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Daniah Beleford
@daniahbeleford.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Physiology & Membrane Biology and Pediatrics at UC Davis Health. Physician scientist, clinical geneticist, vascular biologist. Alum of Cornell, Mayo Clinic MSTP, UCSF. https://basicscience.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/beleford-lab/
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 8d
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Opportunities | Beleford Lab
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UC Davis Physiology @ucd-physiology.bsky.social · 19h
‼️ Job alert for postdocs in the lab of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @elisazhang.bsky.social! Exciting research ahead in #PMB!
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 20h
Happy to have started as an @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! Incredibly grateful for this opportunity and am excited for some very cool new directions! We are *HIRING*, especially postdocs! Please reach out if you’re interested in uterine and pregnancy biology. Please repost!
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 7d
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How to live to 117? Researchers find clues in the world’s oldest woman.
A new study offers clues about what made Maria Branyas Morera exceptional — and what it could mean for the rest of us.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 7d
RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases: The American Journal of Human Genetics www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases
RetiGene is an expert-curated atlas of genes involved in inherited retinal diseases, integrating variant data and gene expression. This open-access, continually updated resource aims to support varian...
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 7d
F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...
F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill
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UC Davis Physiology @ucd-physiology.bsky.social · 7d
It's #HispanicLatinoHeritageMonth! This year’s theme, “Collective Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future,” resonates with #PMB as we celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Hispanic and Latino scientists whose work continues to shape the future of physiological research!
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Nature Reviews Genetics @natrevgenet.nature.com · 8d
Free to read here: rdcu.be/efBjP
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 8d
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 8d
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UC Davis scientists pioneer stem cell gene therapy for Angelman syndrome
UC Davis Health researchers are testing a groundbreaking new therapy for the rare neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 8d
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Should the Autism Spectrum Be Split Apart?
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 9d
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These Patients Got the Cure. Then It Went Away.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 10d
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How to improve your health at any age, even after setbacks
New research finds that declining well-being is not inevitable as we age. Older adults can regain health, even after setbacks.
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NAVBO @navbo.bsky.social · Jul 23
#VascualarBiology2025
Annual Meeting of NAVBO and the Microcirculatory Society!!
Join us on Cape Cod in Massachusetts!
October 19-23, 2025
Conference Abstracts are due August 4, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET.
Visit the conference website for more,
Register, and/or to submit an abstract www.navbo.org/vb2025/
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 14d
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For decades, scientists puzzled over a genetic anomaly. They just solved it.
By examining “junk DNA,” scientists are finding clues to understanding human biology.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 15d
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First successful Huntington’s treatment slows disease progression in small study
The company behind the experimental treatment says it plans to submit its data seeking approval to U.S. regulators in the first quarter of next year.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 29d
I am so honored to be a part of this team. Thank you to the NIH for starting up their funding again. Please hang in there, fellow scientists!
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Dream team to develop in utero gene editing therapy for a rare neurological genetic disorder
Professor Aijun Wang won a $3.2 million NIH grant to develop a cure to Dup15q syndrome using an in-utero gene editing formula.
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Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 23d
Very proud to see the main thesis work of the intrepid Dr. Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh come out in @pnas.org today! In this paper, Mohammad assesses how crosstalk between insulin-secreting beta and somatostatin-secreting delta cells in the islet actually happens, in near real-time. A quick thread 1/10
a schematic of pancreatic beta and delta cells that explains how they turn glucose into activation and how these cell types signal to each other via gap junctions and G protein coupled receptors. The image has two stills of islet cells expressing fluorescent sensors for calcium and cAMP and of the same islet cells stained for the presence of the hormones insulin and somatostatin.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 17d
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Opinion | ‘The Power of Science to Solve Problems Is Almost Limitless’
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UC Davis Physiology @ucd-physiology.bsky.social · Sep 3
🎙️Tune in and explore the versatile nature of 14-3-3, a protein with numerous powerful roles in heart regulation.🫀

This intriguing podcast episode features work authored by Dr. Heather Spooner from #PMB’s Dixon Lab @roseedixon.bsky.social. Note: podcast utilizes AI

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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · Sep 1
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New York City News @newyorkcitynews.bsky.social · Aug 31
“West Indian Day Parade 2025 in NYC is shutting down Brooklyn streets. Here's the route map and more.” — CBS News

#NYCNews #Brooklyn #NYC
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UC Davis Physiology @ucd-physiology.bsky.social · Aug 29
Congratulations to Dr. Cyrrus Espino on a masterfully presented PhD exit seminar! His work on voltage-gated sodium channels in proprioception, with @doctheagrif.bsky.social, pushes the frontiers of neurophysiology research. Here’s to the next exciting stage!🚀 @mcipucd.bsky.social
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · Aug 29
Congratulations Dr. Espino and @doctheagrif.bsky.social!
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · Aug 26
My lab at UC Davis studies developmental malformations of arteries and veins. We are recruiting study participants with vascular malformations, including patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. If you are interested, see below! basicscience.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/beleford-lab...
Study Subject Recruitment | Beleford Lab
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UC Davis Physiology @ucd-physiology.bsky.social · Aug 13
‼️New paper and surgical procedure video from #PMB Zhang Lab. Congrats, Nathan Ng and @elisazhang.bsky.social ! @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · Aug 13
We’re happy to share that our methods paper and video on our mouse uterine injury surgical procedure is now out in JoVE! First paper of the lab! Congrats to first author Nathan Ng! review.jove.com/t/67977/mous...
Mouse Model of Surgical Uterine Injury and Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes | Protocol
Scientific Article | This protocol describes a procedure for inducing uterine injury in a mouse model, followed by downstream analyses during a subsequent...
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · Aug 10
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Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · Aug 4
Wishing one of my lab’s outstanding undergrads, Chad Xu, a productive semester abroad in his native China. #BelefordLab
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