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Dominik Awad

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Postdoc in Lyssiotis and Daley labs at University of Michigan Medicine. Pancreatic cancer metabolism and microbiome. Michigan Pioneer fellow. American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow. πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή

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A headline:

Scientists have discovered a 'third state' between life and death

A headline: Scientists have discovered a 'third state' between life and death

"Postdoc in the job market"

16.11.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 772 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 17
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β€œPreliminary data center”

03.11.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When I delete slide 137 from my presentation because I might run out of time

30.10.2025 07:13 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

PancMidwest 2025 was truly fantastic! Two days of science, catching up with old friends and getting to know more amazing people across the Midwest. Thank you so much for organizing @mpm-lab.bsky.social and Dr. Tim Frankel! @umich.edu @henryfordhealth.bsky.social πŸ§ͺ @lyssiotislab.bsky.social

18.10.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now online in Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligands Drive Pancreatic Cancer Initiation and Progression through Protumorigenic T Cell Polarization - by Brian Griffith, Timothy Frankel, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159... @umich.edu

04.09.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
JCI - What’s on the menu?: metabolic constraints in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment

Super excited to share new review on metabolic stress and adaptations in pancreatic cancer to these stresses from @cssheehan.bsky.social
jci.org/articles/vie... 1/6

19.07.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Lyssiotis awarded Stephenson Global Scholar Grant for pancreatic cancer research Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D., co-director of the Rogel and Blondy Center for Pancreatic Cancer at the Rogel Cancer Center, was one of six researchers to receive inaugural grants from the Stephenson Global ...

So grateful and excited to partner with the Stephenson Global Pancreatic Cancer Research Institute to advance our collaborative program targeting lysosome and Kras metabolism in pancreatic cancer!

michmed.org/rwVDK

18.07.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

23.06.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 617 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 26
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IRE1Ξ± promotes phagosomal calcium flux to enhance macrophage fungicidal activity The mammalian endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensor inositol-requiring enzyme 1Ξ± (IRE1Ξ±) is essential for cellular homeostasis and plays key roles …

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @drbadbug.bsky.social @teresaomeara.bsky.social Overall, our findings illustrate non-canonical IRE1Ξ± activation during infection and a function for IRE1Ξ± in supporting organelle contact sites to safeguard against rapidly growing microbes.

12.05.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ”₯Smoking hot new paper and tweetorial from @djcalebc.bsky.social (collab with Chinnaiyan Lab)! πŸ”₯

We are over the moon about this new work and its therapeutic implications for pancreatic cancer. Please have a read and share your thoughts/feedback! πŸ™πŸΌ

24.04.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beyond grateful to share that my main PhD thesis project, Targeting PIKfyve-driven lipid metabolism in pancreatic cancer (@lyssiotislab.bsky.social + Arul Chinnaiyan lab), has just been published in @nature.com!

24.04.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Congratulations @djcalebc.bsky.social and all the other authors! It was amazing seeing this project develop over the last few years!

25.04.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
(A) Oxidative mitochondria, in red, retain cristae to house the electron transport chain, comprising complexes CI, CII, CIII, CIV, and CV. Glutamine metabolism in the oxidative tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle fuels ATP synthesis. Oxidative mitochondria can be identified by the retention of CV expression. Reductive mitochondria, in blue, lose cristae and use reducing potential to drive reductive ornithine and proline biosynthesis from glutamine. Reductive mitochondria distinctly present with pyrroline-5-carboxylase synthase (P5CS) filaments. (B) Reductive mitochondria in which P5CS has been oligomerized into filaments are sequestered via mitochondrial fission, a process that can be mediated by dynamin-like protein 1 (DRP1). Mitochondrial fusion sequesters oxidative mitochondria. This process can be driven by mitofusin 1 and 2 (MFN1/2).

(A) Oxidative mitochondria, in red, retain cristae to house the electron transport chain, comprising complexes CI, CII, CIII, CIV, and CV. Glutamine metabolism in the oxidative tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle fuels ATP synthesis. Oxidative mitochondria can be identified by the retention of CV expression. Reductive mitochondria, in blue, lose cristae and use reducing potential to drive reductive ornithine and proline biosynthesis from glutamine. Reductive mitochondria distinctly present with pyrroline-5-carboxylase synthase (P5CS) filaments. (B) Reductive mitochondria in which P5CS has been oligomerized into filaments are sequestered via mitochondrial fission, a process that can be mediated by dynamin-like protein 1 (DRP1). Mitochondrial fusion sequesters oxidative mitochondria. This process can be driven by mitofusin 1 and 2 (MFN1/2).

ONLINE NOW! Subcellular mitochondrial heterogeneity enables opposing metabolic demands, by @brandontwchen.bsky.social, Yatrik Shah and @lyssiotislab.bsky.social, discussing the recent work by @keunwooryu.bsky.social et al.
Read it for free until March 19th at:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWLq3jDgW...

29.01.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The end of an era. @brandontwchen.bsky.social brought us kicking & screaming into cell biology, and what an exciting journey it’s been. We are so very proud of everything he’s accomplished! Join us 1/17 for his defense. Thereafter… watch out NYC, here he comes!!

03.01.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

My family: Do you have any New Year's resolutions?

Me: 2.6 Γ…

02.01.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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New TrendsinBiotech w/ Shea Lab, led by Kate & Michael. We cover concepts bridging nano/materials and immunity; e.g., nanoparticles can be designed with immune-modulatory metabolites (poly-lactate) 😎

t.co/3FQRYgsMvv

30.12.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social with correct link www.nature.com/articles/s41...

27.11.2024 22:17 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

This was truly a collaborative effort between so many groups at the University of Michigan and I couldn’t be more thankful to be part of such a great research environment!

04.12.2024 19:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In short, we characterized the isolated Klebsiella oxytoca strains (UMKO1) using genomic sequencing, metabolomics and murine tumor explants grown in TIF media (TIFM). A physiological media developed by the Muir lab @muirlab.bsky.social

04.12.2024 19:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our new preprint is now online! Here we describe in detail our strategy to isolate bacteria and fungi from pancreatic cancer patients. We also characterized a newly isolated Klebsiella oxytoca strain (UMKO1) in more detail. Thank you to all the co-authors and mentors! @lyssiotislab.bsky.social

04.12.2024 15:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi #immunosky @rafrancescone.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc candidate interested in immunology, with experience in flow cytometry, to run projects exploring mechanisms of immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer. Come to beautiful Michigan! Official announcement soon. DM us

30.11.2024 15:56 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

#PancreaticCancer research starter pack.
65 of 150. Room for 85 more on this 1st starter pack.
Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/FDafAW

23.11.2024 21:52 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 2
4th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Center Symposium 2024 - Henry Ford Health - Continuing Education (CE) Henry Ford Health, 4th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Center Symposium 2024, 11/15/2024 8:00:00 AM - 11/15/2024 4:45:00 PM, <p>The Pancreatic Cancer Center hosts national leaders in the field to report on t...

If you want to learn something on Friday, please join us in person or virtually for the 4th annual Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Symposium! To see the program and to register, go to hfhs.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

13.11.2024 13:05 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0