Sarafan ChEM-H

“ I’ve especially enjoyed collaborating with experts in drug development and Stanford faculty to develop therapeutics for unmet needs. Also, every day that I’m here, I learn something new.” Sachin Jadhav Senior Scientific Program Manager

Meet Sachin Jadhav, Senior Scientific Program Manager at the Stanford Innovative Medicines Accelerator. In our latest Employee Spotlight, Sachin shares how he regularly finds himself at the center of cutting-edge research, what he enjoys outside of work, and more

The future of topical vaccines Podcast Episode · The Future of Everything · 10/17/2025 · 38m

What if “vaccines were to arrive in your mailbox in a ketchup packet and they didn't make you feel bad”? Hear from Institute Scholar Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social on the Future of Everything podcast about possible needle-free vaccines of the future:

Repurpose, reuse, recycle: A new way to disable cancer cells The Corsello Lab finds how an old drug kills pancreatic cancer cells by triggering protein breakdown in the cell’s nucleus.

Steven Corsello works towards repurposing drugs to fight cancer in new ways, leading to an ongoing collaboration with Institute Scholar Nathanael Gray and the Innovative Medicines Accelerator:

Innovations to help chronically ill people thrive Stanford Medicine experts are developing innovative approaches to preventing, diagnosing and treating chronic diseases so people can live healthier lives.

Institute Scholar Laura Dassama @lmkdassama.bsky.social is working on a new strategy to treat the painful blood disorder sickle cell disease with the goal of creating more effective and accessible therapies: stanmed.stanford.edu/innovations-...

The future of immunotherapy A researcher on the front lines of the fight against cancer explains how her immunotherapy work is unmasking hidden cancers and developing new drugs to kill them.

Listen to Institute Scholar Lingyin Li @lingyinli.bsky.social on the Future of Everything podcast about how her immunotherapy work is exposing hidden cancers and developing new drugs to fight them: engineering.stanford.edu/news/future-...

Check out this amazing story from the labs of @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar Paul Mischel and Howard Chang @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social !

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Innovations to help chronically ill people thrive Stanford Medicine experts are developing innovative approaches to preventing, diagnosing and treating chronic diseases so people can live healthier lives.

Chaitan Khosla and Nielsen Fernandez-Becker start a clinical trial to test a more reliable way to diagnose celiac disease, one of the most common autoimmune conditions triggered by eating gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains:

Two Stanford PhD students win the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists Uche Medoh, PhD ’24, is honored with Grand Prize and King Hung, PhD ’24, is a Category Winner in an international essay contest about their graduate work in the life sciences

Two former Stanford grad students have been recognized in the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists: Uche Medoh, PhD ’24 and former Sarafan ChEM-H CBI scholar, won the Grand Prize & King L. Hung @kinglhung.bsky.social, PhD ’24, was named a Category Winner chemh.stanford.edu/news/two-sta...

Oncogenes out of context: Cancer genes break free from the regulatory constraints of chromosomes Cancer genes break free from the regulatory constraints of chromosomes

Congrats King Hung, Science & SciLifeLabs award winner @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, collaborating with @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @paulmischel.bsky.social

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Great piece on @arcinstitute.org investigator and former @stanford-chemh.bsky.social CBI graduate program alum @uchemedoh.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Science & SciLifeLab prize 🏆 👏

“ What I enjoy most is connecting with other people and getting to know them. We are all working toward the same goal of advancing human health. ” Susan Carter Administrative Associate

Meet Susan Carter, Administrative Associate at Sarafan ChEM-H. In our latest Employee Spotlight, Susan shares how her role allows her to connect with others and contribute meaningfully to the institute’s vision and mission, her career journey, and more: chemh.stanford.edu/news/get-kno...

Congratulations, we are so lucky to have Nicole Martinez among our institute scholars @stanford-chemh.bsky.social 🙏

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Nicole Martinez for receiving the 2025 Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award, given to early career female scientists for their innovative basic or translational biomedical research.

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Nicole Martinez for receiving the 2025 Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award!

Applications are due tomorrow! Apply to come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social -- it's a truly wonderful place to launch a career in interdisciplinary molecular research.

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Peter Kim for being receiving $18 million grant from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop broadly effective antiviral vaccine.

Congratulations to Institute Scholar Peter Kim for receiving $18 million grant from CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) to develop vaccines targeting the deadly Ebola, Marburg, and other related viruses, including those that have not yet emerged: med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

Reminder to apply by Wednesday, Oct. 15th!

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Click the link above to learn more & apply!

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Research Scientist, Biochemistry in Dean of Research, Stanford, California, United States Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking a highly motivated scientist to serve as the Research Scientist, Biochemistry, who will serve as a key member of the...

We're hiring!

Seeking a highly motivated scientist to serve as the Research Scientist, Biochemistry, who will serve as a key member of the Functional Protein Observatory team.

Learn more & apply: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/researc...

@pollyfordyce.bsky.social

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Christopher Barnes for being named a 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, an honor that recognizes excellence in scientific research and mentorship.

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social for being named an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! chemh.stanford.edu/news/christo...

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Stanford Innovative Medicines Accelerator (IMA) is hiring a Research Scientist, Cell & Gene Therapies (6-month role). Play a critical role in enabling projects at multiple stages of the translational pipeline and help create novel therapies!

Learn more & apply: ima.stanford.edu/job/director...

This is a result of hard work by Aidan Cabral, Manasi Sawant, Minwoo Kang and our collaborator Frank Xie. #ProudMentor.

We look forward to hearing feedback from the community on our #preprint where we used #NETosis as a platform to show that chromatin decompaction inside the nucleus directly regulates cell mechanics. This work identifies long-range biophysical impacts of chromatin in mammalian cells.

The art of chemistry, and the chemistry of art Chemistry PhD student Shoshana Williams brings molecules and art into the classroom at a women’s university in Bangladesh

“Chemistry is deeply involved in our everyday lives. And you can look for it in any activity, passion, or interest.” Recent Chemistry PhD graduate & CBI fellow Shoshana Williams shares her journey teaching chemistry in Bangladesh & connecting with her students: chemh.stanford.edu/news/art-che...

Proof-of-concept innate immune checkpoint inhibitor shows promise against solid tumors in rodents | Arc Institute Biochemist Lingyin Li has been pioneering a new direction for immunotherapy, searching for drugs that would turn these “cold” environments “hot”. Instead of stimulating T cells in the adaptive immune…

ENPP1 drug developed by Institute Scholar @lingyinli.bsky.social gains FDA approval for Phase I cancer clinical trials: arcinstitute.org/news/stf-162...

Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)

An aggressive cancer’s loophole, and a massive field of hydrogen beneath the ocean floor On this week’s show: Cancer biologists are targeting small loops of DNA that exist outside of the chromosomes for new treatments, and discovering pipes rich with hydrogen beneath the western Pacific…

A Science podcast featuring the work of Institute Scholar Paul Mischel and his quest to cure difficult-to-treat cancers by targeting DNA loops that break traditional laws of genetic inheritance: www.science.org/content/podc...

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Click the link above to learn more & apply!

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Congratulations to Alex Choi (Stanley Qi Lab) for receiving the Stanford Postdoc Champions: Community Impact Award. Alex is being recognized for CRISPRkit – a $2 CRISPR lesson that makes biotechnology more affordable, equitable, and accessible.

Congratulations to Alex Choi (Stanley Qi Lab) for receiving the Stanford Postdoc Champions: Community Impact Award! postdocs.stanford.edu/current-post...

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Hawa Racine Thiam for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award. Hawa is being recognized for being a trailblazer of subcellular biophysics and unveiling new paradigms of biophysical immunology through her dynamic measurements of physical forces on organelles in real time.

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @hawa-racine.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
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