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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 1d

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social for being named an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! chemh.stanford.edu/news/christo...

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Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Christopher Barnes for being named a
2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar,
an honor that recognizes excellence in scientific research and mentorship.

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 2d

Stanford Innovative Medicines Accelerator (IMA) is hiring a Research Scientist, Cell & Gene Therapies (6-month role). Play a critical role in enabling projects at multiple stages of the translational pipeline and help create novel therapies!

Learn more & apply: ima.stanford.edu/job/director...

Research Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy - Stanford University

Innovative Medicines Accelerator

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Hawa Racine Thiam @hawa-racine.bsky.social · 2d

This is a result of hard work by Aidan Cabral, Manasi Sawant, Minwoo Kang and our collaborator Frank Xie. #ProudMentor.

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Hawa Racine Thiam @hawa-racine.bsky.social · 2d

We look forward to hearing feedback from the community on our #preprint where we used #NETosis as a platform to show that chromatin decompaction inside the nucleus directly regulates cell mechanics. This work identifies long-range biophysical impacts of chromatin in mammalian cells.

bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 5d

Chromatin is a long-range force generator that regulates plasma membrane tension and cell integrity independently of gene expression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.02.680155v1

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 8d

“Chemistry is deeply involved in our everyday lives. And you can look for it in any activity, passion, or interest.” Recent Chemistry PhD graduate & CBI fellow Shoshana Williams shares her journey teaching chemistry in Bangladesh & connecting with her students: chemh.stanford.edu/news/art-che...

The art of chemistry, and the chemistry of art

Chemistry PhD student Shoshana Williams brings molecules and art into the classroom at a women’s university in Bangladesh

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 8d

ENPP1 drug developed by Institute Scholar @lingyinli.bsky.social gains FDA approval for Phase I cancer clinical trials: arcinstitute.org/news/stf-162...

Proof-of-concept innate immune checkpoint inhibitor shows promise against solid tumors in rodents | Arc Institute

Biochemist Lingyin Li has been pioneering a new direction for immunotherapy, searching for drugs that would turn these “cold” environments “hot”. Instead of stimulating T cells in the adaptive immune…

arcinstitute.org

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 9d

Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 9d

A Science podcast featuring the work of Institute Scholar Paul Mischel and his quest to cure difficult-to-treat cancers by targeting DNA loops that break traditional laws of genetic inheritance: www.science.org/content/podc...

An aggressive cancer’s loophole, and a massive field of hydrogen beneath the ocean floor

On this week’s show: Cancer biologists are targeting small loops of DNA that exist outside of the chromosomes for new treatments, and discovering pipes rich with hydrogen beneath the western Pacific…

www.science.org

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 12d

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to Alex Choi (Stanley Qi Lab) for receiving the Stanford Postdoc Champions: Community Impact Award! postdocs.stanford.edu/current-post...

Congratulations to Alex Choi (Stanley Qi Lab) for receiving the Stanford Postdoc Champions: Community Impact Award. Alex is being recognized for CRISPRkit – a $2 CRISPR lesson that makes biotechnology more affordable, equitable, and accessible.

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 13d

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

Sarafan ChEM-H awards four $25K seed grants to fund collaborations w/ the new chemoproteomics group, led by @dina-sch.bsky.social at the Nucleus, a collection of labs that leverage scientific experts& advanced instrumentation to facilitate discoveries @stanford.edu chemh.stanford.edu/news/sarafan...

Sarafan ChEM-H awards four $25K seed grants to fund collaborations with the new chemoproteomics group at the Nucleus

The grants will give researchers access to advanced instrumentation and technical guidance for a variety of specialized proteomics techniques.

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 15d

Don't miss this live webinar with Q&A for the celiac community on September 29, 2025 9:00 am PST! Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Introducing HB-2121: A Study Focused on Improving Celiac Disease Diagnosis: Dr. Nasim Khavari & Dr. Nielsen Fernandez-Becker, Stanford Medicine

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calceliac @calceliac.bsky.social · 15d

🧬 Exciting #celiac research news! Stanford developed HB-2121, an investigational drug to detect celiac WITHOUT gluten consumption.
📅 Webinar Monday 9/29 at 9am PDT (Register for recording)
🔬 Seeking volunteers (with & without celiac), $400 compensation
Info: celiaccommunity.org/2025/hb-2121/

Can We Detect Celiac Without Gluten? Stanford Study Seeks Volunteers

Learn more about the study here and sign up for the upcoming live webinar here. Everyone who registers for the webinar will receive the recording afterward. Guest article by Marissa Dobry, Research...

celiaccommunity.org

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to Institute Scholar Monther Abu-Remaileh @abu-remaileh.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research! www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Monther Abu-Remaileh for winning the 2026 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. The award recognizes outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids by a young investigator.

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to Institute Scholar Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social for being named a 2025 Schmidt Polymath!
www.schmidtsciences.org/eight-scient...

Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Polly Fordyce for being named a 2025 Schmidt Polymath. Polly will work toward enabling crowd-sourced, megascale measurements of protein function, which will yield critical data required to drive revolutionary advances in functional protein design.

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Anshul Kundaje @anshulkundaje.bsky.social · 21d

New faculty position opening at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social . Especially interested in candidates with deep expertise and vision for the future of AI/ML/computational models of biomolecules. Please RT

Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 21d

Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...

Faculty Recruitment

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 21d

Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...

Faculty Recruitment

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 25d

Great piece on @stanford-chemh.bsky.social Institute Scholar Paul Mischel @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social

Science Magazine @science.org · 25d

Paul Mischel is championing the importance of odd rings of DNA in tumors—and their promise as targets for cancer therapy. https://scim.ag/4m5x2f3

Weird rings of DNA fuel cancers. This scientist leads the effort to target them

Paul Mischel and others are testing therapies for rogue genetic loops that drive tumor evolution and growth

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27d

That concludes this year’s Next-Gen Symposium.Thank you to organizers Aaron Streets, @pollyfordyce.bsky.social, Jason Sello, Mercedes Paredes, @hawa-racine.bsky.social, Nicolas Altemose, @frutag33.bsky.social, Nicole Martinez, Elizabeth Ponder, @queerentist.bsky.social, Bill Burkholder & Ben Warner!

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27d

Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza @brendacabreram.bsky.social from Yale University presents work on the biological changes linked to suicidal behavior in men & women and how both biology & social context can be used to understand genetic risk for psychiatric conditions to prevent suicide in understudied groups

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27d

Thomas Pomberger @neurotompom.bsky.social from Duke University presents his neurobiology research about the identification of cortical neuron populations necessary for effective vocal communication during social interaction.

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27d

Colwyn Headley @mitococo.bsky.social from Stanford discusses a bioengineering strategy to deliver mitochondria to diseased cell populations, with the goal of restoring proper energy production and cellular function in immune and cardiovascular diseases where mitochondria have become dysfunctional.

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27d

Next Generation Faculty Symposium

SESSION 6: Organisms to Networks and Engineering Health

More on the speakers: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni

Colwyn Headley, PhD, is an Instructor at Stanford University (cheadley@Stanford.edu); Thomas Pomberger, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University (thomas.pomberger@duke.edu); Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza, MD, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yale University (brenda.cabrera-mendoza@yale.edu)

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