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Fikadu G. Tafesse

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Infectious diseases I Bacteria I Viruses I Lipidomics I Sphingolipids I Nanobodies I Alumnus: @UtrechtUni @whiteheadinst/MIT @ragoninstitute of MGH, MIT&Harvard

Portland, OR
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Fikadu G. Tafesse
2 years
So delighted to learn that our article that describes how #SARS-CoV2 hijacks #lipid #metabolism pathways has been selected as Paper of the Year by @NIEHS. @OHSUNews @PNNLab @SchultzLabOHSU @ohsummi . See the paper here:
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Promoted to Full Professor with tenure! . This wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible trainees, past & present, who made the science & the journey meaningful. Grateful to my mentors, colleagues, & collaborators. Excited for what’s next- here to the future! 🙌
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Congratulations to Tim Bates from my lab, Corinna Kulicke from the David Lewinsohn lab, and all the collaborators involved, especially the John Burke lab. @OHSUNews.
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Excited to share our new preprint 🥳. We developed a high-affinity nanobody that binds MR1 & blocks MR1-restricted T cell activation, a powerful tool to dissect MR1 biology in infection, inflammation & cancer.
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RT @NatRevImmunol: Finding and filling the knowledge gaps in mechanisms of T cell-mediated TB immunity to inform vaccine design https://t.c….
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It’s finally out! . Started this project as a PhD student in the Joost Holthuis’s lab & now it’s finished by my PhD student. Full-circle moment and the end of an era. 😊. Huge thanks to Gaelen and everyone who made this happen. @OHSUNews @PNNLab #lipid.
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Congrats to lab alumni Scotland Farley for leading this work, and our long standing collaborators at @PNNLab. @SchultzLabOHSU.
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Excited to share our latest preprint! Using integrated global lipidomics and proteomics, we show that SARS-CoV-2 variants induce conserved changes in host lipid metabolism pathways. @OHSUNews @PNNLab .
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RT @MolCellBiophys: What a fantastic 3rd FEBS Special Meeting on Sphingolipid Biology. It was an absolute pleasure to host such an inspirin….
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Have you ever wondered how repeated vaccination shapes our immune responses, and whether timing between doses matters? Check out our latest work! .
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Fikadu G. Tafesse
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I had an amazing time visiting Uni Victoria @uvic @UVicBCMB. It was wonderful meeting students and faculty- thank you so much, John Burke, for hosting me! .#lipids and #nanobodies
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RT @SL_Biology: A Happy New Year to all and a reminder that the early bird deadline for registration to the FEBS/ICC 2025 Sphingolipid Biol….
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RT @ScienceMagazine: #ICYMI: Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable succes….
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RT @SL_Biology: Reminder! Our next webinars are on Nov 12 with talks by @nadlerlab & Christoph Arenz on lipid imaging and cellular assay d….
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RT @BlindLab: Vanderbilt is cluster hiring 8 junior faculty in #StructuralBiology, #Imaging, #Genetics , #Omics, #HealthDisparities or #eq….
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RT @FandWLab: Now published, @SHUBHAM30642626 identifies PLD3/4 as synthesizing BMP, a lipid crucial for #lysosome #lipid #metabolism and….
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RT @UMassChan: The @UMassChan community celebrates Victor R. Ambros, PhD, recipient of the 2024 @NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine along….
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Fikadu G. Tafesse
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Huge thanks to Tim Bates for leading this comprehensive and accessible guide and to our long-standing collaborators John Burke and others for their invaluable contributions.
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Fikadu G. Tafesse
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Excited to share our protocol pre-print on BLI, a powerful technique for analyzing protein-protein interactions, including nanobody/antibody-antigen binding, as well as competition-based epitope mapping. @OHSUNews .
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Fikadu G. Tafesse
10 months
Fantastic lineup of speakers. Join us in Varna, Bulgaria in May 2025. It will be fun! #sphingolipids #lipids.
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Register to the best sphingolipid event of 2025.
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RT @BarackObama: Michelle and I think that Julie Mehretu’s art installation, titled “Uprising of the Sun,” will be one of the most importan….
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