Kai Kessenbrock

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. biorxiv.org/content/10.648… 🧵👇

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

I am honored to serve as the new Director of the @Perlmutter_CC. Thanks to Dean/CEO Alec Kimmelman @nyulangone for this opportunity. Excited to partner with @JohnPLeonardMD & the entire PCC community as we build our next exciting chapter. Lots to come! prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

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

Congrats! @Sunhee_Jung_ @HosungBae Wonsuk and co-authors. We reported in this @NatMetabolism intriguing effects of dietary inulin on changing small intestinal gut microbial fructose metabolism, leading to protective effects on liver. Thanks, reviewers. nature.com/articles/s4225…

@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 nature.com/naturecareers/….

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 cell.com/cell/abstract/…

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

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

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.

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! nature.com/articles/s4301…

Congrats @HosungBae @Sunhee_Jung_ Johnny and co-authors for their work! @CellCellPress sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

Online today in @Nature - our latest study led by superstar postdoc @GillesRademaker detailing the role of PSCK9 in driving sterol dependent metastatic organ choice in pancreatic cancer nature.com/articles/s4158… full text available here 👉 rdcu.be/em0VG and thread 👇

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 cell.com/molecular-cell…

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

Wow what an amazing class of awardees! Congratulations @MaraShermanLab @KessenbrockLab and all the others!!!

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

I am looking for a postdoc interested in modeling cells and other biological entities/phenomena using AI, physical modeling, and other approaches. jobs.mdanderson.org/Search/JobDeta…

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

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

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

Thrilled to share that the McCloskey lab opens June 2025 at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center @UPMCHillmanCC and University of Pittsburgh @compbiopitt!!! The lab will focus on tackling barriers to ovarian and breast cancer prevention and treatment using systems biology methods.

Join us 2026 Single-Cell Cancer Biology Conference GRC, ⁦@DLawsonlab⁩ grc.org/single-cell-ca…

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

@KessenbrockLab @TheMarkFdn Congratulations Kai 👏🏻 well deserved!

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