Natalia Castano-Rodriguez

@cancerNSW EC Fellow and @UNSW Scientia Senior Lecturer | Immunogenetics of cancer | @UNSWScience | #unswscientiafellow | All views are my own

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What an exciting night @TheASMR1 #asmrnswgala2023. From engaging speakers showcasing state of the art research in NSW to our 2023 Medalist Dr Manu Platt @DrPlattLab who delivered an inspiring talk highlighting the need and benefits of inclusivity and diversity in medical research

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📢Attention all NSW health + medical research students & ECR's!
Registration & abstracts have been EXTENDED for the @TheASMR1 NSW Annual Scientific Meeting!
Apply now to be in the running for awards & prizes! https://t.co/vh7G7Kagmv
📅 2 June 2023
🏢Aerial UTS Function Centre

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@BurnsBrendan2 @UNSWBABS @UNSWScience Thanks so much @BurnsBrendan2! You are too kind!

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@SamithaFernand3 @izzy_simovic @KarlaVinasco Soooo proud of you @SamithaFernand3!

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Wrapping up a great conference #NSWCancerConf22, which was very inclusive, beatufifully covering diverse topics to improve patient outcomes, from pathogenesis and immunotherapy to teleoncology and social justice/equity in cancer care.

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Last but not least, Karla Vinasco Pachecho (Poster 8 at #NSWCancerConf22) will tell you how lactic acid producing bacteria, which produce high amounts of the oncometabolite lactate, contribute to stomach cancer. @UNSWBABS

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And just a few meters from Isidora Simovic (Poster 54), you will find our talented @SamithaFernand3 (Poster 17) talking about CARD8, an inhibitor of the NLRP3, a big player in stomach inflammation and cancer. #NSWCancerConf22 @UNSWBABS

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Are u at the #NSWCancerConf22? Come and learn from Isidora Simovic (Poster 54) about autophagy, our favourite intracellular pathway, and its impact on stomach cancer. @UNSWBABS

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My PhD student Isidora Simovic was nominated for the Young Investigator Award (YIA) at #AGW2022. I am just so proud of her performance today and how much she has grown as a scientist in just a few years! @GESAorg @UNSWBABS

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@UNSW present and strong at #GESAResearchWorkshop with great talks on pancreatic cancer @GeorgeSharbeen and @ApteMinoti team, HCC @AmanyZekry team, and gastric cancer (very proud of my PhD student Karla Vinasco Pacheco). @GESAorg @UNSWBABS

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Really enjoying #GESAresearchworkshop. Great keynote speakers, from an elegant multi-level approach to investigate pancreatic cancer treatment response to the current impact of AI in clinical gastro. @shaleklab @GESAorg David Hewett.

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One of my favourite autophagy-related proteins is IRGM, a master regulator at the intersection of autophagy, inflammation and tumorigenesis. Check out our new paper here: https://t.co/HeghFgh0fZ @AutophagyPapers @UNSWBABS

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What a Friday! @TheASMR1 NSW Annual Scientific Meeting and @cancerNSW Fellows' Forum happening today! Two very different crowds but both full of great people and scientific ideas.

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A great opportunity for a proactive and enthusiast ECR with a microbiome interest. @UNSWScience @UNSWEngineering @unsw_ecan @EngUnsw @UNSWscienceECAN

[Nadeem Kaakoush @NOKaakoush]

We are looking to hire a postdoc @UNSWMedicine to work with us on the #microbiome immunoglobulin degradation & microbial transplants. Will have access to cool samples and data from FOCUS & LOTUS #FMT studies in #ulcerativecolitis please RT if relevant. https://t.co/SfGVb49rhr

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Embracing 2022 with the best team! @NOKaakoush @LaurenceLuu Isidora Simovic, Karla Vinasco Pachecho, Elsa Kalluzhathil, Sam Fernando, Dimitrije Karadarevic and, last but not least, India Broome Waugh. @UNSWBABS

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@MiriMunozRojas @unisevilla I am already missing you @MiriMunozRojas La mejor energia para esta nueva etapa que comienzas.

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2/2: 50 free prints here: https://t.co/9YkNMP1RaC

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1/2: When compared to its paralog, ATG16L1, not much is known about ATG16L2. This is despite being a putative modulator of autophagy with reported impact on human disease. Check out our recent article in Autophagy to know more. @LaurenceLuu @NOKaakoush @UNSWBABS @AutophagyPapers

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Autophagy plays a dual role in cancer. In this paper, we show how a widely known SNP in ATG16L1 can modulate the risk of severe precancerous lesions and cancer in the stomach via increased ER stress and inflammation.

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Welcoming 2022 with our new paper in Gut Microbes. Still so much to understand about autophagy and microbial carcinogenesis. Can' t wait to continue this work in the new year! https://t.co/oL2ZCRJBV9