Dr. Sunny Shin
@SunnyShinLab
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Professor @PennMicro | Chair @CAMBUPenn MVP program | she/her | mom | daughter of immigrants | #FirstGen | Opinions are my own | https://t.co/imN3QK5gyg
Philadelphia, PA
Joined March 2019
I’ve decided to try spending more time at the other place 🦋 https://t.co/4rdhiDO5S3. Hope to see you over there!
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Honored to receive the 2026 ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science. @RTAatPennMed @Penn_CBIO.
Congratulations to the 2026 ASBMB Award Winners! Through their pioneering work, these scientists are advancing discovery, driving innovation, and shaping the future of molecular life sciences. Read more about their work: https://t.co/fg452XzFFa.
#ASBMB26 #MakeItPossible
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#NoTimeToDie! @SunnyShinLab Vasques &co show @ASMicrobiology journal that dendritic cells (#DCs) die upon encountering Legionella initially via caspase-11 dependent pyroptosis & later on by effector-triggered apoptosis, restricting Legionella replication!
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The innate immune system senses bacterial pathogens by employing pattern recognition receptors that detect pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and guard proteins that monitor pathogen...
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Congratulations @Ipiricyao and Eugene Rudensky for publishing this story! Big 🙏to NIH for making this work possible. Here’s a brief summary of this fascinating finding about a gene variant that YOU🫵most likely have 1/n https://t.co/objLYQzJyZ
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Looking fwd, I am honored for this privilege of returning to MSK, working w immense talent to advance their mission of ending cancer. Looking back, I am indebted to Penn, all my colleagues, and to the organizations supporting the research of all who tirelessly share this mission.
We're excited to share that Dr. Andy Minn will return to MSK as the inaugural Chair of MSK’s new Immuno-Oncology Program in August. This is a full-circle moment for Dr. Minn, a renowned physician-scientist, who completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Joan Massagué,
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Congratulations to I3H members, Susan Weiss, (Vice Chair and Professor, @PennMicro), Dennis Discher (Robert D. Bent Professor, @PennEngineers), and our other esteemed Penn colleagues on being elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 👏
Congratulations to @weisssr (@PennMicro), Dennis Discher, Cherie Kagan (@PennEngineers), Michael Jones-Correa & Sophia Rosenfeld (@PennSAS) on their election to @americanacad! https://t.co/vSm84AQGW2
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CHOP & @PennMedicine have delivered the first-ever personalized gene editing therapy for a patient with CPS1 deficiency, marking a major milestone in the application of CRISPR-based treatments. Learn more about KJ & the future of personalized medicine: https://t.co/A9DTcNmxrR.
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”If I get an award, I have an opportunity to thank people. I also thank the people who tried to make my life miserable because they made me work harder and become more resilient.” Next week, our podcast returns with conversations featuring our 2024 laureates. In the meantime,
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Trump terminated $1.8B in science funding in 40 days. A loss of ~$4.6B in future economic activity. Means a higher fraction of new discoveries will be overseas. We'll be buying our future drugs from other countries...and, oh - they'll have tariffs on them. https://t.co/dICsYOyBIv
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This study examines the impact of National Institutes of Health grant terminations on the US research enterprise by quantifying the number and funding amount of these terminations and characterizing...
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A huge thank you to Brian’s partner in crime @mikelhaggadone and the world’s best collaborator @SunnyShinLab on this work, along with the rest of his committee: @henricksonlab, Mark Goulian, & Ed Behrens
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The best start to a week: @BrianGoldspiel’s phenomenal thesis defense today. For the last 5 years, it’s been a true joy getting to know the brilliant, multi-talented person Brian is. His infectious passion has transformed the lab and he’ll be deeply missed. Could not be prouder🥲
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Congratulations to @kkariko (@PennNSG), Virginia Lee (@PennPathLabMed), @EJohnWherry (@PennSysPharmATT) & Mark Devlin (@physatpenn) on their election to @theNASciences! https://t.co/hwYWq9e7v4
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Eric Skaar is accepting the 2025 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for pioneering work at the intersection of nutrition and infectious diseases! Watch now: https://t.co/gKMFMh3Ng4
#microbiology #NASaward #NAS162
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What can evolution teach us about immunity to infection? 🧬 Microbiologist and #NASmember K. Heran Darwin takes the #NAS162 stage to explain how her studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are helping reveal the answer. Tune in now: https://t.co/KicRmucwVX
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How does M. tuberculosis resist clearance by our immune system? K. Heran Darwin shares how connecting insights from plant biology, metabolism, aldehyde chemistry, and other areas led her team to an answer in her #NAS162 Research Briefing. Watch now: https://t.co/rqmLI3z9A0
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600 Penn faculty sign open letter urging Jameson to resist Trump's 'assaults' on higher education | The Daily Pennsylvanian
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The letter urged Jameson to resist the federal government's “assaults” on American colleges and universities.
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We are thrilled to announce PCGI Core Faculty Member Dr. Dennis Discher has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences @americanacad, please join us in sending him a huge congratulations!
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Dennis E. Discher, Michael Jones-Correa, Cherie R. Kagan, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Susan R. Weiss are being recognized for their contributions to engineering, political science, history, and biology.
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