"In labs around the world, scientists are using A.I. to search among existing medicines for treatments that work for rare diseases." And saving some lives. @DavidFajgenbaum https://t.co/J13glwtcNT

Why Are Successful Scientists Leaving Academia Mid-Career? Three researchers who left academia share their tales of self discovery, course correction, and growth. ‣ https://t.co/LEDb9LGYNL

After a successful review, @CR_UK has committed an unprecedented £173 million to our Institute. With this funding we will: 🔬Embrace new technologies 🩺Involve clinicians in all of our research 🏥Deliver real change for patients https://t.co/KkjFXBAhM6 @CUH_NHS @Cambridge_Uni

A surprising trend: women who applied for assistant professor positions in North America were more likely to get job offers than were men

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

The 2024 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins. In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have

Sammy Basso @SammyBasso, one of the most remarkable people to share our world, passed away last night from complications associated with progeria, the ultra-rare ‘rapid aging’ genetic disease Sammy both suffered from and transcended. Sammy realized that a base editing treatment

Mapping the brain of the fruit fly, smaller than the head of a pin, with 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses. that took 5 years. It wouldn't have been accomplished without citizen scientists and volunteers! @Nature https://t.co/qhvpKtjqJ7

📘Finally came! With our chapter on Adoptive Cellular Therapies, including table tracking ways to enhance #TCell potency. 1000X thanks to coauthors @lococyte @msofiacastelli @giugolli @carlhjune #celltherapy #genetherapy #immunotherapy https://t.co/k9YcKeOIpv

Does the brain change during pregnancy? You bet it does. How about doing 26 MRI scans on a single person pre-conception to 2 years post-partum. WOW! Laura Pritschet and colleagues nailed it with their new paper in @NatureNeuro. Key Points: - The authors point out that pregnancy

"Postdoc positions can be exploitative." My latest story—about a study showing that international postdocs in the U.S. are paid less and received less careeer support and guidance than U.S. citizens. #AcademicChatter #postdocs @ScienceCareers https://t.co/TI3TSAXnYF

Remembering the wonderful Cambridge times and celebrating @MariaBioeng and @InesHorvatMenih for passing their PhD vivas last month🎓! So proud of you both and happy we could share some of the path. Until the next reunion 👋 #Europe2024 #Cambridge🇬🇧 with the best @MerissaMolinar

Published today! We found that cancer cells adapting to drug treatments don't simply switch from a sensitive to resistant state; instead there's a ‘resistance continuum’ of resistant phenotypes with epigenetically reprogrammed states. 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/Jgx79K3i3a @Gustavo_SFranca

New York City paid Mckinsey $4m to conduct a feasibility study on whether trash bins are better than leaving garbage on the street. The deck is 95-slides long and titled “The Future of Trash”. Some highlights: ▫️The official term is “containerization”, which is the “storage

Bloomberg Philanthropies gives $1B to Johns Hopkins University. This gift makes the School of Medicine tuition-free for students from families earning under $300,000, and students from families earning up to $175,000 will receive a full ride, including living expenses.

Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences

The Fate(s) of CAR T-Cell Therapy: Navigating the Risks of CAR+ T-Cell Malignancy by Mohamed Abouelenein @USC in @BCD_AACR #CARTCell #immunotherapy https://t.co/eFWJbkB2jo

Journal Nature: Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response. They detect immunological stimuli from the body's periphery and help control the immune response. https://t.co/A2l0U8a1jy @_atanas_

Anti-competitive practices of 10X genomics have forced Nanostring into chapter 11 restructuring. 10x has initiated litigation against not only Nanostring but also Vizgen, Curio Biosciences and Parse Biosciences. See below for more information: ( https://t.co/Z8pI7pB1ei)

Did you ever notice a big difference between what a PET tracer shows in animals and in humans? While these differences are commonly attributed to species differences, in the case of [18F]3F4AP we find that they are entirely caused by anesthesia. 1/6