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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you so much, Alex!!

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Allison Kann @apkann.bsky.social · 3d

One of the coolest projects I've seen in years - huge congrats to Çağrı and the McKinley team!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you, Walter!!

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing work - and this will open so many doors for women health care. It's insane how little we know about female physiology. Congratulations @cagricevrim.bsky.social and the team on this incredible endeavor! 👏🏽🎉
#womenhealth 💪🏽

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Abby Cheruiyot @abbycheru.bsky.social · 1d

We’re so excited for our 5th annual HBPA symposium, Friday December 12th at HMS

We are now accepting abstracts for:
-Oral Presentations
-Poster
Registration Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Abstract Submission Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 10/31/25

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Iain Cheeseman @iaincheeseman.bsky.social · 3d

An epic story and a must read. This is really beautiful work to understand the most amazing monthly regeneration event - menstruation. The authors reconstitute this process in mice (which don’t normally menstruate) allowing important new insights. Will also be a powerful model for future work.

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Sam!!

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

Being slacked is the highest praise - thank you!!

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much Ritu!!

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Needhi!!

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Vijay Ramani @vram142.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations @karalmckinley.bsky.social & lab on their groundbreaking recent preprint establishing + characterizing a chemically inducible model of menstruation in mouse:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My jaw dropped when I heard this presented earlier this year. Incredible.

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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@NicoliLab @nicolilab.bsky.social · 3d

OMG 😱 a true game changer for biology! Menstruation is a natural miracle of tissue regeneration. Amazing biology to come!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Begüm!!

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Vijay!!

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Adam!!

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Adam Gracz @graczlab.bsky.social · 3d

This is probably one of the coolest and most creative mouse models I’ve ever seen!

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! See you soon!!

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, John!!

Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Vijay!!

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 5d

I’m extremely honored to be a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award!

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, celebrating “scientists with outstanding records of creativity.” His lab will explore how the sense of touch can help build relationships. 🫶🧠💡

See zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/zuckerman-in...

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Camille Berthelot @camilleberthelot.bsky.social · 7d

Incredibly proud of @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social who is receiving the L'Oreal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science for her trailblazing PhD work on menstruation and its associated diseases!

www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...

Six chercheuses pasteuriennes reçoivent le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science

Six chercheuses de l’Institut Pasteur viennent de recevoir, le 8 octobre 2025, le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science.

www.pasteur.fr

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · 8d

For every Nobel that goes to a criminally under-recognized woman scientist (Brunkow, Karikó), or fails to go (Candy Lee), a week of mourning and reform for an academic system wherein you can do Nobel-prize-worthy-work and still end up without a conceivable path to being a professor.

Nature @nature.com · 8d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 13d

Meet the 2025 cohort of @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellows

Read about the scientific visions of eight dev bio post-docs entering the academic job market

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology

ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...

journals.biologists.com

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 28d

A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails.
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!

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