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Samira Musah

@stemcellengineer.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor | Scientist, Bioengineer, Innovator, Co-founder | Stem cells, human disease and preclinical models, disease mechanisms and biomarkers, therapeutic discovery. #MusahLab Alum @ Harvard, Wyss Institute, UW-Madison musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excited to share this TEDx talk by #MusahLab undergrad researcher and recent Duke graduate, Sophia Leeman! She dives into our work using stem cells to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping to uncover disease mechanisms and new and safe therapeutics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iskr...

TEDx talk by an inspiring #MusahLab undergrad researcher and recent Duke BME & CS graduate, Sophia Leeman! She dives into some of our lab's work using stem cell derivatives to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping us uncover disease mechanisms and identify new and safe therapeutics.

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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · Jun 16

Drs. @oscarabilez.bsky.social, Huaxiao 'Adam' Yang, and a team in Dr. Joseph Wu's lab generated vascularized cardiac and hepatic #organoids!

Read the @science.org paper: bit.ly/3FBuHtr
Listen to the discussion: bit.ly/4kRfsMk

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · May 3

Thrilled to announce the 4th successful PhD dissertation defense from the #MusahLab! Dr. Yasmin Roye’s work advanced patient-specific disease modeling, uncovered mechanisms of diabetic podocytopathies and revealed new therapeutic avenues. Congratulations on a remarkable scientific growth, Dr. Roye!🎉

Announcing the 4th successful PhD dissertation defense from the Musah Lab at Duke University, by PhD student Yasmin Roye. Lab website: https://musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Apr 20

So excited to grow Sweet William for the first time. This beauty bloomed in my amateur garden, all thanks to catching the gardening bug from an amazing faculty colleague and friend!😊

Photo showing a beautiful first bloom of Sweet William from a very excited amateur gardener, Samira Musah:-)

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · Mar 12

Wondering if your PO, SRO, or other NIH official is still at NIH? Tara pointed out this useful search tool. Unfortunately my MIRA PO, who just took over this portfolio in December, is no longer listed. 💔

Tara Fischer @tarafisch.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check ned.nih.gov/search/

NIH Enterprise Directory (NED) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Mar 7

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A science themed flag that reads “Science, it’s like magic but real”

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Receiving grant and program cancellation notices from federal & private agencies without clear justification is disheartening, but seeing talented trainees lose job and fellowship opportunities—and their confidence in the system—is devastating. This is not how science and society should be.

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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · Jan 31

Advance your research career through the Neuroscience Scholars Program. Receive dedicated funding, professional development support, and access to a network of leading scientists committed to advancing neuroscience trainees.

Submit your application by Wednesday, February 19.

▶️ bit.ly/3Wg33qT

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Feb 3

www.statnews.com/2025/02/02/n...

National Science Foundation restores payments after five-day pause, but worries over science funding persist

The NSF said on Sunday that its payment system was back on line, after it froze out researchers and sparked financial worries.

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Feb 2

Gorgeous night sky from NC (here on earth:-)). Absolutely stunning — Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025

The Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · Jan 6

Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊

Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).

You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.

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Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. @rjgilliard.bsky.social · Dec 20

Undergraduates - Join us for summer research at MIT!

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Dec 19

Final #MusahLab publication of 2024 is here, open access! We explore epigenetics in hypertensive nephropathy, a major contributor to kidney disease & rising healthcare cost. Congratulations to PhD students/coauthors Yize Zhang, Hamidreza Arzaghi, Zhehan Ma, & Yasmin Roye! tiny.cc/epigenHN

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Dec 18

“NIH reiterates that compliance with the Policy does not require the payment of an open access fee to a journal…free pathway to compliance can be achieved by depositing the Author Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central for public availability upon the Official Date of Publication without embargo.“

Prachee Avasthi @pracheeac.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hot off the presses today is the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy. I read it so you don’t have t…Just kidding. You should still read it in full if you do NIH funded research.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Some highlights in the thread below

NOT-OD-25-047: 2024 NIH Public Access Policy

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: 2024 NIH Public Access Policy NOT-OD-25-047. OD

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Antentor “AJ” Hinton Jr @phdgprotein86.bsky.social · Dec 15

I’m here ! It took a while! Still love all the same things 😎😁

Reconstruction of mitochondria from
Confocal imaging of human cells

Mitotracker staining (orange) and nucleus (green) in Hela cells

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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Dec 3

One of the most surprising lessons for me during my 30 years of doing science is how it's essentially impossible predict what major scientific breakthroughs will emerge or where they will emerge from. But the way we fund science is mostly based on the assumption that we can make such predictions.

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Dec 8

Big congratulations to Dr. Xingrui Mou on defending his PhD and becoming the 3rd PhD grad from #MusahLab! 🎉 His work on engineering vascularized #microfluidic #OrgansOnChips & disease modeling is remarkable. His next stop: Postdoc at #NYSCF! Check out his research publications: tinyurl.com/MusahLab

Dr. Xingrui Mou is being celebrated by the Musah Lab at Duke University for his successful PhD thesis defense and becoming the 3rd graduate student from the Musah Lab to achieve this milestone. He is pictured with a huge smile while holding a mug with the text 'Dr. Mou" on it. Members of the Musah Lab research group are also pictured as they celebrate Xingrui for his successful work on engineering biomaterials and microfluidic organ chip devices for tissue engineering and disease modeling.

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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · Dec 6

Such a privilege to speak with Yuki Noguchi & @npr.org about my experience as a cancer patient and now cancer researcher. #CCIL #UIllinois 🧪

Check out the radio interview here (article coming soon!)

Cancer survivorship: Navigating the disruptions to schooling www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...

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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · Dec 5

Today we report in 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 a systematic approach to generate neural #organoids resembling various domains of the neural axis
Neal Amin & @kevinkelley.bsky.social developed a multiplexed morphogen screen to generate #organoids that mapped to almost 2/3 of the clusters in the 1st trimester CNS

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Giorgia Quadrato @giorgiaquadrato.bsky.social · Dec 3

We're excited to share our comprehensive protocol for generating human cerebellar #organoids, addressing the many requests we've received from the scientific community! Congratulations to Alex Atamian, @marcellabirtele.bsky.social, and Negar Hosseini! rdcu.be/d13Zu @natureportfolio.bsky.social

Generation and long-term culture of human cerebellar organoids from pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols - Generation and long-term culture of a human pluripotent stem cell-derived human cerebellar organoid model, which successfully replicates the cellular diversity of the fetal...

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Rahul K @theresearch.bsky.social · Nov 11

I’d like to invite everyone working on engineering living materials to share this starter pack. Please drop me a message or leave a comment if you like to join the #ELMs community. go.bsky.app/RinsDZh

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Nov 30

Weekend update!

NephSky up to pack 5!

5th pack go.bsky.app/JJ4h8su

4th pack: go.bsky.app/YeuH82
3rd pack: go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4
2nd pack go.bsky.app/N27Kzri
1st pack: go.bsky.app/H4td28C

+ PedNeph pack from @kidneywiki.bsky.social
and many more

Reply or DM with what I have missed

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Nov 28

Great list. Thank you!
I’d appreciate it if you could add me. My lab (link below) explores ECM development and remodeling in stem cell differentiation, health, disease, and injury repair. Thank you!

musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

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HMS Postdoctoral Association @hmsbpa.bsky.social · Nov 27

🎉 This season, we are grateful to
@BlueprintMeds, @bostonchildrens.bsky.social, @PathfinderDFHCC, @harvardmed.bsky.social &
@broadinstitute.org for their continuous support on our HBPA Annual Symp. on Dec 13th 🗓️
🔗 Details & Register: hbpa.hms.harvard.edu/events/hbpa-...
#HBPA2024 #Gratitude

HBPA 4th Annual Symposium — Harvard Black Postdoc Association

Join Us for the 4th HBPA Annual Symposium and Networking Mixer! Kick off the event with the HBPA Annual Symposium Networking Mixer on Thursday evening, December 12, 2024 . This exciting evening i...

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hello and thank you for putting this together! I’d appreciate it if you could add me to the list. My lab studies mechanotransduction in stem cell differentiation, human disease progression, and injury repair. Thank you!
More about our research: musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

Musah Lab

Welcome to the Musah Lab!

musahlab.pratt.duke.edu

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Impact Talks @ Duke BME @impacttalks.bsky.social · Nov 26

Recruitment Summit for PhD students (within 1 yr of graduating) & Postdoctoral Fellows (within 1-2 yrs of receiving doctoral degree). Meet dedicated faculty recruiting postdocs to work in cutting-edge research labs at CHOP and UPenn. 🧪🔬🧬
careers.chop.edu/us/en/event/...

Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. null at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

careers.chop.edu

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