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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 16/06/2025

Drs. @oscarabilez.bsky.social, Huaxiao 'Adam' Yang, and a team in Dr. Joseph Wu's lab generated vascularized cardiac and hepatic #organoids! Read the @science.org paper: bit.ly/3FBuHtr Listen to the discussion: bit.ly/4kRfsMk

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thrilled to announce the 4th successful PhD dissertation defense from the #MusahLab! Dr. Yasmin Roye’s work advanced patient-specific disease modeling, uncovered mechanisms of diabetic podocytopathies and revealed new therapeutic avenues. Congratulations on a remarkable scientific growth, Dr. Roye!🎉

Announcing the 4th successful PhD dissertation defense from the Musah Lab at Duke University, by PhD student Yasmin Roye. Lab website: https://musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

So excited to grow Sweet William for the first time. This beauty bloomed in my amateur garden, all thanks to catching the gardening bug from an amazing faculty colleague and friend!😊

Photo showing a beautiful first bloom of Sweet William from a very excited amateur gardener, Samira Musah:-)

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Wondering if your PO, SRO, or other NIH official is still at NIH? Tara pointed out this useful search tool. Unfortunately my MIRA PO, who just took over this portfolio in December, is no longer listed. 💔

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Receiving grant and program cancellation notices from federal & private agencies without clear justification is disheartening, but seeing talented trainees lose job and fellowship opportunities—and their confidence in the system—is devastating. This is not how science and society should be.

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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 31/01/2025

Advance your research career through the Neuroscience Scholars Program. Receive dedicated funding, professional development support, and access to a network of leading scientists committed to advancing neuroscience trainees. Submit your application by Wednesday, February 19. ▶️ bit.ly/3Wg33qT

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Gorgeous night sky from NC (here on earth:-)). Absolutely stunning — Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025

The Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊 Learn more about them: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/ Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3). You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.

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Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. @rjgilliard.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Undergraduates - Join us for summer research at MIT!

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Final #MusahLab publication of 2024 is here, open access! We explore epigenetics in hypertensive nephropathy, a major contributor to kidney disease & rising healthcare cost. Congratulations to PhD students/coauthors Yize Zhang, Hamidreza Arzaghi, Zhehan Ma, & Yasmin Roye! tiny.cc/epigenHN

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

“NIH reiterates that compliance with the Policy does not require the payment of an open access fee to a journal…free pathway to compliance can be achieved by depositing the Author Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central for public availability upon the Official Date of Publication without embargo.“

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Antentor “AJ” Hinton Jr @phdgprotein86.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I’m here ! It took a while! Still love all the same things 😎😁

Reconstruction of mitochondria from
Confocal imaging of human cells

Mitotracker staining (orange) and nucleus (green) in Hela cells

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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

One of the most surprising lessons for me during my 30 years of doing science is how it's essentially impossible predict what major scientific breakthroughs will emerge or where they will emerge from. But the way we fund science is mostly based on the assumption that we can make such predictions.

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Big congratulations to Dr. Xingrui Mou on defending his PhD and becoming the 3rd PhD grad from #MusahLab! 🎉 His work on engineering vascularized #microfluidic #OrgansOnChips & disease modeling is remarkable. His next stop: Postdoc at #NYSCF! Check out his research publications: tinyurl.com/MusahLab

Dr. Xingrui Mou is being celebrated by the Musah Lab at Duke University for his successful PhD thesis defense and becoming the 3rd graduate student from the Musah Lab to achieve this milestone. He is pictured with a huge smile while holding a mug with the text 'Dr. Mou" on it. Members of the Musah Lab research group are also pictured as they celebrate Xingrui for his successful work on engineering biomaterials and microfluidic organ chip devices for tissue engineering and disease modeling.

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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Such a privilege to speak with Yuki Noguchi & @npr.org about my experience as a cancer patient and now cancer researcher. #CCIL #UIllinois 🧪 Check out the radio interview here (article coming soon!) Cancer survivorship: Navigating the disruptions to schooling www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...

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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Today we report in 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 a systematic approach to generate neural #organoids resembling various domains of the neural axis Neal Amin & @kevinkelley.bsky.social developed a multiplexed morphogen screen to generate #organoids that mapped to almost 2/3 of the clusters in the 1st trimester CNS

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Rahul K @theresearch.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I’d like to invite everyone working on engineering living materials to share this starter pack. Please drop me a message or leave a comment if you like to join the #ELMs community. go.bsky.app/RinsDZh

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 30/11/2024

Weekend update! NephSky up to pack 5! 5th pack go.bsky.app/JJ4h8su 4th pack: go.bsky.app/YeuH82 3rd pack: go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4 2nd pack go.bsky.app/N27Kzri 1st pack: go.bsky.app/H4td28C + PedNeph pack from @kidneywiki.bsky.social and many more Reply or DM with what I have missed

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Impact Talks @ Duke BME @impacttalks.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Recruitment Summit for PhD students (within 1 yr of graduating) & Postdoctoral Fellows (within 1-2 yrs of receiving doctoral degree). Meet dedicated faculty recruiting postdocs to work in cutting-edge research labs at CHOP and UPenn. 🧪🔬🧬 careers.chop.edu/us/en/event/...

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Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. null at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Working on a #StarterPack to collect researchers using human biology-based tools ( #organoids, #microphysiologicalsystems, other human-derived #invitro tools) + computational models & the orgs & accounts that promote non-animal science. Small so far, but I'm new here. Msg to add. go.bsky.app/SVWGwgu

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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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Jens Puschhof @jenspuschhof.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

#Organoid research starter pack. I didn't find many researchers from the field yet, please comment/text me to be added! go.bsky.app/RmXgs6d

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Oliver Harschnitz @harschnitz.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Couldn’t find a dedicated stem cell biology starter pack, so started one here: go.bsky.app/UTW4d7b Feel free to repost/share and let me know if you would like to be added. #stemcell #pluripotency

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Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This starter pack is in honor of Assistant Professor Antentor Hinton Jr (AJ) at Vanderbilt School of Medicine - Basic Sciences. AJ curated the first 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America list and in collaboration with the Community of Scholars expanded this list to the 1000. go.bsky.app/DsJrwR

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Excited to share this TEDx talk by #MusahLab undergrad researcher and recent Duke graduate, Sophia Leeman! She dives into our work using stem cells to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping to uncover disease mechanisms and new and safe therapeutics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iskr...

TEDx talk by an inspiring #MusahLab undergrad researcher and recent Duke BME & CS graduate, Sophia Leeman! She dives into some of our lab's work using stem cell derivatives to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping us uncover disease mechanisms and identify new and safe therapeutics.

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hello #Bluesky! New & happy to be here. I’m an assistant prof @ #DukeBME & #DukeMedicine. My research group develops patient-specific preclinical models to uncover human disease mysteries & discover safe and effective therapies. #StemCells #Organoids #MPS #DiseaseModels #Biomaterials #KidneyDisease

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NPR @npr.org · 22/11/2024

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

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University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

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Tatiana Segura @seguralab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Based on my two posts (I know you all probably already know this), GIFs do not work in bsky but videos do! This is again NPCs growing in an RGD/IKVAV modified #MAPgel! Amazing work by former graduate student Katrina Wilson! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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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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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This 3D model of your circulatory system is called a Vascular Digital Twin. Doctors can use data from MRI and CT scans to build this virtual model. Vascular Digital Twins are vital to ongoing research and treatment of everything from heart conditions to cancer. #digitaltwin #hpc #virtualsurgery

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The 2024-2025 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 116 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/HPzAKkS1x44t... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

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Kelly Stevens @kellystevens.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Introducing the Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (HUB) national coordinating center. Opportunity to become involved with an incredible community, $100k research grants, core resources, and much more. Come join us! See more at our new website, here: www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org

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Michaela Martinez @michaelakmartinez.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

@stemcellengineer.bsky.social and her team developed a silk-based, ultra thin membrane that helps researchers to better control the growth and function of the key cells and tissues of any organ, enabling them to more accurately model a wide range of diseases and test therapeutics:

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Silkworms Help Grow Better Organ-Like Tissues in Labs | Duke Pratt School of Engineering

A new ultrathin silk membrane for organ-on-a-chip platforms helps cells communicate and grow into functional tissues used for research

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

A collage featuring 100 planetary nebulae captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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