Did you know that yoyo dieting is bad for your❤️?
In our new
#BioRxiv
we show how
#weightloss
resolves 🫀 disease and that weight regain heightens inflammation in the🦴marrow.
Comment 👇to let us know what u think!🧵 1/n
PAPER ACCEPTED 🥳🥳! 5 years, 8 mouse models (>half a year each), 2 human studies, countless cell culture experiments, 5 rejections. So grateful for successful days 🙏
#AcademicChatter
#AcademicTwitter
🥂🍾So proud to share that the Weinstock lab will be opening its doors this summer at the incredible
@UChicagoMed
. DM if you're interested in joining the team and let's heal metabolic inflammation together!
#NewPI
#AcademicTwitter
Help
#ScienceTwitter
#MedTwitter
! We found a funky phenotype of our 🐭🐁 spleen, but have no idea what it is! Anyone got thoughts? We couldn't find anything like it on Google...
Kudos to the amazing
@KalevRotem
for noticing and pursuing it 👏
The Weinstock lab belatedly celebrating a 1st birthday 🎂
Celebrations included:
A bunch of non-funded grant apps
Review article (published)
Manuscript (in revision)
Lots of amazing people😎
Preprint📢
#Inflammation
causes the body to remembers to fight better next time. Here we found that skin inflammation doesn't boost immune memory like we thought—it can also dampen it! Find out how this surprising result could change our grasp of
#Immunity
So excited to share the Weinstock lab logo!
We study how weight loss strengthens the immune system (we love macrophages!) and aim to resolve obesity-related diseases without the need for weight loss
Art by the AMAZING Keren Mantzur Rivlin:
Elated and humbled to receive a notice of award for a
#K99
/R00.
So 🙏 for the support of my mentors Drs. Fisher,
@ItaiYanai
, Garabedian, Mueller and
@MicoliPHD
, recommenders, colleagues and
@nih_nhlbi
.
Also, anyone else with enhanced
#impostersyndrome
after receiving NOA?
Thrilled to share our latest paper showing that
#Wnt
signaling cooperates with IL4 to enhance pro-resolving
#macrophage
polarization and healing of
#atherosclerosis
.
Thanks to our amazing team & collaborators 🙏🙏
@eLife
AAAHHHH!!! The 1st Weinstock lab team member is here! Say hello 👋👋 & follow
@DestiniWiseman
, she is going to achieve greatness! Also check out her bio here-
How do you celebrate getting funding?
We started a tradition celebrating with mimosa's. We write which funding we got on the 🍾cork, and keep that in a display box in my office 🤩
Weinstock lab celebrating in style, overlooking Chicago 🤩🤩
We have many upcoming announcements, so stay tuned, but most importantly, celebrating these fantastic scientists (and their families) who bravely decided to join this
#NewPI
💪🙏
@aleepta
@Tomi_Odum
@DestiniWiseman
If anyone wants to gamble on me, I'm still looking to fill a couple of positions in my brand new lab! We're going to heal obesity-related inflammation, so hop on now 😃😃
#newPI
For PhD students it's a good idea to gamble on new PIs, on average they are more into it. I often see that the first graduate students that join a lab end up being really successful.
So excited to be awarded this prize for one of the best meetings there are! Thank you
@KernLipid
! Looking forward to seeing all my idols there later this year 🤗🤗🤗
Congratulations to
@AWeinstock
for being the recipient of the Roger Davis Investigator Award for the upcoming Kern Lipid Conference! She was so star struck at her 1st
@KernLipid
and is so excited to go back in August the receive the award and meet with giants leading the field.
Incredibly honored to have Wenceslao (twitterless😱) join the lab! Our 1st PhD student, and we could not ask for a better one!
May god have mercy on his soul 😇
Dr. Ada Weinstock presents her work on the differential effects of weight loss and regain on atherosclerosis as this year's Roger Davis Award Lecture. Such an amazing presentation and congratulations on being awarded the Roger David Award!
@AWeinstock
@UChicagoMed
Ecstatic to have
@aleepta
, the lab's 1st postdoc! He's going to teach us a lot about how macrophages resolve inflammation. He came just in time to get our welcome kit🤗
Really thrilled to join
@AWeinstock
Lab as a postdoc
@UChicagoMed
starting today! Big thank you to my PhD mentor
@arunb2523
for his support and grateful to
@AWeinstock
for the opportunity!
Can't wait to get started.
#ProudPI
🥹
Congratulations to the fantastic
@lourcatalina
for receiving the
@American_Heart
postdoctoral fellowship 🤗🍾
This will fund her groundbreaking work on macrophages that can treat ❤️ disease
Celebrating 2023 with a new postdoc
@Tomi55945162
, a rotation student (not yet on Twitter) and starting to harvest our 1st big experiment! No better way to start 2023 🤗🧑🔬🐭. Next- DATA!
#newPI
The Weinstock lab has some good news to share🤗
1) Super proud of
@KalevRotem
for receiving a 3-Yr fellowship from the
@AmDiabetesAssn
. This will support her groundbreaking research in the intersection of inflammation, obesity and fertility
Keep reading 👇👇
Celebrating our 1st review paper by toasting with etched whiskey glasses! Congratulations to the fantastic team
@aleepta
@Tomi_Odum
@DestiniWiseman
🤗
Let us know what you think 👇
So proud of
@wmartinez_nav
for a great presentation at
#FredricksonLipid
🥹🥹
He is the 1st person from the lab to get an oral presentation and he killed it 👏💪🤩
So proud 🥹🥹 of the Weinstock lab members representing us at
#AAI2024
. Special congrats to
@lourcatalina
and
@wmartinez_nav
for getting awards!
Thank you for all that took the time to view our posters and give your input!
1st day of snow in Chicago brought with it my 1st day ever in an OR watching an open 🫀🫀 surgery 🤯🤯. Stoked to start this new collaboration
@UChicagoMed
- stay tuned!!
#newPI
#AcademicChatter
Hey scientists! Need inspiration? I surely do (especially this year!). Join us in 2 days for this amazing symposium
#InspireScience2020
to get inspiration through science communication to society and politicians.
The Weinstock lab is SO HAPPY to introduce our newest postdoc-
@KalevRotem
🤗!! She's an amazing developmental biologist and has a super cool project. Follow her and stay tuned 👀
Thanks to my wonderful section (Genetic Medicine)
@UChicagoMed
for the warm welcome. Had a blast presenting our work! I'm so glad to be a part of this fantastic group 😁.
So disappointed😟about the new Sabatini comments, some from scientists I admire. This is part of the reason trainees don't want to come forward when they should.
Trainees- please pick a lab that will empower you to speak up for yourself and others 👀
@VirusesImmunity
Thank you so much for standing up for trainees. I think that, unfortunately, many institutions will rather keep PIs who have many grants. Maybe this issue should go higher up to the funding agencies?
Money money 🤑🤑🧵👇 How can you get more of it to start your lab? Interviewing season is almost here, so below are some negotiation tips, while the knowledge is fresh in my mind. This is based on my experience interviewing in US-based schools. 1/n
#NewPI
Weinstock lab loving our section's retreat! Had so much fun spending time together.
Thank you again
#GeneticMedicine
for being such amazing colleagues!
This is why I love my job!
Sent my 139-page blood and sweat to the NIH ether yesterday.
Tears will probably come with the reviews, but were not part of the preparation of this proposal 😅
Lab culture is probably the most important aspect when choosing a group to join. I'm happy to share a preview to the Weinstock lab guide, to inform future members of our culture. Check it out-
Just to put this in scale for my non-🇮🇱 friends, compared to 9/11 (relative to population size), deaths are 7 times higher in the horrific attack on
#Israel
(and counting). Additionally, 100s of civilians were take hostage (imagine if that happened on 9/11)
Can't stop crying💔
3) We are grateful to receive the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Award, supporting our research on curing inflammation in ❤️ disease
This is the 1st independent grant for our group!!
Out of reading materials towards the end of this
#lockdown
? Want to take your mind off of
#COVID19
? Check out our newest review on the
#heterogeneity
of immune cells in the fat tissue
@CircRes
. Many thanks to all our collaborators.
Help
#ScienceTwitter
#MedTwitter
! We found a funky phenotype of our 🐭🐁 spleen, but have no idea what it is! Anyone got thoughts? We couldn't find anything like it on Google...
Kudos to the amazing
@KalevRotem
for noticing and pursuing it 👏
Beyond salary, how can we show postdocs our appreciation? I'll start with what we're doing:
Ample vacation
Swag (mugs, fleeces)
💻of their choice
Snacks/coffee
Frozen meals
Hygienic supplies
=>2 conferences/year
Career development mentorship
What more can we do?
#AcademicChatter
Thank you so much
@ImmunologyAU
for hosting me! I had a blast getting to know everyone, seeing old friends and checking out the new operation 🤩
If you are looking for a postdoc position, this is a great, young and vibrant environment!💃
Super interesting paper 👇 showing that
#macrophages
that clear dying cells secrete
#ExtracellularVesicles
that encourages other macrophages to eat more dead🧟cells
💯!
These are some steps I incorporated to overcome loneliness:
-Weekly writing sessions (3-4hrs) with other junior faculty. Fun+productive
-1-2 monthly meetups (1hr) with junior faculty to commiserate
-Physically be in the lab (not office) when working on 💻 (1-2hrs/day)
I love being a PI, but this job comes with a sense of loneliness I never felt as a student or postdoc. I am thankful for my support system of family, mentors, and colleagues, but no one can fully understand the daily challenges. I’m pretty sure this is normal, just unexpected.
Never forget- you are among the most brilliant, innovative, resilient people in the world. Your work is challenging(that's why you chose it) and may influence generations to come, even if you don't see it now. Don't doubt your strength💪!
#postdocappreciationweek
#AcademicChatter
The lab's 1st conference! Happy to have the awesome Weinstock lab team members attend
#AIC2022
! It was so great to see old friends and meet new ones❣️
#newPI
So looking forward to hear from Dr. Iwasaki, today
#InspireScience2020
! She is already inspiring so many through her multitude of activities as a scientist, communicator and mentor and we are so grateful 🙏 to hear her story
2) Ecstatic that the lab is going to be represent at
#AAI2024
, with oral and/or poster presentations by EVERYONE, with awards already given to
@wmartinez_nav
and
@lourcatalina
Absolutely - trainees deserve much more! I wish funding agencies took mentoring into account (as part of the grant's score), and that institutions give more freedom to PIs who want to be more supportive (allow to pay relocation and other stuff)
Dear PI,
A friendly reminder that your Israeli & Palestinian trainees are not ok, and might be getting (micro?) aggression from others.
Not talking about it will just make things worse. Please take the time to talk with all your group about their feelings in the lab/Uni.
My 1st goal is to be a good mentor and make my people happy. In 2022 I tried to do that in many ways (see👇👇), including getting snacks weekly (much of it on my own dime💵).
I'm looking to improve! How can I be a better mentor?
#newPI
#NewYearResolution
🥂
Beyond salary, how can we show postdocs our appreciation? I'll start with what we're doing:
Ample vacation
Swag (mugs, fleeces)
💻of their choice
Snacks/coffee
Frozen meals
Hygienic supplies
=>2 conferences/year
Career development mentorship
What more can we do?
#AcademicChatter
Excited to have the opportunity to present our work tomorrow
@atherometab
. Make sure to tune in at 12 for
@KateyRayner
's talk, she always shares fascinating data.
In less then 24 hours!!! Tomorrow's Virtual Cardiometabolism Seminar Series proudly presents the latest research discoveries from:
Katey Rayner (Univ of Ottowa)
Ed Fisher & Ada Weinstock (NYU)
Seminars at 12:00 EST. Details about Zoom meeting can be found
@atherometab
Congratulations to our colleague at
@NYUGSOM_Path
Dr. Shruti Naik (
@DrShrutiNaik
) for her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor! Its exciting to see your "junior" faculty doing such amazing research...Congrats Shruti!
@nyugrossman
Had a great time coming back to NYC to see old friends and meet new ones. Thank you🙏🙏
@RobertCBauer
for the invite to speak with the brilliant people at
@ColumbiaMedic
4 months after applying, my job application was finally rejected. It would be great, though, if hiring institutions won't send the rejection email at 9:30pm on a Friday 😕😕
#AcademicChatter
#PostdocLife
I have been too sad to sci-tweet lately
Reflecting on yesterday, I just felt I have to tweet about my awesome group. They are all killing experimental techniques, getting fascinating results, helping each other, communicating amazingly and more.
#ProudePI
This
#PostdocAppreciationWeek
I will highlight the Weinstock lab members, and share their superpowers (in alphabetic order).
At the outset, I am so thankful to have such outstanding scientists and people. My appreciation is infinite, this and all other weeks.
@ChiaraGiannare1
’s science/commitment to advancing the AHA mission embody the spirit of the Hoeg award created in memory of Dr. Hoeg. We are thrilled to announce her as our invited lecturer who will present a lecture of her choice during the Sat. Plenary @
#VascularDiscovery24
🔬
Proud to win the
#ATVB
Young Investigator In-Training Award
#VascularDiscovery21
@AHAMeetings
. Congrats to all the great Finalists and Friends. Thank you so Much to all Mentors, Career Advisors, Inspirational Scientist at our
#ATVB
community! You are all very special to me🥰.
Whoever needs to hear this will probably not take the advice of a
#NewPI
, but please take very delicate care of your lab members. Emotional abuse is inexcusable and counterproductive
Too often someone talks with me about the nasty behavior they receive in their labs💔
How awesome is this! 👇👇 Another important work from team Vandy on obesity-related cancer and immunotherapy 💪. Am also very happy to see
@JeffRathmell
joining the macrophage side more and more 😃🤗
Obesity is a major risk factor for cancer. Happy to present
@JackieEBader
's preprint with
@ahasty4
on obesity-induced PD-1 on macrophages to inhibit macrophage glycolysis and ability to activate T cells in a new obesity-cancer connection.
Exactly 3 years ago my PO called with the news that my K99 was funded. 2 weeks later, the world shut down. Many are waiting for/ just got their
#K99
score, so I thought to share my story 🧵
Hi
#AcademicTwitter
#phdlife
👋👋, this
#newPI
is looking to get a welcome kit for anyone who joins the lab. I definitely want to give out embroidered fleeces (it can get cold in our building). Any other ideas?
Congratulations America 🎉🎉! I'm especially grateful for the hope this gives minorities, immigrants, science and women. Looking forward to uniting together to make this place better
Congratulations to
@AWeinstock
, recipient of a
@NIH_NHLBI
K99/R00. This prestigious award will aid Dr. Weinstock’s efforts in determining the effects of weight loss on
#atherosclerosis
resolution in the Fisher Lab
@NYULangone
and as a future PI.
Last year Nick Leeper blew my mind🤯with an incredible talk, I'm sure this one will be just as good. Will be my first time hearing Dr. Monaco, but read many of her papers on TLRs in atherosclerosis and am definitely looking forward to it
@atherometab
!
So excited for these talks on Friday at Cardiometabolism virtual seminars
@atherometab
!! 12/noon EST!
Nicholas Leeper: Translating pro-efferocytic therapies for cardiovascular disease
Claudia Monaco: Myeloid cells in atherosclerosis: one cell at a time
On this Thanksgiving season, I am so thankful for all of those who took a chance on me this past year, especially my department
@UChicagoMed
, others who offered me jobs and of course the brave ones who decided to join my group
#newPI
Incredibly honored to have Wenceslao (twitterless😱) join the lab! Our 1st PhD student, and we could not ask for a better one!
May god have mercy on his soul 😇
Not explicitly condemning this brutal attack on 🇮🇱 is extremely damaging to the Palestinians as well, grouping them with Hamas and tagging them all as psychotic, murderous subhumans
If you care about Palestinians and/or Israelis, you must stand against Hamas
Top 10 misconceptions about the situation in Israel:
1. ‘Standing by Israel’ means you are anti-Palestinian. (You can both unequivocally condemn this attack & support Palestinian rights.)
2. Hamas wants to ‘Free Palestine’. (It wants Jews dead; see their charter's Article 7.)
One of my favorite things about academia - having friends all over the world. This also increases diversity and makes me feel at home wherever I am in the world
Reason
#11
for
#lifeinscience
: Friends from around the world. We get to meet, work with, & make friends from all over. Science is a small community with lots of chances to meet new people. From immigrants to friends abroad, science is a melting pot.
Two great talks this week in Cardiometabolism virtual seminars!
@atherometab
Laurent Yvan-Charvet: Metabolic reprogramming of macrophage in atherosclerosis: Is it all about cholesterol?
Ed Thorp & Connor Lantz: Single cell phagocytic heterogeneity and links to cardiac repair
If you want to know who are going to be the leaders in vascular biology in the upcoming years, look at the finalists list of this award.
HUGE congrats Jesse 💪🎊👏
Such an honor to receive the Irvine H Page Junior Faculty Research Award at
#VascularDiscovery2023
. Impressive work and amazing talks from all the finalists! Congrats also to Binstadt lab postdoc
@tori_osinski
who was a finalist for the trainee award, great job!
@UMN_IBP
@CFI_UMN