Zam Kassiri
@zamkassiri.bsky.social
Professor, Cardiac and vascular matrix remodeling. Deputy Editor AJPHeart. U of Alberta, Dept Physiology #ualberta www.kassirilab.com
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Good news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏
G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 3mo agoGood news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...
New in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social: the KEYNOTE-905 trial evaluated enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab as perioperative therapy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who were ineligible to receive cisplatin. Read the full study for free: https://nej.md/DrG40
Our trade agreement with China is delivering for Canadian farmers.
Mehdi Khalaj and Katie Tolley are the #USask recipients of the 2026-27 Lieutenant Governor Scholarship awards. These prestigious scholarships help ensure the next generation of leaders have the tools to turn innovative ideas into real world impact. news.usask.ca/articles/stu...
USask students receive Lieutenant Governor Scholarship awards - News
Four outstanding Saskatchewan graduate and post graduate students are being recognized for their academic excellence and leadership through the 2026-27 Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Scholarship and...
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Big thanks to the Artemis II crew who touched down at the Canadian Museum of Nature today to give us a quick tour of the moon — no space suit required.
Cool paper on why the ❤️ is more resistant to metastasis. Love the first part. Very cool system! The paper steers toward Nesprin and DNA demethylation near the end as an explanation. I'm surprised no data on DNA damage. Also, wonder if tissue density is at play too. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mechanical load inhibits cancer growth in mouse and human hearts
The heart rarely develops cancer, and, at the same time, it lacks regenerative capacity, as cardiomyocytes stop proliferating after birth. This suggests that mechanisms limiting cardiac regeneration m...
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When it's your time to present in lab meeting and you don't have new results to show
Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube
The new terminal expansion will transform the Port of Montréal — creating thousands of new trading opportunities for Canadian businesses.
CLOSURE-AF trial: In patients with atrial fibrillation, catheter-based left atrial appendage closure has been suggested as an alternative to medication for stroke prevention. Research findings comparing these approaches are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/3O19aya #Cardiology #AFib
Level up your negotiation skills at #VascularDiscovery2026! The ATVB Women’s Leadership Committee hosts the Mentor of Women Award Luncheon: “How to Ask for What You Need at Every Step” with Drs. Isabella Grumbach and Carlos Fernandez‑Hernando. To register: professional.heart.org/en/meetings/...
These investments will help create thousands of high-paying careers for Canadian workers and unlock important new opportunities for our businesses.
Two nations under different skies, with the same values and ambitions. The Land Down Under and the Truth North Strong and Free. 🇦🇺🇨🇦
While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger. www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...
ADAM17 Sheddase #Atherosclerosis Myh11+ Smooth Muscle Cell Adam17 KO🐭+HFD➡️ ⏫Lesion burden ⏫Aortic valve dysfunction ⏫Foamy SMCs Adam17-deficient aortic SMCs➡️ ⏫Lipid uptake (CD36 SRA1 LAL) ⏬Lipid efflux (ABCA1) @zamkassiri.bsky.social #Atherosclerosis 2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
suppressing fibroblast activity too early after MI -> not good; suppressing myoFB activity after the early pos-MI phase -> Great! And the benefits lasted for 4 weeks (in mice)! Extreme hard work by PhD student, Yingxi Li and great collab with Engineering (L Westover).CVR2026 doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf256
Finally in Publication: knockdown of ADAM17 in smooth muscle cells markedly worsened atherosclerosis (in LDLR-KO mice) even though plasma hyperlipidemia remained unchanged. Arterial cells are critical players in atherosclerosis development. (Atherosclerosis. 2025 doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis)
it appears your manuscript "in preparation" was not published in 2025 after all, mr. bond
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
#OTD in 1961, AP names Wilma Rudolph Female Athlete of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. #WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
Adding one original sentence to the recommendation letter that Chatgpt composed
I’m happy that my PhD time will count at some point in my life. Or death.
So excited to share this as a new junior PI: My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀 www.bischofflab.com Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊 And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery! #CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
