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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 1h

Leveraging modern scientific tools and techniques, @ishahjain.bsky.social intends to transform our understanding of the critical roles that vitamins play in health and disease.

Bringing Modern Science to Vitamin Biology: Isha Jain Wins NIH Transformative Research Award

Leveraging modern scientific tools and techniques, Jain intends to transform our understanding of the critical roles that vitamins play in health and disease.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 2h

Today is #StemCellAwarenessDay, a moment to highlight the science that’s transforming medicine.

Learn how scientists can reprogram ordinary skin or blood cells back in time and turn them into induced pluripotent stem cells.

Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 23h

The Alzheimer’s Association has selected Katerina Akassoglou as a recipient of the Zenith Fellows Award, a prize given annually to scientists making substantial contributions to Alzheimer’s research. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VKx8hF

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 2d

"This is a prize I’ve been waiting to see,” said Alex Marson, director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. Read more from Marson about the #NobelPrize in @nytimes.com

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 3d

Katerina Akassoglou has opened doors to understanding how the blood protein fibrin is involved in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Katerina Akassoglou Receives Zenith Fellows Award to Advance Alzheimer's Research

Akassoglou has opened doors to understanding how the blood protein fibrin is involved in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

Pregnancy, Lactation Shape Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccine and Infection

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Pregnancy, Lactation Shape Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccine and Infection

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

Blood Vessels and Immune Cells Drive Risk for Alzheimer’s and Stroke

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

How Do Vaccines Work?

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How Do Vaccines Work?

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

Here's some recent episodes.

Overworked Brain Cells May Burn Out in Parkinson’s Disease

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

🎧 Transform your commute or downtime into science time.

Gladstone Audio News brings our latest research stories straight to your ears—AI-narrated, high-quality audio versions of articles from our newsroom.

Stay informed on the go with discoveries that matter.

Listen on Spotify 👇

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · 6d

🎥 On demand now: AI in Molecular Biology!

Hear from pioneers shaping the future of science, including:
🔹 Dr. David Baker (UW)
🔹 @barbaraengelhardt.bsky.social (@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social & @gladstoneinst.bsky.social)

👉 Watch here: keysym.us/KSAIBio26

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Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 6d

awesome new work by my @gladstoneinst.bsky.social and @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social colleagues incl @vram142.bsky.social on how chromatin remodelers affect mesoscale chromatin organization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ATP-dependent remodeling of chromatin condensates reveals distinct mesoscale outcomes

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes mobilize nucleosomes, but how such mobilization affects chromatin condensation is unclear. We investigate effects of two major remod...

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 5d

Katie Pollard shares two exciting ways Gladstone is using #AI to transform how we fight disease.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 6d

Melanie Ott says international biosafety guidelines are key to regaining trust and ensuring that essential research continues.

Public trust in science has declined since COVID -- virologists need to unite around safety standards

Creating international viral biosafety guidelines are key to clearing up confusion, regaining trust and ensuring that essential research continues.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 7d

Exciting news! We're honoring Rudolf Jaenisch with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize on December 1.

Join us as we celebrate his groundbreaking work in epigenetics and stem cell biology. Don't miss his scientific lecture! 🧬🔬

Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4gNhf3z

Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 8d

On World Heart Day, gain insights from @benoitbruneau.bsky.social, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. His personal connection to heart health drives innovative research at Gladstone. 🫀

Matters of the Heart: A Conversation with Gladstone's Benoit Bruneau

Bruneau, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, shares exciting recent advances in heart research and talks about the impact of predictive AI.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 9d

Whitehead Institute (@whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social ) Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has been honored with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize.

Rudolf Jaenisch Receives the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize - Science in Boston

Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has been honored with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize. Awarded by Gladstone Institutes, the prize recognizes Jaenisch’s seminal role in esta...

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 10d

We're still reminiscing about what a great time we had during Postdoc Appreciation Week! These photos are from a hike to Lands End and our Lawn Party that we hosted with UCSF!

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 11d

In @nytimes.com, Steve Finkbeiner weighs in on a potential new treatment for Huntington's Disease.

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New Treatment Shows Promise for Huntington's Disease

A gene therapy injected into patients' brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported.

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 12d

Shoutout to everyone who went on the walk yesterday! 🚶‍♂️🚶❤️

Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 12d

We had a great time at the San Francisco Heart Walk yesterday! Gladstonians got to spend some time outside together and raise money for @americanheart.bsky.social ❤️

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Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 12d

Annual @americanheart.bsky.social Heart Walk was great as usual. Excellent turnout on a beautiful day, for a great cause @gladstoneinst.bsky.social

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 12d

The newly renamed Gladstone Infectious Disease Institute broadens its mission to address global health threats ranging from antibiotic resistance to infections that cause chronic diseases.

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Beyond Viruses: Expanding the Fight Against Infectious Diseases

The newly renamed Gladstone Infectious Disease Institute broadens its mission to address global health threats ranging from antibiotic resistance to infections that cause chronic diseases.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13d

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social In vivo genome-wide CRISPR screens in human T cells to enhance T cell therapy for solid tumor @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @gladstoneinst.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 14d

Congrats to Marta Calvet i Mirabent, who presented her work on spatial proteomics and the HIV reservoir at the Keystone Symposia on HIV Cure South Africa.

Her talk highlighted strategies for durable remission—especially in low- and middle-income countries, where innovation is urgently needed.

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