Junior Research Fellow studying #Cardiovascular development and #regeneration in #zebrafish and #medaka at IBMS-Academia Sinica, #Taiwan | #GirlDad | #Baller
Ben Lai
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🚨 Turning on heart regeneration through immune modulation?
Led by @kcinc.bsky.social, we show that activating pro-regenerative macrophages induces Granulin, a key driver of cardiomyocyte proliferation and scar resolution in medaka, now published in @pnas.org 💔➡️❤️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks for featuring our work! 😍
We identified Scube2 as a novel regulator of coronary vessel formation during cardiac growth and regeneration via VEGF and PDGF signaling, through a wonderful collaboration with Ruey-Bing Yang and Ruben @rmarinjuez.bsky.social. 🤝👍💪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Special shout-out to @stainierlab.bsky.social @rmarinjuez.bsky.social @kcinc.bsky.social and Ke-Hsuan Wei for being part of this journey over the years! 🥰
Honored to be invited to share our work at the
@zdmsociety.bsky.social #ZDM19 in Oxford (2026 Sep28-30th)!🐟💔➡️❤️
Looking forward to seeing many new faces, exciting science, the new walk&talk event, and a Harry Potter-style dinner party!
Abstract deadline is May 15th!!🔥🔥🔥
www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19
Had so much fun sharing our work at the International Society for Heart Research-Southeastern Asian Section (#ISHR-SEA) and enjoyed my first visit to Malaysia! Thanks for the invitation! 😊😊😊
After enjoying many Annual/Research Interest Group meetings and serving in the DEI committee, I’m truly honored and humbled to be elected by the community to join the
@zdmsociety.bsky.social Director Board. Thank you for the trust and look forward to contributing!
www.zdmsociety.org/boardofdirec...
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Such a fun experience reflecting on a journey spanning more than a decade and paying tribute to everyone who shared this path along the way. Grateful for the science, collaborations, mentorship, and all the behind-the-scenes moments that never make it into the papers. Thanks for the invitation! 😊