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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I am excited to announce that I have begun my postdoctoral journey in the lab of Dr. Theodore Nowicki in the Department of Pediatrics @uclahealth.org where I will work on T cell immunotherapy and cancer!

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The lengths authors have to go through to publish these days…

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Pho is overrated. Bún măm is where it’s at.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

What is the relevance? -Reviewer 2

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A big congratulations to my colleagues Bo Zhang and Prajish Iyer @prajishiyer.bsky.social on their co-first author publication in @jci-insight.bsky.social! Many years of work and labor @cityofhope.bsky.social. insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

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JCI Insight - SF3B1 mutation accelerates the development of CLL via activation of the mTOR pathway

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

And that concludes my time @cityofhope.bsky.social! Many gratitude to IMGS and to my advisors Lili Wang @wanglabcityofhope.bsky.social and RJ Lin for their years of guidance and support! I’m off now to my adventure but what I learned here will stay with me forever!

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Lili Wang Lab @wanglabcityofhope.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Congratulations to my graduate student, Erica Niewold @ericalytical.bsky.social, for being selected by @ash.hematology.org to receive the ASH Graduate Hematology Award (AGHA)! #ASHAwards

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

At this year’s #RNA25, I will be presenting our work on identifying co-factors important for SF3B1 mutation-driven backsplicing!

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Excited to be in San Diego for another RNA meeting from @rnajournal.bsky.social! Looking forward to all the amazing science! #RNA25

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Lili Wang Lab @wanglabcityofhope.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thrilled to share that my PhD student, Mike Fernandez, has successfully defended his thesis! His hard work and dedication have led to incredible contributions to RNA splicing field. Congratulations, Dr. Fernandez! @mikemfernandez.bsky.social

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Dopest Dough. Is that your rapper name? You about to drop a diss track? Maybe hand out demo CDs? Rap battle at the local Waffle House for extra street creds?

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Lili Wang Lab @wanglabcityofhope.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Huge #ASHKudos to my graduate student @mikemfernandez.bsky.social who was honored with a Distinguished ASH award at #ASH24! He was interviewed by @ash-hematology.bsky.social on his work, which is on the role of SF3B1 mutation and LOY!

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The time limit also gives an enormous advantage to large labs with pre-established projects for junior PhDs to pick up and write fellowships on. With the F32, you can spend extra time putting together a stronger proposal and get funded, even if the funding time is shorter.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It used to be F31>F99>F32>K99. Like the F31, the F32 provides 3 years of support and is only limited by how much time you have in your PhD. The K32 puts a strict limit of 2 years into postdoc. The K99 is now out to 6 years but very competitive. That leaves little for the mid-stage postdocs.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I wonder what happens to the F99 now. The F99 requires more data and ideally a paper from pre-doctoral training but has significant overlap in training coverage and also no citizenship requirement.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Huge congratulations to both @tjflemin.bsky.social and @bloodgenes.bsky.social! Both Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award and Best of ASH! #ASH24 #ASHKudos @ash-hematology.bsky.social

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Lili Wang Lab @wanglabcityofhope.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Lili Wang lab from City of Hope, we are here at Bluesky!

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

And that’s a wrap for #ASH24. It has been a wonderful experience, meeting with old and new colleagues, presenting my first ASH oral presentation, receiving a distinguished award courtesy of @ash-hematology.bsky.social, and seeing and learning all of the exciting science.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The things people do for science.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Leave it to the @oawlab.bsky.social to do something out of the box. Splicing factor mutation-associated neoantigens is an exciting field. #ASH24

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Big thanks to @ash-hematology.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to present our work at #ASH24.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Leave it to Elizabeth Bonner @ebonner.bsky.social to slay her talk at #ASH24. Amazing talk!

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Big thanks to @ash-hematology.bsky.social for the award! I am incredibly honored and grateful! #ASH24

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Happening today! I will be giving a talk on how SF3B1 mutation promotes loss of Y chromosome at #ASH24

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Another year, another ASH. Definitely more colorful than the last. #ASH24

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

So academia is basically Dark Souls? Makes sense. So journals are the game levels and the reviewers are the bosses of each level.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This was actually in Little Saigon at a noodle shop called Ghien Mi Go. Very authentic noodles.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Costco during Thanksgiving is a trap. You want to buy everything.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Recent Twitter refugee going to where the sky is blue. Hopefully this place doesn’t get bought out by another narcissistic billionaire.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Duchovny is such a treasure. His character was amazing. If only he’d do comedy as a jaded artist who is disillusioned with his career and moved away to start a new life while getting involved in numerous escapades that got him into trouble aaaaannnnnddddd I just described Californication.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

But why male models? Are you kidding? I just told you.

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Mike Fernandez @mikemfernandez.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I got you. I’ll tag you in all food posts from now on.

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