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biological sciences PhD candidate 👩‍🔬 @umdscience.bsky.social | mucus, asthma & gene therapy 🫁 | bharatanatyam dancer 🩰 https://sites.google.com/umd.edu/sahana-kumar

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AAV-mediated MUC5AC siRNA delivery to prevent mucociliary dysfunction in asthma - Gene Therapy Gene Therapy - AAV-mediated MUC5AC siRNA delivery to prevent mucociliary dysfunction in asthma

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Excited to share that a part of my PhD work on mucus targeted gene therapy for asthma is now published!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

23.08.2025 13:31 — 👍 37    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
Pencil drawing of Astatotilapia burtoni, a blue male.

Pencil drawing of Astatotilapia burtoni, a blue male.

Today’s #SundayFishSketch is my nemesis, the cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni. The sex determination system in these guys is the source of at least 3 of my current headaches 😒

03.08.2025 19:22 — 👍 36    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

Right!! 😂

30.07.2025 23:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Testing out these new acrylic markers with quick microbe sketches 🦠 🧪

#sciart #art

30.07.2025 22:41 — 👍 42    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵

24.07.2025 19:26 — 👍 106    🔁 74    💬 6    📌 1

Haha, go Kristen!!

27.07.2025 00:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I would like to be added to the list! :)

17.07.2025 18:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yayy Dr. Behrens!! 🥳

20.02.2025 06:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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09.02.2025 02:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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There is clearly a theme here 🫁 👩🏽‍🔬

07.02.2025 00:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hi Erik, I am currently a PhD student, could I please be added to the science field? scholar.google.com/citations?us...

04.02.2025 05:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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04.02.2025 04:43 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A good first post for ✨ #MucusMonday ✨ ALI cultures stained for gap junctions (green), nuclei (blue) and mucus: MUC5AC (orange)

04.02.2025 01:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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