

Darko Barisic
368 posts

@edeon
Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology @WeillCornell NIH K99/R00 Fellow @theNCI Chromatin & Epigenetics in Cancer.








Welcoming Dr. John P. Leonard as chief of the Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology and director of the Center for Blood Cancers at @Perlmutter_CC! A global leader in lymphoma care, he brings decades of research and clinical expertise. Learn more: bit.ly/46eRupF





Congratulations to Honggui, Jiankun, and Tan for improving the single-cell 3D genome resolution by a factor of 4 (to 5 Kb). This allowed direct visualization that multiple enhancers cluster to a particular gene promoter at the same time in a single cell. nature.com/articles/s4158…




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…




We are pleased to announce that Dr Ari Melnick has been appointed new Director of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute. Dr Melnick will lead IJC in our mission to advance #research in #leukaemia and other malignant blood diseases. Read the full release here: carrerasresearch.org/en/news/dr-ari…


I am extremely proud to see our work about Hepatitis B now published in @CellCellPress. From basic research to identifying the key step of infection & a potential first drug for curing this devastating disease. This has been an incredible journey.🧵 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
