We’re excited to welcome Vishakha K. Kumar as the new Executive Director/CEO of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis! Join us in welcoming Dr. Kumar! Learn more: bit.ly/4yN9FyE
Jim Morrissey
@jhmorrissey.bsky.social
Professor at University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. My lab does NIH-funded research on the biochemistry of blood clotting, with relevance to bleeding disorders and thrombosis.
I'm delighted to share the news that my latest novel, THEA, just won a 2026 IndieReader Discovery Award for Best Young Adult Fiction!
See another side of the #roaringtwenties in this #yahistoricalfiction #yabooks #comingofage #historicalfiction #1920sfiction #yabooks #BookTour & Enter to win a copy or $10 #Giveaway! @glmorrissey.bsky.social Now #audiobook amzn.to/4c83ydH Follow the tour silverdaggerbooktours.com/thea-audiobook
Delighted to share that my historical coming-of-age novel, THEA, was a winner in the 2025 Page Turner Awards (Best Historical Fiction & Character Architect Award) — and I also got to work with the amazing Nicole Fikes on the audiobook version, which just debuted. www.audible.com/pd/B0GQ1JZY6...
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. – 2025 Page Turner Book Award winner for Best Historical Fiction & Character Architect Award --------------------------------------- Oklahoma City, 1925 ...
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Delighted that our cryo-EM structure of the enzyme that triggers blood clotting (TF/FVIIa) was featured on the cover of Blood, revealing a new explanation for TF encryption! Josepha Sezdro worked closely with Amanda Photenhauer in Melanie Ohi's lab to solve this structure. doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
Cryo-EM structure of the tissue factor/factor VIIa complex with a factor X mimetic reveals a novel allosteric mechanism
Key PointsXK1 interacts with TF/FVIIa via the FVIIa protease domain and TF exosite, with much of the FX light chain making no contact with TF/FVIIa.A novel
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Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
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I'm delighted that my latest novel, THEA, is a finalist for the 2025 Page Turner Awards! THEA is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in the 1920s. Check it out! alsoby.me/r/amazon/B0F... #PageTurnerAwards
All three novels in my Antlands series are currently on sale for 99 cents each at the US Amazon store – now through July 17! www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGVLF28
My conversation with Verena in episode 119 of her podcast, "Sunday Tea with V," is now live. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with her about writing my two historical novels, Marriage & Hanging, and Thea! open.spotify.com/episode/1kQF...
Episode 119: Sunday Tea with V and Genevieve Morrissey
Sunday Tea With V at the Hystery Chronicles Podcast · Episode
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Thanks for the kind words about this work. Josepha did a great job with her presentation — and with this project!
Elegant study to study TF/FVII/FX structures on nanodisks with higher CryoEM resolution to propose a mechanism for TF encryption/decryption by Josepha Sedzro @jhmorrissey.bsky.social
Genevieve Morrissey is the #author of the Antlands Sci-fi series. "Antlands" #dystopia "Annasland" #geneticengineering "Farlands" #scifi www.independentauthornetwork.com/-genevieve-m... #amreading @glmorrissey.bsky.social #bookboost #goodreads #iartg #ian1
Hello #hemesky folks! #ISTH2025 is coming up fast, so show me your abstracts! I'm planning my schedule now, tell me where to learn about your work. @shematologist.medsky.social @dianvanderwaldr.bsky.social @samelsonjones.bsky.social @jhmorrissey.bsky.social I think I saw your names in the program. 👀
I'm thrilled that the cover of my coming-of-age novel, Thea, is featured in this issue of Cover Crush by @booklife.bsky.social! Mark Thomas of @coverness.bsky.social did an amazing job with this cover! booklife.com/create/art-d...
Cover Crush: Behind the Designs
Go behind the scenes with indie authors and designers as they reveal the creative choices that bring book covers—and stories—to life.
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BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.
My coming-of-age historical novel, Thea, is on sale for only 99p in the UK Amazon store through June 1. (And it's always free to read on Kindle Unlimited.) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F29K5GD8
My latest historical novel, Thea, is on sale for $0.99 (now through May 19 at Amazon in the US)! www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
I’m delighted that my latest novel, Thea, got an “Editor’s Pick” review from @booklife.bsky.social! booklife.com/project/thea...
Thea by Genevieve Morrissey | BookLife
Oklahoma City, 1925Fifteen-year-old Thea Carter lives in a small garage apartment—Thea’s seventh “home” in four years—provided by her alcoholic mother’s employer, t...
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Check out this #yabooks #teenbooks #historicalbooks #1920s #yahistoricalbooks #comingofage #historicalteenbooks #BookTour & Enter to win $10 #Giveaway! #Thea @glmorrissey Get it- a.co/d/7opa81N Come by the tour- sdbook.promo/Thea
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On Goodreads, I'm giving away 100 Kindle copies of my latest novel, Thea! Sign-up ends April 16. Here's the link: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
I'm excited that my latest novel, Thea, is available for pre-order on Amazon. It comes out on April 14! Thea is a coming-of-age story set in Oklahoma City in 1925. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F28B5P71
Outstanding choices — congrats to both recipients!!!!
Exciting news! 🎉We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Mentor Awards: Denisa Wagner & Robert Medcalf. These awards honor mentors who go above and beyond to inspire, guide & empower early career professionals in thrombosis & hemostasis. Learn more: bit.ly/41FIZQz
“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
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Also, we are looking to recruit a new postdoc asap to a funded position in our lab in Dublin. Please check out our lab website prestonlab.ie for what we do, and get in touch if interested.
Preston Labs
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We’ve extended the early (reduced-price) registration deadline for PolyP-2025, the conference on polyphosphate biology, until April 30!! Please spread the word about this conference. We have a great lineup of speakers on this emerging field! polyp2025.org/registration/
Registration
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Abstract deadline coming soon! -- March 1 for oral presentations; April 1 for poster-only. PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus. Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
Very cool to see the cover of Blood Advances featuring our simulation of the enzyme that triggers blood clotting (tissue factor/factor VIIa), assembled on a membrane surface and bound to its favored substrate, factor X. Great collaboration with Emad Tajkhorshid’s group at Univ. of Illinois!
🚨New Blood Advances issue out now featuring Inside Blood Advances: How donor age affects RBC deformability in storage Testicular follicular lymphoma: let me count the ways The transplant debate: defining innovation for sickle cell https://buff.ly/435x7JN #bloodjournals
Sad, sad news that a dear colleague, Naomi Esmon passed away. chicagojewishfunerals.com/funeral-deta...
Funeral Details
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Abstract deadline coming soon! -- March 1 for oral presentations; April 1 for poster-only. PolyP-2025 – Conference on Polyphosphate Biology – May 20-23, 2025 at the Univ. of Michigan campus. Early (reduced-cost) registration deadline is February 28. Full meeting info: polyp2025.org
Eric Mullins is here at UMich giving a stimulating talk on the role of fibrin(ogen) and fibrinolysis in neuroinflammation. @ericsmullins.bsky.social
How about some inspiring weekend listening to the @isth.org Pulse Podcast? Enjoy the latest episode w/guests @aswolberg.bsky.social and @kmachlus.bsky.social who discuss with host @gbarnesmd.bsky.social how to go from being a mentee to becoming a mentor and collaborator. Tune in: buff.ly/42VSVHK