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The official Twitter account for the UAB Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology [CDIB]
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10-06-2018 16:41:15
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🧠From decoding the brain to building tissues, UAB CDIB faculty are tackling science from every angle—cancer, immunology, bioengineering & more. 🔬💥 Explore all 7 focus areas: uab.edu/medicine/cdib/… UAB Medicine @uabheersink









Join us Wednesday for the CDIB Seminar Series with Dr. Farah Lubin, Professor of Neurobiology at UAB, presenting “LncRNA Neat1 and Memory: Insights into Age-Related Cognitive Decline.” 🧠 UAB Medicine @uabheersink UABNeurobiology



🎉 Shout-out to Amelia Herron, an undergrad in Dr. Zhiyong Liu’s lab, for being selected for the UAB Honors College Presidential Honors Fellowship! She’ll spend the summer diving into research and presenting at the UAB Summer Expo! 🔬✨ UAB Medicine @uabheersink


🎉 Big congrats to Abigail Williamson from the Thalacker-Mercer lab! 🏆 She earned a research excellence award at the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center meeting and will present at the 53rd American Aging Association meeting in Alaska! UAB Medicine @uabheersink Dr. Anna Thalacker-Mercer


Field Day fun in the sun! ☀️🧠 Thanks to everyone who joined us May 9 for food, games, and good vibes with CDIB. We had a blast and appreciate everyone who helped make it a success! #UABCDIB #FieldDayFun UAB Medicine @uabheersink


We’re counting down the days until GATE 2025! 🧠 From hands-on neuroanatomy to insightful lectures (plus plenty of coffee), it’s three days of brains, breakthroughs, and big ideas. See you June 25–27! #GATE2025 #UABCDIB @uabheersink UAB Medicine

🎓 Blazing new trails in leadership! Congrats to Dr. Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee on graduating from the Blaze Leadership Academy! 👏🔥 We’re proud to see CDIB faculty shaping the future of academic leadership. Read more: uab.edu/reporter/peopl… UAB Medicine @uabheersink


🧠🦠 Big news from the McFarland Lab! Their latest study dives into how gut microbes shape the immune response in brain tumors. Could your gut hold clues to better glioblastoma treatments? Published in GutMicrobesReports! Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… UAB Medicine @uabheersink


☀️Think a sunburn’s just a little redness? Think again! UV rays go deep, damaging DNA, speeding up aging, and raising your cancer risk, before the burn even starts.🧬 Learn from Dr. McFarland why sun protection is a must: uab.edu/medicine/news/… UAB Medicine @uabheersink

Don’t miss our summer CDIB seminar! 🧠 Dr. Eduardo Leyva Díaz from Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante will present “Programming and reprogramming the nervous system via CUT homeobox genes.” Join us for this exciting talk! UAB Medicine @uabheersink


👩🔬🔬 #MeetTheMinds of CDIB kicks off with Dr. Yoon, assistant professor in the Department of CDIB! From St. Jude to UAB, she’s advancing research on drug-resistant tumors and inspiring the next gen of scientists. Read more: uab.edu/medicine/news/… @uabheersink UAB Medicine


Congrats to CDIB postdoc Barnita Haldar, M.D., Ph.D., on receiving the 2024 Relay for Life Champion of Mission Award from the American Cancer Society for her work on immune evasion in pancreatic cancer! 👏 Read more: uab.edu/medicine/news/… @uabheersink UAB Medicine