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Institute for Systems Biology, 501(c)3, pioneers of systems biology. Affiliate of Providence. Stay up-to-date at http://isbscience.org.
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New: PNW RECOVER Long COVID Update — @isbscience.org's Jim Heath, @uwmedicine.bsky.social's Helen Chu & Swedish's Jason Goldman shared new insights on #longCOVID symptom trajectories, clinical trial findings, and upcoming treatment studies.
Recap + full video: isbscience.org/news/isb-eve...
What We’re Learning About Long COVID: Updates from the PNW RECOVER Town Hall
In a virtual town hall, PNW RECOVER leaders shared data on long COVID trajectories, early clinical trial findings, and upcoming studies.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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🦠 The @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium is on December 12, 2025! This virtual symposium will dive into the influence of gut microbial metabolites on human #physiology.

This event is perfect for everyone in academia, industry, and the clinic. Register now: https://bit.ly/4oe67iw
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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📸Check out photos from our most recent Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series on Nov. 12 with Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, CEO of Phenome Health and professor at both the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and @isbscience.org. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCACug #UCIMedSchool #UCIrvine #UCI @ucirvine.bsky.social
Leroy Hood, MD, PhD - Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series - Nov. 12-13, 2025
Explore this photo album by UC Irvine School of Medicine on Flickr!
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November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Congrats to @gibbological.bsky.social, named a 2025 @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researcher for the fourth consecutive year. A clear reflection of the reach and influence of his work in #microbiome science.
Full list: clarivate.com/highly-cited...
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Join @isbscience.org on December 12 for a Virtual Microbiome Symposium highlighting new discoveries about how gut-derived metabolites affect neural, immune, and endocrine systems. Open to microbiome-curious researchers and practitioners everywhere. isbscience.org/events/2025-...
2025 ISB Virtual Microbiome Symposium - Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
The gut’s microbial ecosystem produces diverse metabolites that actively shape neural, immune, and endocrine function. Join leading researchers on December 12 as they share new discoveries into these ...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Dr. @erictopol.bsky.social & Dr. Lee Hood explore the future of #longevity & #prevention in a virtual conversation centered on Super Agers. Dive into the recording for deep insights on #genomics, #AI, #lifestyle, and #equity in #health. isbscience.org/news/health/...
Eric Topol and Lee Hood — Two Scientific Luminaries on Longevity and Prevention
Eric Topol and Lee Hood explored Super Agers, AI, genomics, and the future of prevention and healthy aging in an ISB-hosted conversation.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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One week to go!

@isbscience.org's Dr. Lee Hood joins Dr. @erictopol.bsky.social, author of Super Agers, for a live virtual chat on the science and innovation redefining how we age.

🗓 Nov. 4 | 10–11 a.m. PT
💻 Free registration: isbscience.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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ISB's Dr. Cory Funk was a guest on the Optispan Podcast and sifts through why hundreds of #Alzheimers drugs have missed the mark – and what actually moves the needle – turning hard lessons into practical takeaways for patients, clinicians, and researchers. www.optispan.life/podcast/v/jl...
Why 400+ Alzheimer's Drugs Failed (Here's What Works) — Optispan
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October 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Great primer from #NobelPrize winner Dr. Mary Brunkow on @npr.org's Here & Now: how FOXP3 and T regs help keep the immune system from harming the body. (~6 min) @wbur.org
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Nobel Prize winner Mary Brunkow on immune system research
Mary Brunkow was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, for their "groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance tha...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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“Spam? Or… Nobel?” Hear the moment and see our Nobel Prize hub: isbscience.org/nobel
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Two leading voices in medicine – Lee Hood and Eric Topol – will explore what it means to live longer and healthier in a free virtual conversation hosted by @isbscience.org.

🗓️ November 4, 10-11 a.m. PT
💻 Register here – isbscience.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Longevity #DigitalHealth #SuperAgers
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Rubbing shoulders with a @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate! 🤩What a week!

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person: isbscience.org/news/press-r...

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Left to right: Sean Gibbons, Naeha Subramanian, Mary Brunkow, Anna Kuchina, and Sid Venkatesh
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Dr. Mary Brunkow is a 2025 Nobel laureate. In today’s @isbscience.org press conference, she shares the FOXP3 story, from a puzzling mouse to a discovery that reshaped immunology.
🎥 Watch the full video: youtu.be/vg61fbycGEk
Mary Brunkow Wins 2025 Nobel Prize | ISB Press Conference (Full)
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October 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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This morning, @isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Dr. Brunkow shares the award with Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi. Read the press release here: www.nobelprize.org/.../medicine....

What a tremendous honor! Congratulations!
October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Many congratulations, Mary Brunkow! Couldn’t be happier for you and @isbscience.org ! ♥️

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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
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October 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Congratulations! The🏅2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or #Medicine is awarded to 🇺🇸 Mary E. Brunkow ( @isbscience.org ), 🇺🇸 Fred Ramsdell (Sonoma Biotherapeutics) and 🇯🇵 Shimon Sakaguchi (Osaka University) for their insights into how our #immunesystem is kept from attacking our own body.
Immune system researchers receive Nobel Prize 2025 in Medicine
The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it may attack our own organs. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Join us for Ignite STEM at @isbscience.org: 11/6, 6-8pmPT. Celebrating 25 years of ISB Education with stories from teachers & students, time with scientists, and the Valerie Logan Leadership in Science Education Award.
🎟 $25 | Students free | 🚗 Free parking
Register: isbscience.org/events/ignit...
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Remembering Dr. Charles “Chuck” Watts (1942–2025). Our tribute: isbscience.org/news/philant...
Remembering Dr. Charles 'Chuck' Watts: A Leader, Friend, and Advocate for ISB
We remember Chuck Watts, beloved board chair and physician whose leadership, curiosity, and advocacy helped shape ISB’s mission.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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It’s #PostdocAppreciation Week!

@isbscience.org Postdoc Dr. Dmitry Sutormin found gut bacteria form 3 guilds:

Stressors
Metabolizers
Growers

A survival “bet-hedging” strategy that helps them adapt.

🎥 Watch Dmitry explain: youtu.be/5LG_Ae0SiFg
Inside the Hidden Lives of Bacteria
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September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Congratulations to Co-founder Dr. Lee Hood, who has been awarded the Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences by the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Hood, along with Drs. Francis Collins and Eric Lander, are the recipients of the inaugural prize.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Postdocs are the pulse of ISB. They bring passion, vision, and fresh ideas that drive discovery.

In honor of Postdoc Appreciation Week, hear from our postdoctoral fellows and learn more about ISB’s Postdoc Program.

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Behind the Breakthroughs: ISB’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Focus
At ISB, postdocs enter the scientific workforce with passion, vision, and advanced training – bringing the fresh ideas that fuel discovery.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Congratulations to ISB Co-founder and Professor Dr. Leroy (Lee) Hood for receiving the 2025 Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences! 🎉
A well-deserved honor for a truly inspiring pioneer in human health and medicine. 🧬✨

Learn more: www.weizmann.ac.il/sela-prize/
September 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Since 2021, Claudia McLaughlin Ludwig @claudiamcl.bsky.social and ISB Education have partnered with AmeriCorps. Join recent @americorps.bsky.social members Sarah Clemente and Faduma Hussein in reflecting on their time at ISB and the importance of this program to their professional development.
Service Meets Science: AmeriCorps at ISB
Learn how the AmeriCorps program as part of ISB Education fosters community development and empowers young professionals to make a difference.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Join @ucirvine.bsky.social School of Medicine for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series with Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, CEO of
Phenome Health

📊⚕️ Topic: “How Your Data Can Transform Your Health”
📅 Nov. 12, 7 to 8 p.m.
📍 The Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, Irvine, CA
👉 bit.ly/3JyftH4
UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. “How Your Data Can Transform Your Health.” Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Phenome Health; Chief Innovation Officer & Distinguished Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging; Professor & Co-Founder, Institute for Systems Biology. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sue Gross Auditorium, Samueli COHS, 856 Health Sciences Rd., Quad, Irvine, CA 92697. Included is Leroy Hood's headshot.
August 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM