Samar Rizvi
@szrizvi.bsky.social
MSc, HBSc @uoft 🔬🥼 | passionate about the brain and CRISPR 🧠🧬 | intersecting with the fields of muscle mechanics, physiology, circadian biology, materials science, and cardiovascular sciences 💪🏽⚛️🫀 | Avid science pun-maker 🧪🧫
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Happy Halloween!
As the air turns crisp and October casts its spell, this month's Halloween-themed publication review "tWitches, Skeletal Muscles and Ghost Fibers" conjures up a cauldron of compelling discovery.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/twitches-skeletal-muscles-and-ghost-fibers/
As the air turns crisp and October casts its spell, this month's Halloween-themed publication review "tWitches, Skeletal Muscles and Ghost Fibers" conjures up a cauldron of compelling discovery.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/twitches-skeletal-muscles-and-ghost-fibers/
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Halloween!
As the air turns crisp and October casts its spell, this month's Halloween-themed publication review "tWitches, Skeletal Muscles and Ghost Fibers" conjures up a cauldron of compelling discovery.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/twitches-skeletal-muscles-and-ghost-fibers/
As the air turns crisp and October casts its spell, this month's Halloween-themed publication review "tWitches, Skeletal Muscles and Ghost Fibers" conjures up a cauldron of compelling discovery.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/twitches-skeletal-muscles-and-ghost-fibers/
Excited to connect with the neuroscience community at #SfN2025! 🧠 Looking forward to new ideas, great conversations, and all things brain talk. Drop by and say hello if you’ll be there! 👋🏽
Aurora is excited to be back at #SfN25 in beautiful San Diego! Stop by booth #1621 to discuss your #Neuroscience research with Samar Rizvi and Chris Rand and discover how our solutions can help characterize neuromuscular function and sensory systems.
Explore: https://aurorascientific.com/products/
Explore: https://aurorascientific.com/products/
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Excited to connect with the neuroscience community at #SfN2025! 🧠 Looking forward to new ideas, great conversations, and all things brain talk. Drop by and say hello if you’ll be there! 👋🏽
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As we embark on a new era, we are excited to debut the new Lafayette Life Science brand, a division of Lafayette Instrument at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego! #SfN25
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As we embark on a new era, we are excited to debut the new Lafayette Life Science brand, a division of Lafayette Instrument at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego! #SfN25
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🔊 We’re excited to share that Samar Rizvi l will be speaking at the next Myogenesis Discussion Group, supported by University of Toronto and Medicine by Design! Her talk will spotlight how researchers are using our tools to tackle big questions in muscle biology. 💪
📅 Oct 27 | 📍 Zoom
📅 Oct 27 | 📍 Zoom
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🔊 We’re excited to share that Samar Rizvi l will be speaking at the next Myogenesis Discussion Group, supported by University of Toronto and Medicine by Design! Her talk will spotlight how researchers are using our tools to tackle big questions in muscle biology. 💪
📅 Oct 27 | 📍 Zoom
📅 Oct 27 | 📍 Zoom
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🎃🧠 Trick or treatment? New research explores how fear memories, like those in PTSD, can be disrupted at their source. Could this be the start of long-lasting relief from trauma? #PTSD #Trauma #Neuroscience
Read Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎃🧠 Trick or treatment? New research explores how fear memories, like those in PTSD, can be disrupted at their source. Could this be the start of long-lasting relief from trauma? #PTSD #Trauma #Neuroscience
Read Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@szrizvi.bsky.social will showcase our 220A Olfactometer/200C miniPID sensor, designed for precise odour delivery/validation.
✅ Agenda: Demo, integration insights, best practices, and interactive Q&A
✅ Great for researchers in olfaction, behavioural neuroscience, and cognitive studies
✅ Agenda: Demo, integration insights, best practices, and interactive Q&A
✅ Great for researchers in olfaction, behavioural neuroscience, and cognitive studies
October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@szrizvi.bsky.social will showcase our 220A Olfactometer/200C miniPID sensor, designed for precise odour delivery/validation.
✅ Agenda: Demo, integration insights, best practices, and interactive Q&A
✅ Great for researchers in olfaction, behavioural neuroscience, and cognitive studies
✅ Agenda: Demo, integration insights, best practices, and interactive Q&A
✅ Great for researchers in olfaction, behavioural neuroscience, and cognitive studies
Looking forward to presenting Aurora Scientific’s scent-rational olfaction solutions next week 🧠 If your experiments involve precise #odour delivery and validation, this one’s for you. Be sure to register below:
aurorascientific.com/scent-sation...
#neuroskyence #olfaction
aurorascientific.com/scent-sation...
#neuroskyence #olfaction
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Looking forward to presenting Aurora Scientific’s scent-rational olfaction solutions next week 🧠 If your experiments involve precise #odour delivery and validation, this one’s for you. Be sure to register below:
aurorascientific.com/scent-sation...
#neuroskyence #olfaction
aurorascientific.com/scent-sation...
#neuroskyence #olfaction
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Cancer #cachexia stands as a relentless, treatment-resistant syndrome that devastates muscle and metabolism. Our September publication review flexes new insights into the condition.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/flexing-new-insights-in-cancer-cachexia/
#CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/flexing-new-insights-in-cancer-cachexia/
#CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cancer #cachexia stands as a relentless, treatment-resistant syndrome that devastates muscle and metabolism. Our September publication review flexes new insights into the condition.
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/flexing-new-insights-in-cancer-cachexia/
#CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters
Read it now
https://aurorascientific.com/flexing-new-insights-in-cancer-cachexia/
#CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters
#neuroskyence community: If you're working with touchscreen operant systems, touchscreencognition.org is a fantastic resource to check out.
You'll find SOPs, training videos, real data examples, forums, and more. And best of all, you can stay updated and connected with the touchscreen community 🧪
You'll find SOPs, training videos, real data examples, forums, and more. And best of all, you can stay updated and connected with the touchscreen community 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#neuroskyence community: If you're working with touchscreen operant systems, touchscreencognition.org is a fantastic resource to check out.
You'll find SOPs, training videos, real data examples, forums, and more. And best of all, you can stay updated and connected with the touchscreen community 🧪
You'll find SOPs, training videos, real data examples, forums, and more. And best of all, you can stay updated and connected with the touchscreen community 🧪
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Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚀 Excited for this upcoming webinar with Dr. @mdcr02.bsky.social and Dr. @malcolm-mjj.bsky.social as they dive into research from @liverpooluni.bsky.social! This session is perfect for anyone interested in the intersection of #muscle biology, the #ageing process, and #space research. Check it out!
Learn how HSPs, ROS, and spaceflight impact muscle health!
Join Dr. @mdcr02.bsky.social & Dr. @malcolm-mjj.bsky.social on Sept 9 for a webinar exploring redox regulation in muscle aging, from @liverpooluni.bsky.social Muscle Laboratories #muscle #aging #space #research
Register
bit.ly/4mrBxBh
Join Dr. @mdcr02.bsky.social & Dr. @malcolm-mjj.bsky.social on Sept 9 for a webinar exploring redox regulation in muscle aging, from @liverpooluni.bsky.social Muscle Laboratories #muscle #aging #space #research
Register
bit.ly/4mrBxBh
September 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚀 Excited for this upcoming webinar with Dr. @mdcr02.bsky.social and Dr. @malcolm-mjj.bsky.social as they dive into research from @liverpooluni.bsky.social! This session is perfect for anyone interested in the intersection of #muscle biology, the #ageing process, and #space research. Check it out!
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Over time, #diabetes has raised growing global concern due to its effects on muscle, especially in the heart. This month's publication review dives into key diabetes discoveries and determinations. 🫀
Read it now:
aurorascientific.com/diabetes-dis...
Read it now:
aurorascientific.com/diabetes-dis...
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Over time, #diabetes has raised growing global concern due to its effects on muscle, especially in the heart. This month's publication review dives into key diabetes discoveries and determinations. 🫀
Read it now:
aurorascientific.com/diabetes-dis...
Read it now:
aurorascientific.com/diabetes-dis...
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📢 We have launched a new symbol for Cancer Cachexia!! 📢 Our call to unite, act, and raise awareness. Join our movement. #CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters 💙🧡🩵 Help us spread the word! September 26th, 2025 - First-ever Cancer Cachexia Awareness Day!!
August 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
📢 We have launched a new symbol for Cancer Cachexia!! 📢 Our call to unite, act, and raise awareness. Join our movement. #CCAD2025 #CachexiaWastingMatters 💙🧡🩵 Help us spread the word! September 26th, 2025 - First-ever Cancer Cachexia Awareness Day!!
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Dasgupta Lab at UNC Charlotte is hiring!
This space needs to be filled with laughter, breakthroughs, failures, high fives and everything in between! (Of course equipment!😛)
We will be studying cancer-induced muscle wasting!
DM or email for more info!
@cancercachexia.bsky.social
#myoblue
This space needs to be filled with laughter, breakthroughs, failures, high fives and everything in between! (Of course equipment!😛)
We will be studying cancer-induced muscle wasting!
DM or email for more info!
@cancercachexia.bsky.social
#myoblue
August 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Dasgupta Lab at UNC Charlotte is hiring!
This space needs to be filled with laughter, breakthroughs, failures, high fives and everything in between! (Of course equipment!😛)
We will be studying cancer-induced muscle wasting!
DM or email for more info!
@cancercachexia.bsky.social
#myoblue
This space needs to be filled with laughter, breakthroughs, failures, high fives and everything in between! (Of course equipment!😛)
We will be studying cancer-induced muscle wasting!
DM or email for more info!
@cancercachexia.bsky.social
#myoblue
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This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re revisiting our March review, titled 'Marching Forward: Recent Skeletal Muscle Discoveries' 💪
From protein dysfunctions to pathway insights, dive into the latest in muscle research 🧬
Read more
aurorascientific.com/marching-for...
#MyoBlue
From protein dysfunctions to pathway insights, dive into the latest in muscle research 🧬
Read more
aurorascientific.com/marching-for...
#MyoBlue
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re revisiting our March review, titled 'Marching Forward: Recent Skeletal Muscle Discoveries' 💪
From protein dysfunctions to pathway insights, dive into the latest in muscle research 🧬
Read more
aurorascientific.com/marching-for...
#MyoBlue
From protein dysfunctions to pathway insights, dive into the latest in muscle research 🧬
Read more
aurorascientific.com/marching-for...
#MyoBlue
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Can you guess the story behind this breakthrough? #TriviaTuesday 💡
Question
In 2016, which academic & industry collaboration created an apparatus for measuring ATP consumption in permeabilized tissue?
Hint
It's affordable, high-res, and fits on an inverted microscope!
Question
In 2016, which academic & industry collaboration created an apparatus for measuring ATP consumption in permeabilized tissue?
Hint
It's affordable, high-res, and fits on an inverted microscope!
August 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can you guess the story behind this breakthrough? #TriviaTuesday 💡
Question
In 2016, which academic & industry collaboration created an apparatus for measuring ATP consumption in permeabilized tissue?
Hint
It's affordable, high-res, and fits on an inverted microscope!
Question
In 2016, which academic & industry collaboration created an apparatus for measuring ATP consumption in permeabilized tissue?
Hint
It's affordable, high-res, and fits on an inverted microscope!
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The annual @cpw-liverpool.bsky.social starts today!
The two-week course enables students to learn how to perform cutting-edge electrophysiology experiments. We are thrilled to support the course by providing a 9000SMZ vibratome.
To learn more about the 9000SMZ: lnkd.in/e5QeiWp9
The two-week course enables students to learn how to perform cutting-edge electrophysiology experiments. We are thrilled to support the course by providing a 9000SMZ vibratome.
To learn more about the 9000SMZ: lnkd.in/e5QeiWp9
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The annual @cpw-liverpool.bsky.social starts today!
The two-week course enables students to learn how to perform cutting-edge electrophysiology experiments. We are thrilled to support the course by providing a 9000SMZ vibratome.
To learn more about the 9000SMZ: lnkd.in/e5QeiWp9
The two-week course enables students to learn how to perform cutting-edge electrophysiology experiments. We are thrilled to support the course by providing a 9000SMZ vibratome.
To learn more about the 9000SMZ: lnkd.in/e5QeiWp9
Absolutely thrilled to share our Q&A with Dr. Daniel Ham from the @ruegglab.bsky.social who generously gave us a behind-the-scenes look into his @natcomms.nature.com paper.
Check out the study before diving into his insights: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MyoBlue
Check out the study before diving into his insights: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MyoBlue
August 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Absolutely thrilled to share our Q&A with Dr. Daniel Ham from the @ruegglab.bsky.social who generously gave us a behind-the-scenes look into his @natcomms.nature.com paper.
Check out the study before diving into his insights: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MyoBlue
Check out the study before diving into his insights: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MyoBlue
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We’re excited to launch our Research Highlight Series! First up: an in-depth Q&A with Dr. Daniel Ham from @ruegglab.bsky.social on his latest @natcomms.nature.com paper, and insights into muscle biology, research, and more. #MyoBlue
Read the interview
aurorascientific.com/research-hig...
Read the interview
aurorascientific.com/research-hig...
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We’re excited to launch our Research Highlight Series! First up: an in-depth Q&A with Dr. Daniel Ham from @ruegglab.bsky.social on his latest @natcomms.nature.com paper, and insights into muscle biology, research, and more. #MyoBlue
Read the interview
aurorascientific.com/research-hig...
Read the interview
aurorascientific.com/research-hig...
Just in time for #BCVS25, check out our latest #cardiac pub review 🫀 And if you’re at the conference, even better! Stop by Booth 22 to say hello to @kathaide.bsky.social and Andrew Klein, who are ready for all the heart-to-heart chats 👋 #cardiosky @ahascience.bsky.social
Get ready for #BCVS25 with our latest review, "A Change of Heart: Novel Cardiac Findings." Covering a new PAD model test, a genetic cardiomyopathy drug, and insights on passive stiffness. Don’t miss a beat! #CardiovascularScience 🫀
aurorascientific.com/a-change-of-...
aurorascientific.com/a-change-of-...
July 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just in time for #BCVS25, check out our latest #cardiac pub review 🫀 And if you’re at the conference, even better! Stop by Booth 22 to say hello to @kathaide.bsky.social and Andrew Klein, who are ready for all the heart-to-heart chats 👋 #cardiosky @ahascience.bsky.social
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Can water-based exercise improve strength & mobility in people with visual impairments? A 2025 study says yes, and the results are empowering. #AdaptiveExercise #Inclusion
Read the paper by Salari, et al. (2025): journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Read the paper by Salari, et al. (2025): journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Can water-based exercise improve strength & mobility in people with visual impairments? A 2025 study says yes, and the results are empowering. #AdaptiveExercise #Inclusion
Read the paper by Salari, et al. (2025): journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Read the paper by Salari, et al. (2025): journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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A recent study by the @cardiaccampbell.bsky.social group investigated the mechanical, biochemical, and histological changes in ATTR amyloidosis patients, revealing that fibrosis, not just amyloid deposits, is a key driver of impaired heart function.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
July 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A recent study by the @cardiaccampbell.bsky.social group investigated the mechanical, biochemical, and histological changes in ATTR amyloidosis patients, revealing that fibrosis, not just amyloid deposits, is a key driver of impaired heart function.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
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Aurora Scientific is returning for our 3rd year at #BCVS2025! If you’re attending in Baltimore, be sure to stop by our booth and say hello to Katherine and our new Life Science Sales Manager Andrew Klein. 👋
#Cardiovascular #Science #Networking #ResearchInnovation
#Cardiovascular #Science #Networking #ResearchInnovation
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Aurora Scientific is returning for our 3rd year at #BCVS2025! If you’re attending in Baltimore, be sure to stop by our booth and say hello to Katherine and our new Life Science Sales Manager Andrew Klein. 👋
#Cardiovascular #Science #Networking #ResearchInnovation
#Cardiovascular #Science #Networking #ResearchInnovation
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Today marks the halfway point of 2025! Science is full of discoveries, setbacks, and breakthroughs, but progress thrives on persistence. Keep questioning, testing, and pushing forward — the next big breakthrough is waiting! 🔬
#HalfwayThere #KeepExperimenting #Research
#HalfwayThere #KeepExperimenting #Research
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today marks the halfway point of 2025! Science is full of discoveries, setbacks, and breakthroughs, but progress thrives on persistence. Keep questioning, testing, and pushing forward — the next big breakthrough is waiting! 🔬
#HalfwayThere #KeepExperimenting #Research
#HalfwayThere #KeepExperimenting #Research
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🤔 Interested in examining brain structure and function in unparalleled resolution?
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.
June 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🤔 Interested in examining brain structure and function in unparalleled resolution?
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.