Hazel Salunga
hazelsalunga.bsky.social
Hazel Salunga
@hazelsalunga.bsky.social
Natural birth doula, developmental biologist, silly, sarcastic, coffee-girlpower-animal-nature lover!
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I hear that the bird of the day is groups. Surf scoters, a few thousand, floating into Imperial Beach, CA in early November 2023. A day I’ll never forget.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Understanding how the human reproductive system forms is essential to addressing fertility challenges, congenital conditions, and more.

A new single-cell atlas sheds light on the processes that shape our reproductive organs.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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New preprint alert! The uterus expands ~500-fold in pregnancy, yet we know little about how pressures are sensed. Led by @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social, we show PIEZOs are required for contractions and birth in mice, with dual roles of PIEZO1 in muscle and PIEZO2 in neurons
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PIEZO channels link mechanical forces to uterine contractions in parturition
Mechanical forces are extensively involved in pregnancy and parturition, but their precise roles and mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we identify mechanically activated ion channels PIEZO1 a...
www.biorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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@aoc.bsky.social: "Listen, if your representative is not doing a town hall, give me a ring... I'll say it right here, right now: if a deep red Republican district wants to have an honest conversation, even if it's with someone they disagree with, I'm willing to do that."
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM