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Excited to share this TEDx talk by #MusahLab undergrad researcher and recent Duke graduate, Sophia Leeman! She dives into our work using stem cells to engineer patient-specific preclinical models, helping to uncover disease mechanisms and new and safe therapeutics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iskr...
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Big congratulations to Dr. Xingrui Mou on defending his PhD and becoming the 3rd PhD grad from #MusahLab! 🎉 His work on engineering vascularized #microfluidic #OrgansOnChips & disease modeling is remarkable. His next stop: Postdoc at #NYSCF! Check out his research publications: tinyurl.com/MusahLab
December 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Final #MusahLab publication of 2024 is here, open access! We explore epigenetics in hypertensive nephropathy, a major contributor to kidney disease & rising healthcare cost. Congratulations to PhD students/coauthors Yize Zhang, Hamidreza Arzaghi, Zhehan Ma, & Yasmin Roye! tiny.cc/epigenHN
December 19, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Thrilled to announce the 4th successful PhD dissertation defense from the #MusahLab! Dr. Yasmin Roye’s work advanced patient-specific disease modeling, uncovered mechanisms of diabetic podocytopathies and revealed new therapeutic avenues. Congratulations on a remarkable scientific growth, Dr. Roye!🎉
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Breakthrough from the #MusahLab at @dukeubme.bsky.social!

Using human stem cell–based models & glomerulus-on-a-chip technology, researchers revealed how loss-of-function SMAD2 variants cause defective kidney tissue patterning & glomerular dysfunction.

bioengineer.org/studying-sma...

#nephsky 🧪
Studying SMAD2 Mutations Reveals Podocytogenesis Changes
A groundbreaking study released in Nature Biomedical Engineering has unveiled a critical connection between congenital heart disease and kidney function, specifically highlighting the role of genetic
bioengineer.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This has been an incredible collaboration with #TarshaWard, #ChristineSeidman, #JonathanSeidman from @harvardmed.bsky.social, and huge thanks to my Ph.D. advisor @stemcellengineer.bsky.social, the #MusahLab members #LolaKalejaiye, #AlekMishra, #SophiaLeeman, #Hamidreza for making this work possible.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM