Here is a chat between ASTAR and Flagship Pioneering on the recently singed partnership to build biotechs together, coming out of Singapore: Pioneering Partnerships: Spurring Biotech Innovation in Singapore and Be... https://t.co/Q7WcsyOW9D via @YouTube

This week, my lab @VignuzziLab, and research institute A*IDL @idlabs_astar, and A*STAR @astar_research signed an ideation agreement with Flagship Pioneering Biotech @FlagshipPioneer and one of their portfolio companies Apriori @AprioriBio to develop self-amplifying RNA vaccines

Guess the news is officially out! Extremely excited to announce that I will be starting my own laboratory at Institut Pasteur @institutpasteur this coming spring! Slight change to my office window view from Tokyo Tower🗼 to the Tour Eiffel. 🇫🇷

No needles, just a nasal spray @ASTARsg scientists developed flexible lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA vaccines 60x more effectively through the nose, potentially transforming future pandemic responses. https://t.co/zOqEH4lUF1

Another Singapore gem! In the renovated Hillview industrial area. Up the cargo lift. Up the narrow stairs. All the way to the rooftop. Delicious secret coffee terrace 48 Hillview Terrace https://t.co/BARFV2AtoE

Absolutely JAZZED to start 2023 opening the Jordan lab @UW_Microbiology! A dream come true that wouldn't have been possible without the generosity and support of @virusninja. Can't wait to see what this adventure has in store! 😁🫠😬🙃

Coming to Singapore next week! @SalehLabParis giving a seminar at @idlabs_astar Wednesday at 2pm. Open to all. The Art of Insects, Immunity and Idealism Carla Saleh, professor and director of Dept of Virology Institut Pasteur, Paris

Nature Communications @NatureComms editor Sonja Schmid visits @idlabs_astar to describe her work and the journal to our scientists. 9 years of editing hundreds of accepted papers and ten thousand submissions! I remember meeting her at Mount Sinai just as she was completing her

So...since they can be trusted with our Tiramisu, I am excited to try Udon Shin - the famous Japanese Carbonara Udon place that has just opened its doors overseas in Singapore, at Takashimaya Mall! Let's go! https://t.co/Lgvjl7bcjY

Two Italo-Japanese news items to report: First, it turns out that after me, the world's best tiramisu maker that did not enter the competition, Japan is number 2 and the rest of Italy is number 3??!!! Japan Wins Tiramisu World Championship—In Italy’s Own Backyard

A*STAR scientists achieve 22-fold enhancement in quantum dot light emissions using electrical control—paving the way for satellite quantum communications & ultrasharp displays. https://t.co/R9q3OP7J73

Szarina brought in virus snowflake cutout-yourself printouts to prepare for the Singapore winter and Christmas!

Today we had a computational virology workshop with Profs. Veronika Bernhauerova (Charles University Czechia) and Bartek Lisowski (Jagiellonian University Krakow, @SpyrosLytras (Univ Tokyo) and Cedric Tan (UCL Crick Institute). 4 hours of chit chat and coming up with ways to

Finally, it's up on bioRxiv! It's been a rewarding journey shaping this story. Me deepest gratitude to @VignuzziLab and Chris B. Brooke for their incredible support, and to the @UofIllinois & @idlabs_astar for enabling this research ....... We serially passaged influenza virus

Afternoon coffee break at Top Coffee Shop in Asia, number 6 in the world, dunno who’s list but must be an important one: Apartment Cafe. With Veronika Bernhauerova from Charles University Czechia and Bartek Lisowski of Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland.

📢A full 4-year funded #postdoc position opening in our lab. Those who are motivated in studying #HIV (antisense #RNA) at coordinates with #chromatin biology, #epigenetic & #epitranscriptimcs apply here 📩

Two weeks left to apply for a #PhD position in my laboratory at #Glasgow. The project focuses on #Ageing, #Mitochondria, and #Drosophila, with emphasis on Complex I (CI) function. Fees are fully covered for applicants eligible for UK Home Student status. https://t.co/Ju4ny8LrKz

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Researchers from @ASTARsg and @Stanford achieve 280% improvement in aircraft component strength without adding weight, using a new modelling approach for composite materials ✈️ Read more: https://t.co/St9G2h0nRK

The first really big piece of research coming out of our Singaporean lab, this is Fadi's work @biofadialnaji , started in Chris Brooke's lab and completed here, over a four year period. Fadi serially passaged Flu over 80 times in conditions favouring defective genomes. He