(Andreea) Corina Luca
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(Andreea) Corina Luca
@corinaluca.bsky.social
Postdoc @IST Austria working on cell competition. PhD in cancer biology.

#DevBiology #CancerBiology

📍 Vienna, 🇦🇹
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What a view to end a week of research at ISTA. 🌅

#ISTAresearch #VanillaSky #Sky #Sunset
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Huge cheers to @kas-umi.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD thesis!🎉 We are all so happy to celebrate her achievement, and wish her all the best for her future endeavours👏🙌

Graduate No.4 for the lab😉

#proudmoment
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Happy to see that my PhD project reached its completion.

In this study, we uncover how tumor-intrinsic loss of SPHK1 fuels inflammation-driven progression in KRAS-mutated LUAD

🔍 If you're interested in inflammation and KRAS cancers check it out

#kras #LUAD

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Loss of SPHK1 fuels inflammation to drive KRAS-mutated lung adenocarcinoma
Inflammation is a widely recognized key contributor to KRAS-driven lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) are an integral part…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Check it out here too :)
🩸📉 Increased #RedBloodCells May Lower #BloodSugar

A study from #MedUniVienna shows that higher red #blood cell count can lower blood sugar levels. The research highlights how #haematocrit affects blood sugar regulation & could help find new ways to treat #diabetesmellitus. ⬇️
Increased red blood cell count can lower blood sugar
Read more about the study led by the Medical University of Vienna!
www.meduniwien.ac.at
April 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Excited to share the success of my former lab! Our comprehensive experimental study, which explores the critical processes of glucose homeostasis, erythropoiesis, and oxygenation—shedding new light on their intricate connections—has been published @science.org

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
A direct effect of the hematocrit on blood glucose: Evidence from hypoxia- and erythropoietin-treated mice
The mass of red cells circulating in the blood has a direct effect on blood glucose.
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM