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Driving efficiency across upstream bioprocess workflow

Drug Target Review

MARCH 15, 2024

He has a post-doctorate in virology, viral pathogenesis, viral vector development, and vaccines evaluation from Harvard Medical School, and a PhD in virology/molecular biology. Anis also serves on the scientific and editorial advisory board of Genetic Engineering News at Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

Broad Institute

JANUARY 30, 2024

He majored in biological chemistry at the University of Chicago and during his junior year, he had a fortuitous meeting with his academic advisor about finding a student research position that would let him dive more deeply into the molecular details of biological systems. A combined MD/PhD program offered both opportunities.

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Low oxygen levels restore balance and coordination in a mouse model of a movement disorder

Broad Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

said Vamsi Mootha , senior author of the study, an institute member at the Broad, professor of systems biology and medicine at Harvard Medical School, and professor of molecular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Mediating BRAF-mutant melanoma resistance

Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She went on to an internship in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a residency in dermatology at Harvard Medical School. She moved to Johns Hopkins in 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Oncology, Dermatology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004.

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A surprising new role for a major immune regulator

Broad Institute

AUGUST 7, 2023

Now, a team of MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers has discovered how STING activates those two pathways. Paper Cited Liu B, Carlson R, et al. Human STING is a proton channel. Online August 3, 2023.

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

AUGUST 29, 2024

Dr Siciliano received a BS in chemistry from Villanova University and shortly thereafter began his scientific career in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studying host-pathogen interactions.

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Navigating the challenges of cell therapies

Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

in Chemistry from Villanova University and shortly thereafter began his scientific career in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studying host-pathogen interactions. Dr Siciliano received a B.S. He then earned a Ph.D.

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SRP-001: redefining pain treatment with a safer, non-opioid analgesic

Drug Target Review

JULY 1, 2024

Dr Hernan Bazan received a BS in molecular biology from Vanderbilt University and has spent two years in medical school as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Scholar at the NIH. He and his team have completed Phase I clinical trials, paving the way for Phase II RCTs in acute and neuropathic pain.

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s “Eruption” is Riveting, but with a Shaky Genetic Foundation

PLOS: DNA Science

AUGUST 22, 2024

Crichton had an MD from Harvard Medical School, but he never practiced medicine. TMV is a common pathogen used in early molecular biology research. Michael_Crichton’s output includes The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Congo, Twister, The Lost World, Prey, Sphere, Westworld, and the TV series ER.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

APRIL 25, 2024

The project is a collaboration between the Broad and the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University outside Lagos in Nigeria, where Happi is a professor of molecular biology and genomics.

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Scientists find a region of the mouse gut tightly regulated by the immune system

Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Isselbacher Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology and member of the Department of Molecular Biology at MGH, and co-director of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics at MIT.

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Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners

Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

Future Nobel Laureate, Paul Berg, narrated the video, which quickly became a cult classic moment in molecular biology history. … There was a time when the film was being shown in biology courses from middle school to graduate courses in genetics and biochemistry and even in post graduate education lectures to physicians.

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Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners

Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

Future Nobel Laureate, Paul Berg, narrated the video, which quickly became a cult classic moment in molecular biology history. … There was a time when the film was being shown in biology courses from middle school to graduate courses in genetics and biochemistry and even in post graduate education lectures to physicians.

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The role of anti-viral drug development in a new pandemic era

Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Advances in molecular biology have led to highly safe, efficient, and effective platforms, such as mRNA, that can be rapidly re-purposed for different pathogens, multiple pathogens, or new strains of evolving pathogens. He currently serves as Chief Medical Officer at SIGA Technologies. References Morens D, Fauci A.

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GSK announces Dr Harry (Hal) C. Dietz MD to join the Board as Non-Executive Director

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The appointment also builds on other recent Non-Executive Director appointments, including Charles (Charlie) Bancroft, former Executive Vice President at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), and Dr Anne Beal, former instructor in paediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Chief Patient Officer at Sanofi.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

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