Dustin Hancks

Our newest out: Shifting gears - after great #mitochondria mtg in Spain #CSMito2024 @CellSymposia - just like we found with metabolism & antiviral responses; cheers to @PLOSPathogens for investing in our work #utswmed journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Divide and conquer: antiviral restriction of #influenza A virus by a novel ISG15 spliceform by @sfbkr.bsky.social and Co..the plot thickens #genesInPieces biorxiv.org/content/10.648… @biorxivpreprint @biorxiv_micrbio

Switches: New..lots of protein-coding mRNAs encode #miRNA ..former Ph.D. student's last hurrah building on our #mitochondria C15orf48/miR-147b stuff bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Lab first, #cookies, to kick off the new academic year…stay tuned #mitochondria

We’re delighted to invite the @UTSWMedCenter community to the Annual SURF & Amgen Scholars Research Symposium on August 6! Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of our scholars and showcase the impactful research they’ve conducted this summer. @UTSWGradSchool @RTPatUTSW

Attending the Amgen Scholars North America Symposium was a rewarding & inspiring experience. The talent of the Amgen Scholars is truly spectacular. We thank @AmgenFoundation for their continued commitment to providing opportunities to our future scientific leaders. @UTSWMedCenter

Very proud to have our lab's first work published in @cellhostmicrobe! In this work, we use functional metagenomics to find phage defenses from human and soil microbiomes! Congrats to first author @luis840alberto ! cell.com/cell-host-micr… (1/3)

Everything you wanted to know about oxidized lipids & immunity, in one review. We explain how oxidized lipids impact inflammation, dendritic cells, anti-tumor immunity and more. Kudos to Joon Choi for his exceptional work. @harvardmed @BostonChildrens royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

shine bright: sweet new set of gfp flu reporter viruses from @BakerLabLBRI biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Why do some genetic mutations devastate specific tissues while sparing others? We explore this question in GGC repeat disorders, revealing a mechanism linking protein aggregation to tRNA splicing failure in the brain. 🧵 on our new paper in Science: 🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A great line-up of speakers for Cell Symposia Multifaceted Mitochondria June 2026 in Glasglow! Check it out and register early: cell-symposia.com/mitochondria-2… @KivancBirsoy @RutterLab @jourdainlab and more! #mitochondria @CellPressNews

Newest: Virologs mark #RNA metabolism as an evolutionary battleground during infection - Collaboration w/Chris Sullivan & Kayla Szymanik @PLOSPathogens journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

From PLOS Pathogens - Viral piracy of host RNA phosphatase DUSP11 by avipoxviruses buff.ly/lAnagqk #bwfpath

Happy to share our latest preprint from 1st author & @IGGPenn PhD student @vazquez_marrero on how GM-CSF potentiates cytokine production in human monocytes during bacterial infection! Congrats to Victor, his undergrad mentees Allyson Lu & @DreslerMV, & postdoc @mikelhaggadone!

(1/6) Our new paper is out (OA): Host species-specific activity of the poxvirus PKR inhibitors E3 and K3 mediate host range function | Journal of Virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv… It took 15 years from our initial discovery that human and mouse PKR were sensitive, whereas ...

Are you a recently or soon-to-graduate PhD student?🧑🏽‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬 Are you interested in the host-pathogen interface? 🦠🧬🧫 Come join us in Nashville! 🎶 🍗🏙️ The Watson lab is looking for a postdoc! vanderbilt.edu/postdoc/prospe…

Not one but TWO faculty searches in our department @CornellMBG 1️⃣ Cell & Mol Biol @weillinstitute academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28336 2️⃣ Human Genetics/Genomics academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28554 Outstanding science, supportive community, beautiful environment. We have it all! Spread the word 🙏

De novo creation of an innate immune LPS receptor. Anh Cao identified the principles of LPS detection by caspase-11, revealing the CARD as a bipartite lipid binding module. This knowledge allowed us to convert an ancient CARD-like protein into a functional LPS receptor.

Our newest: My grad students & their "sweet" project ..."In principle, such cellular circuitry could rapidly adapt immune responses by sensing changing metabolite levels consumed during viral replication and cell proliferation." biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #mitochondria #virologs

🚨🚨I’m excited to present our lab’s new paper where we tried to provide a mechanistic explanation for the link between antibiotic use and risk of developing inflammatory bowel diseases (#IBD). A 🧵/1 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…