Kai Kessenbrock

Associate Prof @UCIrvine; Postdoc @UCSF; PhD @mpiNeuro; studying microenvironmental regulation of tissue homeostasis and cancer. @AmericanCancer Scholar

[Jacob Insua-Rodríguez @JInsuaRodriguez]

Why is multi-organ #metastasis so hard to treat? Is it organ ("soil")-specific or is there a #systemic program we’ve missed? 🚨 Our new preprint on @biorxiv_cancer reveals a universal, targetable niche conserved across the body. https://t.co/bKSCFfuWJq 🧵👇

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@Aiims1742 @Perlmutter_CC @nyulangone @JohnPLeonardMD @nyugrossman @NYULangoneLI @NYULangoneBK @DrOscarLahoud @EmelineAvikiMD Congratulations, Anirban!

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@cholsoon_jang @Sunhee_Jung_ @HosungBae @NatMetabolism Congrats to the whole team!

[Cyrus Ghajar @GhajarLab]

@FredHutch_Met_X has launched an open rank faculty search for an innovator who bridges computational and experimental approaches to study cancer metastasis. Please share far and wide!!! @MetastasisRS

https://t.co/7LyqLxZLRo.

[Nicholas Navin @nicholas_navin]

Excited to share our latest study in @CELL @MDAndersonNews a new single cell DNA&RNA co-assay technology (wellDR-seq) used to study the interactions of DNA copy number and gene expression during breast cancer progression led by @KaileWang @RuiYejerry

https://t.co/99NxcuhzYN

[Devon Lawson @DLawsonlab]

Check out our new paper identifying the developmental gene PHLDA2 as a robust driver of breast cancer metastasis! Thanks to @PHalasPhD @hannysavage @_DennisMa @KessenbrockLab for all their hard work, and support from @AmericanCancer, @theNCI, & Team Michelle. @UCIMedSchool

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@rushika_perera @UCSF @Stanford @longlabstanford Awesome news, Rushika! More important than ever to build these kinds of initiatives.

[Rushika M. Perera @rushika_perera]

Launched today- the Weill Cancer Hub West -supporting transformative cancer research collaborations btw @UCSF & @Stanford. Honored to co-lead, with @longlabstanford, our team who will study the impact of diet on pancreatic cancer initiation, progression and therapy response.

[Selma Masri @masrilab]

Super happy to share our latest in @NatureCancer co-led by @pannunziolab! We review the complex role of the circadian clock in genome integrity, DNA repair, immunity, metabolism, and cancer with a specific focus on early-onset cancer. Check it out!

https://t.co/Wt07GKpWIT

[Cholsoon Jang @cholsoon_jang]

Congrats @HosungBae @Sunhee_Jung_ Johnny and co-authors for their work! @CellCellPress https://t.co/sv3cX5wKql

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@rushika_perera @Nature @GillesRademaker Awesome! Congrats Rushika and team!

[Yongsheng Shi @YongshengShi]

Postdoc positions are available for deciphering the nuclear RNA degradation code! Email me if interested!

A nuclear RNA degradation code is recognized by PAXT for eukaryotic transcriptome surveillance: Molecular Cell https://t.co/hwl4ftcjES

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@ednacukierman @MaraShermanLab Thank you, Eti! Let’s catch up soon!

[The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research @TheMarkFdn]

Last night, past Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award winners gathered with this year’s recipients (@MaraShermanLab @DanWahlMD @LironBarPeled @KessenbrockLab and @Satpathology) to celebrate seven years of this transformational program. #MarkSymposium

[Ken Chen @kchenken]

I am looking for a postdoc interested in modeling cells and other biological entities/phenomena using AI, physical modeling, and other approaches.

https://t.co/UMAZQcvdqC

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@DLawsonlab @NafPascal @isam_adam1 @hannysavage @UCIrvine The future is bright with young scientists like this!

[Devon Lawson @DLawsonlab]

So proud of our lab for attending the Stand up for Science rally in Los Angeles yesterday. You will make a difference ❤️ @NafPascal @isam_adam1 @hannysavage @KessenbrockLab @UCIrvine

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@c_mccloskey1 @rmkhokha @UPMCHillmanCC @compbiopitt Congrats, Curtis!

[Ken Chen @kchenken]

Join us 2026 Single-Cell Cancer Biology Conference GRC, ⁦@DLawsonlab⁩ https://t.co/A6hOiuIAB9

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

@halshetaiwi @TheMarkFdn Thanks a lot, Hamad! Let’s catch up soon!

[Kai Kessenbrock @KessenbrockLab]

I’m extremely excited to be part of this amazing program. Can’t wait to get this project off the ground thanks to the generous funding by @TheMarkFdn

[The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research @TheMarkFdn]

📢Announcing The Mark Foundation 2025 Emerging Leader Award winners! 📢

These 5 outstanding early-career scientists will receive a total of $3.75M to pursue projects with the potential to transform cancer research. We can’t wait to see what they achieve!
https://t.co/0mxHBny3Va