YJBM Science News 34: All About Organs

YJBM Science News 34: All About Organs

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In this week’s episode of the YJBM Science News podcast, co-hosts Hanna and Roxanna explore papers that take us all around different organs in the body! Can we 3D print functional blood vessels? How does the brain spy on our organs? Find out the answers to these questions and more as we discuss recent Yale-affiliated research in biology and medicine.

Papers featured in this episode:
“Development and deployment of a functional 3D-bioprinted blood vessel”: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93276-y
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/scientists-successfully-implant-bioprinted-aorta-in-rats/
“Typhoid toxin causes neuropathology by disrupting the blood–brain barrier”:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02000-z
https://news.yale.edu/2025/05/09/how-typhoid-fever-triggers-severe-neurological-symptoms
“Adaptation to Volumetric Compression Drives an Apoptosis-Resistant and Invasive Phenotype in Liver Cancer”:
https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0859
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/new-study-finds-that-physical-pressure-escalates-liver-cancer-aggression/
“The subfornical organ is a nucleus for gut-derived T cells that regulate behaviour”:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09050-7
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01655-2
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/t-cells-take-up-residence-in-the-healthy-brain-via-a-gut-fat-brain-axis/

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Staying Embedded in University Life on Your Terms with Dana Hayward

Staying Embedded in University Life on Your Terms with Dana Hayward

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You’ve embarked on an Ivy Plus Exchange program to do archival research in Portland, Oregon in your fifth year as a Sociology PhD Candidate. Covid hits, the archives close, what are you going to do? In this episode, we hear Dana’s story about finding a place within university life after more than a decade of trials, tribulations, and ultimately, successes with her “pivoted” dissertation project. We learn that time wasn’t wasted time, but instead a pause that allowed Dana to reflect on what about universities she loved and wanted to keep, and what she wanted to let go. If you’re curious about what I like to call “academic-adjacent” roles within the university, or roles that directly connect to and work with university scholars and teachers, this episode is for you.

Leveraging Skillsets in Hydrology with Mario Soriano, Jr.

Leveraging Skillsets in Hydrology with Mario Soriano, Jr.

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When asked to give a presentation in your master’s program, Mario’s story shows that it could lead you to a doctoral program at Yale by way of a watershed connection and eventual mentorship with an interested professor. In this episode, Mario Soriano Jr. describes his educational pathway from his undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the University of the Philippines, to his master’s degree in Sustainability at the United Nations University and University of Tokyo, and to his PhD in Environmental Studies at Yale University’s School of the Environment. Through these programs, Mario both enhanced and leveraged his skillsets in the study of agricultural water systems. Mario also demystifies how STEM students often find their labs. Along the way, we’ll talk about why it’s important to attend workshops tailored to grad writing in earlier stages of the degree program, like prospectus panels, especially to manage feelings of imposter stress.

Caring about Species Extinction and Climate Change from a Faith Perspective: An Interview with Ryan Darr

Caring about Species Extinction and Climate Change from a Faith Perspective: An Interview with Ryan Darr

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Ryan Darr, YDS Assistant Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Environment and an expert on multispecies justice, discusses rapidly accelerating species extinctions, why they matter from an ethical and theological perspective, and why responses to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss requires less individual action and more new kinds of communities.

https://divinity.yale.edu/news/species-extinctions-and-why-they-matter-quadcast-interview-ryan-darr

Designing a Writing Process that Fits and Heals You, with Chihiro Larissa

Designing a Writing Process that Fits and Heals You, with Chihiro Larissa

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Are you an “Architect” or a “Scrounger” in your writing process, or maybe a little bit of both? Join Chihiro and me to talk about designing a holistic writing practice that meets your style and deadlines, especially for interdisciplinary research methods. Chihiro also talks about her efforts to promote wellness resources for graduate students and healing patients in hospital settings through music therapy. While your research doesn’t have to tie directly into real-world applications, Chihiro’s study of ancient medical notions of holistic health emphasizes the importance of weaving architectural and musical beauty into places of care.

Building Global Health Through Nursing Leadership: A Conversation with Dean Azita Emami

Building Global Health Through Nursing Leadership: A Conversation with Dean Azita Emami

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In this episode of Global Health Insights, host Dr. Sharon Chekijian sits down with Dr. Azita Emami, Dean of the Yale School of Nursing, to explore her remarkable journey across continents and disciplines in pursuit of health equity. From her early academic ambitions to leading three major nursing schools in the U.S., Dean Emami shares how her experiences shaped her commitment to global nursing leadership, immigrant health, and culturally responsive care. She discusses the importance of empowering nurses to practice to the full scope of their expertise, expanding primary care access, and developing equitable healthcare systems worldwide. She underscores the value of global citizenship, collaboration, and advocacy in transforming health outcomes.

Anesthetic Management of oncological disease in pregnancy

Anesthetic Management of oncological disease in pregnancy

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In this episode, Dr. Yavor Metodiev delves into the anesthetic considerations that should be taken when caring for a patient with oncological disease during pregnancy. Dr. Metodiev and colleagues concisely summarize the complexities of treating patients with oncological disease, emphasizing the crucial balance between maternal and fetal safety. With the increasing incidence of oncological disease in pregnant women (1 in 2000), anesthetists are expected to encounter more of these cases, and we play a pivotal role in managing these patients during the peripartum period.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39775436/

YJBM Kinase Signaling: Interview with Deputy Editors

YJBM Kinase Signaling: Interview with Deputy Editors

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Get insight into the work that went into the most recent YJBM issue, ‘Kinase Signaling’! In this episode, our hosts Shivesh Shourya and Shivani Dayal speak to this issue’s deputy editors Ingrid Heumann and Rahul Gupta to discuss early challenges in the process of creating this issue, publishing new work in the basic sciences, and future directions in the field of kinase signaling, and what they hope readers take away from this issue.

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YJBM Science News 33: Surroundings, Access, and Health

YJBM Science News 33: Surroundings, Access, and Health

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This week’s episode of YBJM Science News discusses how our surroundings impact a variety of health outcomes. From air pollutants to sleep quality to pharmacy access and more, join Roxanna and Hanna as they discuss recent Yale-affiliated research in biology and medicine.

Papers featured in this episode and associated links:
“Early-Life Exposure to Air and Light Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer” – https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/early-life-exposure-to-air-and-light-pollution-linked-to-increased-risk-of-pediatric-thyroid-cancer
“Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer” – https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14849
New York Times article on Environmental Health Perspectives journal – https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/science/science-journal-environment-trump.html
“Reduced Deep and REM Sleep Could be Early Markers of Alzheimer’s” – https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/reduced-deep-and-rem-sleep-could-be-early-markers-of-alzheimers/
“Lower slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep are associated with brain atrophy of AD-vulnerable regions” – https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.11630
The Atherosclerosis In the Community Study – https://www5.cscc.unc.edu/aric9/
“Groundbreaking Study Highlights Critical Gap in Global Mental Health Research” – https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/news-article/groundbreaking-study-highlights-critical-gap-in-global-mental-health-research/
“Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations” – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02127-z
Latin American Genomics Consortium – https://www.latinamericangenomicsconsortium.org/
“A New Metric to Identify – and Prevent – Pharmacy Deserts” – https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/a-new-metric-to-identify-prevent-pharmacy-deserts/
“Vulnerability Index Approach to Identify Pharmacy Deserts and Keystone Pharmacies” – https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0715
“Timing of RSV Immunization Matters for Infant Protection” – https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/timing-of-rsv-immunization-matters-for-infant-protection/
“Estimated Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus” – https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0380
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