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

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!🎉

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!😊

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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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.

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

Gorgeous night sky from NC (here on earth:-)). Absolutely stunning — Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 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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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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I’m here ! It took a while! Still love all the same things 😎😁

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.

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

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...

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

We're excited to share our comprehensive protocol for generating human cerebellar #organoids, addressing the many requests we've received from the scientific community! Congratulations to Alex Atamian, @marcellabirtele.bsky.social, and Negar Hosseini! rdcu.be/d13Zu @natureportfolio.bsky.social

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

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

🎉 This season, we are grateful to @BlueprintMeds, @bostonchildrens.bsky.social, @PathfinderDFHCC, @harvardmed.bsky.social & @broadinstitute.org for their continuous support on our HBPA Annual Symp. on Dec 13th 🗓️ 🔗 Details & Register: hbpa.hms.harvard.edu/events/hbpa-... #HBPA2024 #Gratitude

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/...

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

🎨 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

#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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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/...

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.

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

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/

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

@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:

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