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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @hawa-racine.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
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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 · 5d

🌱 Congrats to Stanford BioE Professor @jennbrophy.bsky.social, named a 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

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 · 14d

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 · 16d

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 · 20d

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 · Jun 26

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.
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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 · Jun 25

Introducing @bioe_stanford Class of 2025! 📸: Fontejon Photography

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VentureWell @venturewell.bsky.social · Jun 17

📣 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 · Jun 6

🏆 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.
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Open Fung @openfung.bsky.social · Jun 4

🍄 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.

Art & Synthetic Biology with Drew Endy & Phil Ross | Art &

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Stanford Medicine @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social · Jun 2

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/...

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Featuring: Nicolò Fusi (Microsoft Research), Brian Hie (Stanford University), Emma Lundberg (Stanford Medicine), James Zou (Stanford Medicine)

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · May 28

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...

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 · Apr 10

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 · May 13

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 · May 29

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

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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 · May 24

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 · May 22

Congrats to Assistant Professor Vayu Hill-Maini on being named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar! 🌍🎉

Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · May 21

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

https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/05/new-fellows/

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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · May 16

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

Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · May 14

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 · Apr 28

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 edge

Vast spiraling streaks of white lines in gray night sky. Below, a red glow on a small crowd of people and an observatory

Looking up, a person aims a green laser pointing diagonally into the night sky. Background of stars and tree silhouettes

Close-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 · Apr 11

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

Synthetic Biology for Sustainability Symposium

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

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.

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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 NPR

A.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.
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Students at Eden School select specimens to examine with their Foldscopes.
Viraj Nayer for NPR

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!"
Viraj Nayer for NPR

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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congratulations @astraight.bsky.social! It is a well-deserved recognition 🔬

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Stanford Cancer Institute @stanford-cancer.bsky.social · Mar 28

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.

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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