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Wayne Orr @a-wayne-orr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We’re hiring! Tenure-track faculty position in cancer research at LSU Health Shreveport (Pathology & Translational Pathobiology). Looking for investigators building programs at the interface of cancer, metabolism, inflammation, and vascular biology. www.lsuhsc.edu/shv/CareerOp...

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LSUHSC Career Opportunities - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-Track) – Cancer Research

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

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PAR-26-121: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)

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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Fantastic new work led by @milenevandal.bsky.social showing that loss of brain endothelial CD2AP in mice alters memory and cerebrovascular function. Interestingly, mutations in CD2AP are known to predispose to Alzheimer’s disease! #cerebrovascular

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Loss of endothelial CD2AP causes sex-dependent cerebrovascular dysfunction

Vandal et al. performed a biological sex-based study on the role of the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) genetic factor CD2AP in brain blood vessels. Using mouse models and human AD samples, they identified a...

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Submitting an NIH grant right now

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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/01/2025

"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors." One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 #ScienceWorkingLife essay. scim.ag/3DWR4YV #NationalMentoringMonth

Illustration showing a diverse group of four people standing in a line, with a person at the right looking back at them with an arm extended. The image features a caption that reads, "WORKING LIFE — One mentor isn’t enough. Here's how I build a network of mentors."

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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

VE-cadherin RGD motifs are dispensable for cell-cell junctions, endothelial barrier function and leukocyte extravasation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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