Stem Cell Engineering and Human Disease Modeling Lab: PI, @ProfSamiraMusah -- @DukeU @DukeEngineering @dukemedicine @DukeKidney @DukeMEDx

Durham, NC
Joined June 2018
Honored to celebrate pluripotency day as awardees of the 2023 @NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2). Thank you, @NIDDKgov @NIH_CommonFund for funding our work, @DukeMEDx @EshipAtDuke @genentech @Lola_UMich @kellystevenslab for generously supporting our preliminary work!
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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
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Thank you for following & supporting the @MusahLab! For future updates about our research group, please follow @ProfSamiraMusah. We're streamlining content to save time managing two accounts. Thank you for supporting and staying connected with us! #FollowForUpdates #MusahLab
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New from @ProfSamiraMusah and @rohanbme with @XPOTASN in @AnnualReviews Kidney Disease Modeling with Organoids and Organs-on-Chips pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3842…
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And then this email my box today!! I'm extremely happy and honored to announce that I've been awarded TENURE and promoted to Associate Professor at @DukeU! Huge thanks to my lab, mentors, @DukeBiology, and the amazing community that supported us through this journey! 🍾🍾 #BHM
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Deadline approaching for the Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program buff.ly/3fvJd8J #bwfpdep
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New from @Nephro_Sparks and colleagues in @AJKDonline SGLT2 Inhibitors and Magnesium Homeostasis #Flozination authors.elsevier.com/a/1icXO…
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Innovating together: We are excited to welcome our new @MusahLab members -- a fantastic mix of passionate and outstanding #undergraduate, #master's, and #PhD students. Welcome aboard!
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🤯🤯🤯 Discovering the true form of the kidney filter (slit diaphragm) using cryoET ! Contrary to common belief, it resembles a complex mesh rather than simple finger-like structures. The molecular architecture of the kidney slit diaphragm 🤯🤯biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @Achilleas49er
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Check out our latest publication where we developed SEC-seq – a new technology that captures and measures single-cell protein secretion coupled with mRNA transcriptomes published in Nature Nanotechnology! nature.com/articles/s41565-0… 1/2
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Then and now: medicine laureate Tu Youyou After contracting tuberculosis at 16, Tu decided to study medicine and find cures for diseases like the one that had afflicted her. Tu found a new way to treat malaria using artemisinin, saving millions of lives.
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#PhDone! What an incredible journey it's been @DukeU @MusahLab! I'm lucky to have 1 of the most supportive mentors: @ProfSamiraMusah, who trusted my dreams of becoming a scientist dedicated to patients' health, gave me an open canvas, & transformed my personal & professional path
I am super proud of @rohanbme for his successful PhD defense! Grateful to have such a wonderful @MusahLab member. Your hard work and growth mindset have made a lasting impact, and I can't wait to see your bright future! Congratulations! #PhDSuccess #ProudMentor #FutureLeader
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I am super proud of @rohanbme for his successful PhD defense! Grateful to have such a wonderful @MusahLab member. Your hard work and growth mindset have made a lasting impact, and I can't wait to see your bright future! Congratulations! #PhDSuccess #ProudMentor #FutureLeader
Big congrats to @rohanbme on acing his PhD thesis defense! Your excellence, hard work, and collaborative spirit have shone throughout this journey. What a joy working with you! Best wishes as you embark on your next adventure - postdoc at @harvardmed. #PhDsuccess #TeamAwesome🚀🎉
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Big congrats to @rohanbme on acing his PhD thesis defense! Your excellence, hard work, and collaborative spirit have shone throughout this journey. What a joy working with you! Best wishes as you embark on your next adventure - postdoc at @harvardmed. #PhDsuccess #TeamAwesome🚀🎉
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Please share: The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) Office of Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination will host an Invited Scholar Research Symposium, March 25-26, 2024. Target audience is senior graduate students external to Duke. Apply at: bit.ly/2024InvitedScholarReg…
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Congrats to @Nephro_Sparks named Communications Director for @ASNkidney ASN Journals Portfolio starting January 1st, 2024 @JASN_News @CJASN @ASNKidney360
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Congratulations to @DrSakiyama on her new leadership position at BMES as President-Elect of the Society. #BMES2023
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Huge congratulations to @ProfSamiraMusah and @MusahLab for receiving the prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award. This award will further their investigation of the use of stem cells to repair and regenerate damaged kidney tissues! 👏🏿👏🏿
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
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Excited to share our newest Cas9 out in @NatureComms! 🥳 We recombine our Sc++ enzyme (NNG) with the PID of @BKleinstiver's SpRY (NRN) to generate a PAM-flexible chimeric Cas9 = SpRYc! 🌶️ SpRYc can edit at diverse NNN loci -- take it out for a spin! 🧫 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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"I'll take New Innovator for $1.5M Alex." DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! 'Funded.' "Who is @ProfSamiraMusah ?" CORRECT!!!
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
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