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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In today’s edition of @science.org Magazine, @michaelgreshko.bsky.social expertly highlights the potential of in-space biomanufacturing.🚀 Some (entertaining!) quotes from our team at Cedars-Sinai and from friends and colleagues working in this rapidly growing field. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Dreams of making drugs and tissues in space get closer to reality

Maturing techniques and cheaper launches fuel microgravity research—and hopes of orbital manufacturing

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Dr. Shawna Pandya @shawnapandya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thanks @axiomspace.bsky.social for hosting me on the stellar panel on "The Final Frontier: Regenerative Medicine in Low Earth Orbit" at @isscr.org 2026 along with @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social from @cedarssinaihsu.bsky.social & colleagues from @ucsdhealth.bsky.social & National Stem CellFoundation!🚀🧫🔬

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Lars Velten @larsplus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This was a lot of fun! Thanks Daylon and @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social for being great hosts!

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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 19/09/2025

#OpenScience brings research to new heights. 🚀 @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social and Clive Svendsen from Cedars-Sinai are using cell lines from the Allen Cell Collection to study the effects of microgravity on stem cell and organoid growth. #OpenScienceWeek

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Mini-hearts to study the heart! ♥️ Stem cell-derived cardiac organoids can recapitulate aspects of heart development. Sean Escopete in our lab reviews cardiac organoids in a new paper in Trends in Molecular Medicine. 📄 Read for free below: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ljZO5Eb1B...

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

It’s a great night to send more science to space! 🚀 We are proud to launch our 6th stem cell science payload from Cedars-Sinai to the International Space Station. Stay tuned for the first production of human organoids in space! Congrats to all involved. Onwards and upwards! ✨

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Can we make 3D human tissues better in space? 🚀 On our 6th space project launching next week, we will examine if microgravity aids in the production of 3D heart and brain organoids from pluripotent stem cells. Read more here: www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced...

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Cedars-Sinai Pioneering Creation of Organoids in Space

Cedars-Sinai investigators are aiming to transform stem cells into the first heart and brain organoids to be created in space. Their experiments will travel aboard a mission to the International Space...

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Cedars-Sinai Cancer @cedarssinaicancer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The Cedars-Sinai Center for Space Medicine Research has launched with Dr. Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social serving as the director for the new center. This center has the potential to bring innovative treatments for #cancer as well as other diseases! www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced...

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Cedars-Sinai Launches Center for Space Medicine Research

The Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute launched the Cedars-Sinai Center for Space Medicine Research on May 22—and marked the occasion with a visit from NASA astronaut and ...

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The other, other best part of meetings is sharing the science and fun with the next generation! Great representation from Sharma lab at #BCVS25. Thanks Maedeh, Jemima, and Sean for excellent posters on all things iPSCs, organoids, organ chips, and cardiotoxicity! 🫀

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Catching up with @seanmwu.bsky.social lab alumni including @hanzhumd.bsky.social and Soah Lee at #BCVS2025! Reuniting with old friends is the best part of scientific meetings, other than the science of course! 🔬

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Sean M. Wu, M.D. Ph.D. FACC FAHA @seanmwu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Continuing the tradition of StanfordCVI dinner reception at #bcvs2025 w great presentations from CVI alumni ArunSharma @ Cedar Sinai, Mingtao Zhao @ Cinncinati Childrens, & Instructors David Staudt & Masataka Nishiga (soon 2 be facuty @ OhioState @stanfordcvi.bsky.social @americanheart.bsky.social

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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 28/06/2025

🛰️ @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social was just interviewed on the International Space Station National Laboratory's podcast! Learn about his work sending cardiac stem cells to space, and how #microgravity can accelerate #biomanufacturing and #DrugDiscovery. 📍 Listen here: bit.ly/46hfAQw

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New Podcast Episode: Arun Sharma on Using Space to Accelerate Stem Cell and Cardiac Research

"Between a Rocket & A Hard Space" sat down with biomedical researcher Arun Sharma to talk about stem cell research in space.

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Grabbing dim sum at #ISSCR2025 with grad school friends from Joe Wu and @seanmwu.bsky.social labs! 🥟 Now they have labs in China, South Korea, US, and Netherlands. Making global friendships is one of the best things about science! 🌍 @mingxiagu.bsky.social

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Welcome to #ISSCR2025 in Hong Kong! Excited to represent @stemcellpodcast.com and @cedars-sinai.bsky.social at the biggest stem cell research meeting of the year. Stop by and say hey!

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thrilled to be the director of the new Center for Space Medicine Research at Cedars-Sinai! 🚀 We study the impact of spaceflight on cell function and harnessing microgravity to make unique bioproducts in space. Come explore what we’re working on! www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced...

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Cedars-Sinai Launches Center for Space Medicine Research

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Advancing Regenerative Medicine in Space 🚀 A new review from our lab on using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) for biomedical research in space. Read for free in Current Stem Cell Reports here! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Advancing Regenerative Medicine in Space - Current Stem Cell Reports

Purpose of Review Space medicine research investigates the effects of microgravity on physiological systems to improve both astronaut health and develop clinical therapies for patients on Earth. Here,...

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The website for our new @cirmnews.bsky.social Organoid and Organ-Chip Shared Resources Lab is now live! We offer training, services, and shared equipment to support stem cell researchers across California. Take a look!🔬🧫 www.cedars-sinai.edu/health-scien...

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CIRM Organoid and Organ-Chip Shared Resources Laboratory

Explore the Organoid and Organ-Chip Shared Resources Lab at Cedars-Sinai, advancing basic research with cutting-edge tools, training and expertise.

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a heart-shaped, stem cell-derived cardiac organoid from Sean Escopete in our lab. Our mini-hearts beat for you! ❤️🫀

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Moving up a notch! Honored to become an Associate Professor at Cedars-Sinai. Huge thanks to my incredible lab team for their amazing work. Also grateful to the leadership here, especially Clive Svendsen, for believing in me. Onwards! 🚀

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Incredible work! A study years in the making published in Nature. I’ve been waiting for this one. Engineered heart muscle patches from iPSC improve cardiac function in non-human primates…and are stable/show evidence for remuscularization in a human patient! Wow! ❤️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans - Nature

Epicardial engineered heart muscle allografts from induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes can safely and effectively remuscularize chronically failing hearts in rhesus macaques, leading ...

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Thanks to @ucirvine.bsky.social Stem Cell for the opportunity to present our work on stem cell modeling, on Earth and in space! Fantastic stem cell research program in Orange County. 🍊 Great to chat with many folks about organoid biology!

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Access to space is worldwide. 🌏 Awesome gift from one of our lab members who just got back from India! 🚀 🇮🇳

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hey Bluesky 🦋! I am a stem cell biologist at Cedars-Sinai. My lab uses stem cell-derived heart tissues for studying drug toxicity and modeling heart defects. We also send experiments to space to study how microgravity impacts cell biology. Let’s connect! 🧫🫀🚀 www.cedars-sinai.edu/health-scien...

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thanks to @stemcellengineer.bsky.social for visiting us at Cedars-Sinai last week! She’s doing amazing work developing advanced kidney-on-chip systems and much more.

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Arun Sharma @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Growing stem cells in space? In off-the-shelf labware? In 3D? We did that and more! 🚀🧫 Check out our paper, “Surface tension enables iPSC culture in commercially available hardware during spaceflight” in NPJ Microgravity! Read free: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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