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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Jul 25

So proud of my amazing undergrads, who presented their summer research in the lab at UAB summer research expo! Big shoutout to our AHA SURE scholar Ashlyn! 🥼🔬

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · May 21

Super excited to have (e-)presented our work as an invited talk in “ A Blueprint of Complex 3D Brain Architectures” symposium at TERMIS-EU 2025
@eutermis.bsky.social in Germany! Huge thanks to the organizers for the invite! @uabneuro.bsky.social

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Apr 25

End of semester lab social with this amazing bunch ❤️!! This semester was nothing short of a whirlwind but I’m so grateful for this group and so proud of all of their achievements! #weescaped

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · Apr 1

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement

Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

www.nature.com

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Jan 1

New brain aging study is out today in Nature

The largest single-cell RNA seq dataset of mouse brain aging reveals incredible insights and could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the impacts of the aging process. 🧵 #studyBRAIN

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 26

I’m so sorry!! 😞

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congratulations!! 🎉

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 12

My favorite #newPI thing is bragging on my trainees and I’m grateful to have so many opportunities to do so! Not only did Chiara present her amazing work at the Fall Expo, she WON the BEST POSTER for her first ever presentation!

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Tatiana Segura @seguralab.bsky.social · Dec 8

New publication ⚠️This study was led by the✨Dr. Alexa Anderson✨, who graduated with her PhD back in 2023. Here she investigated the process of vasculogenesis (not sprouting angiogenesis) in #MAPgel. She did a very comprehensive an amazing job! 🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Engineering the Microstructure and Spatial Bioactivity of MAP Scaffolds Instructs Vasculogenesis In Vitro and Modifies Vessel Formation In Vivo

Both the microstructure and the spatial presentation of bioactive cues are tunable properties in microporous annealed particle (MAP) scaffolds responsible for guiding cell responses. When optimized, ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 7

What?!?! 🤯

juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 5

Such a proud #newPI moment!! Our ✨undergrad Chiara presented lab’s first published manuscript at UAB Fall expo! This was her first shared first-authored manuscript!

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 3

Gave this a try and it did not disappoint! The glycan 👸🏽it is!!

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 1

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Tatiana Segura @seguralab.bsky.social · Dec 1

This was such a #proudPI moment! It is truly an honor to be part of @juhisamal.bsky.social 's mentoring team. It's the best to see great people become great PIs. It's not enough to be a great scientist.

juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 30

Couldn’t possibly overstate the role of my postdoc mentor Tatiana @seguralab.bsky.social in my academic career! She’s a forever champion of her trainees and everything I want to be for my mentees! Also the hugs are stellar! 😂 Exhibit A (signing my faculty job offer letter) here was followed by one!💕

juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Dec 1

That looks warmer than India currently and I’m not ready to come back to this weather in December 😂 it’s very pretty though!

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 30

Couldn’t possibly overstate the role of my postdoc mentor Tatiana @seguralab.bsky.social in my academic career! She’s a forever champion of her trainees and everything I want to be for my mentees! Also the hugs are stellar! 😂 Exhibit A (signing my faculty job offer letter) here was followed by one!💕

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 30

😂😂 I feel very conflicted about this as an engineer by training! I would’ve said the same thing though

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 30

Post a photo of yourself from a different era - my 'rocking the bangs' days 🫣Look at the newbie in her first month of grad school! Still a huge fan of retro-chic though 😆

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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · Nov 29

A @science.org First Release:

@tommyz626.bsky.social, Wei Zhou, @junyuecao.bsky.social & colleagues present #PanSci, a #SingleCell #atlas profiling >20 million cells from 623 #mouse tissues across various #ages & #genotypes w/ a focus on regulatory roles of #ImmuneSystem on #aging !

A panoramic view of cell population dynamics in mammalian aging

To elucidate aging-associated cellular population dynamics, we present PanSci, a single-cell transcriptome atlas profiling over 20 million cells from 623 mouse tissues across different life stages, se...

www.science.org

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 29

What?!!!!! Wow 🤯

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 28

Ah, the cocktail pics definitely make the transition from X easier 😆🤓

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 26

A perfect T-shirt doesn’t ….. (next purchase loading!!) 😎👩🏽‍🔬

Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Nov 24

Rocking my new Tshirt!

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 25

This is a VERY strong tenure case! Just saying 🤤😆

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Tara Deans @genegirl007.bsky.social · Nov 25

Here's a great opportunity for undergrads to apply for a summer internship at the NIH! Applications are due Jan. 8th. Follow link for more details and to apply:
www.nibib.nih.gov/labs-at-nibi...

Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringLock

The NIBIB-sponsored Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) is an in-person, 10-week program for undergraduate students who wish to engage in cutting-edge biomedical engineering resea...

www.nibib.nih.gov

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 24

One of my favorite parts of this semester was being nominated for junior female faculty leadership program at UAB Medicine! It was an amazing opportunity to develop our leadership skills but more importantly, finding this community of badass medicine faculty at UAB was invaluable! #SAILgraduate2024

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juhisamal.bsky.social @juhisamal.bsky.social · Nov 24

Yes please!

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