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Foteini (Faye) Mourkioti

@mourkiotilab.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Cell & Developmental Biology, co-Director IRM Musculoskeletal Program, UPenn. We study stem cell regulation, merchanosensation, telomere biology and tissue repair in healthy and diseased muscles.

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How It Feels to Be a Scientist in 2025 Personal Perspective: NIH has been hamstrung, which will have catastrophic effects on scientific progress and academic science. This is how it feels to be a scientist in the middle of this storm.

I wrote about the war on science and the psychological toll it's taking on me for Psychology Today.

How It Feels to Be a Scientist in 2025 | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-ne...

16.09.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ฆlike riding a rollercoaster designed by a prankster

26.08.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Senior Technician The role of Senior Technician helps to deliver timely and effective specialised research and technical support to the following project, The makeup of squamous epithelia: from the landscape of squamou...

jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

07.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Message to Scientists
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff A Message to Scientists

Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities.

So today, I have a message for America's scientists:

youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...

28.05.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1631    ๐Ÿ” 434    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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WE ARE HIRING! The lab got the Packard AND an R35! Please spread this PostDoc Ad around! Philly and Upenn are a great place to live and work!

13.05.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our 2026 PhD course is now open for registration๐Ÿคฉ

@ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
Copenhagen, 5-7 October 2026

Musculoskeletal tissue regeneration โ€“ mechanisms and clinical perspectives

Exciting topics and expert teachers - come join us!

phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

07.05.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My lab is recruiting a PhD to work on a 3 years' project on squamous epithelia, funded by @acmedsci.bsky.social & Medway School of Pharmacy. If you want to be part of a supportive, dynamic research environment and vibrant PhD community, get in touch. www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships...
#PhD #STEM

29.04.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking to conduct research in molecular biology and genetics? Come join the Kardon lab! Looking for lab tech to help research the role of stem cells in muscle development and regeneration and determine the effects of viral infection on muscle. Funding independent of federal resources. Please share!

19.03.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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