Ossama Kashlan

Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. Views are my own.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Our new study! Bile acids are natural ligands for the epithelial sodium channel. Big thanks to the Pochynyuk and Lei groups for their help! https://t.co/G85a3WrOzW

[APS Publications @APSPublications]

Kidney-Specific KO of the Circadian Clock Protein PER1 Alters Renal Sodium Handling, Aldosterone Levels, and Kidney/Adrenal Gene Expression - new in @AJPRenal

https://t.co/6kJNrRFvHB

#homeostasis #articlesinpress

[The Onion @TheOnion]

‘I Want To Be In The Olympics Someday,’ Says Delusional Kindergartner Already 4 Years Behind In Elite Training https://t.co/e2mZuX8B3A

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Control over the activation of the #ENaC sodium channel through the addition of cleavage sites happened during the vertebrate land invasion. https://t.co/adcAJ7tDCK

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Excited to share our latest work in @eLife with @NathanClark111 on the evolution of a sodium channel crucial to kidney and lung function. https://t.co/EMzSd8xpAs

[Nathan Clark nclark.bsky.social @NathanClark111]

It was a delight to be part of this study w/ @okashlan on the evolution of kidney and lung ion homeostasis during the transition of vertebrates from ocean to dry land.
https://t.co/i5dCiQSBzy

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Adaptations to breathe air and conserve salt and water gave aquatic vertebrates access to new resources on land. These required molecular changes.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@mattswider Got it

[Michelle Boorstein @mboorstein]

If you don’t want to see big roly-poly pandas rolling down hills in a rare DC snowstorm then LOOK AWAY

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Really enjoyed @LabZhu Bokai Zhu's talk today about the 12-hour circatidal biological clock. Who knew we shared so much with clams? https://t.co/szRtiAaqrd

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@BMBlobner 99% may be high. Futures in Teds Cruz, London/Vancouver real estate, and the like would look brighter.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@Renal_Phys @MCG_AUG @AUG_University @musc_nephrology Congratulations!

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@baseballot Former PA House representative Rick Saccone @realRickSaccone was there... faced @ConorLambPA in 2018 special election for PA18.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@ChristosArgyrop Is 4k already baked in? The hospitalizations are still rising rapidly.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@seffikogen @mattyglesias @mattyglesias reminds me of Michael Kinsley. His values and perspective are clearly center-left, and yet he's open to persuasion and heterodox views.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

@jmhorp True for new cases. For total cases you need to compare the areas under each curve.

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

It's hard to overstate the impact of their work.
https://t.co/PPCrbCthpk

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

[Ramon Bataller @rabataller]

Nobel Prize in Medicine to the 3 scientists that discovered HEPATITIS C. A great recognition to the greatest achievement of hepatology. Now it is time to erradicate it !!

[Jonathan Tamari @JonathanTamari]

NEWS: PA Sen Pat Toomey will not run for governor or reelection in 2022. Announcement expected Monday.
He'll serve out his current senate term.
w/ @wbender99
https://t.co/cGujTUwbxQ

[Ossama Kashlan @okashlan]

Genetic consequence to the tragedy in Syria: http://t.co/KrAK2aZgCo