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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations! Impressive work!

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 3d

Very nice 👍👏

Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 5d

👏 very important paper

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International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) @ishlt.bsky.social · 8d

Ensure #ISHLT2026 will be next level. ▶️ Submit your science in the treatment of advanced #heart and #lung disease, #transplantation, #MCS, and #PVD by 📆 14 October: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dLYGdn

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 9d

We are looking for an enthusiastic MD or PhD to work on a postdoc project on the molecular mechanisms underlying human hibernating myocardium and ischemic cardiomyopathy. If interested send me an email! #heart #cardiomyopathy #sarcomere

14 postdoctoral fellowships to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme

employment.ku.dk

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 11d

The Danish system NEM ID is actually working and very efficient! However DK is far smaller than UK…

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 12d

Fully agreed- diversity is key

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Robert Seaborne @robertseaborne.bsky.social · 13d

🚨Hiring a 2yr postdoc in the lab work on muscle biology, genomics & ALS. Expertise in the above advantageous, but work ethic, desire to learn/develop and being a good scientist/person more important

Good collab with @droch.bsky.social so travel to CPH involved as well

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126245-...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Muscle Biology and Genomics | King's College London

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 13d

Drugs targeting muscle mass seem to be trendy at the minute (but a lot of them are unfortunately left along the way)

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 13d

This trial has been stopped for strategic business reasons

Eli Lilly halts trial testing experimental muscle-preserving drug with Zepbound

Eli Lilly has halted a study of an experimental drug, designed to prevent obesity patients from losing too much muscle, due to strategic business reasons, according to a U.S. registry of clinical trials.

www.reuters.com

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · 13d

Postdoc opportunity in muscle cell biology! You would not only be involved in an ambitious project but would also help develop cutting edge methods! Highly recommended! @robertseaborne.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Muscle Biology and Genomics | King's College London

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · Sep 4

UAB and Children's of AL is looking for a new Division Director of Pediatric Neurology (come be one of my bosses!). We are consistently in the top 30 nationwide in Pediatric Neurology and have excellent subspecialties in: Epilepsy, Autism, and NMDs. Apply: tinyurl.com/y8d8duve

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Brian Umberger @brianumberger.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please repost!

We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky

Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA - Biomch-L

The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...

biomch-l.isbweb.org

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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Such a great city for science and culture 🇨🇦💕

Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · Aug 28

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Please repost!

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · Aug 15

👍 Wonder what the rest of the presentation could be!

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Robert Seaborne @robertseaborne.bsky.social · Aug 13

Very happy to have been awarded a NIRG from the MRC. Stay tuned for some exciting (I think, but being biased) postdoc positions within our lab!

King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine @kingslsm.bsky.social · Aug 13

Congratulations to Dr Robert Seaborne @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social who has been awarded a New Investigator Grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC), which will support his work on understanding the role of skeletal muscle in motor neurone disease.
Read more ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-robe...

Photo of Dr Robert Seaborne with quote: "The support from the MRC will allow our lab to apply novel methodologies that we have developed over the last ~5 years, to study motor neurone disease from a muscle perspective, giving us a greater opportunity to provide novel insights into the disease."

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · Aug 8

What is the proportion of HFrEF and HFpEF patients with CKD? #cardiosky

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · Jul 29

Application submitted to @novo-nordisk.bsky.social - 🤞 - on to next one now!

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

ki.se

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Katsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · Jul 21

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share! @uofunuip.bsky.social

Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah | 674355

The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

jobs.sciencecareers.org

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Jan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · Jul 10

Impressive work 👏 congratulations

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Frank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · Jul 10

SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Julien Ochala @droch.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our department @ucph.bsky.social is looking for a new faculty member! This is a nice environment for an ambitious PI with a research focus on cardiovascular system, metabolism and/or drug discovery! Happy to answer questions if you are interested!

164414 Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

jobportal.ku.dk

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The Journal of Physiology @jphysiol.bsky.social · Jul 2

Damien M. Callahan presents this #TranslationalPerspective on the work of Laitila et al. linking altered structure and post-translational modification of Troponin T to dystonia in nemaline myopathies💭 ✍️

🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

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