Blossom Damania 🔬🧬🧪🦠🧫
@DamaniaLab
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Boshamer Distinguished Prof & Vice Dean for Research & CSO @UNC_SOM, @UNC. Research Interests: Virology, Cancer Biology, Immunology. @damania.bsky.social
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined June 2015
NIH funding creates medicines, jobs, and economic growth
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📢Excited to share the first publication of the #SpecialIssue “Oncogenesis of Lymphoma”: Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (HHV8)-Related Lymphomagenesis by Caroline J. Yu @carolinejyu_ and Blossom Damania @DamaniaLab 🔗 https://t.co/aUWfeoV60S
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Big news. We are moving. I have officially started as the Director of the Gene Therapy Center, and as a Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Pharmacology at UNC-Chapel Hill. I am returning “home” to lead the Center where I earned my PhD.
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I am honored and excited to join UNC Lineberger and UNC health, to make an impact across the Triangle and state of NC, reducing the burden of cancer and advancing research and cancer treatment! Amazing team and strong legacy of directors Earp, Sharpless and Pagano.
Robert Ferris (@RobertFerrisMD), MD, PhD, named executive director of UNC Lineberger, and UNC system chief of oncology services, effective October 1st, announced @UNC_SOM Dean Wesley Burks, MD. @UNC_Health_Care
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HIV Cancer #research at its best from ACSR friend and colleague, Dirk Dittmer @LabDittmer and ACSR Principal Investigator, Johann Schneider et al! https://t.co/uUmc74WNQ5
#ResearchMatters #EndHIVAIDS #Endcancer @unc_lcn
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Dirk Dittmer and colleagues have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma that will be key to the development of new drugs to treat the disease.
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Every female physician felt this in her core.
“I’m a Minneapolis based pilot for Delta airlines.” “Tell me what a typical workweek is like for you as a stewardess.”
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Scientific research has been the engine of American economic growth for over half a century. From lifesaving medicines to the device you are reading this on. With these bills, congress takes one more step towards ceding that leadership abroad. https://t.co/8IaL1xAQUW
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Key research funding agencies get sizable cuts or flat budgets
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For all the herpesvirologists- reminder to register for IHW2024- in Portland this summer! https://t.co/qKlWhmY6la
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Come join us for the 3rd Joint Symposia on Epstein-Barr Virus, Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus and related agents in Boston, June 29-July 3. Meeting website https://t.co/0tfoNvz2AS Registration is now open. Abstract submission deadline is March 4
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The 13th annual @UNC-Duke Viral Oncology and AIDS Malignancy Symposium featured talks and poster presentations on the latest research and insights in the field. https://t.co/5RDqBVVpLg
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The @UNC School of Medicine community is extremely saddened by the passing of Dr. Ada Adimora, a trailblazing physician-scientist, mentor, and compassionate friend and advocate for so many people in North Carolina and around the world. https://t.co/Oimkamyq8o
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.@HIVptn Remembers Ada Adimora: A champion for Science and Justice.
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I am incredibly sad to learn that my friend and colleague Dr. Ada Adimora, passed away yesterday. Ada was an amazing leader who's contributions to HIV/AIDS were many. In 2020 she delivered the Kass lecture at IDWeek. https://t.co/SH5Msru8Pq May she rest in peace.
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The IDWeek 2020 Edward H. Kass Lecture was given by Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina. Her
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Rest in Peace, Dr. Ada Adimora. Your scientific research helped communities living with or affected by HIV, and your advocacy humanized us all.
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Our scientists put on their creative caps for this one - the lab of Chuck Perou, PhD, took the top honors for this year’s holiday door decoration contest. Runner-ups were the labs of Wendell Yarbrough, MD, MMHC/Natalia Isaeva, PhD, and @DamaniaLab, PhD. https://t.co/RLP5DyOyLq
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Cutting federal funding for basic research will hurt the US economy | The Hill
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Cutting research funding now could later mean relying on other, possibly hostile nations for vital medical cures and technology.
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Hello! I am honored to be opening this chapter at @theNCI! We have incredible opportunities to make a real impact and change the landscape of #cancer. With @POTUS’s support, we are poised to advance progress for everyone affected by cancer. #CancerMoonshot 1/3
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My dear friend @BrettLindenbach passed away on Saturday morning. Hug your loved ones and show up for people in your life. That’s all that matters.
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View Brett Lindenbach's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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