Rushita Bagchi, PhD

Hot of the preprint press from our lab! @uams_physiology @uamshealth researchsquare.com/article/rs-909…

Kudos Kyro! Way to go!

My lab at MSKCC in New York is hiring for two positions. Join us at the frontier of functional genomics, studying fibroblast state transitions, combinatorial genetics, and ECM in disease. Please share with anyone who might be a good fit! (Mustache not required.)

Your postdoc is trying to start a family. Your PhD student just lost a friend. Your staff scientist sends money home every month. You spend years with these people. You know their research inside out. You know nothing about what they're carrying. Ask how they're actually doing. It matters more than you think.

A literature review is not proof that you read widely. It is proof that you think precisely. The papers you exclude reveal your judgment as much as the papers you include. The patterns you name reveal your analytical capacity. The gaps you surface reveal your readiness to contribute. Your literature review is your first argument to the academic community. Make it count.

@jadiya_pooja @wakeforestmed Congratulations!!

Excited to announce that we have received a five-year NHLBI R01 grant to study cellular heterogeneity in mitochondrial Ca²⁺ signaling and its role in heart failure!#Mitochondria @wakeforestmed

@dhtomar @wakeforestmed Congratulations!

Honored to receive NIGMS R35 MIRA grant for our work on calcium sensing and mitochondria. Huge thanks to our collaborators, mentors, and dedicated trainees; this wouldn’t be possible without you! Looking forward to the next five years of exploration! #mitochondria @wakeforestmed

We had a great experience writing this. Thank you @physiol_journal for the opportunity! @uamshealth @UAMS

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @CUDenver is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1Zy…

🚨The @SoleimanpourLab is hiring!!! 🚨 If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position and interested in studying mitochondria and diabetes, please get in touch (or RT)!

Fries with ketchup- now it all makes sense! 😎

@jenheemstra @Harvard_Press Amazing! Congratulations! Could I please get a signed copy?

First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that. This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.   jenheemstra.com/book

So glad to share the recent success of my lab at the 2025 American Physiology Summit. I'm grateful to everyone on my team! Special shoutout to Somaya Ibrahim- a true rockstar! medicine.uams.edu/physiology/bag… @uams_physiology @APSPhysiology

Meet some of our 2025 summer students. @UAMS_COM @uamshealth

MSc Graduate Student opportunity available in Biomedical Sciences - focusing on cancer cell survival. Contact Sabine Mai or Peter A. Cattini (@ALoss4Words) @UM_physiology to be considered. #umresearch #cancerresearch #graduatestudies

@JussherLab This is such disheartening news. Gary wasn't just a great scientist but a wonderful human being, which will make it even more difficult to accept this loss. May his soul be at peace.

This is a very difficult msg for me to type, but it is with deep sadness that I share news regarding the passing of Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, who was not only my mentor, but a dear friend these past 20 years. pediatrics.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sdltux-l…

Are you an undergraduate student interested in pursuing #ExperimentalPathology #research? The ASIP Summer Research Opportunity Program in Pathology (SROPP) is a fantastic opportunity to explore! Learn more bit.ly/4a9KWbu

‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planck-… #ScienceCareer

Here's the thing. We have **NO IDEA** how to pick good graduate students. I served on admission committees for 10+ years, and chaired a few, and what I learned is that all the spreadsheets of grades and test scores and recommendations and essays and publications and interview rubrics are just an elaborate ruse to pretend we know what we're doing when we simply don't. Many of the most highly ranked applicants to our "top" program flamed out quickly, and tons of the students we summarily rejected have turned into amazing scientists. But in the name of creating meritocratic seeming rankings that are more about creating a workforce than great scientists (a system that anyone paying attention knows is bullshit), we've created a homogenous process adopted by nearly all institutions that has stamped out the one thing we should be striving for - given our lack of any clear understanding of what leads to success - a wide range of difference talents and experiences.

Mentors can’t achieve your goals for you, but they can: -help you focus on what you want to do -inspire you to believe in what you are capable of doing -offer practical supports to equip you for success And we can each do these things for someone else.