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Defne Bayik

@dbayik.bsky.social
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Assist Prof at @univmiami and @SylvesterCancer studying #glioblastoma #immunotherapy. #WomenInSTEM #NewPI @theNCI and @CCLRI alum. Opinions mine. she/her

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Brandon Emanuel León @brandonleon95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A few of my colleagues and I hosted an event, Science on Tap, aimed at fostering relationships between scientists and local community members. In the blog, I talk about why I think these kind of events are important and how it went! medium.com/science-poli...
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Science on Tap🍻: Serving up Science to Community Members in Miami
Written by SNAP member Brandon Emanuel León
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Thank you very much for highlighting our publication and supporting our work! #cancer #immunotherapy #glioblastoma #immunometabolism #MDSC
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American Cancer Society @americancancersoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
1. New findings in @natcancer.nature.com from senior author @dbayik.bsky.social that highlight the sex-specific immunomodulatory role of GABA in tumorigenesis. ACS supported this work via Dr. Sravya Palavalasa's postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Bayik is past IRG subawardee. doi.org/10.1038/s430...
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GABA signaling activation drives glioblastoma progression in female mice through myeloid-derived suppressor cells - Nature Cancer
Pathak et al. unveil a female vulnerability for glioblastoma according to a mechanism that relies on γ-aminobutyric acid receptor-mediated signaling on granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells, w...
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
📣 Check out our new research @natcancer.nature.com! There is more to sex differences in cancer immune responses than sex chromosomes and hormones. We found that neurotransmitter signaling differentially shapes myeloid cell metabolism in glioblastoma: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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GABA signaling activation drives glioblastoma progression in female mice through myeloid-derived suppressor cells - Nature Cancer
Pathak et al. unveil a female vulnerability for glioblastoma according to a mechanism that relies on γ-aminobutyric acid receptor-mediated signaling on granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells, w...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
GABAB signaling enhances immunosuppressive programs of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in female models of preclinical glioblastoma @natcancer.nature.com @dbayik.bsky.social @univmiami.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43... www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
So proud of my graduate student @brandonleon95.bsky.social for discussing the importance of science funding for our community! medium.com/scitech-fore...
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Why Investing in Science Is a Lifesaving Choice for Miami
Growing up in the shadows of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I’ve always been inspired by the leaps in medical research.
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Exceptional #SNO2025 talk from UM MSTP student @j-mitchell.bsky.social on the role of mitochondria transfer in GBM! Proud PI moment w/ @dionysioswatson.bsky.social 💪🏻
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Dionysios (Dennis) Watson @dionysioswatson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🚨 Attention immunologists 💉: We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead projects on tumor-targeted cytokines and bacterial extracellular vesicles for cancer immunotherapy (focus - brain and lung cancers). 😎 🏖️ University of Miami www.DiscoverTME.com . Please DM if interested.
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DiscoverTME lab | Therapeutics targeting tumor microenvironment interactions
DiscoverTME is a biomedical research laboratory at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, FL
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/3 PLEASE READ, LIKE, REPOST this "1/3" post There is a Senate Hearing May 14th with RFK Jr to discuss Trump's proposed HHS budget. Please find call/email the members of the committee every day until then (I have compiled contact info for the members in post 2/3)
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Secretary Kennedy on HHS Budget

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 14, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss President Trump's proposed HHS budget for fiscal year 2026. This is the first time in at least two decades that the HHS Secretary is testifying on a presidential budget before the HELP Committee.

Agenda: Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget;

Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Time: 1:00 PM ET/ 12:00 PM CT

Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
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Brandon Emanuel León @brandonleon95.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Lookin for a good read in between experiments? Check out the commentary article in @neuroonc.bsky.social @dbayik.bsky.social and I wrote on an insightful study on myeloid cells in gliomas 🙂‍↔️ link here: academic.oup.com/neuro-oncolo...
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An in-depth survey of immunosuppressive myeloid cell heterogeneity in GBM
Brandon Emanuel León, Defne Bayik; An in-depth survey of immunosuppressive myeloid cell heterogeneity in GBM, Neuro-Oncology, , noaf080, https://doi.org/10
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The information I am receiving is consistent with the STAT story. The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women. 3/n
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
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Sean Ryder @seanryderphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Taking a cue from @cantlonlab.bsky.social, I have written an op-ed for my local newspaper about the impact of the NIH funding chaos. I'd appreciate it if you read and share. #NIH #Research #Science #Worcester www.telegram.com/story/opinio...
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Opinion/Guest column: Gutting NIH a disaster in the marking for research, local economy
Less research equates to less business between the university and these Worcester companies, spreading the pain far beyond campus borders.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Soragni:Lab @alice.soragnilab.com · 27/02/2025
Today, the study section I am a member of is one of 26 out of 26 canceled. No new post on the federal registry and councils are postponed indefinitely. Universities focused on overhead cuts considering these a challenge to their survival. But *no grant at all* seems like the issue to battle first..
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NPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
#TackleCancer #OneTeamOneFight #DCCXV #SylvesterCancer dolphinscancerchallenge.com/index.cfm?fu...
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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2025
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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Irene Gallego Romero @ee-reh-neh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I do not understand how sex can be binary and immutable and fundamental and you're stuck with the one you were born with, but also not a variable worth studying. I... just... one hand argues men and women are fundamentally different and the other says but we don't care?
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Alex Sundermann, DrPH @sundermannaj.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
41/47 (87%) of NIH study sections are cancelled this week Frustrating to see all this good research stalled (& not funded) You can search for study sections that ‘did not meet as scheduled’ here with ones with * ⤵️ www.csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAnd...
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Review Dates
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Angie Voyles Askham @avaskham.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Very important to get this word out!
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
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Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
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Daniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Congratulations @brandonleon95.bsky.social for getting selected to represent University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at the 2025 CASE Workshop organized by AAAS! Can't wait to see what you will achieve in #SciPol #MakingOurCASE 💪
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
With 25 days to go, please consider supporting our efforts to fund cancer research 👇 dolphinscancerchallenge.com/participant/...
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Help me Challenge Cancer!
The DCC is a year-round collective community movement to raise money in support of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. With your support, we are saving more lives. #OneTe...
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Well, the mug says otherwise…
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Welcome to #Miami! @brandonleon95.bsky.social @pathaka.bsky.social @orianateran.bsky.social @j-mitchell.bsky.social @iremkaraman.bsky.social are waiting for their grandpa!
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Dionysios (Dennis) Watson @dionysioswatson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
With 2024 drawing to a close, @naturecancer.bsky.social released a small collection of #NewPI Viewpoints on starting a new lab. Check it out for a peek into our #UMiami laboratory at #SylvesterComprehensiveCancerCenter rdcu.be/d3R8r
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The 2024 generation
Nature Cancer - Twelve early-career researchers who embarked on their independent research paths in 2024 reflect on their experience from their journey so far, describe the opportunities they...
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Celebrating lab’s 2nd anniversary with the first successful QE from @j-mitchell.bsky.social 🥂🍾🎊! Congrats! Cheers to an amazing lab @orianateran.bsky.social @pathaka.bsky.social @brandonleon95.bsky.social along with the partner lab @dionysioswatson.bsky.social @iremkaraman.bsky.social
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The U presence at the #SNO2024 @neuroonc.bsky.social ! Checkout posters from @pathaka.bsky.social (IMMU-04), @orianateran.bsky.social (IMMU-32), @j-mitchell.bsky.social (TMIC-35) and connect w/ @brandonleon95.bsky.social Proud PI moment w/ @dionysioswatson.bsky.social
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
And the crew @orianateran.bsky.social @pathaka.bsky.social @brandonleon95.bsky.social @j-mitchell.bsky.social meets academic grandpa @gbm-maestro.bsky.social ! #SNO2024 @neuroonc.bsky.social
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Starting off #SNO2024 with a reunion! Cheers to @gbm-maestro.bsky.social & @oconnor-lab.bsky.social 🍻
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TheRaiLab @therailab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our NCI-funded SURF program applications are open! Pls share w any rising juniors or seniors who want to spend 10 weeks next summer doing research with our med school faculty and living on our beautiful Coral Gables campus. More info and app link here: med.miami.edu/graduate-stu...
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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Official website for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I would like to introduce our lab at the University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to our new followers. We are interested in studying tumor-microenvironment interactions in brain tumors. Some ongoing projects that are led by an amazing group of talented researchers include👇
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Favorite #bluesky 🌄 @dionysioswatson.bsky.social
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It was a great opportunity to attend the Mark Foundation and Sontag Foundation joint #glioblastoma workshop as an Early Career Awardee!
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello Justin Lathia! @gbm-maestro.bsky.social @ssmitra.bsky.social and @dionysioswatson.bsky.social I finally convinced him!!!
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Dionysios (Dennis) Watson @dionysioswatson.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Hate brain tumors? Love #SwissCheese? Then check out our Perspective on the Swiss Cheese model as a framework to think about interconnected protumorigenic mechanisms in #glioblastoma! @dbayik.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/cance...
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Defne Bayik @dbayik.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Happy Thanksgiving from our lab family! 🍂🍃🍁
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