We are excited to have scientist Alexander Viloria Winnett (Caltech UCLA-Caltech MSTP) join us at SalivaDirect's 2nd Annual Conference! Alex will present on his team's recent COVID-19 findings and their implications for diagnostic strategy. Register at salivadirectinc.org

#WeHoPride

The residents and fellows of Mass General Brigham, one of the largest residency programs in the country, just won our union!!!! 💪💜

Thank you C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) and Happy Pride to the Chem LGBTQ+ community especially the trans community…. Don’t forget you’re generally the more stable isomer. ❤️

No better time for nuestra familia to reunite like Hispanic Heritage Month! Our team is excited to detail what you can expect at our 2023 LMSA National Conference in Atlanta, GA. Early bird tickets are extended until 6/23. Visit LMSA.ME/NC2023

Today, we're starting with Alexander Viloria Winnett from Caltech and UCLA-Caltech MSTP, who shared the advantage of oral specimens in the early detection of viral loads.

Michael Porter (linkedin.com/in/mkporter011/) is a terrific graduating Caltech ChemEng PhD student, seeking a biotech job in the Bay Area. Four reasons to hire him: 1) Michael is an effective scientist and engineer who has mastered and made impact across a broad range of fields, from

We are hiring a full-time Research Lab Technician for a 2-year term position. The successful candidate will contribute to many ongoing projects of high priority in the lab, including those focused on the gut microbiome and on infectious-disease diagnostics. Please see the full

Opinion: Research on genetic causes for complex human behaviors can be misinterpreted, causing harm to marginalized groups, writes Alexander Viloria Winnett.  undark.org/2024/06/13/opi…

Combining throat and nasal swabs in respiratory testing is critical to improve clinical sensitivity and protect vulnerable groups. See our commentary in CID (academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…), a collaboration with Dr. Timothy Stenzel, the former director of the U.S. FDA Office of In Vitro

1/10 Very excited to announce that my thesis project is now a preprint! We present the first detailed study of mental imagery in human ventral temporal cortex, bringing together the interests of Doris Tsao and Ueli Rutishauser. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Ismagilov Lab at #Caltech has multiple Graduate Student positions available including as part of the #NIH #HumanViromeProgram, and our global-health projects focused on host-microbe interactions in human tissues, such as in #mycobiome, #diagnosticdevices, #biophysics of the gut,

Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today. With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor.

1. About two years ago, #SwabYourThroat was trending on this platform, with photos of at-home rapid antigen COVID test strips from people experimenting at home. Was there anything to this citizen science? We ran a rigorous study Caltech with the Pedro Balan to find out! Follow this

The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on

In this period of uncertainty, the University will fund research that is subject to stop-work orders or the federal funding freeze, President Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris announced today. ▶️ spr.ly/60152zZAv

Very excited to finally see this out! 🦠🧬 Huge thanks to all of my amazing co-authors! Lior Pachter Delaney Sullivan Maria Carilli Kristján Eldjárn Alexander Viloria Winnett and Tara Chari Original thread about this work: x.com/neuroluebbert/… Free access link to the paper: rdcu.be/eiIWC