Vanessa Scanlon, PhD
@vanessascanlon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UConn Health in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development leading research into microevironmental factors influencing hematopoiesis. Working mom of two boys and a gaggle of pets. #MentorFirst #Momademia #FirstGen
For my lab lead friends, check out this article of best practices from my colleagues and I on the ISEH Junior PI committee on organizing a leading your team. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxZ~,6sio...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
For my lab lead friends, check out this article of best practices from my colleagues and I on the ISEH Junior PI committee on organizing a leading your team. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxZ~,6sio...
Interested in understanding AI better and best practices for using it in research? Don't forget to register for our @isehsociety.bsky.social webinar happening 10/22 @ 9am ET to learn how to use AI responsibly and effectively! iseh.org/Webinars-Eve...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Interested in understanding AI better and best practices for using it in research? Don't forget to register for our @isehsociety.bsky.social webinar happening 10/22 @ 9am ET to learn how to use AI responsibly and effectively! iseh.org/Webinars-Eve...
This is an incredible honor owing to the many people who supported my professional development and allowed me to be a part of theirs. @isehsociety.bsky.social www.simplyblood.org/2025/07/2025...
2025 Interview Spotlight Series: Part VI
This week on Simply Blood we are completing our 2025 Interview Spotlight Series. This final part features the ISEH 2025 Leadership in Divers...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is an incredible honor owing to the many people who supported my professional development and allowed me to be a part of theirs. @isehsociety.bsky.social www.simplyblood.org/2025/07/2025...
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The findings at the recent trial and today's Columbia chaos is pushing me to the edge.
I just sent the following email...
I just sent the following email...
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The findings at the recent trial and today's Columbia chaos is pushing me to the edge.
I just sent the following email...
I just sent the following email...
Calls for volunteers to serve on a variety of committees for the @isehsociety.bsky.social are open now! Check out these opportunities if you're interested in developing leadership skills and your professional network. It takes a village! www.iseh.org/page/ISEHCom...
ISEH Committees - International Society for Experimental Hematology
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June 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Calls for volunteers to serve on a variety of committees for the @isehsociety.bsky.social are open now! Check out these opportunities if you're interested in developing leadership skills and your professional network. It takes a village! www.iseh.org/page/ISEHCom...
I went to Capitol Hill yesterday as part of the @isscr.org advocacy day to talk about two emergent issues: 1) the defunding of public research, and 2) the threats of deregulation of unproven stem cell products.
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I went to Capitol Hill yesterday as part of the @isscr.org advocacy day to talk about two emergent issues: 1) the defunding of public research, and 2) the threats of deregulation of unproven stem cell products.
This says it all beautifully! apple.news/A76zDifS6SHe...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress — TIME
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This says it all beautifully! apple.news/A76zDifS6SHe...
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Not long after I started my lab, a prominent scientist told me it was “impossible” to be a successful PI and a mother
Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can!
#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰
Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can!
#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰
May 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Not long after I started my lab, a prominent scientist told me it was “impossible” to be a successful PI and a mother
Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can!
#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰
Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can!
#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰
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“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”
The NSF Is Being Dismantled — With Broad Implications For The American Economy
The economic consequences of cuts to the National Science Foundation and restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.
www.forbes.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”
Your last chance to register for our @isehsociety.bsky.social Mini Symposium is here! www.iseh.org/page/2025Min...
Don't miss the opportunity to network and learn about incredible science! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
Don't miss the opportunity to network and learn about incredible science! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
2025 Mini Symposium - International Society for Experimental Hematology
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March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your last chance to register for our @isehsociety.bsky.social Mini Symposium is here! www.iseh.org/page/2025Min...
Don't miss the opportunity to network and learn about incredible science! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
Don't miss the opportunity to network and learn about incredible science! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
I’m incredibly honored to be recognized with this prestigious award from @isehsociety.bsky.social, especially because the work that earned me this is my anchor in an otherwise crazy world of research! #MentorFirst #ScienceIsInOurBlood #SiSePuede
Congratulations to Dr. @vanessascanlon.bsky.social on her @isehsociety.bsky.social Leadership in DEI Award! A very fitting recognition for a very deserving advocate, mentor, role model, PI.
ISEH is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Society Awards, which will be presented at the ISEH 54th Annual Scientific Meeting. Read more about each award recipient on www.simplyblood.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m incredibly honored to be recognized with this prestigious award from @isehsociety.bsky.social, especially because the work that earned me this is my anchor in an otherwise crazy world of research! #MentorFirst #ScienceIsInOurBlood #SiSePuede
I’m just going to keep telling myself, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” And keep doing as much science as I can for as long as I can. 🙏🙏🙏
Live footage of the average NIH-funding academic as we cycle between maybe no longer having a job and court rulings allow NIH to resume evaluating and funding grants.
I do not recommend this life style, it sucks
Most of us just want to do important science unpeturbed.
I do not recommend this life style, it sucks
Most of us just want to do important science unpeturbed.
an elderly woman is riding a roller coaster with her mouth open .
ALT: an elderly woman is riding a roller coaster with her mouth open .
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February 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m just going to keep telling myself, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” And keep doing as much science as I can for as long as I can. 🙏🙏🙏
#NewPI and senior #postdocs in hematology, submit your abstract by Feb 26th for the opportunity to speak at our virtual mini symposium on March 26th! It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of your research/lab and might win you a travel grant to the @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting!
Take advantage of the opportunity to speak at the Mini Symposium by submitting an abstract by 26 February. Learn how and register today ➡️ https://buff.ly/3WLixTV
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#NewPI and senior #postdocs in hematology, submit your abstract by Feb 26th for the opportunity to speak at our virtual mini symposium on March 26th! It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of your research/lab and might win you a travel grant to the @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting!
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What a great resource! My lab has struggled in the past with some of the exact variables interrogated here. A must read for anyone diving into human HSCs!
Methodological Considerations on How to Identify Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
Methodological Considerations on How to Identify Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
Methodological Considerations on How to Identify Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells
The hematopoietic system is highly regenerative and is organized hierarchically with
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) sitting at the apex. Despite being some of the most
widely studied stem cells, ques...
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January 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What a great resource! My lab has struggled in the past with some of the exact variables interrogated here. A must read for anyone diving into human HSCs!
Methodological Considerations on How to Identify Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
Methodological Considerations on How to Identify Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
And @ash.hematology.org is committed to equitable access to hematology clinical and research training, so don’t forget about the Hematology Inclusion Pathway #HIP awards too! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
February 14 is the deadline to submit your application for ASH’s Medical Student, Resident, and Graduate Student Awards!
💕Give love to your hematology career this Valentine's Day. Apply now for funding: https://bit.ly/4hexNk7
#ASHTrainee #Hematology #HemeSky #BloodSky
💕Give love to your hematology career this Valentine's Day. Apply now for funding: https://bit.ly/4hexNk7
#ASHTrainee #Hematology #HemeSky #BloodSky
February 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And @ash.hematology.org is committed to equitable access to hematology clinical and research training, so don’t forget about the Hematology Inclusion Pathway #HIP awards too! #ScienceIsInOurBlood
Flexible funding for working moms trying to attend conferences! x.com/mothersinsci...
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January 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Flexible funding for working moms trying to attend conferences! x.com/mothersinsci...
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For those of you who tried to access this but found it was initially behind a paywall, it is now open access.
Check out our new review in @isehsociety.bsky.social journal Experimental Hematology, asking the question: to what degree is HSC dysfunction responsible for hematologic aging www.exphem.org/article/S030...
DEFINE_ME
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January 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For those of you who tried to access this but found it was initially behind a paywall, it is now open access.
For any #NewPIs that need to train RAs on mouse colony maintenance, check this out!
🐁 Advance your mouse colony management skills at @jacksonlab.bsky.social's workshop August 19 – 21, 2025: www.jax.org/education-an...
Gain a thorough understanding of key principles and practices essential for maintaining healthy, genetically sound colonies.
📍 Bar Harbor, Maine | Virtual
Gain a thorough understanding of key principles and practices essential for maintaining healthy, genetically sound colonies.
📍 Bar Harbor, Maine | Virtual
January 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For any #NewPIs that need to train RAs on mouse colony maintenance, check this out!
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Starting a new lab?! The most important factors for choosing the university/institute/company are: the colleagues, students & postdocs, the leadership, equipment, the lab space and start-up funds; IN THAT ORDER.
January 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Starting a new lab?! The most important factors for choosing the university/institute/company are: the colleagues, students & postdocs, the leadership, equipment, the lab space and start-up funds; IN THAT ORDER.
I haven’t found her on Bluesky yet, but congrats to Dr. Dee Terrell and the @ash-hematology.bsky.social HIP subcommittee for doing the work that makes a real difference! 🎉👏🏼🍾 www.hematology.org/newsroom/pre...
ASH Inclusion Program Retained and Engaged Hematologists - Hematology.org
ASH Inclusion Program Retained and Engaged Hematologists
www.hematology.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I haven’t found her on Bluesky yet, but congrats to Dr. Dee Terrell and the @ash-hematology.bsky.social HIP subcommittee for doing the work that makes a real difference! 🎉👏🏼🍾 www.hematology.org/newsroom/pre...
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If something affected ~40% of men & was associated with fatigue, poor sleep, anxiety, depression, decreased cognition, hair loss, and so much more
We would
>screen for it
>believe and diagnose patients
>have better treatments
But if it’s women & children…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We would
>screen for it
>believe and diagnose patients
>have better treatments
But if it’s women & children…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020
This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.
jamanetwork.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:11 PM
If something affected ~40% of men & was associated with fatigue, poor sleep, anxiety, depression, decreased cognition, hair loss, and so much more
We would
>screen for it
>believe and diagnose patients
>have better treatments
But if it’s women & children…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We would
>screen for it
>believe and diagnose patients
>have better treatments
But if it’s women & children…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Vanessa Scanlon, PhD
More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr.
The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination
Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:40 PM
More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr.
The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Reposted by Vanessa Scanlon, PhD
You have to believe you can write a manuscript in a week, so that it will end up only taking three months.
December 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
You have to believe you can write a manuscript in a week, so that it will end up only taking three months.
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Curious about how to ace your graduate school interviews? Join us TOMORROW December 10th at 12pm EST for a webinar held by Maria Mercedes, a current PhD candidate. This webinar will cover tips and resources for grad school interviews!
REGISTER HERE⬇️
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December 9, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Curious about how to ace your graduate school interviews? Join us TOMORROW December 10th at 12pm EST for a webinar held by Maria Mercedes, a current PhD candidate. This webinar will cover tips and resources for grad school interviews!
REGISTER HERE⬇️
eventbrite.com/e/how-to-ace-g…
REGISTER HERE⬇️
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🌟 Happy December!!! ❄️✨ Check out this month’s newsletter for all the latest updates! 📰💌
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December 2, 2024 at 11:48 PM
🌟 Happy December!!! ❄️✨ Check out this month’s newsletter for all the latest updates! 📰💌
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