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Women Physician-Scientists Supergroup @UCSF
est. 2020 supporting+celebrating Women bridging Science+Medicine @UCSF and beyond http://womenphysicianscientists.ucsf.edu
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MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Nov 11
still *celebrating* all the women physician-scientists
@UCSF and beyond who excel while elevating and lead in tough times, bridging science + medicine #SeeHER #BridgeHER #AdvanceHER and all boats rise🤩🥂🤺*thankful* for our colleagues @UCSF + 🌎🌍🌏 keep going!
mdphdequity.bsky.social
congratulations Christina Homer on your publication! another one from this outstanding @hhmi.org Hanna Gray Fellow and physician-scientist at UCSF!! @christinahomer.bsky.social
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 23
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
Top: Micrographs of fixed samples from each flask at the time of RNA harvest. Endospore release was first observed on day 3. Bottom: Schematic of Regulation of gene expression in Coccidioides development. The data uncover regulatory modules in Coccidioides development. The majority of Coccidioides transcription factors (TFs), depicted as triangles in the figure, show enhanced expression in spherules compared to hyphae. These TFs, along with RYP1 (green hexagon) and a second regulator whose motif is reported here, guide the expression of endospore-associated transcripts and secreted effectors, including proteases. RYP1 also controls a core regulon, that is, expressed in both spherules and hyphae via a canonical RYP1 motif. Finally, in arthroconidia, RYP1 impacts the transcriptome, but likely through indirect regulation of one or more additional key regulators.
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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hitenmadhani.bsky.social
Tour de Force from former Madhani lab student and current Hanna Gray Awardee Christina Homer!
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 23
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
Top: Micrographs of fixed samples from each flask at the time of RNA harvest. Endospore release was first observed on day 3. Bottom: Schematic of Regulation of gene expression in Coccidioides development. The data uncover regulatory modules in Coccidioides development. The majority of Coccidioides transcription factors (TFs), depicted as triangles in the figure, show enhanced expression in spherules compared to hyphae. These TFs, along with RYP1 (green hexagon) and a second regulator whose motif is reported here, guide the expression of endospore-associated transcripts and secreted effectors, including proteases. RYP1 also controls a core regulon, that is, expressed in both spherules and hyphae via a canonical RYP1 motif. Finally, in arthroconidia, RYP1 impacts the transcriptome, but likely through indirect regulation of one or more additional key regulators.
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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christinahomer.bsky.social
So glad to see this superstar, Dr. Carolyn Sangokoya, @rnahelix.bsky.social recognized for her founding of WPSS, which has been a huge source of support in my career path!
March 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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mkprahl.bsky.social
The incredible @rnahelix.bsky.social Dr. Carolyn Sangokoya and the formation of the Women’s physician scientists supergroup has had an incredible impact on my career! Great to see her celebrated!

www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03...
Meet the UCSF Pathologist Focused on Supporting Women in Science
Carolyn, a UCSF pathology professor, founded a 100+ member women's physician-scientist group. It fosters collaboration and provides support to empower women across the university.
www.ucsf.edu
March 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
This International Women's Day, I'm thinking about how it wasn't required for NIH-sponsored trials to include women until 1993.
March 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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fanny-elahi.bsky.social
📣This #InternationalWomensDay I'm spotlighting a women’s brain health initiative led by our lab, with postdocs Chloe Lopez Lee & Eirini Polychronaki @sinaibrain.bsky.social

We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
mdphdequity.bsky.social
This #InternationalWomensDay absolutely inspired by our panel @ucsfhealth.bsky.social as we continue holding the vision in academic science and medicine. we need all the ideas, science, and discoveries that come from trailblazing scientists +physician-scientists. #IWD2025 #StandUpForScience
mdphdequity.bsky.social MDPhDEquity @mdphdequity.bsky.social · Mar 4
Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 at UCSF this week with a fabulous group of panelists Women in Science: Holding the Vision in Academic Science and Medicine March 7th 3pm PST shorturl.at/rVrdt
March 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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laurenmhaackphd.bsky.social
Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩‍🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
March 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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nwnoggin.bsky.social
Awesome day in Salem 😍

#standupforscience #researchmatters #sciencematters #factsmatter 💚
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March 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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standupforscifr.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience En direct de la grotte Chauvet. Sous-terre mais debout !

Live from the Chauvet Cave, standing up for science even below ground !
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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annamolofskylab.bsky.social
Agree! An honor to receive the Bowes award together with @kampmann.bsky.social - a testament to the incredible collaborations at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social that make our science possible!
March 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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scharschmidtlab.bsky.social
The Scharschmidt Lab #standupforscience2025 San Francisco!
March 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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eric-chow.bsky.social
Awesome turnout @standupforscience.bsky.social SF today! The Oregon Trail inspired sign was one of my favorite!
March 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!
March 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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boghuma.bsky.social
Let's keep telling the story of the devastating impacts of funding and the fallout of ending USAID
Lives lost, livelihoods lost, compassion lost, kindness lost, solidarity and support lost.
Like HIV there is a "death" tracker telling the story of devastation to TB programs.
tb.impactcounter.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️

Dr. Atul Gawande will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th!

@agawande.bsky.social

More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Image of Atul Gawande, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.
March 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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susanjoh.bsky.social
Join us on Friday to hear @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social speak at @standupforscience.bsky.social in SF. Science is for Everyone.
carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Mar 5
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
March 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow (Friday) at UC Berkeley's #StandupForScience from 12-1pm in upper Sproul. Defend science from federal funding cuts & politicization, and keep science as a tool for social & economic progress! #SUFSatCal #ScienceForAll #InclusiveSTEM

Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
I am truly honored to be joining this fantastic group of individuals tomorrow, all of whom will join me at the Lincoln Memorial* in Washington DC to #StandUpForScience!
standupforscience2025.org/dc-rally/

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*Lincoln--the very first Republican President--created the National Academy of Sciences
Stand Up For Science poster
March 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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aai.org
AAI encourages members and friends of #immunology to #StandUpforScience on March 7. Join the rally in Washington, D.C., or participate in the National Day of Action to uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people! standupforscience2025.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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scharschmidtlab.bsky.social
Getting ready! Where will you be tomorrow? @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
mdphdequity.bsky.social
Celebrating International Women's Day 2025 at UCSF this week with a fabulous group of panelists Women in Science: Holding the Vision in Academic Science and Medicine March 7th 3pm PST shorturl.at/rVrdt
March 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social
Join us Monday, Feb. 10 at 10am for Christina Theodoris
@TheodorisLab for the C3 talk "Transfer Learning to Enable Predictions in Network Biology" calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social
@gladstoneinst.bsky.social
@UCSFPediatrics
Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Christina Theodoris, MD, PhD Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Francisco Talk title: Transfer Learning to Enable Predictions...
calendar.ucsf.edu
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
mdphdequity.bsky.social
congrats to WPSS members Mercedes Paredes and Betsy Crouch for recent awards from @CIRMnews -- stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/mercede...
Mercedes Paredes Awarded $6.25M CIRM Grant to Advance Microdeletion Syndrome Treatment
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD; Nadav Ahituv, PhD; Kevin Bender, PhD; Young Shin Kim, MD, PhD; Roy Ben-Shalom, PhD Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, a researcher at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration...
stemcell.ucsf.edu
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM