.co/hsdYAY6N0r
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This #PostdocAppreciationWeek, I’d like to extend my gratitude to the postdoctoral researchers at @MSKCancerCenter who are the backbone of scientific exploration at our institution.
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Always feeling appreciated and supported by @SunLab_Official but even more so when we get lunch 😉 thanks Joe!!! 🫶🏼
Adventurous meal at ThaPhraya with @ScientistBecs @SimonGrassmann @jjjt_98 to celebrate #postdocappreciationweek We missed you @amujal Good luck tonight!! 😉
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The association of meat consumption and Type 2 diabetes in nearly 2 million people and over 107,000 incident cases of T2DM https://t.co/TDbVH0yEHO Editorial by @AuneDagfinn
https://t.co/mUbYjCA2D3
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Thrilled to be a part of this lineup!!
Join our virtual immunology symposium @scrippsresearch on Wed, Sept 18 featuring @zurisullivan, @alexwellsies, @DjenetBousbaine, @ValeriaMReyes, @CicaCanesso, Dr. Delconte, @Liwen_Deng811, & @NZanluqui. Register: https://t.co/YQ9eegfgjJ
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Congratulations to this stellar team!! 🤩🤩🤩
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Our new study, published today @CD_AACR, reveals that iron chelation therapy unleashes innate immune responses that control #OvarianCancer. Congrats to first author @titosandoval84 and the whole team. #Immunotherapy @WeillCornell @WCM_OBGYN 👇 https://t.co/p7vqTw3liN
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Starting in 20 min. @MSKCancerCenter @MSKPDA join us for two hours of phenomenal science talks
We look forward to hosting these brilliant scientists on July 10 for our 2024 MERIT Emerging Leaders Symposium! @RockefellerUniv @Caltech @UCBerkeley @fredhutch @WeillCornell @ljiresearch @PittTweet @MSKPDA @MSKCancerCenter @nyugrossman @genentech @alt_spliced
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Our laboratory is hiring at the Postdoc or RA level! If Innate Immunology and Autoinflammatory Disease are of interest to you consider to join us @Hudson_Research in Melbourne Australia! https://t.co/crtqqlfhqB
https://t.co/9wFAhkjJGk
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Online now: Fasting reshapes tissue-specific niches to improve NK cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity
cell.com
Dietary restriction is associated with improved elimination of cancer cells, and fasting regimens are being tested in clinical settings in combination with cancer therapies. Using a cyclic fasting...
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NK cells undergo tissue redistribution during fasting, where the spleen and bone marrow microenvironments metabolically reprogram and prime NK cells to increase anti-tumor function @ScientistBecs @SunLab_Official @ImmunityCP
cell.com
Dietary restriction is associated with improved elimination of cancer cells, and fasting regimens are being tested in clinical settings in combination with cancer therapies. Using a cyclic fasting...
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Excited to see this out in the world! @ScientistBecs has been busy studying how fasting revs up anti-tumor NK cells.. Super interesting science and (temporarily) makes us reconsider lab meeting bagels every time she presents 🙂
Thrilled to have this story out online @ImmunityCP!! Together with @SunLab_Official, we highlight how dietary fasting improves NK cell anti-tumor immunity and examine the tissue-specific processes that drive these improved responses 🧵 https://t.co/QpyLoMqHoH
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