Asst Prof, #MusahLab @DukeU #BME #Medicine @DukeMEDx, Alumnus @Harvard & @KiesslingGroup || Stem cells, disease models, therapeutics. Bluesky: @StemCellEngineer
Durham, NC
Joined September 2015
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I am tremendously grateful to receive the 2023 @NIH Director's New Innovator Award to develop new therapeutic modalities for degenerative glomerulopathies. Many thanks to my mentors, trainees, family, and friends for their support/contributions to this journey. Onward! @MusahLab
Early-stage investigators proposed innovative high-impact research ideas for the @NIHDirector’s New Innovator Award. See the projects the awardees will pursue: commonfund.nih.gov/newinnova… #NIHHighRisk
ALT Collage of photos of all the 2023 NIH Director's New Innovator Awardees
Check out this new #TEDx talk by an inspiring #MusahLab undergraduate researcher and recent @DukeU graduate, Sophia Leeman! youtube.com/watch?v=IskrjYP_…
#STEM #BiomedicalEngineering #PatientSpecificModels #StemCells #PreclinicalModels #MPS
Sophia dives into some of our work using human stem cell derivatives to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping us uncover disease mechanisms and identify new and safe therapeutics.
Learn more about our work at:
musahlab.pratt.duke.edu &
@StemCellEngineer.bsky.social
Latest research publication from our lab reveals a role for YAP-activating hydrogels in stem cell-derived podocyte differentiation and molecular-level specialization. Full Paper: doi.org/10.3390/bioengineeri…
Here's what we found:
These findings provide a step towards designing better environments for studying podocyte biology and could have implications for improving tissue engineering and kidney disease modeling.
Congratulations to #MusahLab graduate student Yize (Eon) Zhang for leading this work from our team exploring the interface between biomaterials and cell biology! #tissuemodels #mechanobiology #stemcellresearch #tissueengineering #Bioengineering #YAP #synaptopdin #hydrogel
Samira Musah retweeted
The Vollum Institute is accepting applications for multiple faculty openings. We are interested in individuals whose research focuses on molecular and cellular neuroscience, genetics, neurodevelopment or signal transduction. #sciencejobs #neurotwitter
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Our newest publication is out in @naturemethods! It highlights the potential of biomaterials in realizing the translational power of organoids. #MusahLab
Full article: nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
Check out some of our related work using biomaterial platforms to guide stem cell differentiation and self-renewal and tissue development, function, and disease:
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.14…
annualreviews.org/content/jo…
Excited to share our new review article published in IJMS on #fenestrated #endothelium across organs! We explore strategies to advance #vascularized tissue models, including a new method to induce fenestrated endothelium from #stemcells. mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/16/910…
Here's the related research article that inspired this work: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Congratulations to the #MusahLab team of graduate and undergraduate students for their remarkable collaborative efforts!