Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students, applications open till 4 November. 🔗 Please like and share to spread the word! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students... Take a look at projects for 2025/26 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie... #PhD, #PhDPosition

Excited to share the latest work from our lab investigating human placental pericytes!

Checkout our new work demonstrating how TGFb1 impacts placental pericyte secretion of proangiogenic and proinflammatory factors and inhibits pericyte phagocytosis. Out today in Scientific Reports. @drcnatale.bsky.social #pericytes #placenta www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#BMES2025 🥼presented my work & plans for my future lab 🌅 enjoyed beautiful San Diego 🔬spotted my IF image representing the biomechanics section of my doctoral alma mater not pictured: awesome work in women’s health & reproductive science + many great conversations with fellow researchers

Headed to BMES? Don't miss our stellar 2025 BME UNITE Fellows at the Meet The Faculty Candidate Forum! Visit Drs. @jfrancois-eng.bsky.social, Kara Peak, and Taj Yeruva at their posters on Saturday, Oct 11, from 12-2:30 PM in Exhibit Hall F, G & H. #BMES2025 #BMES #biomedicalengineering

🌴San Diego, here I come! I’ll be presenting twice at #BMES2025 later this week. ☀️ Thursday: finite element model to understand abnormal umbilical coiling ☀️ Saturday: Meet the Faculty - hear about projects I have planned for my future independent lab ⬇️ More info in the flyer below ⬇️

I’m excited to be presenting my work and future research plans next week! 🔗 Link below to register to attend ⬇️

I’m grateful to have been selected by the UMN Postdoctoral Association and Office of Postdoctoral Initiatives to receive the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to our Academic Community Award. #NPAW2025 #PostdocAppreciation #UMNProud

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The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 27 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

The third BME UNITE Future Faculty Seminar will be on Monday, September 15th, at 1 pm EST. Come hear from Drs. @jfrancois-eng.bsky.social, Joan Pulupa, and Amy Lee to learn more about their science and future research programs! Register here: tinyurl.com/bmeunite25

Coming up next week our 3rd BME UNITE seminar series featuring talented BME postdocs on the market - Monday Sept 15th at 1PM EST with @bmeunite.bsky.social Register here: ucla.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Society for Reproductive Investigations is now accepting abstracts for the 2026 Annual Meeting! Be a part of the SRI 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting and share your research with a global audience. Submit your abstract today! www.sri-online.org/events/2026/...

Coming up next week Monday Aug 25th at 1PM EST our second BME UNITE seminar : with Taj Yeruva, @matteaallert.bsky.social and @saidaral.bsky.social . Register here: ucla.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @bmeunite.bsky.social

The second BME UNITE Future Faculty Seminar will be on Monday, August 25th, at 1 pm EST. Come hear from Drs. Mattea Allert, Taj Yeruva, and Said Arévalo Alquichire, PhD to learn more about their science and future research programs! Register here: tinyurl.com/bmeunite25

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc. Good luck!

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

The BME Faculty Jobs List is back for 2025-2026! Our goal is to support early-career faculty candidates with a centralized & open-access database. Please share & contribute! #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

📣 AIMBE has released data surveying >100 biomedical engineering departments on the impact of disruptions to research & training Of respondents: -71% reported grant terminations -45% indicated reduced graduate student enrollment Please share our 1-pager widely with your network 👇 bit.ly/3IXDVRW

The first BME UNITE seminar will be on Monday, August 11th, at 1 pm EST. Come hear from Drs. Julia Brisbane, Sindhuja Govindarajan, and @prnano9.bsky.social to learn more about their science and future research programs! Register here: tinyurl.com/bmeunite25

I’m grateful & thrilled to have been selected as a Fellow in the BME UNITE Future Faculty program as I head into my first faculty application cycle. I’ll be giving a virtual presentation about my work and ideas for my future lab at 1pm EST/12pm CST on September 29. More info below ⬇️

The 12 trailblazing early-career scientists selected as BME UNITE Fellows are: Mattea Allert, Said Arevalo-Alquichire, Julia Brisbane, @jfrancois-eng.bsky.social , Amy Lee, ‪@prnano9.bsky.social‬, Kara Peak, Joan Pulupa, Tahoura Samad, Sindhuja Tirumalai Govindarajan, Claudia Varela, and Taj Yeruva.

Excited to share our new cohort of 2025 @bmeunite.bsky.social Future Faculty Fellows! These outstanding scientists are all on the job market this year. Register here for upcoming seminars to learn about their amazing work! ucla.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Another year, another great Summer Bioengineering Conference! I especially loved all the sessions focused on women’s health and sex-based differences. Thanks to the #SBC2025 organizers 🔬

Fellow ✨biomechanics✨ friends, catch me at #SBC2025 this week! I’ll be talking about all things #reproductive solid mechanics on Monday: 🤰🏻co-chairing Reproductive Mechanics I 🤰🏻podium talk in Reproductive Mechanics II 🤰🏻poster in the Future Faculty Session

Hopkins on the Hill! Johns Hopkins faculty will showcase the value of their federally-funded research on the Hill in Washington DC, talking to US representatives and their staff June 11, 5:30-7:30pm, Rayburn House Office Bldg, DC AI, health care, space exploration, public health, education, etc

188 PhD/graduate fellowships from private foundations, federal agencies and international organizations. Database can be downloaded here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

I'm hiring a postdoctoral fellow. If you're interested in infection biology during pregnancy or reproductive immunology, please reach out. Search for posting ID: 367734 www.myu.umn.edu/employment

Undergrads: come to UVA *this summer* for our NSF-funded REU program in multi-scale bioengineering! Apply by 4/30. engineering.virginia.edu/department/b...

#SRI2025 was a success! Such a cool experience to be surrounded by researchers of different backgrounds all focused on reproductive science. And to top it off, I came away with a Best New Investigator Poster Presentation award 🏆 Thanks @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social organizers for a great conference!

I’m excited to be in Charlotte for my first time at #SRI2025 🤩 I’m presenting my work investigating how gestational diabetes impacts the mechanical properties and ECM of umbilical vasculature on Saturday - swing by poster S110 during poster session 3 to learn more! @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Circulate this widely! We need to know which NIH grants have been terminated. It goes beyond the list that HHS has released. Send to every scientist you know. @scott-delaney.bsky.social @noamross.net

A special issue on #WomensHealth in #ScienceAdvances highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Learn more: scim.ag/3R59fPe (THREAD 🧵)

As federal funding for research is uncertain, we need to diversify funding sources for our PhD students. Here is a comprehensive list of >160 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities, mostly from private foundations and scientific societies. Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Make use of our public database of Postdoc fellowships (private foundations, federal agencies). It's downloadable and free. We list 290 different fellowships and funding opportunities, along with description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Y’all check out this amazing work by my former Varner Lab lung buddy, Shelby! 🫁 She investigated the role of fluid pressure in early lung branching morphogenesis. She even microinjected oil droplets by hand into the airway lumen (diameter ~200 microns)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are seeking an Asst. Prof. in biomedical imaging at my fantastic new location (Wayne State University) in rejuvenating urban Detroit: waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

We would ❤️LOVE🩷 to have you join us in St. Paul for the 2025 American Society for Reproductive Immunology. Abstracts due TOMORROW (Feb. 15th)! theasri.org/Abstracts-Po...

Five days left to submit your abstracts to #ASRI2025! Feb. 15 is the deadline! Looking forward to seeing you all in St. Paul in May! theasri.org/Abstracts-Po...

Restoring access to CDC and NIH datasets and guidance is a public health imperative. ACOG and leading physician groups urge Congress to ensure that CDC, NIH, and public health agencies have the resources and ability to provide physicians and the public with the information they need. bit.ly/4hPJjCR

Scientific data isn’t political—it’s essential. ACOG calls on policymakers to protect scientific integrity: make research freely available, safeguard expertise, invest in medical innovation, and expand access to evidence-based care. Read our full statement: bit.ly/40FIk13

In a time that feels scary, confusing, and perhaps hopeless, I hope we, as a scientific community, can take action. • write to your representatives (download the 5 Calls app) • spread the word within your community • check in with others & yourself • don’t give up open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.

Pleased to share the work of Mitzy Cowdin and others in our lab showing the requirement for the Hippo pathway kinases Lats1 and 2 for endothelial sensing of hemodynamic flow and for vascular remodeling during embryogenesis 🎉🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...