Mauricio Sousa

@PeterDiamandis @DrWoappi This idea of funding just projects that are basically completed (because they value tones of preliminary data) defeats the purpose of innovation.

The science funding system is BROKEN. PhDs and professors are spending their days writing grant proposals rather than conducting research that could transform millions of lives. And the worst part? The system REWARDS predictable, safe, incremental science. It PUNISHES radical ideas and moonshots.

Endogenous Osteocyte-Osteoclast Signaling Enables Growth Factor-Free Bone Remodeling, Drug Response, and Cancer Invasion in a Nanoscale Calcified Bone-on-a-Chip Model ift.tt/nO2mTf3 #biorxiv_bioE

New Research: Host-microbe-cancer interactions on-a-chip frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Bioengineering #Biotechnology

Congratulations to Peng Chen and Mauricio Sousa, winners of the 2025 AADOCR Hatton Competition - Post-doctoral Category! 🎉🎉 aadocr.org/about/news-rep… #AADOCR2025 #oralhealth #dentalresearch @OstrowOnline @OHSUKnight

New online! Human microbiome acquisition and transmission nature.com/articles/s4157…

Locally administered Tregs promote tissue healing by promoting monocytes/macrophages switch to an anti-inflammatory/pro-healing w/ IL-10 & reducing PMN/CTL infiltration @ARMI_Labs nature.com/articles/s4146…

Inflammasome components as new therapeutic targets in inflammatory disease dlvr.it/TD1qHc

Cancer stem cells produce large oncosomes that deliver IL-33 specifically to niche macrophage precursors, promoting the differentiation of these cells into an immune-suppressive phenotype @ImmunityCP cell.com/immunity/fullt…

Macrophages are terrible at migrating. In contrast, their precursor cells - monocytes - are highly motile. Monocytes exploit interleukin 6 (IL-6) secreted by cancer cells and themselves to migrate fast and promote cancer cell proliferation. More here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@swimberly @uofldentistry @OIID_UL Congrats, Kim. Well deserved!

The Jasmer Lab is opening this fall @uofldentistry in the Department of Oral Immunology & Infectious Diseases @OIID_UL. I'm very excited to start this new endeavor doing the research I love.

AADOCR strongly opposes the proposal to consolidate the existing 27 institutes and centers (ICs) of the @NIH into 15 newly renamed ICs. Read the statement: ow.ly/UF2150SteC8

Almost half of those living on our planet today are living in poverty. In his latest Offline, Richard Horton calls for poverty reduction to be back at the centre of attention in the global health community. Read this and more in our latest issue: hubs.li/Q02CM-Lr0

Online Now: Bacteria in metastatic sites: Unveiling hidden players in cancer progression dlvr.it/T8Sc01

Advanced biomedical and electronic dual-function skin patch created through microfluidic-regulated 3D bioprinting dlvr.it/T8JqVC

Apply by May 10th to be part of Cohort 5 of the AADOCR MIND the Future Program! The program offers educational activities and interactive opportunities between mentors and mentees to support the development of a diverse cadre of DOC researchers. aadocr.org/awards/mind-th…

Apply to the MIND the Future Program! Be part of a network of mentors and mentees dedicated to supporting a diverse pool of young investigators in developing their careers in DOC research. Apply by Friday, May 10th! #oralhealth #dentalresearch ow.ly/Zh6150RaV2y

🔥F. nucleatum again

Bacteria in metastatic cancer tissue, mostly anaerobic and affected by anatomic site, predicts responsiveness to immunotherapy cell.com/cell/fulltext/… @CellCellPress

Immune checkpoint blockade plus a vaccine including self-amplifying mRNA-encoded neoantigens derived from common oncogenic driver mutations was safe and elicited neoantigen-specific T cell responses in patients with advanced solid tumors #CancerVaccine nature.com/articles/s4159…