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Posts by Wayne Orr

LSUHSC Career Opportunities - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-Track) – Cancer Research

We’re hiring! Tenure-track faculty position in cancer research at LSU Health Shreveport (Pathology & Translational Pathobiology). Looking for investigators building programs at the interface of cancer, metabolism, inflammation, and vascular biology.

www.lsuhsc.edu/shv/CareerOp...

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PAR-26-121: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)

I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

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Congrats!

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Loss of endothelial CD2AP causes sex-dependent cerebrovascular dysfunction Vandal et al. performed a biological sex-based study on the role of the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) genetic factor CD2AP in brain blood vessels. Using mouse models and human AD samples, they identified a...

Fantastic new work led by @milenevandal.bsky.social showing that loss of brain endothelial CD2AP in mice alters memory and cerebrovascular function. Interestingly, mutations in CD2AP are known to predispose to Alzheimer’s disease! #cerebrovascular

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Submitting an NIH grant right now

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Illustration showing a diverse group of four people standing in a line, with a person at the right looking back at them with an arm extended. The image features a caption that reads, "WORKING LIFE — One mentor isn’t enough. Here's how I build a network of mentors."

Illustration showing a diverse group of four people standing in a line, with a person at the right looking back at them with an arm extended. The image features a caption that reads, "WORKING LIFE — One mentor isn’t enough. Here's how I build a network of mentors."

"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."

One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 #ScienceWorkingLife essay. https://scim.ag/3DWR4YV #NationalMentoringMonth

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VE-cadherin RGD motifs are dispensable for cell-cell junctions, endothelial barrier function and leukocyte extravasation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01....

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