Faith Zhang Lab
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Faith Zhang Lab
@FaithZhangMD
We are a patient-centered, mechanistically driven, translational laboratory at the forefront of leveraging immunometabolism for therapeutic breakthroughs.
Dallas, TX Katılım Kasım 2016
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Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor and Endowed Scholar in @UTSWMedCenter Molecular Biology Dept this Fall! 🥳 We’ll study #peroxisomes #mitochondria #metabolism via the lens of neonatology👶🏻, a very exciting frontier in medicine! #neotwitter
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Thrilled and deeply honored to be named a 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholar!
Huge congrats to my friend and colleague @CRI_UTSW @JaviGBermudez , who’s also joining the Pew family as a Pew-Stewart Scholar.
CRI is on fire—let’s go make some bold, groundbreaking science happen! 🔥🧪✨
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern@CRI_UTSW
Congrats! 👏👏👏 Two CRI scientists named 2025 Pew-Stewart & Pew Scholars — @JaviGBermudez & @HijaiShin — to advance cancer, biomedical research. Read more about their #relentlessdiscovery ⬇️ cri.utsw.edu/two-childrens-… @pewtrusts
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Our paper on discovering a new paradigm in peroxisome biogenesis and PEX39 (1st human peroxisomal biogenesis protein found in > 20 yr) is out in @NatureCellBio! Wonderful, equal collab with Tony Rodrigues, @dwendscheck, Jorge Azevedo, @warscheidlab
#ref-CR49" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4155…
Walter W. Chen, MD, PhD@WalterWChen1
V happy to share my work in @RJDLab @CRI_UTSW from past 2 yr! In equal collab with Tony Rodrigues, @dwendscheck, Jorge Azevedo’s lab, @warscheidlab, we have discovered PEX39, the first human peroxisomal biogenesis protein (peroxin/PEX) found in > 20 yr! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…🧵
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Congratulations Freddy Escorcia, a Lasker Scholar who recently became an Executive Director at RayzeBio, a Bristol Myers Squibb Company that focuses on creating precision radiopharmaceutical therapies. @freddyeescorcia @bmsnews
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Excited to receive an NIH K08 Clinical Investigator Award to support my research on #mitochondria #peroxisomes 😀 The $775K will be critical in helping me transition to independence as I begin looking for a place to start my lab 🙏🏻 @A_P_S_A @the_asci @AmerAcadPeds #neotwitter
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Honored to get @BWFUND Career Award for my work on #mitochondria #peroxisomes and be 1st neonatologist awardee! $700K to start my lab = exciting #organelles #metabolism research to help medicine’s smallest patients! #neotwitter bwfund.org/news/bwf-annou…
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@FaithZhangMD @Nature thanks and congrats on your recent paper Faith!
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My lab's first paper is out in @Nature. We show that lipoprotein uptake protects tumors from ferroptosis by delivering the lipid antioxidant α-tocopherol. Surprisingly, tumors use sulfated glycosaminoglycans—not canonical receptors—to capture lipoproteins. nature.com/articles/s4158…
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To all of you radiation scientists planning to apply for the NIH PAIRS funding mechanism (PAR-22-198) for June 5, I just learned that it was cancelled (though the website states it is active). Bad news, but I guess now I can go drink margaritas 🍹
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@PrasannaAlluri @TaoWang27112003 @CDMRP @UTSW_RadOnc @utswcancer @utswnews @UTSWCancerBio Congratulations @PrasannaAlluri
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Super excited to receive another $2.5M DoD Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award with @TaoWang27112003 as a partnering PI. Super grateful to @CDMRP for continued support of our research programs.
@UTSW_RadOnc @utswcancer @utswnews @UTSWCancerBio
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73 Questions with Dr. Bob Timmerman (modeled after the Vogue interviews).
This was a fun one 😀. Clips here, & full video link in replies.
👢🥩🚀 @BobTimmermanMD
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I am honored to receive the Mary Beth Maddox Award, which recognizes my lab’s dedication to decoding cancer metabolism. Mary Beth’s inspiring legacy motivates us to push the boundaries of cancer research. Thank you @TAMESTX ! #WomenInScience
TAMEST@TAMESTX
TAMEST is pleased to announce Gerta Hoxhaj, Ph.D., @CRI_UTSW, as the recipient of the 2025 Mary Beth Maddox Award and Lectureship for her work in cancer metabolism and revealing new mechanisms crucial for the growth and survival of cancer cells: buff.ly/3DmODP9
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@JoshLangMD What a huge loss for the radiation oncology and scientific community. My heartfelt condolences.
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Tonight we sit with the cherished memories of a truly unforgettable individual who changed the lives of so many fighting cancer.
Tomorrow we stand and get back to the fight against the terrible disease that took one of our best, brightest, and kindest.
Love you forever, Felix.
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I often advise radiotherapy patients to avoid high-dose antioxidants like Vitamin C, as they may reduce radiation’s effectiveness. New research from the @SJMorrison_ lab shows why lower Vitamin C might also help 🐭patients recover from radiation-induced cytopenia👏! More info👇
Sean Morrison@SJMorrison_
Congrats Stefano on a very unexpected result: elimination of ascorbate from multipotent hematopoietic progenitors is sufficient to confer long-term reconstituting potential in irradiated mice. Ascorbate suppresses leukemia partly by negatively regulating self-renewal potential.
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@PrasannaAlluri @DeptofDefense @CDMRP @UTSW_RadOnc @utswcancer @utswnews Congratulations, @PrasannaAlluri and team! Amazing achievements!
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Super excited to receive 2 @DeptofDefense grants:$1.6M Breast Ca Research Program Breakthrough Award & $1.2M Extension Award. Very grateful to @CDMRP for continued support of our research programs & super proud to work with a team of superstars @UTSW_RadOnc @utswcancer @utswnews
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“My message to the young people is this: if I can get so close to the stars, you can too.” —Zhijian “James” Chen, 2024 #LaskerAward winner for his discovery of cGAS, an enzyme that senses self and foreign DNA
#Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate @UTSWMedCenter
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So great to celebrate FASTRO with @SBRT_CR - it seems like just yesterday we were wee tots trying to figure out how to be doctors and studying for boards together.
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Incredibly grateful to be part of the amazing @ForbeckForums on Metastasis & Scholar Retreat! Blown away by the science, collaboration, and support from the foundation and community. Jennifer Forbeck’s powerful speech lit a fire in us—now rolling up our sleeves for more cures!
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5/ Going forward, we’ll use this model to refine the radiation protocol, boost its effectiveness, and reduce side effects by exploring combination treatments. Exciting developments ahead with @RSNA support!
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4/ Single-cell analysis revealed fewer HO progenitor cells and lower expression of bone/cartilage genes after radiation, tied to reduced activity in upstream BMP and ALK4 signaling pathways.
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🦴💥 Ever wondered how radiation can stop abnormal bone growth after trauma? Dr. Hsieh from @FaithZhangLab, @Levi_Lab, @UTSW_RadOnc, broke it down at #ASTRO24
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