Very grateful for the mentorship, support, and encouragement that have brought me to this point. Excited to officially be on the academic job market this year, and looking forward to connecting with colleagues and departments along the way. Thank you, Jason, for always cheering me on!

PitarresiLab@pitarresilab.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats to @nikitab.bsky.social in the lab on being promoted to Instructor @umasschan.bsky.social last month! She is entering the academic job market this year and will come with her own funding (Early K99/R00). Search committees, be on the lookout for this stellar candidate. Congrats Nikita!

I had the honor of speaking with one of SciAm’s #SciAmYoungScientists, Jaye Gardiner @thegardinerlab.bsky.social. I was struck by Jaye’s enthusiasm for research and the genuine care she has for her students. Her love of science goes back to high school chemistry. @sciam.bsky.social

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Learning how the matrix around cells and tissues impacts cancers

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Excited, honored and humbled to join this scientifically rich and empowering community. Grateful that I get to be a part of this circle and to @jayeperview.bsky.social for encouraging me to apply!

Leading Edge Fellows Program@leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

🚨 Excited to share our latest study in Cancer Discovery! We’ve discovered how myofibroblasts induce neuroplasticity to drive #PDAC progression from early inflammation to invasive carcinoma. 🎗️💜🕸️

Interested in stable isotope infusions but daunted by jugular catheter surgery? New from postdoc @kimyumi0201.bsky.social: our simple tail vein catheter method enables anesthesia-free infusions in awake, freely moving mice. 🧵

Now online in Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social: p21-Positive Senescent Stromal Cells Promote Prostate Cancer Immune Suppression & Progression that Can Be Reversed by Senolytic Therapy - by Lin Zhou, @marcus-ruscetti.bsky.social, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159... @umasschan.bsky.social

I’m honored to be recognized with the Rising Star Award by The National Pancreas Foundation. Grateful to @umasschan.bsky.social for the feature and to all the colleagues, mentors, and friends for the support!

PitarresiLab@pitarresilab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thanks @umasschan.bsky.social for writing about postdoc @nikitab.bsky.social in the lab and her recent Rising Star Award from the National Pancreas Foundation and fellowship award from the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance. Excited to go to the NPF awards gala in Boston! www.umassmed.edu/news/news-ar...

Whelp, I did not make the cut. Luckily, I have been given an amazing opportunity elsewhere; and who knows, maybe in a few years things there will be a similar position. But maybe this is a good opportunity to talk about what it's like to apply for academic positions as a postdoc:

Matthijs Dorst@mattneuro.dorst-lab.org · last yr.

Whelp, fingers crossed: application submitted for my dream job! A total of 42 pages for the application, an additional 106 pages for my most relevant papers; it's a doozy!

We have got a super cool story (you can say I’m a lil biased). If you’re attending, please feel free to share your feedback/insights/thoughts!

PitarresiLab@pitarresilab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Excited for my talk tomorrow at the 8th Cancer Cachexia Conference meeting, where I will present our work showing that tumor derived PTHrP is a new driver of pancreatic cancer cachexia. Check out our preprint for the full story: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @cancercachexia.bsky.social

Our department is recruiting a new tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor. Come join the #1 physiology department in the country and some awesome colleagues doing high impact science and training the next generation of scientists jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674815/a...

Assistant/Associate Professor - Tenure Track - Physiology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor job with University of Michigan Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 674815

Tenure track assistant/associate professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

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Honored to receive the Scholar-in-Training Award at #AACRpan25 and grateful for the support 🙏 Excited to meet old friends, make new ones and network with the amazing pancreas cancer community!

PitarresiLab@pitarresilab.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to postdoc @nikitab.bsky.social for winning the Margaret Foti @theaacr.bsky.social Scholar-in-Training Award for next month's Pancreatic AACR conference! If you see her at the conference, be sure to ask her about her work on PDAC cachexia, bioRxiv link below! biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks Nature Cancer for the chance to reflect on some factors that led me to study cancer metabolism. For the trainees and other young scientists: the critical events that shape your career might not be obvious while they are happening. Keep an open mind and trust your instincts. rdcu.be/evi4I

An unexpected career in cancer metabolism

Nature Cancer - Ralph DeBerardinis obtained an MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, then trained in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He moved...

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Excited to share our new work in PDAC Cachexia. This work demonstrated that addition of factors like advanced age in murine models can uncover signatures that might have been obscured in other models. Grateful for @jdoles.bsky.social ‘s mentorship and support! Looking forward to all feedback :)

Rockefeller University Press@rupress.org · last yr.

Cachexia is a devastating cancer comorbidity that impacts numerous cancer outcomes. In @jem.org, @aneedasgupta.bsky.social, @jdoles.bsky.social et al describe a novel metabolic pathway/target w/ clinical implications for the treatment of cachectic #PancreaticCancer rupress.org/jem/article/...

I'm excited to share the lab’s new paper on PDAC-associated cachexia on bioRxiv today, led by star postdoc @nikitab.bsky.social “Pancreatic cancer cachexia is mediated by PTHrP-driven disruption of adipose de novo lipogenesis” A 🧵 below, if you are interested... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Abstracts are due TOMORROW! Please share!

Isaac Harris@harrislab.bsky.social · last yr.

📢🚨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

Hi #metabolism #pancreaticcancer #lipidtime twitter! Excited to share @patrickjonker.bsky.social work on how the microenvironment limits the metabolic capacity of pancreatic cancers (PDAC), which sensitizes these tumors to dietary interventions. 1/17

bioRxiv Cancer Bio@biorxiv-cancer.bsky.social · last yr.

Microenvironmental arginine restriction sensitizes pancreatic cancers to polyunsaturated fatty acids by suppression of lipid synthesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.10.642426v1

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Incredibly grateful for the support from @pitarresilab.bsky.social and PCA!

PitarresiLab@pitarresilab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congrats to postdoc in the lab @nikitab.bsky.social for being awarded a Pancreatic Cancer Alliance Postdoc Fellowship!!

I’m really proud to announce the 2025 Cancer Metabolism Showcase and Workshop, May 5th and 6th, 9:30 AM - 3 PM EST. This year, our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Jeffrey Rathmell from VUMC. I'm excited to come together, talk science, and support researchers in our field. www.cancermetabolismshowcase.org

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

No better 1st post on this platform than this - the Pitarresi and Ruscetti labs at UMass Chan raising awareness on World Pancreas Cancer Day. Surely a long way to go but fueled by a singular purpose of defeating this deadly malignancy!