
Melanie Königshoff
@m_konigshoff
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Physician-Scientist | #PinkLab | All about the Lung 🫁 | Think Outside, No Box Required | Music Frame of mind: Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined September 2014
Honored to be inducted to @the_asci and joining a fantastic group of physician-scientists colleagues & friends #jointmeeting A big Thank you to #DeanGladwin and many more for support 🙏
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Der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk hat heute sein Ende eingeläutet. Dieses System ist moralisch und journalistisch bankrott.
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Wir erleben eine neue Welle des Antisemitismus bei uns im Land. Diese Bundesregierung und ich sagen diesem Antisemitismus den Kampf an. Wir werden das nicht dulden – auch nicht im Gewand der vermeintlichen Freiheit der Kunst, der Kultur und der Wissenschaft.
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Academic scientists complain often about the hardship of their chosen career, but in reality research in academia is among the best jobs in the universe. I am at the end of my career, and here are my reasons why I would do it again any day:
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Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program https://t.co/TtHQd2llA7
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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🚨 Important info from @NIH for early-stage investigators: If your first substantial independent research award was terminated early, you may be eligible to have your ESI status reinstated. Details here 👉 https://t.co/Bkp2tLlIhJ
#NIH #ESI #AcademicTwitter #ResearchFunding
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In a large-scale proteomic study of biological aging of 11 organs, the biological ages of the brain and immune system emerged as strong predictors of healthspan and longevity, according to a paper in @NatureMedicine. https://t.co/Yx2YOro3xP
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Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in research grants issued by federal agencies NIH: -57% in the number of awards and -63% in value compared to FY24
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Delighted to publish our review article on the generative era of medical AI in Cell! w/ @EricTopol JohnFahrner and Emma Chen
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If you woke up today and: -Have a job where you can make money -Have your health -Can call both your parents -Have access to food & water -Can go move your body & sweat It's a good day regardless of what your brain is trying to tell you.
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.@NIHDirector_Jay and Dr. @NKleinstreuer talk about NIH’s shift toward human-focused research and how NIH will no longer issue NOFOs exclusively for animal models. Watch the latest episode of The Director’s Desk to hear more: https://t.co/BRrHQuMfGL
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This is one of my favorite speeches of all time… It always hits me hard: “You get up every day—you’re entitled to nothing. Nobody owes you nothing. You could have talent, but if you don’t have discipline, and you don’t execute, you don’t focus… What do you get? Nothing. If
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‼️A post-doc position available in my lab at the NIH ‼️ ⚡️Fibrosis Biology ⚡️Biomarker Discovery ⚡️Pharmacology ⚡️Therapeutic discovery ⚡️Translational research See the position details👇 https://t.co/CXZLWX9eKA
#postdoc #Fibrosis #pulmonaryfibrosis #RareDisease Please RT
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📣Our research @JCI_Insight highlights the key role of #cannabinoid receptor 1 (#CB1R) in #AlveolarMacrophages in promoting #PulmonaryFibrosis. We propose that pulmonary delivery of #zevaquanabant as an effective and safer therapeutic approach for PF https://t.co/XSfZFNQgn6
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📢 AI-enabled drug discovery reaches clinical milestone https://t.co/0iPNKvcuRJ Few AI-designed drug candidates have gone beyond in silico benchmarks. Now, a study in @NatureMedicine @biogerontology reports a successful phase 2a trial of rentosertib, an AI-discovered drug and
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Tomorrow is #WorldBronchiectasisDay2025! This day is possible because of a dedicated global planning committee working to raise global awareness & discussing ways to reduce the burden of #bronchiectasis for patients & their families. Learn more at https://t.co/p0CPNxv7Ih.
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Congrats @MingxiaGu and all the teams collaborating on this latest advance in stem cell and lung organoid research, just out @CellCellPress! "Co-development of mesoderm and endoderm enables organotypic vascularization in lung and gut organoids"
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Recapitulating the concurrent development of germ layers through the co-differentiation of mesoderm and endoderm within a single spheroid enabled the generation of vascularized lung and intestinal...
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Are you an early stage researcher? Check out the newly released #FundingOpportunity for the #NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to fund exceptionally creative scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects. Learn more: https://t.co/7aqq93PapD
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To truly understand “wilderness” you need to spend some weeks in roadless areas, inventoried roadless areas, like the Bob Marshall or Frank Church. People wanting to end this category of public lands have no clue as to their immense value.
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The proposal could open road construction and logging to about 30 percent of Forest Service land, including about 37% of Montana’s U.S. Forest Service acreage, 45% of Idaho’s and 35% of Wyoming’s....
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