See you in Phoenix!
I will be speaking at the @aaas.org Annual Meeting 2026, where I will present our work that was selected by @science.org Breakthroughs of 2025.
“Neurons Make a Deadly Donation to Cancer Cells,”
Friday, February 13, 2026
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM MST
Phoenix, Arizona
🎉 NIH-MERIT Award (R37): I have received the NOA for my first R01 grant from the NIH. I am honored that it has been selected for conversion into an R37 MERIT Award, which allows funding for up to seven years! Learn more: grants.nih.gov/funding/acti...
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
Identification of optimal fluorophores for use in the Drosophila embryo https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.678560v1
Our work on intercellular transfer of mitochondria and cancer metastasis has been featured in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research @theaacr.bsky.social
📖 Read it here: aacrjournals.org/cdnews/news/...
🎉🎉🎉 Our work on Cancer Neuroscience and Mitochondria Transfer has been selected as a runner-up for the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year by @science.org !
I am deeply honored by this recognition and grateful to our team and collaborators who made this possible.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧠⚡ Check out this article about our work on mitochondrial transfers from nerves to cancer cells, recently featured in New Scientist.
www.newscientist.com/article/2485...
Neurons can support cancer initiation, growth and migration and can drive therapy resistance through various mechanisms
go.nature.com/4rZrnLH
New at Addgene! MitoTRACER, a cre-lox based reporter of cell-to-cell mitochondrial transfer. Used to study transfer from nerve to cancer cells and its impact on metabolism and metastasis.
By @greletlab.bsky.social
🔗 https://twp.ai/4itAyW
Fresh batch of Hot Plasmids here! Find new tools for:
🧠 Neural cell-surface proteomics
🔋 Nerve-to-cancer mitochondrial transfer @greletlab.bsky.social
🔬 Red calcium biosensors @massecklab.bsky.social & @piatkevich.bsky.social
✂️ CRISPRa-AAV for adipocytes @nadavahituv.bsky.social
& more!