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eLife @elife.bsky.social · Jun 7

🧪 A new method called MagIC-Cryo-EM allows scientists to use powerful #CryoEM techniques to examine proteins that have been difficult to study so far.

The (molecular) shape of you

New methods allow scientists to use a powerful technique known as cryo-EM to examine proteins that have been difficult to study so far.

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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · Jun 3

FYI - We've extended abstract submission deadline to June 8. Submit soon to be considered for a short talk. Come join us at the first FASEB #Ferroptosis meeting! It's going to be awwwwesome! 🤩
events.faseb.org/event/11797f...

Home - Ferroptosis, Oxidative Stress, and Lipid Metabolism

events.faseb.org

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · May 18

Celebrating my brother’s graduation at The George Washington University for his Master of Engineering in Cloud Computing!

Brother Jacques, you made us proud! Your hard work paid off! 🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · May 3

Reminder: The 1st FASEB #Ferroptosis Meeting is this summer! Spectacular speaker lineup + short talks selected from submitted abstracts. It is going to be awesome! Trainees, newcomers & all interested are welcome!
📅 Abstract deadline: June 1, 2025.
shorturl.at/QA6T1

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Apr 17

The spring is back for real in Maryland!

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Chang Jiang @jianglab2023.bsky.social · Apr 12

The Jiang lab@Moffitt is attending @ASBMB! If you are interested in redox biology and cancer metabolism, check out our posters as listed below on Monday, April 14th, 2025! See you in Chicago! We are hiring now!

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Apr 11

Check out our new review paper in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
We summarized recent advances in understanding the complex interplay between DNA damage response and metabolism, focusing on how this crosstalk affects cancer therapy resistance.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Gina DeNicola @ginadenicola.bsky.social · Mar 20

Abstracts are due TOMORROW! Please share!

Isaac Harris @harrislab.bsky.social · Mar 17

📢🚨Deadline to submit an abstract for the 2025 Showcase is this Friday, March 21st!📢🚨

Registration free!
Speakers chosen from abstracts and non-faculty only!
Amazing poster session and workshops!

Sign up today at: www.cancermetabolismshowcase.org

9:30 AM - 3 PM EST, May 5th and 6th, 2025

www.cancermetabolismshowcase.org

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Mar 2

I thank the NCI Center for Cancer Research for shedding light on our most recent publication.

ccr.cancer.gov/news/article...

Targeting two proteins leaves some cancer cells vulnerable to chemotherapy | Center for Cancer Research

Targeting two proteins that cancer cells rely on to sustain their metabolism and DNA repair capabilities can double the survival rate of mice with lung cancer tumors. Cross referencing with data from ...

ccr.cancer.gov

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 25

This is great news! Congratulations!

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 21

Joyeux Anniversaire!

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 19

To all the charlatans bragging about curing cancer in 5 years with AI: you have no idea what you’re taking about.

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Justin Bollinger @bollinger.bsky.social · Feb 16

I was hoping that my first bsky post would be more cheerful. I recently joined NIH (NIEHS) as a PO. I fought hard for this position and was so excited to support health science from a new vantage point… I picked up my life and moved to NC. Unfortunately, my time at NIEHS was short lived.

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 16

TIRING!

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Feb 16

Our next president will have to be technologically competent, at least , in order for us to sustain our place in the world.

This will become increasingly obvious over the next 4 years as AI gets more powerful

This isn’t necessarily bad. Truly. Done right, we will be a better, more equal society

Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 10

Merci d’avoir partagé!

Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 10

Happy Black History Month!

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 10

Je pense que c’est sous-estimer l’histoire de ce pays, particulièrement les luttes des années 60. Attendons de voir la suite. Vous avez peut-être raison. L’histoire nous le dira.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Feb 9

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you, dear Antonio! We cannot exclude the possibility of Prx2 phenocopying Prx1. Our models have low to undetectable Prx2. Given their structural and localization similarities (i.e., nuclear), I would not exclude this possibility. More to come…

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you, Barak!

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Feb 3

Check out our new paper just out in Redox Biology!
Leveraging metabolism-focused CRISPR screen, we established a gene dependency map between DNA damage response and metabolism.
We identified peroxiredoxin 1 as a key driver of resistance to ATM inhibition.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Metabolic dependency mapping identifies Peroxiredoxin 1 as a driver of resistance to ATM inhibition

Metabolic pathways fuel tumor progression and resistance to stress conditions including chemotherapeutic drugs, such as DNA damage response (DDR) inhi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Jan 22

Please keep the hope alive.

Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Jan 20

Please don’t. I know I am too optimistic, but think about our journey as a pendulum.

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Dr. Donita C. Brady of Brady Lab UPenn @bradylabupenn.bsky.social · Jan 10

Excited to co-chair #ASBMB2025 with the incredible
Dave Pagliarini! This year’s ASBMB meeting promises to showcase cutting-edge science, foster dynamic collaborations, & inspire new ideas. Don’t miss your chance to be part of it—register & submit your late breaking abstracts. t.co/UwgMdxBo15

https://bit.ly/3YGLQIx

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Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D. @weyemilab.bsky.social · Jan 7

About 10 minutes after your first chalk talk with comments like:
I don’t see how your work is going to reshape the field. Of course, I don’t know either. 😂😂

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