Jim Morrissey
@jhmorrissey.bsky.social
Professor at University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. My lab does NIH-funded research on the biochemistry of blood clotting, with relevance to bleeding disorders and thrombosis.
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Jim Morrissey
@jhmorrissey.bsky.social
· Nov 12
In support of World Thrombosis Day, I thought I'd share an "essay" my daughter wrote for me back when she was 9 years old. #WorldThrombosisDay (A repost from a while ago)
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Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
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September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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I'm delighted that my latest novel, THEA, is a finalist for the 2025 Page Turner Awards!
THEA is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s. Check it out!
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#PageTurnerAwards
THEA is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s. Check it out!
alsoby.me/r/amazon/B0F...
#PageTurnerAwards
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm delighted that my latest novel, THEA, is a finalist for the 2025 Page Turner Awards!
THEA is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s. Check it out!
alsoby.me/r/amazon/B0F...
#PageTurnerAwards
THEA is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s. Check it out!
alsoby.me/r/amazon/B0F...
#PageTurnerAwards
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All three novels in my Antlands series are currently on sale for 99 cents each at the US Amazon store – now through July 17!
www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGVLF28
www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGVLF28
July 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
All three novels in my Antlands series are currently on sale for 99 cents each at the US Amazon store – now through July 17!
www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGVLF28
www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGVLF28
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My conversation with Verena in episode 119 of her podcast, "Sunday Tea with V," is now live. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with her about writing my two historical novels, Marriage & Hanging, and Thea!
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Episode 119: Sunday Tea with V and Genevieve Morrissey
Sunday Tea With V at the Hystery Chronicles Podcast · Episode
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June 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My conversation with Verena in episode 119 of her podcast, "Sunday Tea with V," is now live. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with her about writing my two historical novels, Marriage & Hanging, and Thea!
open.spotify.com/episode/1kQF...
open.spotify.com/episode/1kQF...
Thanks for the kind words about this work. Josepha did a great job with her presentation — and with this project!
Elegant study to study TF/FVII/FX structures on nanodisks with higher CryoEM resolution to propose a mechanism for TF encryption/decryption by Josepha Sedzro @jhmorrissey.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thanks for the kind words about this work. Josepha did a great job with her presentation — and with this project!
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Genevieve Morrissey is the #author of the Antlands Sci-fi series.
"Antlands" #dystopia
"Annasland" #geneticengineering
"Farlands" #scifi
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#amreading @glmorrissey.bsky.social #bookboost #goodreads #iartg #ian1
"Antlands" #dystopia
"Annasland" #geneticengineering
"Farlands" #scifi
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#amreading @glmorrissey.bsky.social #bookboost #goodreads #iartg #ian1
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Genevieve Morrissey is the #author of the Antlands Sci-fi series.
"Antlands" #dystopia
"Annasland" #geneticengineering
"Farlands" #scifi
www.independentauthornetwork.com/-genevieve-m...
#amreading @glmorrissey.bsky.social #bookboost #goodreads #iartg #ian1
"Antlands" #dystopia
"Annasland" #geneticengineering
"Farlands" #scifi
www.independentauthornetwork.com/-genevieve-m...
#amreading @glmorrissey.bsky.social #bookboost #goodreads #iartg #ian1
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Hello #hemesky folks! #ISTH2025 is coming up fast, so show me your abstracts! I'm planning my schedule now, tell me where to learn about your work. @shematologist.medsky.social @dianvanderwaldr.bsky.social @samelsonjones.bsky.social @jhmorrissey.bsky.social I think I saw your names in the program. 👀
June 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Hello #hemesky folks! #ISTH2025 is coming up fast, so show me your abstracts! I'm planning my schedule now, tell me where to learn about your work. @shematologist.medsky.social @dianvanderwaldr.bsky.social @samelsonjones.bsky.social @jhmorrissey.bsky.social I think I saw your names in the program. 👀
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I'm thrilled that the cover of my coming-of-age novel, Thea, is featured in this issue of Cover Crush by @booklife.bsky.social!
Mark Thomas of @coverness.bsky.social did an amazing job with this cover!
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Mark Thomas of @coverness.bsky.social did an amazing job with this cover!
booklife.com/create/art-d...
Cover Crush: Behind the Designs
Go behind the scenes with indie authors and designers as they reveal the creative choices that bring book covers—and stories—to life.
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June 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm thrilled that the cover of my coming-of-age novel, Thea, is featured in this issue of Cover Crush by @booklife.bsky.social!
Mark Thomas of @coverness.bsky.social did an amazing job with this cover!
booklife.com/create/art-d...
Mark Thomas of @coverness.bsky.social did an amazing job with this cover!
booklife.com/create/art-d...
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BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.
June 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.
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My coming-of-age historical novel, Thea, is on sale for only 99p in the UK Amazon store through June 1. (And it's always free to read on Kindle Unlimited.)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F29K5GD8
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F29K5GD8
May 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My coming-of-age historical novel, Thea, is on sale for only 99p in the UK Amazon store through June 1. (And it's always free to read on Kindle Unlimited.)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F29K5GD8
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F29K5GD8
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My latest historical novel, Thea, is on sale for $0.99 (now through May 19 at Amazon in the US)!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
May 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My latest historical novel, Thea, is on sale for $0.99 (now through May 19 at Amazon in the US)!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
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I’m delighted that my latest novel, Thea, got an “Editor’s Pick” review from @booklife.bsky.social!
booklife.com/project/thea...
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Thea by Genevieve Morrissey | BookLife
Oklahoma City, 1925Fifteen-year-old Thea Carter lives in a small garage apartment—Thea’s seventh “home” in four years—provided by her alcoholic mother’s employer, t...
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May 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m delighted that my latest novel, Thea, got an “Editor’s Pick” review from @booklife.bsky.social!
booklife.com/project/thea...
booklife.com/project/thea...
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April 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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On Goodreads, I'm giving away 100 Kindle copies of my latest novel, Thea!
Sign-up ends April 16. Here's the link:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Sign-up ends April 16. Here's the link:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
March 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
On Goodreads, I'm giving away 100 Kindle copies of my latest novel, Thea!
Sign-up ends April 16. Here's the link:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Sign-up ends April 16. Here's the link:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
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I'm excited that my latest novel, Thea, is available for pre-order on Amazon. It comes out on April 14!
Thea is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in 1925.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
Thea is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in 1925.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
March 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm excited that my latest novel, Thea, is available for pre-order on Amazon. It comes out on April 14!
Thea is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in 1925.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
Thea is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in 1925.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
Outstanding choices — congrats to both recipients!!!!
Exciting news! 🎉We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Mentor Awards: Denisa Wagner & Robert Medcalf. These awards honor mentors who go above and beyond to inspire, guide & empower early career professionals in thrombosis & hemostasis.
Learn more: bit.ly/41FIZQz
Learn more: bit.ly/41FIZQz
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Outstanding choices — congrats to both recipients!!!!
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“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
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March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
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Also, we are looking to recruit a new postdoc asap to a funded position in our lab in Dublin. Please check out our lab website prestonlab.ie for what we do, and get in touch if interested.
Preston Labs
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March 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Also, we are looking to recruit a new postdoc asap to a funded position in our lab in Dublin. Please check out our lab website prestonlab.ie for what we do, and get in touch if interested.
We’ve extended the early (reduced-price) registration deadline for PolyP-2025, the conference on polyphosphate biology, until April 30!!
Please spread the word about this conference. We have a great lineup of speakers on this emerging field!
polyp2025.org/registration/
Please spread the word about this conference. We have a great lineup of speakers on this emerging field!
polyp2025.org/registration/
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We’ve extended the early (reduced-price) registration deadline for PolyP-2025, the conference on polyphosphate biology, until April 30!!
Please spread the word about this conference. We have a great lineup of speakers on this emerging field!
polyp2025.org/registration/
Please spread the word about this conference. We have a great lineup of speakers on this emerging field!
polyp2025.org/registration/
Very cool to see the cover of Blood Advances featuring our simulation of the enzyme that triggers blood clotting (tissue factor/factor VIIa), assembled on a membrane surface and bound to its favored substrate, factor X. Great collaboration with Emad Tajkhorshid’s group at Univ. of Illinois!
🚨New Blood Advances issue out now featuring Inside Blood Advances:
How donor age affects RBC deformability in storage
Testicular follicular lymphoma: let me count the ways
The transplant debate: defining innovation for sickle cell https://buff.ly/435x7JN #bloodjournals
How donor age affects RBC deformability in storage
Testicular follicular lymphoma: let me count the ways
The transplant debate: defining innovation for sickle cell https://buff.ly/435x7JN #bloodjournals
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very cool to see the cover of Blood Advances featuring our simulation of the enzyme that triggers blood clotting (tissue factor/factor VIIa), assembled on a membrane surface and bound to its favored substrate, factor X. Great collaboration with Emad Tajkhorshid’s group at Univ. of Illinois!
Sad, sad news that a dear colleague, Naomi Esmon passed away.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Sad, sad news that a dear colleague, Naomi Esmon passed away.
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Abstract deadline coming soon! -- March 1 for oral presentations; April 1 for poster-only.
PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus.
Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus.
Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Abstract deadline coming soon! -- March 1 for oral presentations; April 1 for poster-only.
PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus.
Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus.
Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
Eric Mullins is here at UMich giving a stimulating talk on the role of fibrin(ogen) and fibrinolysis in neuroinflammation.
@ericsmullins.bsky.social
@ericsmullins.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Eric Mullins is here at UMich giving a stimulating talk on the role of fibrin(ogen) and fibrinolysis in neuroinflammation.
@ericsmullins.bsky.social
@ericsmullins.bsky.social
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How about some inspiring weekend listening to the @isth.org Pulse Podcast?
Enjoy the latest episode w/guests @aswolberg.bsky.social and @kmachlus.bsky.social who discuss with host @gbarnesmd.bsky.social how to go from being a mentee to becoming a mentor and collaborator.
Tune in: buff.ly/42VSVHK
Enjoy the latest episode w/guests @aswolberg.bsky.social and @kmachlus.bsky.social who discuss with host @gbarnesmd.bsky.social how to go from being a mentee to becoming a mentor and collaborator.
Tune in: buff.ly/42VSVHK
February 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
How about some inspiring weekend listening to the @isth.org Pulse Podcast?
Enjoy the latest episode w/guests @aswolberg.bsky.social and @kmachlus.bsky.social who discuss with host @gbarnesmd.bsky.social how to go from being a mentee to becoming a mentor and collaborator.
Tune in: buff.ly/42VSVHK
Enjoy the latest episode w/guests @aswolberg.bsky.social and @kmachlus.bsky.social who discuss with host @gbarnesmd.bsky.social how to go from being a mentee to becoming a mentor and collaborator.
Tune in: buff.ly/42VSVHK