Grateful and inspired by #CIRM funding and programing for the #ReMIND initiative. The future will be better for neuropsychiatric disease 🧠 🩺 🩸 @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social @bhadurilab.bsky.social @brainevodevo.bsky.social

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

I freaking love that this team must have been like TIME TO PREPRINT Prenatal Acetaminophen Exposure Does Not Disrupt Human Fetal Brain Development in Cortical Organoid Models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Prenatal Acetaminophen Exposure Does Not Disrupt Human Fetal Brain Development in Cortical Organoid Models

Acetaminophen (APAP) is the most widely used analgesic during pregnancy, yet epidemiological studies have reported conflicting associations between prenatal exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders (...

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What if the uterus has a molecular clock to measure pregnancy length? Drs. Tara McIntyre and Adrian Erlebacher discuss their gene-regulation ‘timer’ discovery in mice with Alessandra Veinbachs. Click the links below to learn how this mechanism could reshape our understanding of gestational timing.

#Neuroscientists & #neonatologists: check out The Brain Foundation #Synchrony conference: #neuroenergetics, #neuroinflammation & #vasculature. 🧠 🗣️ 👩‍🔬 🙋🏾‍♂️💭 by families, patients, clinicians & scientists 👏🏻highly productive! @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social @nicupodcast.bsky.social

#NICUfellows & #neonatology faculty: ✅ out Neonatal Early Career Exchange Program focused on networking for early career faculty. tinyurl.com/NECEprogram I hosted a ⭐ Dr. Lauren Frazer to discuss progress on #necrotizingenterocolitis. @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @neotecan.bsky.social

Neonatal Early Career Exchange Program (NECE)

Welcome! The Neonatal Early Career Exchange (NECE) program was created to pair early-career physicians with neonatologists at some of the nation’s most renowned hospitals for neonatal care.

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The Incubator Podcast@nicupodcast.bsky.social · last yr.

🎙️ In this At the Bench Short, Dr. Betsy Crouch (@elizabethcrouch.bsky.social) chats with Dr. Lauren Frazier (UNC) about her NEC research & experience in the Neonatal Early Career Exchange (NECE) program—fostering collaboration & building a national community of neonatal scientists. 👶✨

Vascular remodeling and maturation in arteriovenous fistulas are improved by mesenchymal stem cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Breakingdownbio is back & 2.0 is upgraded w/ interviews! 🎙️this episode highlights 🤩 work on a uterine timer in pregnancy; Disruptions 🔜 #pretermbirth ⏰🤰❓A must read for #pediatrics #obgyn #reproductivehealth #immunology @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social @neotecan.bsky.social @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social

UCSF Bakar ImmunoX Initiative@immunox.bsky.social · last yr.

Breaking Down Biology is a blog designed to democratize science by explaining recent scientific discoveries with everyday language. Read Alessandra's summary and listen to the interview here: www.breakingdownbio.com/breakingdown... Publication link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842437/

It’s an honor to work with Jaela and I’m looking forward to the training in mentorship. This PI job doesn’t come with an instruction manual!

a close up of a statue of yoda with the words `` learning you are '' written above him .

ALT: a close up of a statue of yoda with the words `` learning you are '' written above him .

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UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center@ucsfstemcell.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations, Jaela Caston and @elizabethcrouch.bsky.social!! We’re #UCSFProud to celebrate you as 2025 Gilliam Fellow & Advisor 🎉 @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

The future of neonatal physician scientists is bright 🤩@benfens is the new @neotecan.bsky.social Research Chair with an awesome trajectory to date and some clever ideas on how to inspire creativity and community in our science for babies 👶🏻 👶🏽👶🏿

The Incubator Podcast@nicupodcast.bsky.social · last yr.

How do we connect neonatal physician scientists? Learn more "At the Bench", with @elizabetscrouch and @davidj_mcculley and guest @benfens! Please also share with a colleague! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #nicu #neophysci #physicianscientist

Job Alert: A stealth startup focused on non-cancer diagnostics is keen to hire a deep learning for genomics/bio engineer. I am an advisor for the startup & closely involved. Please see the job description below and get in touch if interested. Plz forward.

So proud of Kaylee who won a #GordonConference Travel Award! 🥇 🤩 Congrats to @brisapalikuqilab.bsky.social for a fantastic #GRS and Profs Karina Yaniv and Anne Eichmann for an outstanding #Angiogenesis conference @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social

For their 1 year birthday, my patients Opu & Jojo are hosting #familyhouse fundraiser. Join us to celebrate #extremelypreterm patients & parents to ensure this resource persists for families @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @neotecan.bsky.social ❤️👧🏾👶🏻👦🏽👩👨🏻 give.familyhouseinc.org/campaign/703...

Donate to Banerjee Family Birthday Donation Page

Provide comfort and sanctuary to families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses staying at Family House San Francisco. https://give.familyhouseinc.org/campaign/569799/donate

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A full circle ⭕️ moment interviewing @ameliecollins79 . Dr. Collins was my fellow during my #neonatology sub-I. Fascinating #hsc work (the mother cell of #immunology!) ✅it out and her 😍publication: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38428422/ @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social

Maternal inflammation regulates fetal emergency myelopoiesis - PubMed

Neonates are highly susceptible to inflammation and infection. Here, we investigate how late fetal liver (FL) mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) respond to inflammation, testing the...

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The Incubator Podcast@nicupodcast.bsky.social · last yr.

How do people decide to be BOTH a #physician and a #scientist? Learn more about the pathway in the latest episode of #atthebench with Drs. Misty Good and Betsy Crouch, and guest Dr. Amélie Collins podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #neosciphy

We have a VERY important episode, we need your help!🤝 It's not too late to influence your legislators. PLEASE listen and ask yourself how you can help make positive change for families on Medicaid.🏥 @nicubatman says that your voice matters!🗣️ #nicu #medicaid #nicuparent #nicunurse @nant @nann

David McCulley was kind enough to let me interview him about #grantwriting on the cusp of a major #NIH deadline. Nothing like a deadline 😅to curate a few 🔥tips

The Incubator Podcast@nicupodcast.bsky.social · last yr.

David McCulley and Betsy Crouch take advantage of a recent NIH deadline to talk about the joys and challenges of grant writing. 📝 🚨 Spoiler alert: there are joys! 🎧 We offer tips for this essential skill for physician scientists. #TheIncubatorPodcast #AtTheBench #NationalInstitutesOfHealth

#Crouchlab and friends and family at the #UCSFCMFPM 10 year anniversary celebration 🍾 🎉thrilled to be a part of this #visionary group now w/#clinicaltrials for #inutero therapies. Let’s go for it, for children’s future health 👶🏻👧🏾🧒🏼 @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social

@neosatyan is a shining light in the neonatal community. Learn more about how he got his start in research on At the Bench, hosted by @mistygoodlab @davidh_mcculley and @elizabetscrouch. #nicu #neotwitter #neosky #physicianscientist

We have a great new episode on @nicupodcast from our colleagues on the Global Neonatal Podcast! Neonatal care from Trinidad to Toronto! Be sure to take a listen! #nicu #neonatal #nann #globalhealth

Fantastic opportunity for undergradute students interested in 🧠#BrainHealth #hydrocephalus #research #sciencepolicy w/ the outstanding Hydrocephalus Association Patients, families, funders and researchers to #curehydrocephalus 🩺👩🏼‍⚕️💰🔬 www.hydroassoc.org/the-ralph-ki...

Ralph Kistler Internship | Hydrocephalus Association

The Ralph Kistler Internship was established in 2021 and offers undergraduates hands-on experience in biology, neuroscience, public health, and non-profit operations.

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Dr. Rozance studies how 👶🏻 grow in the womb. 🫄Bad prenatal growth can have serious long-term effects, including an ⬆️ risk of 🫀 disease & ⬆️blood pressure in adults. Why don’t some 👶🏻 grow well & how we can intervene to support their lifelong health? www.the-incubator.org/post/291-und...

#291 - 🔬 Understanding Fetal Growth (ft. Dr. Paul Rozance)

Hello Friends 👋In this episode of the Incubator, Dr. Paul Rozance discusses his research on fetal metabolism and growth regulation, emphasizing the role of insulin, glucagon, and placental function in...

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If anyone is wondering what the impacts of cuts to NIH funding are, check out this really well-done website tracking them: scienceimpacts.org

It’s been gorgeous @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social and we took the opportunity to have a mtg on the roof! #laborganization goes more smoothly with abundant sun. ☀️💪🏻🧫🔬🥼

#cerebralorganoids 🧠🧫hold much promise in #neonatology but have yet to deliver directly for our #patients 👶🏾👶🏻 We outline some high yield areas for future study (vasculature! Cortical circuits!) @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social ✅it out! journals.lww.com/co-pediatric...

The promise of cerebral organoids for neonatology : Current Opinion in Pediatrics

. Human cell-derived cerebral organoid models are an appealing way to address some of these gaps. In this review, we will touch on previous work to model neonatal conditions in cerebral organoids, som...

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So proud of #Crouchlab MSTP KWP (Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh)! Come listen to her amazing talk on #bloodbrainbarrier gene modules during development @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social 🧠💻🧬 graduate.ucsf.edu/news/game-me...

The Game is On: Meet the UCSF Grad Slam Finalists!

Get ready for UCSF Grad Slam! The Graduate Division’s popular annual research communications contest returns on April 2 as part of UCSF’s celebration of National Graduate Student Appreciation Week.

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Delighted to share our most recent preprint led by the incredible @MilJessenya and @Jalbsoto! In this study, we generated a metabolomic atlas of human cortical development and discovered that the pentose phosphate pathway regulates radial glia cell fate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Metabolic Atlas of Early Human Cortex Identifies Regulators of Cell Fate Transitions

Characterization of cell type emergence during human cortical development, which enables unique human cognition, has focused primarily on anatomical and transcriptional characterizations. Metabolic pr...

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It’s happening, New Jersey! It’s time to rally for science!

Grateful for this funding and the opportunity to work with a phenomenal group of scientists to study a novel hypothesis with patient impact. 🧫🔬🥼👶🏻👧🏾👦🏽 @bhadurilab.bsky.social @zeigerlab.bsky.social stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/scienti...

Scientists Secure $10.3 Million CIRM Grant to Advance Stem-Cell Therapies for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

A team of researchers from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF and UCLA, along with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, has been awarded a $10.3 m...

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