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Prof. Laura Dassama (Stanford Chem) is developing a small-molecule therapy for sickle cell disease that removes BCL11A, restoring fetal hemoglobin without gene editing. Her goal is a simpler, more affordable sickle cell therapy. brnw.ch/21wXP8k

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-...

Congratulations to my talented colleagues!

very cool work! convergent evolution with a mysterious cause...

Amie Fornah Sankoh makes coatings from plants This Dow chemist is working on biobased alternatives to the industry’s traditional fossil fuel–derived chemicals

Amie Fornah Sankoh makes coatings from plants

This Dow chemist is working on biobased alternatives to the industry’s traditional fossil fuel–derived chemicals.

#DisabledInSTEM #NDEAM cen.acs.org/materials/co...

Found this interesting new archived paper from Tüysüz, Preiner & Martin surrounding the origin and evolution of metabolism at hydrothermal vents and beyond arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08410

Ever wondered how something as complex as cellular metabolism could spontaneously evolve?

Congratulations to 2025 #MacFellow William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources.

🗞️: stanford.io/3IZIBqF

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers Judge says district court is proper forum to protest mass grant terminations

U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers. https://scim.ag/46xy9hY

Deep-mining the archaeal proteome for antibiotics Nature Microbiology - A deep-learning algorithm unravels a collection of archaeasins, peptides from the archaeal proteome with potential antimicrobial activity and implications for the development...

Deep-mining the archaeal proteome for antibiotics

News & Views by Rafael Laso-Pérez

@gecko1990.bsky.social @delafuentelab.bsky.social

Read it here: rdcu.be/eHNwa

A Machine Learning Model for the Proteome-Wide Prediction of Lipid-Interacting Proteins Lipids are essential metabolites that play critical roles in multiple cellular pathways. Like many primary metabolites, mutations that disrupt lipid synthesis can be lethal. Proteins involved in lipid...

@jonathanccc-chem.bsky.social's predictor for discovering lipid interacting proteins is now in press - congratulations to all the authors!. We are delighted that SLiPP has spurred so many new research directions in the lab and nucleated many collaborations! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...