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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 AIMBE calls on the scientific community to urge Congress to ensure timely passage of the FY2026 budget 👇

Strong, sustained funding for our nation's health and science agencies is essential for economic prosperity, U.S. global competitiveness, and public heath.

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Protect Research: Finalize FY2026 Budget Now

Use AIMBE's letter template below to send an email to your Members of Congress on issues that matter. We encourage you to edit and personalize the note, sharing your individual experience. Please note...

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Aug 16

JOB OPPORTUNITIES!!

FYI, K2 is #hiring for two positions in the Research Biology and Synthetic Biology teams! If you’re excited about using cutting-edge science to solve big problems, then check out our careers page (lnkd.in/gvtFnZ5K) and apply now.

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Aug 16

Years ago, we set out to develop new synbio technology to solve a major drug discovery challenge: generating precision antibodies for challenging membrane proteins.

It's a DREAM COME TRUE to report that we've launched K2 Therapeutics (k2-tx.com) to advance this into transformative medicines!

K2 Therapeutics

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Aug 2

Congratulations on this exciting next step, Rita!

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · Jul 24

In today's issue of Cell-->if you are looking for a good distraction from the news (who isn't), check it out!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Phenotypic landscape of an invasive fungal pathogen reveals its unique biology

The construction and high-precision fitness profiling of a C. neoformans knockout library reveals a high-resolution functional map of its genome and allowed for the identification of fungal analogs of...

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jul 21

We traveled to DC to talk to Congressional Staffers about the impact of NIH and NIBIB funding. It enables us to develop synthetic biology tools to advance cell & genetic medicines for patients in need. REPOST to deliver the message that SCIENCE saves lives & makes America GREAT!

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jul 8

7 years old! 🎂🎉🎈Happy birthday to our adventurous twins!

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jul 2

I hailed a Tesla Model 3, according to Uber-equivalent in Cairo, Egypt 😂😂

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Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited to share that our work building in vivo biosensors for receptor tyrosine kinases (pYtags!) is now out www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

9/n Rabat

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8/n Fes

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

7/n MORE Mergouza desert camp

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6/n Mergouza desert camp

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5/n Toudgha Gorge

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

4/n Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

3/n Driving through the High Atlas Mountains

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

2/n Marrakech

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Mo Khalil @mokhalil.bsky.social · Jun 28

1/n Morocco 🇲🇦 is magical. A few pics from our whirlwind tour through this beautiful country. Enjoy!

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jun 27

So cool, a novel archaeon with a super small genome and no metabolic genes!
"An unprecedented level of metabolic dependence on a host, a condition that challenges the functional distinctions between minimal cellular life and viruses."
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome

Defining the minimal genetic requirements for cellular life remains a fundamental question in biology. Genomic exploration continually reveals novel microbial lineages, often exhibiting extreme genome...

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The Kueh lab @kuehlab.bsky.social · Jun 7

Excited to share that our study, on how T cells selectively sense foreign antigens with single-molecule sensitivity, is out! This work was led by the brilliant Will White, and done in collaboration with Jay Groves and David Baker @uwproteindesign.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · May 30

Furiously logging all the new budget news, laughing grimly that it landed *just after* we hit publish. Of course it did.

Grateful that the entire point of @unbreaking.org is to give us a durable platform where we can keep integrating new developments. We'll digest, contextualize & update next week.

Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · May 30

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · May 30

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Chang Liu @chang-c-liu.bsky.social · May 24

Happy to share the peer-reviewed and updated version of our work on OrthoRep-driven evolution of aaRSs for genetic code expansion with unnatural amino acids. Congrats to Yuichi Furuhata, a true master bioengineer, on leading this excellent work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Directed evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases through in vivo hypermutation - Nature Communications

Genetic code expansion (GCE) enables the incorporation of new amino acids into proteins. Here, authors demonstrate the rapid OrthoRep-driven evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for GCE, increasing...

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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · May 2

🧬🧫🦠 @science.org Bacterial reverse transcriptase synthesizes long poly-A–rich cDNA for antiphage defense | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #microbiology #bacteriophage #antiphage #immunity #DNA #RNAsky #RT #Cryo-EM #DRT9

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John Ngo @johntngo.bsky.social · Apr 30

Honored to be the 2025 recipient of the ACS Synthetic Biology Young Innovator Award. Hope to see you in Houston for #SEED2025!

Meet John Ngo, Winner of the 2025 ACS Synthetic Biology Young Innovator Award | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog

Read an exclusive interview with Prof. Ngo covering his research, his history with the journal, and advice to early career researchers.

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