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Raquel Espin
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Decoding blood development
Stunning Northern Lights tonight from our house
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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This year at #ISEH2025 we celebrated the 2025 Donald Metcalf Awardee, Constanze Bonifer. Who's next? The 13 November deadline to submit a Scientific Award nomination is approaching! Check out iseh.org/About/Awards for more details.
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sometimes we forget that it is important to have FUN, even in challenging times.

Grateful to have an amazing team representing 6 countries 🇬🇭 🇪🇸 🇱🇰 🇧🇩 🇻🇳 🇺🇸 pushing research, but also enjoying our Espin-Campbell lab barbecue!
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Check out our new paper! GABA produced by multiple bone marrow cell types regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells: Stem Cell Reports www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
GABA produced by multiple bone marrow cell types regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
Tamplin and colleagues functionally test production of GABA metabolite in the bone marrow microenvironment as a regulator of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Conditional deletion of GAD enzyme...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Abstracts & scholarship apps for #KSHemato26 are due Oct 29—but @beaudinlab.bsky.social explains why you should submit early! 🎥 youtu.be/FcO6D87EC_Q

Join us Feb 23–26, 2026 in Keystone, CO 👉 keysym.us/KSHemato26

@bloodgenes.bsky.social #hematopoiesis #bonemarrow #hematopoieticstemcells
KSQA: Dr. Anna Beaudin (Hematopoiesis)
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Are you a PI who just set up your lab or wants a more efficient daily flow? @isehsociety.bsky.social Junior Faculty Committee (and more) share in #ExpHem to help you build a transparent and functional lab culture. See how a Lab Handbook can benefit you. @nickvangastel.bsky.social bit.ly/3KBFvcQ
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congratulations to the Doulatov lab! 🎉🎉🎉 Great story and scientific resource. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this study
New in Stem Cell Reports🥳🎉: we chart the endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition from iPSCs. Persistent endothelial programs & FGF23 signaling limit HSPC output—blocking FGF boosts blood stem cell generation. Read more 👉 lnkd.in/gZAzeiEb
September 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Stoked to have Maura McGrail @mcgraillab.bsky.social, Iowa State University, at #ZDM18. Don’t miss her talk “Modeling neural development and disease with Cre/lox cell type-specific knockout” in the Technological Advances and Drug Discovery session on Oct 15th at 9:00 AM. #ZDMSociety #zdmsECI
September 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One of my favorite societies. Great #science, amazing #hematopoietic community and resources. Check it out!
The ISEH just launched a brand new website! Check it out and join our society today to network with your colleagues and keep abreast of the latest advances in basic and translational experimental hematology research!

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September 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Had a wonderful visit to Iowa State Univ. for the GDCB seminar! Huge thanks to Raquel @espinlab.bsky.social & Clyde @clydecampbell-lab.bsky.social for the warm hosting. Loved exploring stem cell metabolism collaborations with ISU faculty & trainees—plus Iowa’s sweet corn! @einsteinmededu.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are very excited for your visit to #ISU, Keisuke!
So excited to speak at Iowa State University for the GDCB Seminar Series on Sept 9! Huge thanks to Raquel (@espinlab.bsky.social) & Clyde for the kind invite—can’t wait for the in-person visit! @einsteinmededu.bsky.social
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September 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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[Job]
Research Intern for Cell and Regenerative Biology, Tamplin Lab, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

#zebrafish
Research Intern for Cell and Regenerative Biology, Tamplin Lab, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - Jobs - Confluence
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August 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@eirinipapapetrou.bsky.social from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is looking most forward to the iPSC-derived Hematopoiesis Symposium that is being organized the day before #ISEH2025 🏯 begins. Learn more about this event and register! sites.google.com/view/2025ips...
August 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Looking forward to this #ISEH webinar by two amazing women in the field
Tomorrow - Join the NIC for the Human HSC Ontogeny webinar with speakers Hanna Mikkola and Elizabeth Ng. View the webinar details and register on www.iseh.org/ISEHWebinars
August 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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#zebrafish genome update, our T2T assembly of the inbred strain of AB (M-AB) generated by my buddy Nori Sakai has now been released at NCBI and will be a second reference genome for zebrafish (GRCz12ab):
JBQAYU000000000.1 Danio rerio :: NCBI
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August 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Don’t forget the American Society of Hematology!!! We have several!!!!!! Www.hematology.org/awards
ASH Awards
ASH provides many awards and programs to support hematologists in all stages of their careers and to honor those who have helped to advance the field of hematology.
Www.hematology.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🚨 There is ONE WEEK left to submit a late-breaking abstract for #ISEH2025 🏯! Submit your research by 28 July for a chance at a short talk or poster presentation. www.iseh.org/2025abstracts
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Myeloid Workshop is back in ASH! Please contact the organizers if you have an exciting story that will not be out by December they are: Zuzana Tothova ,
@ernstlaboratory.bsky.social
@steidluli.bsky.social
@ericpietras.bsky.social
@kathrinbernt.bsky.social
@gritsmanlab.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#IZFC2025 #zebrafish #DANIO-CODE data coordination centre is back online. Note changed address: danio-code-dcc.genereg.net
DANIO-CODE DCC
This Data Coordination Center allows DANIO-CODE consortium members to submit and view their data sets annotated with standard metadata nomenclatures.
danio-code-dcc.genereg.net
July 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Beautiful tribute to Dr. James Till by Dr. Norman Iscove. Truly honored to serve as editor for this legacy in @isehsociety.bsky.social, as a proud scientific descendant of Dr. McCulloch. Tx to Norman for insights into the early HSC era & Jim’s pivotal role. bit.ly/45NPeWb @einsteinmededu.bsky.social
Remembering James Till, 1931-2025
It has been 64 years since the publication of the classic 1961 Till & McCulloch paper that described spleen colonies in lethally irradiated mice following a bone marrow transplant [1]. On May 18, 2024...
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June 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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My Bioinformatics Bootcamp turned blog! Enjoy this collection of free #zebrafish resources, now posted on @the-node.bsky.social. While not comprehensive, it gives an assortment of cools tools available to researchers. Feedback would be appreciated! thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
May 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Enjoyed watching this great perspective and advice from Len Zon!
How do you find your research identity? This week on #SimplyBlood🩸 @annes23.bsky.social turns to Leonard Zon and Li Li as they share how mentorship, unique expertise, and a passion for science shaped their paths. www.simplyblood.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you #ISEH @macnamaralab.bsky.social for featuring the Espin lab at Lab Spotlight! 🩸 🐠

It was so much fun to participate!
This week on #SimplyBlood 🩸 we're featuring the @espinlab.bsky.social out of Iowa State University. Read more about their exciting research, biggest accomplishments, and the key to running a successful lab ➡️ www.simplyblood.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Beautiful work by our colleagues here at #ISU and collaborators
Our DyDy zebrafish hand2-cre and hand2-creERT2 KI paper is online!
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Beautiful work Zhitao Ming and Dr. Fang Liu, fantastic collaborators Christian Mosimann, Chunyue Yin and Saulius Sumanas.

Ready to ship - email requests to mmcgrail@iastate.edu
Lineage labeling with zebrafish hand2 Cre and CreERT2 recombinase CRISPR knock‐ins
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March 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM