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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 4h
Congratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!
Karl Deisseroth on the phone looking happy
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 5h
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 27/07/2026
In case you need a little pick-me-up to start your week, courtesy of Fred Hutch’s Human Biology Division. 🔬🧫🤗
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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
(1/n) Press release: Thank you Schmidt Ocean Institute for such a remarkable partnership. 2 weeks, 30plus new species, a couple of world’s first at sea. The entire expedition etched in memory - from keeping an angler fish alive for days to mysteries of giants from deep m.youtube.com/watch?si=f10...
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Designing the Future 3 | 4K ROV Highlights
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean Institute
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@rbaltman @rbaltman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Physicist Daniel Palanker built a retinal implant that allows blind patients to read and write again. He’s working on a version sharp enough to recognize faces. We spoke about how the implant turns light into electricity to help restore sight. engineering.stanford.edu/news/future-...
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The future of retinal implants
A physicist has created a remarkable retinal implant that allows the blind to read and write – and is now working on a higher resolution version for recognizing the faces of loved ones.
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Have you ever wanted to do single-molecule biophysics in high-throughput? @matt-dejong.bsky.social (amazing joint grad student with @dunnlab.bsky.social) invented a way & measured >100,000 single molecules across 241 different sequences. (1/3) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social hasn’t met an organism he didn’t like, so he’s planning to see every creature on Earth. How? Find out in Ep. 5 of “The Leap" with @hypothesisfund.bsky.social‬. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/ZGtlvOO
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Stanford Magazine highlights Bioengineering's Todd Coleman and his work with Julia Kaltschmidt, creating maps of the "gut's second brain" (the enteric nervous system) and the connection it has with essential processes in the body. 📸: Misha Gravenor. stanmed.stanford.edu/gut-brain-ne...
Researcher Todd Coleman stands next to researcher Julia Kaltschmidt, seated, against a laboratory background.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Jennifer Brophy is leading advancements in synthetic biology to enhance plants’ natural defenses against pests, such as insects. t.co/mM2IVLtxpY
Researcher in blue lab coat holding small green leaf plant facing a brightly lit indoor greenhouse cabinet.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@rbaltman.bsky.social and colleagues in @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social publish a new study recommends maintaining open access for most scientific data with narrow controls for high-risk pathogen data in Science Magazine @science.org. Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Three dimensional cube framing clusters of colorful dots and lines.
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Stanford Department of Medicine @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🎧 ICYMI: Mark Skylar-Scott joins #StanDOM's @euanashley.bsky.social to discuss what it will really take to bioprint living tissues, & why solving vascularization (the blood vessel network) is essential before engineered organs can become reality. bit.ly/43LGRZv
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Researchers in the Prakash lab have developed a robotic device, called Octopi, that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears. The researchers believe it could save countless lives through earlier and more accurate diagnosis. Read more here: t.co/TQqOL0ARDw
A diagnostics training in Monrovia, Liberia, incorporates feedback from community health workers and doctors. | Prakash lab
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Nature @nature.com · 27/02/2026
Happy 30th birthday, Pokémon! Since 1996, the Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity. go.nature.com/4bcjZ9w
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Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science
The Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Best view on campus? Even the hawks agree. 🦅 Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical engineering PC: Jan Hansen
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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In this preprint, @stanford.edu scientists present Hybprinter, a 3D hybrid #bioprinting platform that combines soft hydrogels with rigid biomaterials in a single, continuous process. @bioe-stanford.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social 🧪
Figure 1 from the linked preprint, “3D Hybrid Bioprinting for Complex Multi-Tissue Engineering,” by Alizadeh et al. The caption reads: “Overview of the 3D hybrid bioprinting approach and applications. (A) Photograph of the Hybprinter with an inset schematic of the printing chamber displaying the MME and multi-hydrogel DLP-SLA modules, alongside sample prints showing potential applications in tissue modeling and therapeutics. (B) Layer-by-layer hybrid fabrication process and schematic representation of a hybrid multi-hydrogel construct. (C) Step-by-step illustration of hybrid bioprinting in progress. (D) Hybrid print showcadsing multi-lydrogel Stanford logo integrated into a hard scaffold. (E, F) Multi-hydrogel sample print of the Stanford logo composed of three colored PEGDMA hydrogels.”
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Stanford Bioengineering’s Hill-Maini Lab launches Chef-in-Residence program bringing in a two-Michelin-star chef into the lab to imagine a more sustainable food future. bioengineering.stanford.edu/news/taste-f...
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A Taste of the Future: Stanford Bioengineering’s Chef-in-Residence Program
A first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Hill-Maini Lab hosts two-Michelin-star chef to explore how creativity, technology, and taste help shape a more sustainable future for food.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
One of the best parts of Stanford BioE is our incredible students — and Sydney Barta is no exception. 🌟 bit.ly/4iotkNH
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Fast on the track, focused in the lab
Combining Paralympic experience with research at Stanford’s Human Performance Lab, Sydney Barta is pursuing a career as an orthopedic surgeon for athletes with amputations.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Autumn glow on campus 🌲🌟
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Congrats to K.C. Huang on recieving the @NIH Director's Pioneer Award! With the award, Dr. Huang will create the first comprehensive atlas of small-intestinal microbes, build synthetic communities that model how they protect us from pathogens, and develop health precision tools.
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @hawa-racine.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social www.biophysics.org/news-room/bi...
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.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🌱 Congrats to Stanford BioE Professor @jennbrophy.bsky.social, named a 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Siebel Scholars announced its 2026 scholarship recipients including 5 students from @bioe_stanford 🌟78 scholars were selected for their academic excellence and leadership potential. Congrats Xinyi Chen, Ananya Goyal, Ariel Hannum, Anoosha Pai S, Vivian Zhong 🎉
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The 2025 Stanford BioE Department Symposium was a celebration of bold science and a bright community! 🧫🧑🏻‍🔬🌲🖼️
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
What a day! 🎉 The 1st Stanford Synthetic Biology Expo featured inspiring flash talks + posters from across disciplines. Thanks to all who joined and made it a success!
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
How does @bioe_stanford professor @rbaltman.bsky.social use AI? In this Stanford Report Q&A, Russ Altman shares why he allows AI in class, but rejects it in recommendation letters. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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How bioengineering Professor Russ Altman uses AI
In the first Q&A of a new series, Altman explains why he permits AI in classes, rejects it for recommendation letters, and feels both cautious and optimistic about its future.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Introducing @bioe_stanford Class of 2025! 📸: Fontejon Photography
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VentureWell @venturewell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📣 Biomedical engineering students—it’s your last chance to enter your novel healthcare solution into the DEBUT Challenge. Don’t miss out on a $190K prize pool! ⏰ Submit your application by tomorrow, June 18 → bit.ly/4hxQgsB
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🏆 Ross Venook has been named a 2024–25 recipient of the Stanford Lecturer’s Award for Teaching & Undergraduate Education! 🎓 Ross is a Senior Lecturer with Stanford Bioengineering and Associate Director for Engineering, Stanford Biodesign. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Open Fung @openfung.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🍄 What if mushrooms could teach us how to build better futures? In Episode 5 of Art &, Drew Endy and Open Fung co-founder, Phil Ross take us from a mushroom farm to the edge of a new design frontier—where fungi become leather, buildings breathe, and science and art grow side by side.
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Art & Synthetic Biology with Drew Endy & Phil Ross | Art &
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Stanford Medicine @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Now streaming: AI in Life Sciences Discovery 💡 From protein structures to precision health, leaders from academia & industry explore how AI is transforming biomedical discovery. 🎙️ Nicolò Fusi, Brian Hie, Emma Lundberg, James Zou med.stanford.edu/raisehealth/... @stanfordhai.bsky.social
Featuring: Nicolò Fusi (Microsoft Research), Brian Hie (Stanford University), Emma Lundberg (Stanford Medicine), James Zou (Stanford Medicine)
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 28/05/2025
Manu Prakash practices “recreational biology,” a scientific approach that explores life in the same playful way that puzzles probe math. “Basic science is not at the service of something, but the groundwork that is our entire society’s foundation.” www.quantamagazine.org/how-paradoxi...
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How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science | Quanta Magazine
Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.”
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Hawa Racine Thiam @hawa-racine.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thank you very much @abdourachidthiam.bsky.social for kicking off the 2025 Stanford BioE colloquium @bioe-stanford.bsky.social! We had a blast learning about cellular lipid droplets and seeing all the creative ways you combine cell biology, chemistry and physics!!!
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Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab @biosci.lbl.gov · 13/05/2025
Researchers @bioe-stanford.bsky.social and in #BioEGSB & @jgi.doe.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov collaborated on a high-impact approach for dissecting complex host-microbe interactions in the infant microbiome, revealing new possibilities for studying the broader microbial world. go.lbl.gov/gut_microbes
Microscopy image showing microbial cells (stained in pink) in the gut of a mouse. (Credit: Justin Sonnenburg/Stanford University)
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Bioprinting the future! 🖨️🧬 Dr. Mark Skylar-Scott & Soham Sinha demoed their cutting-edge 3D bioprinter at the Stanford School of Engineering Centennial Showcase. Thanks to @kpixtv.bsky.social for stopping by! @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
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Stanford University marks a century of scientific discoveries
Stanford University is celebrating 100 years of engineering, commemorating a century of innovation and showcasing the engineering of tomorrow.
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Gaute Einevoll @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Episode #28 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On whole-cell modeling of bacteria – with Markus Covert theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn28 In 2020 a model of E. coli with 10000 equations and 19000 parameters was presented by the guest. How are such models made?
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congrats to Assistant Professor Vayu Hill-Maini on being named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar! 🌍🎉
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Our very own Prof. @stephenquake.bsky.social has been named a @royalsociety.org Fellow, joining the oldest scientific academy in the world. Great to see your huge contributions to driving scientific breakthroughs is recognized globally. 🎉 t.co/RPNEwgyfPu
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We had a blast sharing our research at the Stanford School of Engineering Centennial Showcase! Grateful to be part of 100 years of innovation, discovery, and community. Happy 100th anniversary, Stanford Engineering! 💯🌲🎈 #CentennialShowcase #100YearsOfInnovation #OurBioticFuture
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Stanford hosted its 2nd Synthetic Biology for Sustainability Symposium on May 7! Supported by deans of the Stanford Schools of Medicine, Engineering & Sustainability, the event featured cross-campus speakers on how synthetic biology can power a more sustainable future. Live sketch by Callie Chappell
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability @stanforddoerr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Our 2025 photo contest results are in 📸 Explore action, beauty, and nature from the perspectives of Stanford community members: stanford.io/42sbSkW Image credits: Cara Askren, Peter Marinos, Max Kessler, Laurie LaPat-Polasko
Overhead view. Two people handle a large research instrument on a colorful ship. Blue choppy waves splash over the edgeVast spiraling streaks of white lines in gray night sky. Below, a red glow on a small crowd of people and an observatoryLooking up, a person aims a green laser pointing diagonally into the night sky. Background of stars and tree silhouettesClose-up of baby whale in vibrant blue water, second whale close behind. Reflective water surface frames top of photo
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Interested in learning about the latest innovations in synthetic biology for sustainability? Join us for the Stanford Synthetic Biology for Sustainability symposium happening on May 7 🌲synbioevent.stanford.edu
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Synthetic Biology for Sustainability Symposium
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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My favorite NPR story blog - “Goats and Soda” sent a writer and photographer to a rural school in India; an early adopter of Foldscope. A wonderful photo story of kids “reading nature”. In this current challenging climate - the kids show us the way with joy and wonder. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Mo Pandiarajan, founder of Eden school, shows students a view of a specimen in a Foldscope, which he's attached to his mobile phone.
Photo credit: Viraj Nayer for NPRA.Santhos inserts a slide into the foldscope. He is a former student who lives in the neigbourhood and keeps in touch with the students of his alma mater, often taking them for nature walks to examine the world around them through the foldscope.
Viraj Nayer for NPRStudents at Eden School select specimens to examine with their Foldscopes.
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Ramana Rajeesh Kumar, 11, Meenakshi, 8, and Magathi Yazhini, 9, with their Foldscopes. Ramana has been fascinated with bugs for a while. "They look even cooler under the Foldscope," he says. "Especially their eyes and hairy feet!"  
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Stanford Cancer Institute @stanford-cancer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Congrats to SCI member @astraight.bsky.social on being named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow. He was recognized for his distinguished contributions to the molecular, cellular, and #genomic properties of centromeres and spindle function.
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Four Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows
The faculty are among 471 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Cochran who was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering for protein discovery and development, biotechnology entrepreneurship, and leadership in academic bioengineering! news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Stanford faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Jennifer Cochran and Christopher Manning have earned one of engineering's highest professional distinctions.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Stanford BioE PhD student Bella Archibald named Top 30 Young Scientists working on breakthrough solutions to climate change 🌍🛠️🌿 Honored by Inflection Award for her impact @jennbrophy.bsky.social Read more: bioengineering.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
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Stanford Bioengineering PhD Student Named Top 30 Young Scientists for Climate Research
Bella Archibald receives the Inflection Award, which recognizes the world's Top 30 most promising young scientists.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Stanford faculty are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, with research in sustainable food systems, food security, health equity, culture, and diet. 🥗 news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Stanford researchers reimagine the future of food
Dozens of faculty members at Stanford are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, with research and scholarship spanning topics including sustainable food systems...
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Science thrives in a culture of support 💕
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Stanley Qi @stanleyqilab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We are excited to make #CRISPR accessible to high school education. 🧬 Go check out the article in The Stanford Daily to read about our frugal CRISPRkits. #democratizingscience #scienceaccessibility @bioe-stanford.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social stanforddaily.com/2025/02/03/c...
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Bioengineering lab provides affordable gene-editing kits
Stanford researchers introduced affordable gene-editing kits ready for the classroom, aiming to make the field more accessible for high school students.
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚀 Meet Eliel Akinbami, a Stanford BioE PhD student in @pollyfordyce.bsky.social Lab! Their research has led to HT-MEK (High-Throughput Microfluidic Enzyme Kinetics), a groundbreaking technique that condenses years of enzyme research work into just weeks. 🔬 @stanford-chemh.bsky.social #stanfordbioe
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Are you on the #academicjobmarket? Join Stanford Department of Bioengineering! We are seeking a Biological-Laboratory Lecturer to help develop and teach @Stanford undergraduate bioe courses! #bioengineering #synbio #molecular #cell #physiology Apply here: goto.stanford.edu/bioe-jobs
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