COMET Leducq Network
@cometleducqnetwork.bsky.social
Decoding vascular calcification through omics-driven discovery and global collaboration.
🔬 Introducing Kavousi’s Lab
Focused on preventing cardiovascular disease, the team studies sex-, gender-, and diversity factors to advance precision prevention. Through the Rotterdam Study, they lead impactful research on vascular calcification and cardiometabolic health.
Focused on preventing cardiovascular disease, the team studies sex-, gender-, and diversity factors to advance precision prevention. Through the Rotterdam Study, they lead impactful research on vascular calcification and cardiometabolic health.
February 25, 2026 at 11:57 AM
🔬 Introducing Kavousi’s Lab
Focused on preventing cardiovascular disease, the team studies sex-, gender-, and diversity factors to advance precision prevention. Through the Rotterdam Study, they lead impactful research on vascular calcification and cardiometabolic health.
Focused on preventing cardiovascular disease, the team studies sex-, gender-, and diversity factors to advance precision prevention. Through the Rotterdam Study, they lead impactful research on vascular calcification and cardiometabolic health.
We’re excited to share that the COMET Leducq Website is now live! 🎉
Explore how our hub is advancing innovative research, fostering collaboration, and driving scientific discovery.
Visit us at: www.comethub.org
#Research #Collaboration #Science #Innovation
Explore how our hub is advancing innovative research, fostering collaboration, and driving scientific discovery.
Visit us at: www.comethub.org
#Research #Collaboration #Science #Innovation
February 25, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We’re excited to share that the COMET Leducq Website is now live! 🎉
Explore how our hub is advancing innovative research, fostering collaboration, and driving scientific discovery.
Visit us at: www.comethub.org
#Research #Collaboration #Science #Innovation
Explore how our hub is advancing innovative research, fostering collaboration, and driving scientific discovery.
Visit us at: www.comethub.org
#Research #Collaboration #Science #Innovation
Thrilled to introduce Chen Lab to the COMET Leducq project! 🧬Their cutting-edge work on vascular smooth muscle cells, multi-Omics, AI, and translational models is driving new insights into vascular disease, aging, and drug discovery. Excited for the collaboration ahead!
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Thrilled to introduce Chen Lab to the COMET Leducq project! 🧬Their cutting-edge work on vascular smooth muscle cells, multi-Omics, AI, and translational models is driving new insights into vascular disease, aging, and drug discovery. Excited for the collaboration ahead!
🔬 Kramann’s Lab bridges kidney, heart & fibrosis research to turn single-cell and spatial genomics into new therapies. From mapping fibrotic cell states to 3D bioprinted kidneys and iPSC organoids, they’re redefining how we model and treat disease.
#COMETLeducq #KramannLab #Fibrosis #CardioRenal
#COMETLeducq #KramannLab #Fibrosis #CardioRenal
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🔬 Kramann’s Lab bridges kidney, heart & fibrosis research to turn single-cell and spatial genomics into new therapies. From mapping fibrotic cell states to 3D bioprinted kidneys and iPSC organoids, they’re redefining how we model and treat disease.
#COMETLeducq #KramannLab #Fibrosis #CardioRenal
#COMETLeducq #KramannLab #Fibrosis #CardioRenal
Thrilled to share that Meng-Ying Wu has received the 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award! 🎉 Her project will uncover the epigenetic regulators driving vascular calcification and VSMC fate switching - paving the way for new cardiovascular therapies. 🔬✨
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thrilled to share that Meng-Ying Wu has received the 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award! 🎉 Her project will uncover the epigenetic regulators driving vascular calcification and VSMC fate switching - paving the way for new cardiovascular therapies. 🔬✨
Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Instructor at MGH & Harvard Med, is a 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award recipient! 🎉
His research integrates multi-omics & single-cell RNA-seq to uncover genetic drivers of vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, advancing cardiovascular disease understanding.
His research integrates multi-omics & single-cell RNA-seq to uncover genetic drivers of vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, advancing cardiovascular disease understanding.
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Instructor at MGH & Harvard Med, is a 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award recipient! 🎉
His research integrates multi-omics & single-cell RNA-seq to uncover genetic drivers of vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, advancing cardiovascular disease understanding.
His research integrates multi-omics & single-cell RNA-seq to uncover genetic drivers of vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, advancing cardiovascular disease understanding.
Introducing Dr. Chengyun Tang – 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award Recipient ✨
Her research applies AI, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics to reveal how vascular calcification drives brain aging and late-life dementia. Thrilled to see where her work leads!
#cometleducqnetwork
Her research applies AI, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics to reveal how vascular calcification drives brain aging and late-life dementia. Thrilled to see where her work leads!
#cometleducqnetwork
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Introducing Dr. Chengyun Tang – 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award Recipient ✨
Her research applies AI, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics to reveal how vascular calcification drives brain aging and late-life dementia. Thrilled to see where her work leads!
#cometleducqnetwork
Her research applies AI, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics to reveal how vascular calcification drives brain aging and late-life dementia. Thrilled to see where her work leads!
#cometleducqnetwork
Thrilled to announce Patrick Hart (University of Virginia) as one of the 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award recipients! 🎉
Patrick’s research explores how diabetes contributes to atherosclerosis using advanced multi-omic and epigenetic approaches.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #CardiovascularScience
Patrick’s research explores how diabetes contributes to atherosclerosis using advanced multi-omic and epigenetic approaches.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #CardiovascularScience
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thrilled to announce Patrick Hart (University of Virginia) as one of the 2026 COMET Leducq Early Investigator Award recipients! 🎉
Patrick’s research explores how diabetes contributes to atherosclerosis using advanced multi-omic and epigenetic approaches.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #CardiovascularScience
Patrick’s research explores how diabetes contributes to atherosclerosis using advanced multi-omic and epigenetic approaches.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #CardiovascularScience
🔬 Introducing the Duer Research Group (Cambridge Chemistry) - exploring tissue molecular structure and the extracellular matrix to understand ageing, disease, and vascular calcification.
Their discoveries led to a new therapy now in trials. Proud members of COMET Leducq ☄️#COMETLeducq
Their discoveries led to a new therapy now in trials. Proud members of COMET Leducq ☄️#COMETLeducq
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔬 Introducing the Duer Research Group (Cambridge Chemistry) - exploring tissue molecular structure and the extracellular matrix to understand ageing, disease, and vascular calcification.
Their discoveries led to a new therapy now in trials. Proud members of COMET Leducq ☄️#COMETLeducq
Their discoveries led to a new therapy now in trials. Proud members of COMET Leducq ☄️#COMETLeducq
Hosting the 2nd COMET Leducq Network Meeting in beautiful Boston! 🌟 A fantastic week of inspiring science, collaborations, and discussion as our PIs and Fellows share their research journeys - all alongside great company and delicious food. 💙 #COMETNetwork #LeducqFoundation
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hosting the 2nd COMET Leducq Network Meeting in beautiful Boston! 🌟 A fantastic week of inspiring science, collaborations, and discussion as our PIs and Fellows share their research journeys - all alongside great company and delicious food. 💙 #COMETNetwork #LeducqFoundation
Cathy and Meng are at the Joint Europe Calcification Meeting 2025, and Meng won 1st place for her oral presentation! 🏆
A day of insightful talks, engaging discussions, and inspiring posters highlights the passion of this vibrant research community.
A day of insightful talks, engaging discussions, and inspiring posters highlights the passion of this vibrant research community.
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Cathy and Meng are at the Joint Europe Calcification Meeting 2025, and Meng won 1st place for her oral presentation! 🏆
A day of insightful talks, engaging discussions, and inspiring posters highlights the passion of this vibrant research community.
A day of insightful talks, engaging discussions, and inspiring posters highlights the passion of this vibrant research community.
Meet the Miller Lab, Univ. of Virginia! @clintomics.bsky.social
They study genetic & environmental risk factors for coronary artery & complex cardiovascular diseases using multi-omics, genomic datasets & functional models, aiming to uncover disease mechanisms & new strategies for prevention.
They study genetic & environmental risk factors for coronary artery & complex cardiovascular diseases using multi-omics, genomic datasets & functional models, aiming to uncover disease mechanisms & new strategies for prevention.
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Meet the Miller Lab, Univ. of Virginia! @clintomics.bsky.social
They study genetic & environmental risk factors for coronary artery & complex cardiovascular diseases using multi-omics, genomic datasets & functional models, aiming to uncover disease mechanisms & new strategies for prevention.
They study genetic & environmental risk factors for coronary artery & complex cardiovascular diseases using multi-omics, genomic datasets & functional models, aiming to uncover disease mechanisms & new strategies for prevention.
Cathy Shanahan, one of our PIs, recently attended the ESC Congress in Madrid, Europe’s premier cardiovascular meeting. She chaired a session on cardiac macrophages and was a poster discussant on immunometabolism, inflammation, and vascular disease.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #Reserach
#COMETLeducqNetwork #Reserach
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cathy Shanahan, one of our PIs, recently attended the ESC Congress in Madrid, Europe’s premier cardiovascular meeting. She chaired a session on cardiac macrophages and was a poster discussant on immunometabolism, inflammation, and vascular disease.
#COMETLeducqNetwork #Reserach
#COMETLeducqNetwork #Reserach
Exciting news from the COMET Network! 🚀 Our PIs @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social, Cathy Shanahan & @clintomics.bsky.social published in European Heart Journal on tackling vascular calcification with cutting-edge omics.
Read the full article here👉 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Read the full article here👉 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Leducq-funded network: calcification-omics, molecular elucidation, and therapeutics (COMET)
Vascular calcification is a highly prevalent and clinically significant pathology affecting both women and men across all ages. It manifests in the intima
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August 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Exciting news from the COMET Network! 🚀 Our PIs @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social, Cathy Shanahan & @clintomics.bsky.social published in European Heart Journal on tackling vascular calcification with cutting-edge omics.
Read the full article here👉 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Read the full article here👉 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
🔬 Opportunity at Shanahan’s Lab @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join a team driving impactful research in vascular calcification, aging, and disease. Contribute to cutting-edge work in cell biology and data analysis.
Apply now:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118805-...
Join a team driving impactful research in vascular calcification, aging, and disease. Contribute to cutting-edge work in cell biology and data analysis.
Apply now:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118805-...
Research Associate in Vascular Calcification
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔬 Opportunity at Shanahan’s Lab @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join a team driving impactful research in vascular calcification, aging, and disease. Contribute to cutting-edge work in cell biology and data analysis.
Apply now:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118805-...
Join a team driving impactful research in vascular calcification, aging, and disease. Contribute to cutting-edge work in cell biology and data analysis.
Apply now:
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118805-...
Meet Professor Cathy Shanahan’s Research Team
📍 King’s College London
Cracking the code of vascular aging - Shanahan Lab is uncovering how smooth muscle cells drive calcification & stiffness, paving the way for new heart disease therapies.
#MeetTheTeam #CardioScience #COMETLeducq
📍 King’s College London
Cracking the code of vascular aging - Shanahan Lab is uncovering how smooth muscle cells drive calcification & stiffness, paving the way for new heart disease therapies.
#MeetTheTeam #CardioScience #COMETLeducq
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Meet Professor Cathy Shanahan’s Research Team
📍 King’s College London
Cracking the code of vascular aging - Shanahan Lab is uncovering how smooth muscle cells drive calcification & stiffness, paving the way for new heart disease therapies.
#MeetTheTeam #CardioScience #COMETLeducq
📍 King’s College London
Cracking the code of vascular aging - Shanahan Lab is uncovering how smooth muscle cells drive calcification & stiffness, paving the way for new heart disease therapies.
#MeetTheTeam #CardioScience #COMETLeducq
👏Big congrats to Dr. Sujin Lee for winning the Outstanding Research Fellow Mentor Award AND the SVS Foundation Award for her research on the FNDC1 protein in vascular calcification! She’s been a Malhotra Lab fellow since 2021, supported by an NIH F32 grant. Amazing work!
#VascularResearch #STEM #MGH
#VascularResearch #STEM #MGH
July 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
👏Big congrats to Dr. Sujin Lee for winning the Outstanding Research Fellow Mentor Award AND the SVS Foundation Award for her research on the FNDC1 protein in vascular calcification! She’s been a Malhotra Lab fellow since 2021, supported by an NIH F32 grant. Amazing work!
#VascularResearch #STEM #MGH
#VascularResearch #STEM #MGH
Meet Dr. Rajeev Malhotra’s 2025 Research Team @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social 💫
From the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), MassGeneral Brigham, Boston—Dr. Raj’s lab explores vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, uncovering targets for future therapies.
#MeetTheTeam#MGH#CardioResearch#cometleducq
From the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), MassGeneral Brigham, Boston—Dr. Raj’s lab explores vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, uncovering targets for future therapies.
#MeetTheTeam#MGH#CardioResearch#cometleducq
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Meet Dr. Rajeev Malhotra’s 2025 Research Team @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social 💫
From the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), MassGeneral Brigham, Boston—Dr. Raj’s lab explores vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, uncovering targets for future therapies.
#MeetTheTeam#MGH#CardioResearch#cometleducq
From the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), MassGeneral Brigham, Boston—Dr. Raj’s lab explores vascular calcification & atherosclerosis, uncovering targets for future therapies.
#MeetTheTeam#MGH#CardioResearch#cometleducq
Throwback to our first official COMET Leducq conference in London this May! After insightful sessions, we capped it off with a ride on the London Eye and a scenic river cruise—networking, laughter, and unforgettable views. #COMETLeducq #London #Networking
June 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Throwback to our first official COMET Leducq conference in London this May! After insightful sessions, we capped it off with a ride on the London Eye and a scenic river cruise—networking, laughter, and unforgettable views. #COMETLeducq #London #Networking
Dr. Chen chaired a scientific session and her team presented exciting new findings on vascular calcification at #Pathobiology2025 by @asipath.bsky.social. A proud moment for the lab pushing boundaries in cardiovascular research!
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience #CardioResearch
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience #CardioResearch
June 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Dr. Chen chaired a scientific session and her team presented exciting new findings on vascular calcification at #Pathobiology2025 by @asipath.bsky.social. A proud moment for the lab pushing boundaries in cardiovascular research!
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience #CardioResearch
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience #CardioResearch
Breaking boundaries in heart science!
The first COMET Network meeting brought global experts to London to decode vascular calcification using cutting-edge omics.
Collaboration, discovery, and a path toward targeted therapies.
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience
The first COMET Network meeting brought global experts to London to decode vascular calcification using cutting-edge omics.
Collaboration, discovery, and a path toward targeted therapies.
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Breaking boundaries in heart science!
The first COMET Network meeting brought global experts to London to decode vascular calcification using cutting-edge omics.
Collaboration, discovery, and a path toward targeted therapies.
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience
The first COMET Network meeting brought global experts to London to decode vascular calcification using cutting-edge omics.
Collaboration, discovery, and a path toward targeted therapies.
#COMET2025 #COMETLeducq #CardioScience
Introducing COMET (Calcification-Omics, Molecular Elucidation & Therapeutics)!
We’re decoding vascular calcification using cutting-edge genomics and molecular science to tackle heart disease and reduce cardiovascular risks.
Join us on this exciting journey!
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
We’re decoding vascular calcification using cutting-edge genomics and molecular science to tackle heart disease and reduce cardiovascular risks.
Join us on this exciting journey!
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
May 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Introducing COMET (Calcification-Omics, Molecular Elucidation & Therapeutics)!
We’re decoding vascular calcification using cutting-edge genomics and molecular science to tackle heart disease and reduce cardiovascular risks.
Join us on this exciting journey!
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
We’re decoding vascular calcification using cutting-edge genomics and molecular science to tackle heart disease and reduce cardiovascular risks.
Join us on this exciting journey!
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
We’re live on Bluesky!
Excited to share our first update: At the American Heart Association in 2024, Dr. Chen led a session on Vascular & Valvular Calcification, where @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social presented a talk on Clinical Genomics in Cardiovascular Calcification.
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
Excited to share our first update: At the American Heart Association in 2024, Dr. Chen led a session on Vascular & Valvular Calcification, where @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social presented a talk on Clinical Genomics in Cardiovascular Calcification.
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
May 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We’re live on Bluesky!
Excited to share our first update: At the American Heart Association in 2024, Dr. Chen led a session on Vascular & Valvular Calcification, where @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social presented a talk on Clinical Genomics in Cardiovascular Calcification.
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience
Excited to share our first update: At the American Heart Association in 2024, Dr. Chen led a session on Vascular & Valvular Calcification, where @rajmalhotramd.bsky.social presented a talk on Clinical Genomics in Cardiovascular Calcification.
#COMETLeducq #CardioScience