Investigating the role of NK cells in cancer and viral infection. Account run by lab members. @McMasterU @MacImmunology
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26 Nov 2021
Interested in supporting #cancer #immunotherapy #research? Learn more about our projects and #donate to our research today! ashkarlab.com/donate
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
6 Feb 2025
More people are turning to cannabidiol (CBD) cannabis strains to help with the side-effects of pregnancy.
A new study from @McMasterU has uncovered the potential risks, which includes impaired fetal growth. @MGD_CMCR @CIHR_IRSC @InnovationCA
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6 Feb 2025
We are thrilled to announce that our study investigating the impact of oral cannabis consumption on pregnancy outcomes and fetal development is now published at @eBioMedicine part of Lancet Discovery Science ! This work was led by our talented previous student, Tyrah Ritchie!β¨
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6 Feb 2025
We found that oral consumption of cannabis during pregnancy led to impaired maternal artery remodelling and restricted fetal growth development in mice. Further, detrimental consequences were long-lasting as offspring showed behavioural changes later in life.
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
14 Nov 2024
Join us next Thursday for visiting speaker Dr. Ali Ashkar from @McMasterU. Interferon Types and Time Matter is the discussion topic.
@Ashkar_Lab @UM_RadyFHS @um_research
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6 Nov 2024
Another year, another victory! Ashkar lab wins best Halloween costume for the fifth year in a row ππ
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27 Oct 2024
While CD56 expression could be used to indicate a hyper-functional state of NK cells, it does not directly influence the anti-tumor functions of expanded NK cells @jlb_journal Congrats, @Ana_LPortillo! @Ashkar_Lab
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22 Oct 2024
Enjoying #Cytokines2024 and explore the beautiful city of Seoul! @LizBalint @Emily_YF_Feng @Ana_LPortillo
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
Why does covalency matter? Here we develop a new covalent #inducedproximity system that activates T cell tumoricidal function through stabilized ternary complexes. Covalency is observed to uniquely enforce immune receptor activation signaling events! doi.org/10.1016/j.omton.2024β¦
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
17 May 2024
Check out the latest issue of Immunological Reviews on innate immunity (with an adaptive twist!) where @JosefowiczLab and I convinced a bunch of talented colleagues to contribute.
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14 May 2024
Our PhD students were awarded @machealthsci Plenary Awards! Congratulations to @Emily_YF_Feng for an Outstanding Achievement Award and to @LizBalint and @Ana_LPortillo for Publication Awards!
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26 Apr 2024
Congrats to our PhD candidates for their poster awards at this years #CSI2024 @Ana_LPortillo @Emily_YF_Feng and @LizBalint for her first place poster award! @MacImmunology
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3 Apr 2024
We are super proud to announce that three of our students have been awarded external awards! π Congrats to Amelia and Alexa for winning CGS-M awards! Congrats to Misaal for wining an OGS award to support the second year of her MSc!
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
3 Apr 2024
Excited to share my very first publication! Thanks Maz for giving me the chance to write about innate immune memory- a new concept to us, but an ancient phenomenon.
3 Apr 2024
"Discovering adaptive features of innate immune memory" In this review with super talented @minasadeghii we discuss how evolutionary, mitochondria and cellular metabolism along with diverse signaling pathways shape innate memory responses.
doi.org/10.1111/imr.13328
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Ashkar Lab retweeted
Long Presentation Winners:
1st place: @LiamERondeau
2nd place: Ana Portillo
3rd place: Ann Kuganathan
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12 Mar 2024
Our latest review is now available at Immunological Reviews! We discuss how "Metabolic adaptations determine whether natural killer cells fail or thrive within the tumor microenvironment". Congrats to co-first authors Adnan Moinuddin, Sophie Poznanski, and @Ana_LPortillo!
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13 Feb 2024
Congratulations to our PhD student for their recents awards! π₯³ @Emily_YF_Feng was awarded a CSI Travel Award and the MIRC Travel Award! @Ana_LPortillo was awarded the W.E. Rawls Memorial Scholarship and the Alyssa Vito Scholarship in Cancer Research! π
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