Scientist @wyssinstitute | therapeutics discovery and computational biology | cat mom to Luna & Minerva š±š± | she/her
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Lovely to see @DrJanetDeane sharing her journey and knowledge about doctoral research! Congrats, Jan! š©š»āš
šDelighted to share news of my first book. Available now for pre-order:
shop.elsevier.com/books/doctā¦
Include #Doctoral hints and tips with interviews from Nurses, Midwives and AHP experts in the field. @BHPClinAc @OfficialCAHPR @PhysioResSoc @UBSportExR @CprSpine
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Wyss runners Haleh, Megan, and Tiffany got together for the Bionic5K last weekend. This race was co-founded by Wyss Associate Faculty member @walshharvard to celebrates the power of technology to enable all people to run together. #WyssInTheWorld #Bionic5K
ALT Three women wearing running bibs standing in front of a Bionic 5K step and repeat
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One of the best stories right now in all of sports, not just figure skating.
"Forty is the new twenty," Deanna Stellato-Dudek said after becoming, at 40, the oldest woman to win a world title in any figure skating discipline. My @NBCSports story: nbcsports.com/olympics/news/ā¦
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Wonderful new work from @drmichaellevin @DonIngber at the @wyssinstitute, led by colleagues @mmsperry @halehf. š§
Was fortunate to get a behind-the-scenes look at this project last year.
Applications to organ transplantation, trauma management, space exploration, and more! 1/3
New paper, awesome @wyssinstitute team:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pā¦
"Identification of pharmacological inducers of a reversible hypometabolic state for whole organ preservation" - biostasis!
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The Wyss Instituteās Biostasis project identifies drug that induces a state of āsuspended animationā and has potential to facilitate organ transplantation. @mmsperry @DonIngber #OrganTransplant wyss.harvard.edu/news/suspenā¦
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New paper, awesome @wyssinstitute team:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pā¦
"Identification of pharmacological inducers of a reversible hypometabolic state for whole organ preservation" - biostasis!
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It's out! rdcu.be/dwdKO
PhD student Angela Tung, former undergrad @AnanyaPavuluri, @mmsperry, @DrPTMcMillen, @WesleyPClawson, @pai_vaibhav, @FranzKuchling
+ S. Bulatao, M. Yue, R. Martinez Flores.
Explanation here: thoughtforms.life/what-groupā¦
Sample video by @DrPTMcMillen:
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Dear Friends of Project MEOW,
Itās almost Giving Tuesday, the most important day of the year for cat rescues like ours. This year,Ā weāre hoping to raise $10,000 to support our cats in rescue and those still on the street needing our help in West Philly.Ā (1)
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Good morning from the #WyssRetreat23! Weāre so excited for the day ahead. @DonIngber just kicked it off with some welcoming remarks. Canāt wait to spend the day learning about impactful research.
ALT Stage with Wyss logo on three screens
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@tomiko22 presenting on "Leveraging Electronic Medical Records For Drug Discovery and Validation: Investigating the Role of Individual #Statins in COVID-19" at #amia2023. More in @PLOSCompBiol journals.plos.org/ploscompbiā¦
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It's that time of year!!
Time to help @SkypeScientist by telling every teacher, librarian, troop leader, etc you know...
Skype a Scientist's Fall 2023 enrollment is OPEN!
Sign up here bit.ly/EnrollFall2023
We rely on word of mouth to grow, so this action is critical for us!
ALT An explainer for skype a scientist that says "Skype a Scientist chat with scientists FOR FREE" followed by "How it works: Step 1: Sign up on SkypeAScientist.com Step 2: Pick types of science your group would like to talk about (30 categories!) Step 3: Connect with your scientist via email and pick a time to chat. Step 4: Talk to your scientist!" and a little logo of ours and these words "Skype a Scientist is a Philly- based science communication 501(c)3 non-profit "
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Owen resided in Winchester, MA and was a trailblazer in so many ways, as evidenced in this thread by Ryan. She gets overlooked when we talk about legends in womenās sports, but she deserves to be recognized.
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New preprint, primary data - really excited about it:
osf.io/ps987/
by PhD student Angela Tung, former undergraduate @AnanyaPavuluri, @mmsperry @DrPTMcMillen @WesleyPClawson @pai_vaibhav @FranzKuchling + S. Bulatao, M. Yue, R. Martinez Flores. I present to you, CEMA:
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The protein-microengineering team outing at Blue Hills Reservation was a success earlier this month, with everyone reaching the top of the Great Blue Hill. #WyssLife
ALT group of people and two dogs standing in front of large stone tower with trees in the background and picnic table off to the side
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A Wyss team found that only a subset of statin drugs, which lower cholesterol, seem to mitigate COVID-19 in patients. This suggests that we still have a lot to learn about how commonly-prescribed drugs work. @PLOSCompBiol @mmsperry @DonIngber journals.plos.org/ploscompbiā¦
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ā¼ļøš£šThere will be a Research Associate/Fellow vacancy in my group coming up soon, working on projects related to human electrophysiology, high-density EMG, #rehabilitation & #spinalcordinjury. Watch out this space! šš@TraumaUoB @unibirmingham @UBSportExR @TheCHBH
Thanks @wyssinstitute & @LindzBro for covering our work! This project was a surprise -- I didn't expect to work on statins. It seems that they chose us! Many thanks to our collaborators @SirotaLab @tomiko22 @msirota84 and more for your expertise, hard work, and patience!
In the flurry of repurposing drugs for COVID-19, statins (which lower cholesterol) seemed to hold promise. A Wyss team found that, actually, only a subset of statins helped COVID patients, though they have the same mechanism of action. @mmsperry @DonIngber wyss.harvard.edu/news/not-alā¦
Congrats @BUFigureSkating @BU_Tweets!! āøļø
Boston University earned its seventh title this weekend, making them the most decorated team in the history of the National Intercollegiate Final!
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Read the full event recapā¤µļø
usfigureskatingfanzone.com/nā¦
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We need to retain talented postdocs in academic science. I'm happy to say that @HHMINEWS has taken a big step forward this week.
$70,000
That's the new starting minimum salary for all postdocs employed in HHMI labs
hhmi.org/sites/default/filesā¦ (1/4)
HHMI is implementing a new salary scale for HHMI-employed postdoctoral researchers, effective April 9, 2023. (1/4)
hhmi.news/3Uwl2am
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doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82916 @eLife I am excited to share my latest paper from the work I did in the @EngertLab on habituation of looming-evoked escapes!
