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Sarah Nersesian
@sarahnersesian.bsky.social
🔬Postdoc, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
#ovariancancer #nkcells #spatialbiology #bioinformatics #immunology
🎨 Scientific Illustrator, Creator of @designsthatcell.bsky.social
#scicomm #sciart
Mum 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇲
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Today, the world marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

This map offers a powerful visual comparison: it shows the vast areas once home to thriving Armenian communities and how that presence has now been drastically reduced.
April 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🚨 MILESTONE ALERT: Network publishes landmark paper in Cancer Cell! 🚨

The paper highlights the Network’s history, objectives and key accomplishments, underscoring how this unprecedented national collaboration is accelerating precision oncology!

More ▶️ bit.ly/4jemiKn
April 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Whenever I illustrate journal covers and feel confident, I’m reminded of the time I felt VERY confident then proceeded to lose the cover to a picture of a very old rock. #sciart
March 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.

They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.

When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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🚀 New investigators, this one’s for you! 🚀

Are you a new investigator (<5 years) with a research group? Think your work would make an amazing logo? We’re giving away a FREE branding package (valued up to $1,000 CAD) to one lucky research group!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell us about yourself and your research group!
Think your research could inspire an exciting logo? If it’s a great fit, you could win a free branding package (valued up to $1,000 CAD)! 📅 Apply by March 4th, 2025 🏆 Winner announced by March 7th, 20...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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We’ve always loved sky blue 🎨 👋. To say hello, we’re launching a FREE logo and branding package contest for new investigators (<5 years)! Follow us for contest details coming shortly!
February 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I officially deleted X! Follow me here for sporadic but semi-useful content about research ( #ovariancancer #bioinformatics #immunology #nkcells #singlecell #spatialbiology), my business (www.designsthatcell.ca #scicomm #sciart), and my very non-chaotic life as a mom of 2 under 4.
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January 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Early-career researchers describe to Nature Careers how they juggled workloads, emotions and finances after having children. #AcademicSky 🧪
PhD parents: the pros and cons of having a child during your doctorate
Early-career researchers describe how they juggled workloads, emotions and finances after having children.
go.nature.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Comparing Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptimics methods

CosMx vs MERFISH vs Xenium
1k vs 500 vs 339 plex

FFPE👤Lung/Mesothelium Tumor Microarray

CosMX▶️highest transcript counts/cell
Xenium▶️lowest FDR & highest cell segmentation precision

bioRxiv 2024
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Excited to share our atlas build&use guide, out @naturemethods today. Led by @KHrovatin & @SikkemaLisa w @MDLuecken, our review highlights best practices for building, sharing, and leveraging atlases to unlock new biological discoveries. 🌍@humancellatlas
nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02532-y
December 13, 2024 at 11:10 AM