Newest Patent awarded from my
@MIT
PostDoc!
“Fluorescence-Based Detection of Protein Aggregation and Fiber Optic-Based Benchtop Instrument”
Congrats! Michael Strano, Daichi Kozawa, Xun Gong, Daniel Salem, Sooyeon Cho, Freddy Nguyen!
#science
#engineering
#research
#innovation
Last night I had the great privilege to give the
@A_P_S_A
Founder’s Award to Dr Lawrence “Skip” Brass
#MDPhD
The APSA Founder’s Award was created to recognize individuals who have had a significant impact on the growth, & development of APSA
#science
#medicine
#MSTP
#DoubleDocs
Congratulations to
@SamSpellicy
on receiving the
@A_P_S_A
President Service Award!
Continuing to blaze the trail! Thanks so much for your service and commitment to
@A_P_S_A
!!
Massive open index of scholarly papers launches
@OpenAlexOrg
catalogues 100s million of scientific docs & charts connections b/w them
Draws data from
@Microsoft
Academic Graph's existing recs & other sources inc
@wikidata
IDs
@ORCID_Org
@CrossrefOrg
& ROR
Children w/
#RareDisease
get mitochondrial transplants from their mothers
Last yr 1st mitochondrial transplant in infants w/ congenital heart defects
➡️ mitochondria rapidly taken up by injured heart cells
➡️ boost energy production & metabolic functions
In-person
#PhysicianScientist
@JointMeeting
in Chicago next week April 8-10! Can’t wait to see
@A_P_S_A
@the_asci
!
As
@A_P_S_A
founder, it’s been great to see what this meeting has grown into!
Starting🧵- join me in sharing your memories over the years:
Year:
Memory:
Picture:
.
@DrRituRaman
creates adaptive biological materials for
#medicine
& machines
“if we cut our skin or if we fall, we’re able to heal”
Why aren’t engineers building w/ materials that have dynamically responsive capabilities?
@MIT
@mit_ilp
@MITMechE
@MansaBarrie
I never found about MD-PhD programs until I saw a check box on the med school applications — check here if you’re interested in the MD-PhD program or for more info.
Ended up creating
@A_P_S_A
to bring about more awareness of the career path and outreach to undergrads as 1 goal!
Physician burnout now essentially a public health crisis in report from the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Launch of
@MITHackRacism
could not have been w/out encourag & involv of community who took bold step to acknowledge the issues, join in convo, & be part of solutions. Join us as we each do our part to address these challenges
#MITHackingRacism
#HackRacism
Great to see MIT Alumni Startup Network website go live!
@MIT_alumni
founded companies = $2T in global revenues
10th largest economy in world
30,200 currently active startups formed by
@MIT
alumni
1,000+ new companies formed annually
4.6M jobs created
Problem pitching kicking off
@mithackmed
#GrandHack
!!
Excited to see what tough challenges teams will tackle and hone down on this weekend!!
Take a multi-stakeholder approach to defining the problem! Important to align perspectives from multi-stakeholders to align incentives!
Global view of aspiring
#physicianscientist
by Chris Williams et al
1. Teaching “Hidden” Curriculum
2. Derisking
#innovation
3. Accelerating time to independence
4. Innovation in funding
5. Changes in publishing trends
(1/2)
Joys of being
@MIT
is ability to work w/ amazing, bright, smart, & motivated students from
@MIT
@Wellesley
on
#research
@mithackmed
w/ support by
@urop_mit
Taking opp to highlight contributions by:
Rhea Mehta - Wellesley ‘20 Econ
David He - MIT ‘22 Math
Sichen Chao - MIT Math
It is sad news to share that Bob Curl has passed away - a giant in
#chemistry
@RiceUniversity
He gave me my start in
#research
as an undergrad & made me fall in love in
#research
. He was 1 of my best mentors throughout my entire career, becoming a colleague & friend
@ricealumni
New research center focused on brain-body relationship established
@MIT
K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center, funded by $38M gift, led by
@AnikeevaLab
, to investigate brain’s complex relationship with other body systems
@mcgovernmit
@mitbrainandcog
@mit_dmse