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Anthony Hessel, PhD

@hesselanthony.bsky.social
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Muscle physiologist at Uni of Muenster. Founder, Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies. Dog foster / diva boston terrier parent. My wife tolerates me well. He/him.🥼🧪🔬💪♥️ #MyoBlue #NoKing

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
2 ERC #CROCOLOCOEVO postdocs: deadline 23 October; interview ~30 October. 3 year contracts, full time. Might be extendable by +2 years. 1) more empirical biomechanics postdoc: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 2) more computational biomechanics + 3D modelling postdoc: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the RVC: Post Doctoral Researcher
This is a fixed-term, full-time position for 36 months.Applicants should ideally be able to commence by 1 December 2026, although some flexibility may be possible. The role will be based in person at ...
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Coming to #SICB Pittsburgh? You won't want to miss symposium Comparative #Neuromechanics of #Animal Sensing and Movement cf23.xcddev.com/sicb/program... Organized by Kiisa Nishikawa ,Northern Arizona University, & more #science #conference #biology #neuroscience

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How do #animals achieve stability, agility, and efficiency in movement across complex, changing #environments? 


These capabilities arise from tight integration among sensing, neural control, muscles, and #biomechanics—often with cognition and task goals shaping what “good” control looks like. #Neuromechanics has emerged as a unifying interdisciplinary framework for explaining this integration, spanning #neuroscience, muscle #physiology, biomechanics, computer science, #robotics, and #bioengineering. Because these perspectives are distributed across SICB divisions (including Animal #Behavior, Comparative Biomechanics, #Invertebrate #Zoology, Neurobiology, #Neuroethology and Sensory Biology, and #Vertebrate #Morphology), a symposium centered on comparative neuromechanics would provide a timely venue for synthesis and cross-division exchange. 



Key themes and questions to be addressed: Embodied control: How do muscle–tendon properties, limb and body design, and passive dynamics simplify (or constrain) neural control? 

Sensing-through-moving: How does movement shape what animals can sense, and how do animals exploit active sensing to improve task-level performance? Stability and adaptability: What control strategies stabilize locomotion and manipulation across perturbations, contexts, and #morphologies? Comparative generality: Which neuromechanical principles are shared across taxa, and which are lineage- or environment-specific? Bridging scales: How do neural circuits and sensorimotor computations map onto whole-body mechanics and behavior?
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And along the way, I gave a department seminar / graduate student seminar on my research. And the conversations with faculty and students alike were really enjoyable!
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Charles and I, along with collaborators Kiisa Nishikawa, and Thomas Irving, worked hard on an NIH R01 on the role of I-band titin viscoelastic properties to skeletal muscle performance (submitted very late last night).
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What a fantastic visit to Prof. Charles Chung lab at the Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Giving a department lecture. Back slides show muscle Xray diffraction patterns. Charles Chung and Anthony Hessel on the Wayne State Medical School campus.Downtown Detroit Skyline
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It has been a wild month. But loving every minute of that reseaech scientist lifestyle.
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fhew!European Muscle Conference Vienna, German Physiological Soceity Hamburg, Xray diffraction run BioCAT Chicago, R01 working visit / department seminar lecture Wayne State University (Detroit), R01 submission weekend back home (completed last night), now Global Sports University Network, Cologne.
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Journal of Biomechanics @jbiomech.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Zero et al. show initial pre‑activation muscle length doesn’t significantly change the stretch–shortening cycle in permeabilized single fibres; non–cross‑bridge elements like titin were unlikely altered by starting length. 👀 buff.ly/eFwJbQe
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out the new articles posted in our special issue, The Integrative Biology of Exercise, drawing on work in vertebrates and invertebrates to illustrate the plasticity or evolutionary changes necessary for exercise or sustained locomotion journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
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On the right of the card is the 'Integrative Biology of Exercise' logo, including a flying goose, a trout making a turn and a dumbbell weight.
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings
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Konow lab at UMass Lowell @konowlab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We are hiring a POSTDOC on an NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle. Please share and re-post widely! Please send expressions of interest to my UML email.
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Aurora Scientific @aurorascientific.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In honor of #BioVault, watch the full interview with Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies as Anthony Hessel, PhD and Khoi Nguyen, PhD share benefits to muscle research, directions in x-ray diffraction, and more! Post: bit.ly/asi-amb-collab-840A-biovault 840A: bit.ly/840A-BioVault
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
👏Thank you for your service. There is nothing more direct then meeting with those with power of the purse. We all need to stay engaged with these people, letting them know how important the science infratructure and training pipelines are to the economic superiority of the States.
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Aurora Scientific @aurorascientific.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Aurora Scientific is proud to introduce our much-anticipated new product, built in partnership with @ambiotech.us: 840A BioVault! aurorascientific.com/products/mus... A portable chamber that takes your experiments from bench to beamline.
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Chris Rand @crand22.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ecstatic to see this launched! Thanks to our amazing partners @ambiotech.us, @hesselanthony.bsky.social and Khoi for their support throughout.
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Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org · 03/03/2026
Greenman et al. review the role of cMyBP-C post-translational modifications in health & disease. During cardiovascular disease, oxidative stress may drive the inverse relationship btwn. phosphorylation & S-glutathionylation of cMyBP-C, identifying new therapeutic targets rupress.org/jgp/article/...
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Integrative Movement Science Institute @movementscience.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We are proud to share that IMSI Co-Director Kiisa Nishikawa has been named the recipient of the 2026 SEB Bidder Lecture Award by the Society for Experimental Biology. Please join us in congratulating her on this outstanding achievement. #SEB2026 #ExperimentalBiology #ScientificAchievement #STEM
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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Our new project unveiling an integrative single-fiber framework that connect multi-omic cellular heterogeneity to molecular function in ICU-related muscle wasting! Congratulations to all authors especially Alexandra who led the whole project! Thank you to @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social for the support
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
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Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org · 04/02/2026
A primer on the methods of skeletal and cardiac muscle mechanics using permeabilized preparations. New review from Anthony Hessel @hesselanthony.bsky.social, Christopher Rand @crand22.bsky.social, Khoi Nguyen and colleagues: rupress.org/jgp/article/... #Myofilaments #SkeletalMuscle #CardiacMuscle
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Aurora Scientific @aurorascientific.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New review from our partners Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies (Anthony Hessel, PhD, Katelyn Manross, Khoi Nguyen), co-authored with our Chris Rand & Matthew Borkowski. #MusclePhysiology #CardiacResearch Check it out: bit.ly/a-primer-on-the-methods-of-s…
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Clockwork @watchclockwork.com · 31/01/2026
💪 NEW VIDEO: Flying over the A-band of an atomic-scale model of a vertebrate muscle sarcomere. Let's explore the molecular mechanics that make your muscles work. Rendered using @bradyajohnston.bsky.social 's molecular nodes Model based on the incredible work of the @raunser-lab.bsky.social lab
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Role is working in the prep laboratory, harvesting fresh muscle tissue, taking frozen muscle tissue samples to the final permeabilized fiber preparations, and other typical wetlab functions. Commitment dates are the first half of March.
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray diffraction experiments. See LinkedIn post for details. www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...
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Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray… | Anthon...
Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray diffracti...
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Really happy about this paper getting published, where we muse on some of the finer aspects of the permeablized fiber mechanics technique. Have things you wished were covered? Go write one of these up to! Science is better when we all share our "institutional knowledge"!
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Anothee run at the P03 beamline PETRAIII complete. It was a exhausting run but we checked off all goals.
Team members smiling at a bar. P03 beamline imageTeam picture at the lab
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Americans are supposed to be the good guys. It makes applying/enforcing laws harder but that is the burden of being the good guys. We rarely reach that ideal in practice but I will do all I can to support those who fight the good fight to bring us towards it. Protests comes in many ways. #NoKings
Immigration law center of Minnisota donation page screenshot. Go donate! Anything helps!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/01/2026
The National Institutes of Health has agreed to settle lawsuits over its handling of grant applications that conflicted with President Donald Trump’s directives. scim.ag/4jsQ7sc
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After legal deal, NIH to review grant proposals frozen, denied, or withdrawn because of Trump directives
Agreement requires agency to evaluate hundreds of applications “in good faith” using its standard process
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Power photo right there! And congrats!
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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Our team at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen will soon be looking for a postdoc with experience in AI-driven vHTS and cardiac sarcomere modeling. If interested please send me an email. Spread the word :-)
bmi.ku.dk
Ochala Group – University of Copenhagen
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Very nice! Is this from your group or another? This is very organized and may work for small-angle Xray diffraction. Would love to get my hands on a sample if willing.
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danielzkruse.bsky.social @danielzkruse.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
First preprint from my PhD! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We show that piperine: 1️⃣ increases ON myosin in resting skeletal muscle. 2️⃣ enhances dynamic contractility 3️⃣ in a muscle-type-dependent manner @hesselanthony.bsky.social
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Piperine activates the thick filament of resting rat skeletal muscle, enhancing dynamic contractility in a fiber-type-dependent manner
Thick-filament activation, whereby myosin heads transition from an OFF to an ON state, is a key regulatory step in muscle contraction and a promising therapeutic target. The availability of ON-state m...
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Aurora Scientific @aurorascientific.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
In February 2025, Aurora Scientific formed a strategic partnership with Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies (AMB). Watch this video interview with Anthony Hessel, PhD and Khoi Nguyen, PhD from AMB, and our own Chris Rand to learn about our partnership! bit.ly/asi-amb-partnership-interview
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New #PNASNews paper: Exercise suppresses DEAF1 to normalize mTORC1 activity and reverse muscle aging. #Myoblue tinyurl.com/y5rayxmz
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Exercise suppresses DEAF1 to normalize mTORC1 activity and reverse muscle aging | PNAS
Skeletal muscle is essential for movement, respiration, and metabolism, with mTORC1 acting as a key regulator of protein synthesis and degradation....
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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Our collaborative effort unravelled puzzling results warranted more research on the topic of myosin and cardiac chamber specificities @ucph.bsky.social
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Cardiac Chamber‐Specific Regulation of Myosin Biochemical Super‐Relaxation and Auto‐Inhibition
The combination of Mant-ATP (2′-(or-3′)-O-(N-Methylanthraniloyl) Adenosine 5′-Triphosphate) chase experiments and all-atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, revealed that myosin auto-inhibition an...
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Top recommendation for this post doc opportunity from my PhD lab group. Great mentor, lab, place to live. Amazing projects and an unusual amount of funding.
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Glen Pyle | Womens Heart Health ❤️‍🩹🖇️ @glenpyle.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
How great is the HPV vaccine? It can even ⬇️ the risk of cervical cancer when given after precancerous cells are found. I wonder why RFK Jr isn't talking about this study.🤔 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Early and long-term effects of prophylactic and post-excision human papillomavirus vaccination on recurrent high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia relative to margin status: a retrospective coh...
Regardless of timing, HPV vaccination has a beneficial long-term effect in lowering the risk of CIN2+ recurrence. Despite the greater reduction in relapse achieved by post-excision vaccination, the di...
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Cameron Hill @cameronhill13.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Excited to share our preprint using time-resolved small-angle X-ray diffraction to study myosin motor conformations during isometric twitch and tetanus contractions in the slow-twitch rat soleus skeletal muscle #myoblue
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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic MD or PhD to work on a postdoc project on the molecular mechanisms underlying human hibernating myocardium and ischemic cardiomyopathy. If interested send me an email! #heart #cardiomyopathy #sarcomere
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14 postdoctoral fellowships to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Excited to share the first paper from my PhD! We looked at what traits help Aneides salamanders excel at climbing using museum specimens, CT scans, SEM, and more! No claws or toe pads, so how do they do it? In short, with long limbs, big feet and grippy toes! 🦎🧪 DM for PDF doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Phylogeny of Aneides and Plethodon with animal photosPhylomorphospace showing body shape variationMorphospace of toe bones and box lots showing estimated gripping forceRepresentative SEM images of salamander feet
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Physiological Reports @physrep.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This new #Methods article evaluates #freeze-drying to #RNAlater and three RNAlater-ICE-based protocols for #skeletal #muscle #biopsy tissue preservation for subsequent manual isolation of #fibers and other downstream applications. doi.org/10.14814/phy... #Physiology #MyoBlue
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Calling all BPS member / interested muscle people!!! Sam Harris is spearheading a push towards make a new muscle subgroup at the Biophysical Society. *Signatures from active members are needed*, but anyone with an interest can sign. Please help the cause! www.change.org/p/establish-...
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Sign the Petition
Establish a Dedicated Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Research Subgroup Within The Biophysical Society
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Ken Campbell @cardiaccampbell.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Congrats to Brent Scott from the Greenberg lab for this new paper on danicamtiv's mechanism of action. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Excited to see our FiberSim code being put to such good use. campbell-muscle-lab.github.io/FiberSim/
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Danicamtiv reduces myosin’s working stroke but activates the thin filament by accelerating actomyosin attachment | PNAS
Heart failure is a leading cause of death worldwide, and even with current treatments, the 5-y transplant-free survival rate is only ~50 to 70%. As...
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Glen Pyle | Womens Heart Health ❤️‍🩹🖇️ @glenpyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Can you really repair an engine while it's running? 👩🏽‍🔧 The heart can. 💪🏼🫀 Our latest @faseborg.bsky.social paper shows how the protein 'CapZ' helps heart muscle to keep running during exercise. ⛹🏼‍♀️🏊‍♂️ #Exercise #Heart #Muscle #BasicScience #Cardiology faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/...
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Cardiac CapZ Regulation During Acute Exercise in Female Mice
CapZ regulates actin addition at the barbed ends of sarcomeric actin. At rest, phosphorylated CapZIP slows addition, and dephosphorylated CapZIP promotes a wobble state to allow actin cycling. During...
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Shicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Global study: 2.08M people, 133 cohorts, 39 countries, 6 continents. 5 risk factors influence 50% of lifetime cardiovascular disease risk. PMID:40162648, N Engl J Med 2025, @NEJM doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2415879 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
...I explained to them about how research funding works for these kinds of things and how government should support them...and if they do agree with it, they should let their reps know. They asked how to let their reps know. So a small example of going out and interacting with the community.
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Dangerously, using the same argument could justify doing nothing ever for communication. That aside, balance online and other mediums. I find direct interaction helps. E.g., I talked with a group of American Legion members about leg amputation / protheses research and they were very engaged. Then...
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
That advantage of name recognition and such early on does impact the grant reviewers for sure. I am not a "genius" scientist, maybe just above mid. I just think I and my circle of fabulous mentors have carefully organized my pathway into staying in science...at least for a bit longer...
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This may be a bit strongly worded. Some people took initiative to write grants even when in a secure post doc. Some wrote grants that were tailored-made to be impactful/career boosting. IMHO, no problem with career strategy in an ultra competitive funding landscape. Wayyy more deserve than spots.
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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Yes! NIAMS and NHLBI as well!
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