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Sean Morrison
@SJMorrison_
@CRI_UTSW Director & @HHMINEWS Investigator. My lab studies stem cells & cancer. I sit at a computer, grateful that I can "do" science. Views are mine. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Dallas, TX
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    Sean Morrison
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    Oct 2, 2020
    I fear Trump’s #COVID19 diagnosis will be a disaster. He’ll be fine: early diagnosis, 24h care, early remdesivir and Covid antibodies. He’ll get better & say Covid is no big deal. People will believe him, let down their guard, and 100Ks will die when they can’t get the same care.
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    Sean Morrison
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    Mar 1, 2019
    We undermine the quality of our lives by torturing each other during peer review. Every #phd and #postdoc should be trained how to review. Only request work that: 1) could change major conclusions; 2) the authors can do; 3) you would do if it were your paper. #qualitypeerreview
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    Sean Morrison
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    Jun 24, 2021
    As reported by the AP, I was one of the first with Covid vaccine-induced myocarditis in US. Everyone should get vaccinated-there is more to gain than to lose. Myocarditis is rare, but not a mild side effect. We need research to understand and stop rare adverse events from vaccine
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    Sean Morrison
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    Nov 29, 2019
    3 years ago Hanna spent 7 months in chemo and radiation therapy. She beat the cancer and is back publishing @Nature. Her toughness, determination, and perseverance is one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen. Next time you think you’re having a rough day, think of Hanna.
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    UCLA Broad Stem Cell
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    Nov 27, 2019
    A new finding from Dr. Hanna Mikkola in @nature could greatly improve treatment options for blood cancers like leukemia and for many inherited blood diseases. stemcell.ucla.edu/news/researche…
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    Sean Morrison
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    Nov 6, 2019
    Texas voted today to authorize ANOTHER $3B in CPRIT funding for cancer research. Texas is the only state to reauthorize a multi-billion dollar state science funding program. Thank you to the people of Texas for their unprecedented support of science and innovation.
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    Sean Morrison
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    Oct 30, 2019
    Get three of your senior lab members to independently estimate the amount of time required to complete the project, then add all of their estimates together.
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    Sean Morrison
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    Feb 17, 2020
    Trainees see the challenges in academia: long hours, uncertainty, stress about grants/papers. It's harder to see the privileges: long-term friendships, doing interesting things with interesting people around the world, the opportunity to make a difference. I'm profoundly grateful
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    Brent Stockwell
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    Feb 15, 2020
    It’s the greatest job on the world!
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    Sean Morrison
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    Oct 24, 2024
    Congrats Julia Phan + Aslan Tasdogan for their paper in Science today: hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) & erythropoiesis get activated during pregnancy and after bleeding by retrotransposons that turn on in HSCs activating cGAS/STING & interferon signaling
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    Retrotransposons are co-opted to activate hematopoietic stem cells and erythropoiesis
    Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and erythropoiesis are activated during pregnancy and after bleeding by the derepression of retrotransposons, including endogenous retroviruses and long interspersed...
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    Sean Morrison
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    Feb 24, 2021
    @BoShenUTSW discovered a periarteriolar niche for osteogenic and lymphoid progenitors in the bone marrow @Nature. This niche requires mechanical stimulation! Exercise strengthens bone and immunity partly by forces transmitted into the BM along arterioles. nature.com/articles/s4158…
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    Sean Morrison
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    Aug 19, 2020
    Congrats to Jess! She may have explained why many cancers metastasize first to lymph nodes and THEN through the blood to distant sites: lymph protects the cells from oxidative stress. This clinical phenomenon has been the basis for much of cancer staging and treatment for decades
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    Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern
    @CRI_UTSW
    Aug 19, 2020
    New study from @SJMorrison_ lab @Nature figured out why many cancers metastasize to lymph nodes before forming distant tumors. Lymph protects them from oxidative stress. Melanoma cells take up anti-oxidants from lymph that prevent ferroptosis in the blood. cri.utsw.edu/how-lymph-node…
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    Sean Morrison
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    Mar 1, 2022
    Woohoo, congrats ⁦@RJDLab⁩ on receiving the Paul Marks Prize this afternoon at MSK. Way to go Ralph!
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    Sean Morrison
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    May 3, 2019
    Not to nit pick about grammar, but the plural of y’all is “all y’all”
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    Michael 英泉 Eisen
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    May 2, 2019
    Replying to @NeilShubin
    y'all are all fucking nuts
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    Sean Morrison
    @SJMorrison_
    May 15, 2022
    Thanks to my friends for helping to celebrate my birthday on the beach in Cancun! Have I mentioned how much I love doing science?? ⁦@RJDLab⁩ ⁦@lydfinley⁩ ⁦@Manning_BD⁩ ⁦@LabReuben⁩ ⁦@ChristofkLab⁩ ⁦@JaviGBermudez⁩
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    Sean Morrison
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    Mar 29, 2020
    There is no stem cell therapy for Covid19. We would not expect stem cells to have any therapeutic value for people with Covid19. @ISSCR Rudy Giuliani now plugging unproven stem cells for COVID19: is Trump next? ipscell.com/2020/03/rudy-g… via @pknoepfler
    Rudy Giuliani now plugging unproven stem cells for COVID19: is Trump next? - The Niche
    From ipscell.com