This month's episode of our #TERC podcast series "Career Conversations" is out, ft. Prof. Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez of Lehigh Bioengineering, as he describes his career trajectory & experiences starting his lab at Lehigh! open.spotify.com/episode/2z6ZAO… Columbia BME Sharon Fleischer 🎗️

It was a pleasure to interview Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez of Lehigh Bioengineering, for this month's episode of #CareerConversations! It was fascinating to hear about his international career path and research and learn about his experience as an Assistant Professor 🤩

Check out our new episode of the #TERC podcast series “Career Conversations” ft. Dr. Hunter Rogers, PhD, Investment Research Analyst! We discuss Hunter’s career trajectory and his experience in the world of biotech equity research and investment! open.spotify.com/episode/3U8EYS… Diogo Teles

Last chance to submit your abstract to our Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic session on "in vitro models to study the immune system and organ interactions" with Naveed Tavakol, PhD!

We had a great morning convening with Columbia University cardiovascular researchers for a Nature Cardiovascular Research mini-conference to present ongoing work in our fields, hosted with Ke Cheng, Ph.D. & Vesna Todorović

If you are working with iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and engineered cardiac tissues, you must check out this incredible open-source, user-friendly software for analyzing cardiac cell and tissue function! Congrats Youngbin Kim on this amazing work!

An AI open-source software created by engineers at Columbia University can accurately and quickly analyze different heart functions. This #NSFfunded novel software can be crucial to study different heart diseases. To learn more, visit: bit.ly/49ISKzi 🎥Youngbin Kim, Columbia University

In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus:

#Bring_Hersh_Home #Bring_them_all_home_NOW

Last year, we secured the release of Abigail, a 4-year-old who was being held by Hamas. She’s remarkable and recovering from unspeakable trauma. Our time together yesterday was a reminder of the work we have in front of us to secure the release of all remaining hostages.

Check out our new Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic paper published in Cell Reports demonstrating how macrophages enhance engineered cardiac tissue function! Congrats Pam Graney, PhD and Bobbie Lock on this fantastic work!

Why do some lupus patients develop heart disease? @columbiaBME prof. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic’s new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research uncovers how lupus autoantibodies contribute to heart failure, using stem-cell-engineered heart tissues. Learn more: bit.ly/3yEEjA9 @columbiaBME @columbiamed

Check out the “News & Views” article about our work in Nature Cardiovascular Research! nature.com/articles/s4416…