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Women Physician-Scientists Supergroup @UCSF est. 2020 supporting+celebrating Women bridging Science+Medicine @UCSF and beyond http://womenphysicianscientists.ucsf.edu
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Nov 11
still *celebrating* all the women physician-scientists
@UCSF and beyond who excel while elevating and lead in tough times, bridging science + medicine #SeeHER #BridgeHER #AdvanceHER and all boats rise🤩🥂🤺*thankful* for our colleagues @UCSF + 🌎🌍🌏 keep going!
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Apr 25
congratulations Christina Homer on your publication! another one from this outstanding @hhmi.org Hanna Gray Fellow and physician-scientist at UCSF!! @christinahomer.bsky.social
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 23
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
Top: Micrographs of fixed samples from each flask at the time of RNA harvest. Endospore release was first observed on day 3. Bottom: Schematic of Regulation of gene expression in Coccidioides development. The data uncover regulatory modules in Coccidioides development. The majority of Coccidioides transcription factors (TFs), depicted as triangles in the figure, show enhanced expression in spherules compared to hyphae. These TFs, along with RYP1 (green hexagon) and a second regulator whose motif is reported here, guide the expression of endospore-associated transcripts and secreted effectors, including proteases. RYP1 also controls a core regulon, that is, expressed in both spherules and hyphae via a canonical RYP1 motif. Finally, in arthroconidia, RYP1 impacts the transcriptome, but likely through indirect regulation of one or more additional key regulators.
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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · Apr 24
Tour de Force from former Madhani lab student and current Hanna Gray Awardee Christina Homer!
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 23
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
Top: Micrographs of fixed samples from each flask at the time of RNA harvest. Endospore release was first observed on day 3. Bottom: Schematic of Regulation of gene expression in Coccidioides development. The data uncover regulatory modules in Coccidioides development. The majority of Coccidioides transcription factors (TFs), depicted as triangles in the figure, show enhanced expression in spherules compared to hyphae. These TFs, along with RYP1 (green hexagon) and a second regulator whose motif is reported here, guide the expression of endospore-associated transcripts and secreted effectors, including proteases. RYP1 also controls a core regulon, that is, expressed in both spherules and hyphae via a canonical RYP1 motif. Finally, in arthroconidia, RYP1 impacts the transcriptome, but likely through indirect regulation of one or more additional key regulators.
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Christina Homer @christinahomer.bsky.social · Mar 12
So glad to see this superstar, Dr. Carolyn Sangokoya, @rnahelix.bsky.social recognized for her founding of WPSS, which has been a huge source of support in my career path!
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Mary Prahl, MD @mkprahl.bsky.social · Mar 11
The incredible @rnahelix.bsky.social Dr. Carolyn Sangokoya and the formation of the Women’s physician scientists supergroup has had an incredible impact on my career! Great to see her celebrated!

www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03...
Meet the UCSF Pathologist Focused on Supporting Women in Science
Carolyn, a UCSF pathology professor, founded a 100+ member women's physician-scientist group. It fosters collaboration and provides support to empower women across the university.
www.ucsf.edu
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Mary Prahl, MD @mkprahl.bsky.social · Mar 11
The incredible @rnahelix.bsky.social Dr. Carolyn Sangokoya and the formation of the Women’s physician scientists supergroup has had an incredible impact on my career! Great to see her celebrated!

www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03...
Meet the UCSF Pathologist Focused on Supporting Women in Science
Carolyn, a UCSF pathology professor, founded a 100+ member women's physician-scientist group. It fosters collaboration and provides support to empower women across the university.
www.ucsf.edu
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Mar 8
This International Women's Day, I'm thinking about how it wasn't required for NIH-sponsored trials to include women until 1993.
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Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD @fanny-elahi.bsky.social · Mar 8
📣This #InternationalWomensDay I'm spotlighting a women’s brain health initiative led by our lab, with postdocs Chloe Lopez Lee & Eirini Polychronaki @sinaibrain.bsky.social

We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Mar 8
This #InternationalWomensDay absolutely inspired by our panel @ucsfhealth.bsky.social as we continue holding the vision in academic science and medicine. we need all the ideas, science, and discoveries that come from trailblazing scientists +physician-scientists. #IWD2025 #StandUpForScience
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Mar 4
Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 at UCSF this week with a fabulous group of panelists Women in Science: Holding the Vision in Academic Science and Medicine March 7th 3pm PST shorturl.at/rVrdt
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Lauren M. Haack, PhD @laurenmhaackphd.bsky.social · Mar 8
Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩‍🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
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Northwest Noggin @nwnoggin.bsky.social · Mar 7
Awesome day in Salem 😍

#standupforscience #researchmatters #sciencematters #factsmatter 💚
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Stand Up For Science France @standupforscifr.bsky.social · Mar 7
#StandUpForScience En direct de la grotte Chauvet. Sous-terre mais debout !

Live from the Chauvet Cave, standing up for science even below ground !
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Anna Molofsky Lab @annamolofskylab.bsky.social · Mar 7
Agree! An honor to receive the Bowes award together with @kampmann.bsky.social - a testament to the incredible collaborations at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social that make our science possible!
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Martin Kampmann @kampmann.bsky.social · Mar 6
Honored and grateful to receive the 2025 Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award - along with my friend, colleague and collaborator @annamolofskylab.bsky.social
😊🎉🎉🎉

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How to Build Bold Thinking to Foster Scientific Breakthroughs
Martin Kampmann, PhD, and Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD, are the 2025 recipients of the Bowes Biomedical Investigator award, which supports scientists who take novel approaches and have the potentia...
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Tiffany Scharschmidt @scharschmidtlab.bsky.social · Mar 7
The Scharschmidt Lab #standupforscience2025 San Francisco!
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Eric Chow @eric-chow.bsky.social · Mar 8
Awesome turnout @standupforscience.bsky.social SF today! The Oregon Trail inspired sign was one of my favorite!
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Mar 8
Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Mar 3
Let's keep telling the story of the devastating impacts of funding and the fallout of ending USAID
Lives lost, livelihoods lost, compassion lost, kindness lost, solidarity and support lost.
Like HIV there is a "death" tracker telling the story of devastation to TB programs.
tb.impactcounter.com
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Mar 5
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 5
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️

Dr. Atul Gawande will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!

@agawande.bsky.social

More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Image of Atul Gawande, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.
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Dr Susan Johnson @susanjoh.bsky.social · Mar 5
Join us on Friday to hear @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social speak at @standupforscience.bsky.social in SF. Science is for Everyone.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Mar 5
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Mar 6
Join us tomorrow (Friday) at UC Berkeley's #StandupForScience from 12-1pm in upper Sproul. Defend science from federal funding cuts & politicization, and keep science as a tool for social & economic progress! #SUFSatCal #ScienceForAll #InclusiveSTEM

Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Mar 7
I am truly honored to be joining this fantastic group of individuals tomorrow, all of whom will join me at the Lincoln Memorial* in Washington DC to #StandUpForScience!
standupforscience2025.org/dc-rally/

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*Lincoln--the very first Republican President--created the National Academy of Sciences
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The American Association of Immunologists @aai.org · Mar 6
AAI encourages members and friends of #immunology to #StandUpforScience on March 7. Join the rally in Washington, D.C., or participate in the National Day of Action to uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people! standupforscience2025.org
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Tiffany Scharschmidt @scharschmidtlab.bsky.social · Mar 7
Getting ready! Where will you be tomorrow? @standupforscience.bsky.social
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Mar 4
Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 at UCSF this week with a fabulous group of panelists Women in Science: Holding the Vision in Academic Science and Medicine March 7th 3pm PST shorturl.at/rVrdt
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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · Feb 5
Join us Monday, Feb. 10 at 10am for Christina Theodoris
@TheodorisLab for the C3 talk "Transfer Learning to Enable Predictions in Network Biology" calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...
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Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Christina Theodoris, MD, PhD Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Francisco Talk title: Transfer Learning to Enable Predictions...
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Feb 4
congrats to WPSS members Mercedes Paredes and Betsy Crouch for recent awards from @CIRMnews -- stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/scienti...
Scientists Secure $10.3 Million CIRM Grant to Advance Stem-Cell Therapies for Neuropsychiatric Disorders
A team of researchers from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF and UCLA, along with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, has been awarded a $10.3 m...
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