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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Paper out now in @natbiotech.nature.com by @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social describing new LNP mRNAs for combatting bacterial infections… helping the immune system clear the pathogens while limiting tissue damage…
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Yizhou Dong lab @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Congratulations to Yonger Xue & Xucheng Hou for leading the wonderful work on peptibody mRNA! Thanks @miriammerad.bsky.social for the huge support! Thanks Rong Li @natbiotech.nature.com and reviewers for the amazing review process! Thanks @NIH @IcahnMountSinai!
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Yizhou Dong lab @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Chemical strategies for brain delivery of genomic therapy, a very nice Perspective with @ericjnestler.bsky.social! Congratulations to Haoyuan, Changyue, and Tami! Thanks Nature Reviews Chemistry! Thanks NIH& @mountsinainyc.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/eRKLA
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Chemical strategies for brain delivery of genomic therapy - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Genomic therapy offers a promising strategy for addressing central nervous system disorders. This Review highlights recent advances in chemical strategies and delivery platforms, such as lipid nanopar...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
NOT TO MISS! In @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's 2025 issue of Science & Medicine magazine, Dean @ericjnestler.bsky.social discusses his vision for Icahn Mount Sinai, and how his distinguished academic career & research expertise have prepared him. 👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Comment of the day on the petition calling for a funding institute to elevate biomedical research across New York State! Sign & share!
I am an ordinary new yorker, a neighbor, but I am also someone who fears the day I might face an illness that is too complex or a drug that is too expensive to save my loved ones, our children. The establishment of the New York State Biomedical Institute is not bureaucracy; it is a moral imperative. We cannot stand by while our children—the precious heart of our nation's future—suffer from diseases that, with dedicated research, could be conquered. Imagine the overwhelming pride when New York leads the world, not just with skyscrapers, but with miracles—affordable, life-saving treatments forged here. This institute is the key to unlocking a future of genuine quality of life, free from the crushing weight of astronomical medical debt and preventable pediatric tragedy!
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The 2025 issue of @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Science & Medicine magazine is now live! At this pivotal moment for health care, Mount Sinai fearlessly embraces its leadership role in medical education, scientific research & patient-centered clinical care. READ👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/2025
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢 New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
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Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A Special Congratulations to @ericjnestler.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Synapsy Prize. This prestigious award celebrates lifelong dedication to translating fundamental neuroscience discoveries into tangible clinical advancements in mental health. Learn More 👉 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We ❤️❤️❤️ New York State — but life here could be fairer and healthier for all. If you agree, sign up at www.nycures.org! 💔 Over 154,000 NYC public school students experienced houselessness last year. @sunyofficial.bsky.social estimates 8% of undergrads and 5% of grad students face housing insecurity.
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Akash Gupta @guptaakash.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Our latest work @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social is now published in @natnano.nature.com ! By optimizing lipid nanoparticle design, we significantly improved #mRNA expression and immune responses — paving the way for a new class of delivery systems for #vaccine. Free access - rdcu.be/eOLjb #biotech
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Degradable cyclic amino alcohol ionizable lipids as vectors for potent influenza mRNA vaccines
Nature Nanotechnology - This work presents a degradable ionizable lipid, AMG1541, for mRNA vaccines that significantly enhances potency and enables similar protective immunity at doses 100-fold...
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Icahn Genomics Institute @icahngenomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🧬 mRNA has emerged as a powerful new class of therapeutic molecules—extending far beyond vaccines to cancer immunotherapy, protein replacement, and gene editing. 🧩 But designing mRNAs with strong, lasting protein expression remains a major challenge.
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Icahn Genomics Institute @icahngenomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In @natchembio.nature.com, @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social highlights GEMORNA, an AI framework that directly generates mRNA & circRNA sequences by jointly modeling CDSs & UTRs, for coordinated optimization of expression and stability. An elegant tool to help design mRNAs! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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AI-powered design accelerates the development of mRNA therapeutics - Nature Chemical Biology
mRNA has emerged as an important class of therapeutic molecules. Now, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven framework, which can design mRNA sequences with enhanced stability and translational effici...
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery @natrevdrugdiscov.nature.com · 23/10/2025
For readers interested in lipid nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery, here's a perspective by Cullis and Feldner on the evolution of the field rdcu.be/eMpeO nature.com/articles/s41...
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The 60-year evolution of lipid nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Lipid nanoparticle-based systems are increasingly being utilized for the delivery of nucleic acid-based vaccines and therapeutics. In this Perspective, Cullis and...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"The way forward has become very clear"- Dr. Brendan G. Carr A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @ericjnestler.bsky.social named Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine. We’re thrilled about the exciting new direction Icahn Mount Sinai will take under Dr. Nestler's visionary leadership!
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BrownLab @Mt.Sinai @brownlab1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
With co-authors Bram Teunissen & @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social, we dive into emerging ways to make LNPs more precise—from tuning their chemistry to reprogramming RNA expression and even controlling protein stability & localization >>> a road🗺️ for more intelligent delivery & broader applications ahead.
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️ Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute. CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York. ✍️ www.nycures.org/
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New York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures Website
NY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health.
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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🚨 AIMBE calls on the scientific community to urge Congress to ensure timely passage of the FY2026 budget 👇 Strong, sustained funding for our nation's health and science agencies is essential for economic prosperity, U.S. global competitiveness, and public heath. takeaction.io/aimbe/protec...
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Protect Research: Finalize FY2026 Budget Now
Use AIMBE's letter template below to send an email to your Members of Congress on issues that matter. We encourage you to edit and personalize the note, sharing your individual experience. Please note...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
PRESS RELEASE! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social receives $8 million grant from DataPhilanthropy to fuel research into #CADASIL This transformational grant will launch new Center led by Dr @fanny-elahi.bsky.social to pursue trtmnts for understudied neurovascular diseases👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📝NEW STUDY📝 Cancer's first punch when battling the immune system may be rewiring myeloid progenitors in bone marrow so they become suppressive tumor macrophages blunting T-cell attacks. Find out how in @nature.com from @samhegde.bsky.social & @miriammerad.bsky.social 🧐 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Myeloid progenitor dysregulation fuels immunosuppressive macrophages in tumours - Nature
An understanding of the molecular mechanisms promoting the generation of immunoregulatory and tumour-promoting monocytes and macrophages is key to breaking the cycle of tumour myelopoiesis and develop...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
💫Through the #SURP4US program, under the mentorship of @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social, Alister (Jia) Ng gained research experience & developed an interest in drug design & delivery. Inspired by her family's history w/ #Antidepressants; she aspires to pursue a career in pharmaceutical research.
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀 Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities. Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A big day for preventing mitochondrial diseases from transmitting to the next generation www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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CondeNanoLab @condenanolab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 Out now in @nature.com: it's time to de-Americanize global science. We need:🌍 Equitable funding 🔄 Shared governance 🔐 Resilient data infra🆘 Emergency support for scientists at risk. The next crisis can’t break global research again. Nova Medical School 🔗 rdcu.be/ewp6K
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery @natrevdrugdiscov.nature.com · 15/07/2025
RNA chemistry and therapeutics www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/ewkq0 This new Review covers synthetic methods applied to RNA therapeutics in multiple classes and chemical modification strategies being used to enhance their properties @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social
Chemical modifications of RNA
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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Misinformation is winning not because it's true, but because it’s loud, emotional, and everywhere. It’s time for science to fight back. Aaron Mertz and I dissect the issue and offer solutions 👇 📖 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @aspeninstitute.bsky.social
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Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America’s attention - Nature Reviews Immunology
Shruti Naik, an immunologist and a strong advocate for diversity in science, has joined forces with Aaron Mertz, who leads programmes that help to explain, connect and maximize the benefits of science...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
ONLINE NOW! Neurosurgery & Neurology Special Report 2025. In this issue, Check Out "Mount Sinai Is Among First to Use Blood Tests as Early Detection Tool for #AlzheimersDisease and Related #Dementias in Patients". @fanny-elahi.bsky.social Learn More 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/neur...
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 07/05/2025
Evolution-guided protein design of IscB for persistent epigenome editing in vivo - @zhangf.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org @hhmi.org go.nature.com/44XVBph
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Evolution-guided protein design of IscB for persistent epigenome editing in vivo - Nature Biotechnology
A combination of engineering approaches is used to improve the function of IscB for a variety of editing activities in vivo.
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
FRIDAY👉May 9, 2pm, DON'T MISS this #FriedmanBrainInstitute Special Seminar as hosts @ericjnestler.bsky.social & @fanny-elahi.bsky.social welcome @institutducerveau.bsky.social's Dr. Stéphanie Debette. LEARN about cutting edge research on #vascular disease & #VCID #CSVD done at Paris Brain Institute.
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
PRESS RELEASE | Mount Sinai researchers Arthur Godino, Marine Salery, @ericjnestler.bsky.social, et al. have discovered distinct roles for 2 dopamine receptors located on nerve cells w/in the portion of the brain that controls approach vs avoidance behavior. www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
@lizwaynephd.bsky.social @neuroamyo.bsky.social @brianaguado.bsky.social @cosgriffhernandez.bsky.social @kumarlabucb.bsky.social @willitslab.bsky.social @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social @troy-biomechlab.bsky.social @christmanlab.bsky.social @shuvoroy.bsky.social
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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🚨 AIMBE is calling on the biomedical research community to take a minute to send our 3 new advocacy letters urging Congress to: 1. Protect the STEM Training Pipeline (e.g., NIH MOSAIC, T32s, MARC, etc.) 2. Oppose Indirect Cost Caps 3. Support Research Funding in FY2026 aimbe.org/advocate/wri...
A screen capture of the AIMBE advocacy webpage with 3 advocacy letters outlined in red boxes: STEM Training Pipeline, NIH & NSF Indirect Cost Caps, and FY26 Funding.
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Yizhou Dong lab @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
An exciting work on brain delivery via the meningeal lymphatic vessels (MLVs)! Thanks @NIH @NIGMS @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Furan-Derived Lipid Nanoparticles for Transporting mRNA to the Central Nervous System
Delivery of mRNA (mRNA) to the central nervous system (CNS) remains a significant challenge. Herein, we design a library of furan-derived lipids and, to our knowledge, for the first time, leverage the...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
JOIN US & Icahn Mount Sinai in congratulating @ericjnestler.bsky.social for his election to The National Academy of Sciences. This great honor recognizes Dr. Nestler’s cutting-edge work on molecular basis of #DrugAddiction & #Depression & on advancing the field of psychiatry into the molecular era!
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mariagcas.bsky.social @mariagcas.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Great collaboration with Steve Schwendeman’s lab, showing effective local delivery of immune checkpoint blockers for brain cancer therapeutics @umich.edu @theabta.bsky.social
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Local controlled release of stabilized monoclonal antibodies
Monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics have become widely successful for treatment of any number of diseases. However, for certain hard-to-reach tissu…
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Nature Nanotechnology @natnano.nature.com · 15/04/2025
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Gold-modified nanoporous silicon for photoelectrochemical regulation of intracellular condensates
Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01878-4A nanoporous photocatalyst producing low levels of hydrogen peroxide is shown to modulate intracellular stress granules, enhancing resilience against oxidative stress and providing cardioprotection in an ex vivo rodent model of myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Research Saves Lives Without research - at Johns Hopkins and at thousands of other universities, medical schools and research institutions across the nation - scientific breakthroughs suffer and the lifesaving treatments of tomorrow are at risk www.jhu.edu
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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🧐 NEW mRNA LNP from @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social that supercharges the cancer-immunity cycle by inducing tumor cell death while increasing the number & activity of dendritic cells. Want to know how it works? Read the full paper in the Journal of Controlled Release www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Enhancing antitumor immunity through chemotherapeutic-derived lipid nanoparticle-induced immunogenic cell death and CD40L/Flt3L mRNA-mediated dendritic cell activation
Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for inducing effective antitumor T cell responses. However, the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) hin…
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia
A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine
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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work
Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them
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Brooke Wolford, PhD @bnwolford.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New paper from the lab: Accelerated discovery of cell-migration regulators using label-free deep learning-based automated tracking. 840 experiments done in 70h instead of 5.5 years! Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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dpmp-unc.bsky.social @dpmp-unc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New publication out in Digestive Diseases and Sciences in collaboration with @julienguyenlab.bsky.social “Engineered Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii Reduces Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer Burden in Mice” 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Juliane Nguyen @julienguyenlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Who would've thought you could play Bingo with posters? Introducing #PosterBingo for the Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting! Inspired by an idea #AssafZinger and his students had! See you in Philly! youtu.be/xMpxLsW-2QA?...
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CRS 2025 Annual Meeting & Exposition: Meet Our Director of Abstract Judging, Juliane Nguyen, PhD!
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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Congratulations @miriammerad.bsky.social on receiving the prestigious Sjöberg Prize medal yesterday for groundbreaking work on how innate immune cells influence the body’s ability to fight cancer. Her discoveries have opened new paths for cancer prevention and therapies. www.kva.se/en/news/sjob...
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Marta Filizola @martafilizola.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Carnage! www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
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U.S. health agency purge includes 10 lab heads at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The reasons for selecting these researchers—who have led work on neuronal migration, dopamine receptors in neuronal signaling and the structure of ion channels, among other areas—remain unclear.
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
NOT TO MISS! On Tuesday, 4/29, join host @scottrussophd.bsky.social when he welcomes Dr. Hongzhen Hu, Scientific Director of The Mark Lebwohl Center for Neuroinflammation & Sensation, to the #BrainBody Seminar Series. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social Register Now 👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Yizhou Dong lab @yizhoudonglab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Diana successfully defended her dissertation! We are so proud of you! Congratulations Dr. Kang!!!
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @ericjnestler.bsky.social on being named Interim Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine! As we express great enthusiasm for Dr. Nestler becoming Dean & the exciting time ahead, please join us in thanking Dean Charney for his extraordinary service & commitment to Mount Sinai.
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