When Ailsa Chang from NPR interviewed me, she asked how I felt receiving the stop work orders. I was surprised and incredibly frustrated, but I remain proud to be a Harvard faculty member because we must speak truth to power. Listen here: npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-…

How is she a genius physician? She didn't finish residency, doesn't have a medical license and is not board certified. American has come to the point where we take advice from wellness influencers

Modular integration of epithelial, microbial, and immune components to study human intestinal biology. Amazing team project with Rubén López Sandoval, Marius Harter, Qianhui Yu, Mike Nikolaev, Matthias Lutolf, Nikolche Gjorevski, and many others Institute of Human Biology biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Good. I hated being the world leader in scientific innovation.

I wrote an Op-Ed about the government's attacks on Harvard. Please share with anybody who thinks these attacks help anybody. prosyn.org/PhWi74r?h=KyJ1…

The Trump administration has launched a Blitzkrieg on science and academic freedom. As researchers, we must use our voices to advocate for science to protect patients, the economy, and truth itself. Read more in my op-ed in The Scientist. the-scientist.com/from-the-front…

elon could own trump by privately funding billions of dollars of unconditional STEM research

It is disheartening to see today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seems binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others. This is unworthy and shameful for humanity and for the leaders of nations.

i am very pleased to share that my PhD thesis defense will be on 7/29 (Tuesday) at 10AM MDT. let me know if you'd like the Zoom link! i will be returning to medical school in September and may even finish school before i turn 40 (no promises).

We have many things to share that we are celebrating: we had two fantastic summer undergrads, Kaeden and Aahana, who leave today 🥹 Grad students Mark and Bruce both defended their PhD theses!! 🥳 Plus, grad student Nolan received an NSF-GRFP award 👏Congratulations to all! 🎊 🎉

My final paper from graduate school is out now! Another fantastic collaboration between R+PM Group and Anseth Group, we show that mechanical anisotropy of liquid crystals can be retained in hydrogels through clever chemistry and biofabrication approaches! doi.org/10.1002/adfm.2…

🥳 We’re delighted to share our latest work in Science Advances with BurdickLab, developing DLP-printable hydrogel formulations that contain initiator-free photochemistries for functionalization, stiffening, and softening. Congrats to all involved! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

At our CU-CSU Summit on chronic diseases, Kaustav Bera of Anseth Group and CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 presented his groundbreaking research on #organoids and how we can use them to understand tissue health and diseases. It was #inspiring to learn about the innovative work at CU Boulder 🦬!

a mechanophore that releases network-tethered latent acrylates and coumarins…can envision some very nice coupled mechano + photochemistry here!! 🤓

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi…

We're incredibly excited to announce that Kristi has received the 2025 National Academy of Engineering Founders Award for her contributions to polymer science and tissue engineering. This award will be presented in person on 10/5 in Washington, DC — congratulations, Kristi!

To lower the submission volume and reviewer burden, charge - $100k fee to submit a paper. - $1M gold status for unlimited number of paper submissions for a year. - $5M platinum status for unlimited paper acceptances for a year.

New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration In our new Annual Reviews piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration. annualreviews.org/content/journa…