Congrats to Dr Blake Ebert on successfully defending his PhD thesis on enzymatic activities of Tet proteins in neural stem cells and development. Stay tuned for his paper. ⁦Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official⁩ ⁦EinsteinGenetics⁩ ⁦EinsteinPhD⁩ ⁦EinsteinSCI⁩ ⁦EinsteinMSTP⁩

Today is our Dr. Katrina Blankenhorn’s final SAC meeting before she starts as Clinical Asst Prof Stony Brook Medicine. So proud of her ongoing dedication to clinical care and research in sickle cell disease & Pediatric HemOnc. Can’t wait to work together again, Katrina! Montefiore Pediatrics

Welcome! Einstein’s newest M.D.-Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program students continued their orientation session Tuesday afternoon, gathering at the Forchheimer Medical Science Building to take their group photo with program leader Myles Akabas and individual headshots.

So inspiring to see the newest students, including former PREP student, Carlos Carlos Hurtado Muñoz 🇨🇴 from Keisuke_Ito_Lab (Old), joining MD-PhD Medical Scientist Training Program at @Einstein_Med! Go Carlos—congratulations on this exciting new chapter! Einstein MSTP EinsteinPhD EinsteinSCI

A truly moving tribute in ISEH to Dr. James Till—a pioneer in experimental hematopoietic stem cell research—beautifully written by Dr. Norman Iscove and colleagues, and thoughtfully handled by NYCTrainKUHR member Dr. Ito Keisuke_Ito_Lab (Old) Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official. bit.ly/45NPeWb

DR. Nina has arrived 🙌👏💫 Congrats Nina Cintron Pregosin on receiving your PhD!!!! 🧠

Congratulations Dr. Robert Bronstein Stony Brook Nephrology & Hypertension Division Stony Brook Medicine Stony Brook University

Huge congrats to Dr. Robert Bronstein Stony Brook University, our NYCTrainKUHR postdoc and expert in epigenetic regulation in Crescentic Glomerulopathies, named a 2025 KidneyCure grantee! So well-deserved—an inspiring future leader in the KUH field. So proud of you, Rob! Sandeep K. Mallipattu

NYCTrainKUHR Stony Brook University Sandeep K. Mallipattu Huge congrats Rob and Sandeep K. Mallipattu Stony Brook Medicine!!

Congratulations Sama DiMartino on your F32 grant! Stony Brook Nephrology & Hypertension Division Stony Brook Department of Medicine

Thrilled to share that Dr. Samaneh DiMartino Sama DiMartino, our amazing NYCTrainKUHR postdoc, has received an NIH/NIDDK F32 award to explore BCAA catabolism in AKI and fibrosis. Huge achievement—so proud of you, Sama!! Stony Brook Medicine Stony Brook Nephrology & Hypertension Division Sian Piret 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Sandeep K. Mallipattu

NYCTrainKUHR NIDDK Stony Brook Medicine Stony Brook Nephrology & Hypertension Division Sian Piret 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Sandeep K. Mallipattu Thank you NYCTrainKUHR for all your support. It was a great pleasure to be part of NYCTrainKUHR!

July 2025 marks 3.5 years of X at Keisuke_Ito_Lab (Old). Excited to share we’ve now transferred a new account Keisuke_Ito_Lab (New). Grateful to work with such an amazing team and inspiring collaborators! Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official EinsteinSCI

So grateful to work with the amazing team at Keisuke_Ito_Lab (New)! Thank you for your effort and enthusiasm. Surrounded by wonderful colleagues at EinsteinSCI Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official and collaborators, I feel so inspired. Here’s to more smiles in the year ahead! Claudia Morganti Ayşegül Erdem

Beautiful tribute to Dr. James Till by Dr. Norman Iscove. Honored to serve as an editor for this legacy in ISEH, as a proud scientific descendant of Dr. McCulloch. Grateful to Norman for insights into early era of HSC research & Jim’s pivotal role. bit.ly/45NPeWb

Had such an amazing time at the tri-lab joint BBQ to kick off summer! Loved sharing fun moments, delicious food, and building new connections with Dr. Dawlaty (Meelad Dawlaty) & Guo (Wenjun_Guo) labs. Looking forward to more collaborations! EinsteinSCI Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official Einstein MSTP

Dr. Hideo Watanabe from Mount Sinai Health System, my childhood friend and pulmonologist, visited the Ito Lab today! He's been my role model since junior high—through high school, med school, residency, PhD, postdoc, and now as a PI—always one year ahead. Great science chats! EinsteinSCI

The July #ExpHem issue includes: engineered ceMSCs supporting human HSPC and AML expansion, mimicking the BM microenvironment, bioinformatics revealing heterogeneity in NK5 AML—guiding future translational and mechanistic research, and more! ➡️ exphem.org/current

Thank you Jennifer Scherer NYU Grossman School of Medicine for being our special guest speaker at Stony Brook Nephrology & Hypertension Division grand rounds!

Today, Dr. John Crispino from St. Jude Research visited Einstein Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official EinsteinSCI. I really enjoyed chatting with him, especially about fostering interactions and collaborations. Coincidentally, his new blog ISEH is so engaging and insightful!