Samira Musah
@stemcellengineer.bsky.social
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
#MusahLab
Alum @ Harvard, Wyss Institute, UW-Madison
musahlab.pratt.duke.edu
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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...
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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
Read the @science.org paper: bit.ly/3FBuHtr
Listen to the discussion: bit.ly/4kRfsMk
June 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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
Read the @science.org paper: bit.ly/3FBuHtr
Listen to the discussion: bit.ly/4kRfsMk
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!🎉
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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!🎉
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!😊
April 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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!😊
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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. 💔
March 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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. 💔
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.
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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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.
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Submit your application by Wednesday, February 19.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
Submit your application by Wednesday, February 19.
▶️ bit.ly/3Wg33qT
Gorgeous night sky from NC (here on earth:-)). Absolutely stunning — Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025
February 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Gorgeous night sky from NC (here on earth:-)). Absolutely stunning — Moon & Venus spectacle, Feb 1st, 2025
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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.
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.
January 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Samira Musah
Undergraduates - Join us for summer research at MIT!
December 20, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Undergraduates - Join us for summer research at MIT!
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
December 19, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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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“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.“
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
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
grants.nih.gov
December 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
“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.“
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I’m here ! It took a while! Still love all the same things 😎😁
December 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I’m here ! It took a while! Still love all the same things 😎😁
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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.
December 3, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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.
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
December 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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
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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...
Check out the radio interview here (article coming soon!)
Cancer survivorship: Navigating the disruptions to schooling www.npr.org/2024/12/05/n...
www.npr.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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...
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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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
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
December 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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
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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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...
rdcu.be
December 3, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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
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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
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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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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
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
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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
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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🎉 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
@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...
hbpa.hms.harvard.edu
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
🎉 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
@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
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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/...
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
November 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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/...
careers.chop.edu/us/en/event/...
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Working on a #StarterPack to collect researchers using human biology-based tools ( #organoids, #microphysiologicalsystems, other human-derived #invitro tools) + computational models & the orgs & accounts that promote non-animal science. Small so far, but I'm new here. Msg to add.
go.bsky.app/SVWGwgu
go.bsky.app/SVWGwgu
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Working on a #StarterPack to collect researchers using human biology-based tools ( #organoids, #microphysiologicalsystems, other human-derived #invitro tools) + computational models & the orgs & accounts that promote non-animal science. Small so far, but I'm new here. Msg to add.
go.bsky.app/SVWGwgu
go.bsky.app/SVWGwgu
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🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov