MD, PhD|Postdoc in A. Rose & N. Sonenberg labs-McGill U| Metastasis, Dormancy & Precision Oncology|Writing|Coffee|Jazz/blues |🇪🇬➡️🇨🇦 Views are my own.

Montréal, Québec
Joined March 2011
Thrilled to share our discussion on breast cancer dormancy out today in @Cancer_Cell. We outline 4 main gaps between research and clinical practice & propose an action plan to bridge them! Tweetorial 👇(1/n)tinyurl.com/msctvab2
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Checkout our latest in @CR_AACR. We are asking whether and how germline predisposition can impact the pattern of metastasis in breast cancer patients. @McgillGBDO @OncoAlert Link: tinyurl.com/mr3newra
Now online: Germline predisposition and the pattern of breast cancer metastasis doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CA…
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Missing the pre-Covid Twitter..
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10 years in Canada today…mixed feelings and reflections on the perception of life here….
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If Habs don't go on the offensive, we don't stand a chance!
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Islam Elkholi retweeted
Headed to #AACR26, the same week we had practice changing clinical trial data in #PancreaticCancer with a KRAS inhibitor. Reminded of this critique that @Pasca_Lab received on her grant in 2013 - "There are not, and will never be, KRAS inhibitors". Keep calm & science on!
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Truly humbled & honoured to be listed in the Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review Arabia (MENA 2025)-in recognition of revealing the PIK3C3 protein as a potential therapeutic target in breast cancer metastasis and the vision of scaling this finding. (1/3)
#إسلام_الخولي من #مصر الفائز بجائزة #مبتكرون_دون35 العالمية في نسختها الثامنة لعام 2025. وذلك لاكتشافه "هدف علاجي محتمل للحد من انتشار أورام الثدي في الجسم عن طريق القضاء على الخلايا السرطانية الكامنة". @iselkholi cstu.io/8253f4
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Science is never a one-person endeavour. I am grateful for my mentors for supporting me, and helping shape the person I am today. Also v.grateful for our collaborators across North America who made key contributions to bring our research to fruition. (2/3)
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نبارك اليوم للفائز بجائزة نوابغ العرب عن فئة الطب لعام 2025، الدكتور نبيل صيدح، من مصر، مدير وحدة أبحاث الغدد العصبية الحيوية في معهد مونتريال للأبحاث السريرية. قدّم إسهامات علمية رائدة في فهم صحة القلب وتنظيم مستويات الكوليسترول، وركّز في دراساته على العمليات الحيوية التي تتحكم في كيفية تعامل الجسم مع الدهون، مما ساهم في تطوير جيل جديد من الأدوية تُستخدم اليوم على نطاق واسع لخفض الكوليسترول وتقليل مخاطر أمراض القلب. نشر أكثر من 820 بحثاً علمياً، وتمّ الاستشهاد بأبحاثه أكثر من 71 ألف مرة. الطب رسالة إنسانية، ومنطقتنا كان لها فضل كبير، على مدى قرون، في تطوير علومه، وممارساته، وأدواته، وأبحاثه. وجائزة نوابغ العرب تعيد البوصلة إلى مسارها الصحيح، لتحتفي بما يقدّمه الإنسان العربي، وتُظهره قدوةً للأجيال.
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🔬 We have an opening for a postdoctoral fellow in my lab at Weill Cornell in NYC. This position is ideal for a rigorous, hands-on experimental biologist who loves designing and executing complex wet lab experiments. The focus is on mechanistic cancer biology in cell lines and patient-derived models, with genomics and AI tools integrating with the core bench work. Details below. 👉 Please share with strong experimental candidates in your network. #Postdoc #PostdocJobs #AcademicJobs #CancerResearch #MolecularBiology #WetLab #ScienceCareers #AcademicTwitter
Please spread the word. We are looking for outstanding postdoctoral researchers interested in studying cancer evolution! 🌟 See our recent work nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Details here: bit.ly/436GzMc
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لسا برضو قلبه طاير كعب داير في البلاد ...#زحمة
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I love finding a paper published years ago (5, 10, 15, 20) that isn't famous or field changing or has a ton of citations but when you read it is just awesome. Like, beautifully designed & executed & written. Best part there are so many papers like that lurking in the literature.
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Jazz at the interface between east and west!
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Okay--I am still waiting for the Nobel on germline predisposition to cancer (i.e. Mary-Claire King).
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A true friend is someone who goes to pick up dinner until you finish the gels you ran late on a Friday! Pick your crowd!
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