I guess now it’s official 😄🤓🥰.

So excited to be a part of this annual fight night and have a rare chance to merge my two worlds: research and kickboxing 🤓 loved to make a contribution to AD research outside the lab 😉 #combatfun #fightnight2025

Super excited to have (e-)presented our work as an invited talk in “ A Blueprint of Complex 3D Brain Architectures” symposium at TERMIS-EU 2025 @EuTermis in Germany! Huge thanks to the organizers @mihailomora for the invite! @uabbme @UAB_CNC

End of semester lab social with this amazing bunch ❤️!! This semester was nothing short of a whirlwind but I’m so grateful for this group and so proud of all of their achievements! @BigEscapeRooms @uabbme

This semester has been a whirlwind but we had so many wins!! Our superstar ✨Meghana✨presented her last poster from our lab 💕 it’s been such a pleasure mentoring her and to see ALL of her success in our lab!! Such a proud mentor moment ❤️ @uabsoph @uabbme

RT @keltonminor: There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated….

RT @LandonJEdgar: Glycans regulate T cell function. This statement is simple but it keeps me up at night — which glycans? On which cells?….

RT @DayLabUAB: As expected, a large group of states have filed suit against the NIH and its acting director to block the across-the-board d….

To apply for this fully funded position, please send your application to jsamal@uab.edu with a CV and cover letter outlining your past research experiences, future research goals, and contact information for 3 referees.

Hiring alert 🚨We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher in my lab @uabbme ( in polymer chemistry (glycan chemistry), chemical synthesis, and/or microfluidics. Details in🧵 Retweets appreciated!.

My favorite #newPI thing is bragging on my trainees and I’m grateful to have so many opportunities to do so! Not only did Chiara present her amazing work at the Fall Expo, she WON the BEST POSTER for her first ever presentation! @uabbme @UABNews

Such a proud #newPI moment! Our ✨ undergrad @chiarasapples presented our lab’s and her first published research manuscript as a poster at @UABNews Fall expo! @uabbme. Always a pleasure to see the young scientists in making shine!

One of my favorite things this semester was being nominated for SAIL Junior female faculty leadership program @UABHeersink @uabbme Such a fun time finding this community of badass junior medicine faculty at UAB! #SAIL2024graduate #bossladyvibes 😎👩🏽‍🔬🤓

Slowly migrating over to the bluer skies and loving the science community there! Hoping to see my science tweeps there (and help me navigate the platform lol!!) Promised posts include #newPI shenanigans and G4R lab's journey 😎)

Congratulations to my amazing trainee✨ @mmeghana_ ✨for winning the people’s choice award at 3MT (3-minute thesis) competition @uabbme !! You are SO AMAZING and I’m so proud of you 👏

Yayyyy!! Congratulations @DrBlackBoots! 💕🥳🍾🎊.

RT @dgpnanomedlab: Please consider submitting your awesome science under the “Novel Biomaterial Developments in Non-Viral Drug Delivery Sys….

That’s a wrap on #BMES2024 in Baltimore! So much fun (re-)connecting with friends and can’t wait to have Samal Lab represented next year! @Bmegs_uab @uabbme @BMESociety

RT @asap_data: Still at #BMES2024? Come join us in room 317 for the Drug Delivery and Immunomodulation session co-chaired by @JuhiSamal and….

From grad school lab bench neighbors to #newPI buddies! This #BMES2024 is giving MAJOR reunion vibes @YongshenggGao 🤓

Such a fun time co-organizing the communities of color luncheon with @ColinHisey @GregHudalla and a wonderful turnout for our amazing panelists @dgpnanomedlab @ProfScottBME and Dr. Monet Roberts!! Huge thanks to our panelists and audience for such an engaging session #BMES2024