If you’re at the Midwest Metabolism Meeting, make sure you stop by our posters! We have 6 lab members presenting today @meteozgurses.bsky.social @vipinrawat482.bsky.social @palpurab.bsky.social @juliannasupplee.bsky.social @linalietuv.bsky.social

Last but not least, Mete will be presenting his work at this afternoon’s poster presentation as well. Make sure to check him out!! @meteozgurses.bsky.social

A restaurant might be a useful analogy for explaining direct vs indirect costs:

Direct costs pay for the day's ingredients and the wages of the cooks.

Indirect costs pay for the kitchen.

Both are essential, but they need to be managed differently. Which is why they are separate.

Functional differences between rodent and human PD-1 linked to evolutionary divergence A highly conserved motif in human PD-1 but absent in rodent PD-1 is linked to differential inhibitory activity.

Scientists have identified functional differences between human and mouse PD-1, which could impact preclinical research on cancer immunotherapies.

Read more in #ScienceImmunology:

Aird Lab

Hello to so many new followers! We recently received fundable scores on 2 R01s and are actively recruiting multiple postdocs. The broad theme of the lab is cancer cell metabolism, and I tailor projects to the postdoc’s scientific interests and career goals. See more: Airdlab.com