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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ✈️ We welcome Dr. Ken Lau from @vumedicine.bsky.social 🥳 For this seminar, he will discuss his lab's findings regarding tissue damage, #inflammation, and #precancerous indications in the proximal #colon. Please join us in person at @bcmhouston.bsky.social or tune in via Teams!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST! 📸 Please join Dr. Michael James Bolt, the Technical Director of the Integrated #Microscopy Core, for a deep dive on how our high-tech #imaging devices and analysis can support your research! 🔬 See you in M112 at Baylor College of Medicine's DeBakey building or in the Teams chat!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ Join us for another crash course on our core services! Dr. James Versalovic will introduce the Functional #Genomics and #Microbiome Core, which has developed a multi-omics analysis platform for #digestive #disease investigations. 🦠 We'll see you in person or tune in via Teams! 🎤

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

TOMORROW @ 4PM CST ‼️ Join us for a discussion about our #Gastrointestinal Experimental Model Systems (GEMS) Core! 🪩 This massive hub of GI intellect delivers incredible #organoid culture development for a variety of needs, as well as specialized #microbiome #murine models. 🐁

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST! Join us for Dr. David Corry's discussion of #gut #fungi and how they can spread to other parts of the body, thus causing diseases. 🦠 Here, Dr. Corry will draw links between gut fungi and #neurodegenerative diseases. You don't want to miss this seminar! 🧠

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We're BACK with our Thursday seminar series! 🪩 After a summer of inspiring conferences, we're excited to kick off this season's seminars with Dr. Mimi Tan introducing our Study Design & Clinical Research Core! 🧠 #TMC #DDC is here to elevate your #gastrosky and #liversky research! 💃

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ Dr. Heather Danhof joins us this week for another discussion about the #infant #microbiome! Today, she'll highlight the #gut-brain axis and how it dynamically changes during gestation and post-birth. Join us for one of the final seminars of the spring semester! 💐🌷

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ We've got a special back-to-back for y'all 🤠 Dr. @sohinibanerjee.bsky.social will discuss her research on #infant #enteroids as a model for the developing gut! Then, Dr. Yang Yang from McGovern Medical School will share what she's learned about COX-2 in the context of #IBD.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ We're excited to host Dr. Amy Hair from @bcmhouston.bsky.social and Texas Children's Hospital! Working with #preterm #neonates, her research explores how human milk positively affects growth in very low birth weight. Join in-person or via Zoom!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Need plans for this weekend? Look no further! You can still register for our annual #GIsky and #liversky course! Join us either in-person at the Westin Houston Medical Center or via Zoom. This session will discuss clinical guidelines and pearls of wisdom! cpd.education.bcm.edu/content/gi-l...

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

TODAY @ 4:00PM CST ‼️ We are honored to host Dr. Andrew T. Chan from @harvardmed.bsky.social for this week's #TMC #DDC seminar! He will discuss the correlation between #aspirin and lower #colorectalcancer risk, leading to the imperative for precision medicine. Don't miss this one!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ Escape the rain for this week's #TMC #DDC seminar, presented this week by Dr. Pablo Okhuysen from @mdanderson.bsky.social! Investigating #enteric #pathogens, Dr. Okhuysen will discuss how the microbiome interacts with these bacteria in cancer patients.🦠 See you there!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

#TMC #DDC represented at the #NCURA Financial Research Administration Conference in San Diego this past weekend! With more than 800 attendees and a keynote talk from Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth, our administrative team and colleagues' knowledge and capabilities are stronger than ever before!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

TODAY ‼️ @ 4PM CST On this beautiful day, make your way over to @bcmhouston.bsky.social for Dr. Robert Taylor Ripley's discussion! Joining us from BCM's thoracic surgery division, this decorated surgeon will go over mitochondria and their dysfunction in esophageal cancer.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

No DDC seminar this week :( it's spring break! 🌷 On this lovely, sunny Thursday, enjoy a walk or time at a park! Rest is just as imperative to productivity and thinking as bench work or reading papers.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 Pilot Feasibility Award winners! We are honored to support these #TMC #DDC scientists continuing their cutting-edge research! We know they'll contribute great things to this field! @caitvondero.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Congratulations to our #GIresearch symposium poster contest winners!! 🥇 Luqiong Wang, @bcmhouston.bsky.social 🥈 Lauren Lynch, Baylor College of Medicine 🥉 Sohini Banerjee, Baylor College of Medicine It was close competition! We are lucky to have so many scientists at our institutions 🤠

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Defying distance, Dr. Krupa Mysore virtually presented her amazing #hepatology research! Looking at #cholestasis, she delved into the relationship between bile acids and immune response, describing how different immune cells are affected by these bike acids.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dr. Greg Guthrie kindly shared some early work from his latest project! The introduction to a beautiful story beginning to be told, he touched on the microbiome, gut, and liver through a #neonatal #cholestasis lens. His talk inspired fabulous conversation, as well!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We pivoted from the gut to the #liver with Dr. Cynthia Ju’s talk! She discussed the communication that happens in the liver, particularly during immune response after #reperfusion injury and ischaemia.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

#Celiac Disease is a highly complicated #autoimmune disorder. However, Dr. Valerie Abadie expertly deconvoluted the immune intricacies of Celiac Disease in her talk - intercellular interactions in the intestine, all the different immune cells involved, and much more!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dr. Jill Weatherhead served all of these #gastroenterology and #hepatology experts a lesson in worms! Yes, she delved into #ascaris and her lab’s journey in connecting the stomach to this parasite’s ability to take advantage of this microenvironment

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“Eosinophils are the coolest cells ever” - @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social (without bias) Seriously though, Dr. Dunn shared amazing details about #eosinophils and the ways her lab has manipulated in vitro conditions to observe any changes in cell behavior, proliferation, identity, and more!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We interrupt this symposium for a fire alarm test… Yep it works 🫡

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dr. Seems Aceves shared a beautiful and complex story about eosinophilic esophagitis in the lab and the clinic! Her deep dive story included the markers #CD73 and #YAP, muscular rigidity, and the possibility that there’s more the #EoE than previously thought 🧐

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Shoutout to Lisa Brunet for representing the American Partnership For #Eosinophilic Disorders at our #DDC #GIresearch #immunology symposium! She shared a touching and important story about her own son, invigorating us for the start of the day.

APFED (American Partnership For Eosinophilic Disorders)

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

GOOD MORNING HOUSTON 🌞 Make sure to get here early - fuel your brain with food and coffee for an incredible morning of science :) See y'all soon~

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🏥 Symposium Spotlight 🏥 With #pediatric #hepatology expertise both clinically and in the lab, Dr. Krupa Mysore works as both a transplant hepatologist and research scientist at Texas Children's Hospital! She tackles many liver-related topics, including #cholestasis, #immunology, and more.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🐷 Symposium Spotlight 🐷 Working with Dr. Doug Burrin's lab at Houston's Children's Nutrition Research Center, Dr. Greg Guthrie examines the intricacies of #cholestasis in #neonates using piglets as a model, including the effects of bile acids, lipid emulsions, and parenteral nutrition.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

📢 Symposium Spotlight 📢 Dr. Cynthia Ju, based at UT McGovern Medical School here in the #TMC, investigates inflammatory and immunity responses in the #liversky. At our symposium tomorrow, she'll share the #eosinophil and #macrophage side of their #ischaemia and #reperfusion story! #hepatology

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🌆 Symposium Spotlight 🌆 Traveling from University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Valerie Abadie and her lab are interested in the role of B #lymphocytes in the #autoimmune disorder, #Celiac Disease. She'll dive into the characterization, function, and more tomorrow!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

👩‍⚕️ Symposium Spotlight 👩‍⚕️ Dr. Jill Weatherhead from @bcmhouston.bsky.social joins the #TMC #DDC ranks again, this time for our annual symposium! Here, she will discuss her lab's research describing how #ascaris utilizes the stomach microenvironment for its #pathogenicity.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🏔️ Symposium Spotlight 🏔️ Joining us from @cugastrohep.bsky.social in Denver is Dr. @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social! Her lab zooms in on #eosinophils - how they specialize in different environments, interact with #epithelium and #fibroblasts in #mucosal tissue, and "re-specialize" in tissue repair.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🧪 Symposium Spotlight 🧪 We welcome Dr. Seema Aceves from @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social! Her lab investigates tissue remodeling in the disease, #eosinophilic #esophagitis. These clinical + translational studies examine relationships and mechanisms between epithelium, fibroblasts, and smooth muscle.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST! Can't wait for our symposium this Saturday for your #GIresearch fix? Join us for Dr. Teresa A. Davis' presentation, during which she'll discuss cellular processes in preterm #neonates and piglets that affect extrauterine growth and muscle development.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🎤 Symposium Spotlight 🎤 Founder and CEO of #DLZP Group offering advisory, implementation, and management of business solutions through different cloud platforms like #AWS, Lisa Brunet has been an #APFED volunteer for nearly 17 years! She'll bethe first speaker at our #TMC #DDC symposium!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST 🤠 This week's #DDC #GIresearch forum will be delivered by Dr. @markhermanmd.bsky.social , section chief for @bcmhouston.bsky.social endocrinology! His presentation will connect excessive #fructose consumption to #cardiometabolic disease through a #metabolism lens. See you there!

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Today @ 4PM CST, we spotlight Dr. @thekinglab.bsky.social from @bcmhouston.bsky.social for our #GIresearch seminar! She'll discuss the relationship between the #intestinal #microbiome and #blood production, then connect the microbiota to help maintain #hematopoiesis. See y'all this afternoon 🤠

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CU Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology @cugastrohep.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

📣 Check out what we're up to! The Jan '25 issue of the GI Happenings Newsletter is now available🗞️! Click below for the Divison's latest news, research updates, & grant awards! 💪 medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librari...

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

TODAY @ 4PM CST! Meet us in ✨Kleberg Auditorium✨ @bcmhouston.bsky.social for this week's #GIresearch forum. We welcome Dr. Shazia Siddique from @upenn.bsky.social to Houston! She'll discuss the importance of mitigating bias while navigating #healthcare #algorithms and guidelines.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Graduate and medical students as well as #gastroenterology #hepatology fellows are invited to meet our #DDC seminar speaker: Dr. Shazia Siddique! @upenn.bsky.social This is a fabulous opportunity for a small group discussion in a more casual setting! Please RSVP to DJ to secure your spot.

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Joseph Burclaff @josephburclaff.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A week late, but thank you to @tmcddc.bsky.social for hosting me for a visiting seminar at Baylor Collage of Medicine. It was wonderful to meet the Baylor community and I had a great time with all my meetings and my lunch with the trainees! I'm a huge fan of your GI community!

The conference room at Baylor College of Medicine filling up with people before my seminar.

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENSION ‼️ We have adjusted the abstract submission deadline for our symposium to Tuesday, January 21st! Be sure to submit for consideration in our prize pool. Looking forward to another stimulating day of #GIresearch! #GISky #Liversky #immunology #gastroenterology #hepatology

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

After Dr. Jill Weatherhead from @bcmhouston.bsky.social kicked off our weekly #DDC #GIresearch seminar series, we welcome Dr. Joseph Burclaff! Visiting from #UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Burclaff will discuss regulators of #intestine crypt cell proliferation and #stemcell fate. Join us TOMORROW @ 4PM CST

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The #TMC #DDC Symposium is coming up - and we want to award your research!! Submit your abstracts by ‼️ this FRIDAY, January 17th‼️ Most importantly, don't forget to register for attendance! So excited for our annual #GIresearch symposium 🤠 @bcmhouston.bsky.social @uthealthhouston.bsky.social

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Juan Turnes @jturnes.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Decompensated cirrhosis has often been considered the irreversible, terminal stage of liver disease, but this is not actually always the case Have you heard of the concept of cirrhosis "recompensation"? ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101233 #LiverSky

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Don't miss out on our final DDC #GIresearch seminar of the year! Dr. Qiang Tong's talk of #metabolism and #aging will undoubtedly be very thought-provoking, leaving us with much to mull over during the winter holidays. See you today at 4:00PM CST ☺️

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The semester flew by! TOMORROW @ 4:00PM, please join us for our final #GIresearch seminar 😥 before we break for winter holidays ❄️ Closing us out is Dr. Qiang Tong, who will share his lab's findings of #SIRT2 and #SIRT3 regulation in #metabolism and #aging. See you there! #GIsky #Liversky

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Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center @tmcddc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Time for another #DDC #bioinformatics seminar! Dr. @maelschermarisa.bsky.social joins us virtually from @borklab.bsky.social in Deustch. She'll discuss her research, combining her knowledge of the #microbiome with her #computational #biology abilities! Contact Sara Tristan for the Zoom link! ⤵️

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The House of Pod @kavehmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Doing an episode on GERD and all the peptic related issues you want to hear. Let me know what questions/topics you have!

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