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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 12h

It was thought tumors had unique microbiomes that might influence cancer progression or treatment. But with genomic sequencing and analysis of control samples, @stevensalzberg.bsky.social and team find it was just data contamination and computational artifacts. engineering.jhu.edu/news/in-exte...

In Extensive Sequencing Study, Scientists Find Few Links Between Cancer and Microbiome - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say a study that sequenced human cancers found far less microbial DNA sequences than earlier studies reported in the same cancer tissue samples.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 2d

"Uncalled4" from @jhu-bdps.bsky.social & @jhucompsci.bsky.social Prof Michael Schatz maps DNA and RNA modifications that regulate gene activity w/ unprecedented accuracy. The open-source tool could advance cancer research, drug discovery, and precision medicine. engineering.jhu.edu/news/researc...

Researchers Build a Smarter Tool for Reading Genetic Code - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

The Hopkins team’s new, open-source software dramatically improves scientists’ ability to detect genetic modifications that control gene activity.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 5d

Quantum sensing isn’t stuck in a lab. In Science Advances, Prof Ishan Barman’s team unveils "quantum vibropolaritonic sensing"— engineering light–matter interactions to make optical detection more sensitive, robust, and practical. engineering.jhu.edu/news/enginee...

Engineers Create New Class of Quantum Sensors to Detect Faint Molecular Vibrations - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Novel technique could lead to earlier disease detection, enhanced industrial process control, and better environmental surveillance

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to be a partner in the first scalable federated learning platform for cancer research: "CAIA will enable unprecedented exploration of AI models for cancer patient data, through a privacy-aware technical framework and a collaborative research alliance."—Prof Alexis Battle

Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 7d

The Cancer AI Alliance (CAIA) today unveiled its first collaborative #AI platform for #cancerresearch. The secure, scalable, multi-cloud platform uses federated learning, maintaining data security and privacy while learning from millions of clinical data points. https://bit.ly/4nvm3NF

Cancer AI Alliance unveils first collaborative AI platform for cancer research - Cancer AI Alliance

Secure, scalable, multi-cloud platform using federated learning aims to accelerate cancer discoveries and treatments

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 8d

Polymers are lighter, more flexible, and easier to process than silicon—promising for future energy tech. Prof Howard E Katz's materials science and engineering team shows that adding a polymer’s own pure monomer can dramatically improve electrical performance. engineering.jhu.edu/news/a-small...

A Small Molecule Could Have a Big Impact on Renewable Energy - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Hopkins researchers make unique polymers and test them in transistors to improve sustainable energy solutions

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 14d

Learn from @drewprinster.bsky.social and more how @jhu.edu’s AI2AI partnership with Amazon advances technologies in machine learning, computer vision, natural language understanding, and speech processing:

Research meets reality

An industry-academia partnership with Amazon gives doctoral fellows funding to pursue big ideas in AI research.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 14d

ANOTHER Hopkins Engineer Astronaut! Rebecca (Becky) Lawler, ENG’18 (MS), was introduced Monday. She earned her master's in space systems engineering through our Engineering for Professionals online program. NASA's 2-year training could take her to the ISS, moon, or even Mars.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 16d

In Nature Materials: A promising new target for cancer therapy. ChemBE Prof Kostas Konstantopoulos and team discovered that two proteins crucial for cell division—anillin and Ect2—also enable cancer cells to invade tissues and spread. engineering.jhu.edu/news/johns-h...

Johns Hopkins Engineers Discover Key Proteins Driving Cancer Cell Migration - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Johns Hopkins engineers have discovered that two proteins essential for cell division also help cancer cells metastasize, or spread, especially through tight spaces. Findings could lead to new treatme...

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 19d

Faux Polyglots: Although many hope that multilingual AI will further democratize knowledge, @jhucompsci.bsky.social researchers find LLMs actually reinforce language-specific information cocoons, further marginalizing viewpoints from lower-resource languages. engineering.jhu.edu/news/democra...

Democratizing knowledge, or deepening divides? - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

A new study finds multilingual AI often privileges dominant languages, reinforcing bias instead of breaking it

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Andrew Wang @andrewwnlp.bsky.social · 19d

Tools break in the real world all the time, but not much attention has been given to how well LLMs deal with tool failures.

We introduce HOHW, a tool-use benchmark where problems remain solvable even when tools break adversarially.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · 22d

⏳Time is running out, and Hopkins Engineering is still relying on your support to help us reach our goals this academic year. Make your Hop into Fall gift now and receive your limited-edition Hopkins shirt! givecampus.com/s/g1iodv

Hop into Fall 2025

I just made my Hop into Fall gift and got a limited-edition Hopkins shirt. Join me!

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Dr. Jean Fan @jef.works · 29d

High costs motivate efforts to predict spatial transcriptomics from H&E images w/ deep learning. In our recent preprint, we show that noise, sparsity & resolution in ST data impact performance, highlighting the importance of training data quality: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Combing 3D X-ray technique, Assoc Prof Ryan Hurley reveals how grains move and stress builds inside rocks. This detailed view of rock mechanics could improve predictions for oil reservoirs, underground storage safety, and earthquake processes: engineering.jhu.edu/news/school-...

School of Rock - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Hopkins researchers pioneer 3D X-ray study revealing how rock grains move and stress builds

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our pioneering partnership with leading cancer centers and tech companies has been recognized by TIME magazine’s #TIME100AI 2025 for groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and cancer research!

Jeff Leek @jtleek.bsky.social · Aug 28

Honored to see the Cancer AI Alliance included on TIME's list of the TIME100 AI of 2025! #TIME100AI.

CAIA has been a true team sport based on the shared commitment of all our Alliance members to accelerate cancer research and ultimately improve and save patient’s lives.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 26

When facial recognition can't see a face, surveillance systems use Person Re-ID to look at the whole body. But new research from Prof Rama Chellappa and team show the AI models lean heavily on BMI—a shortcut that can hurt accuracy and fairness. engineering.jhu.edu/news/ai-puts...

AI Puts Too Much Weight Where It Shouldn’t: On Your Body Size - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

New research shows body recognition systems rely heavily on BMI, raising questions about accuracy

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 25

Body-centered cubic (BCC) compositionally complex alloys can not only RESIST radiation damage but may evolve to become MORE resistant over time. The discovery from Prof Mitra Taheri and team working in our MCP facility could transform nuclear reactor design. engineering.jhu.edu/news/what-do...

What Doesn’t Kill These Metals Makes Them Stronger - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

A team including researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering’s Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) facility has discovered that a particular class of materials can not only resist t...

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 19

In the Magazine: This issue's "History Made" spotlights Hopkins engineers' contributions to electronic trading, racetrack betting, iPhone security, and deep-sea robotics. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/his...

Trading Transformed - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

The Bloomberg Terminal, hacking the iPhone, and more

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hopkinsdsai.bsky.social @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Fall 2025 Symposium: AI in Daily Life on Tuesday, September 16. The event will explore how #AI is reshaping everyday life. Register to attend: ai.jhu.edu/event/fall-2...

Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Fall 2025 Symposium: AI in Daily Life - Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute

Join us for the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Fall 2025 Symposium AI in Daily Life Tuesday, Sept. 16 Symposium | 1 to 4:15 p.m. | Shriver Hall Auditorium…

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 18

"I want fewer girls to be in the situation I was at 16, not even knowing compsci was an option." Engineering For Professionals online master's grad Becky Selzer, Engr ’15 (MS), is protecting critical systems at United—and opening doors for women in tech. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/cha...

Flying High - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

Becky Selzer, Engr ’15 (MS) is the senior principal architect for IT at United Airlines.

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Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social · Aug 18

Advancements in gene therapies are diminishing pain and extending survival times for sickle cell patients.

Sickle cell disease expert Dr. Mark Gladwin discusses how revolutionary new treatments work and the challenges to accessing to life-saving care.

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Promo graphic for episode 934 of Public Health On Call podcast, titled Sickle Cell Disease: Genetic Therapies and Treatment Hurdles

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Currently, for every 20 defibrillators implanted, only one patient derives benefit." @ntrayanova.bsky.social talks about using AI to transform how we prevent sudden cardiac death on
KPCW's Cool Science Radio: www.kpcw.org/show/cool-sc...

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 13

In the Magazine: ~90% of federal defendants rely on court-appointed lawyers. @jhucompsci.bsky.social alum Iris Gupta, Engr ’25, built CounselAI to help overburdened attorneys process case files, find evidence, & fight for their clients. It's in beta at 20 firms. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/inq...

Wiser Counsel for Public Defenders - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

An AI-powered digital discovery tool could help public defenders manage overwhelming caseloads.

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · Aug 11

It’s #cybersecurity season! Check out the work being presented this and next week at the upcoming USENIX and @iacrcrypto.bsky.social conferences by JHU CS and Information Security Institute researchers in this thread 🧵 (1/13)

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 12

In the Magazine: Students learning how things DON'T work. With his class exploring historical catastrophes like Chernobyl and Apollo 13, Prof Jim Bellingham is teaching future engineers to lead through crises. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/inq...

When the Going Gets Tough - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

By exploring historical catastrophes, students learn to lead.

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Johns Hopkins Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social · Aug 11

BME Asst Prof Annie Kathuria and team have grown a whole-brain organoid with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels. It could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders like autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia. engineering.jhu.edu/news/johns-h...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Grow Novel 'Whole-Brain' Organoid - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

The advance could usher in a new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases

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