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Synthetic biology, cell and gene therapy. Member of the Leonard Lab at Northwestern University. Public transit and techno enthusiast. Views are my own.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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CTA Holiday Train!!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
CTA Holiday Train!!!
Fun fact: dialysis consumes about 1% of the total spending by the federal government each year.
Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fun fact: dialysis consumes about 1% of the total spending by the federal government each year.
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Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...
40 years of life: the miracle of ‘Baby Moses’ and the heart that changed medicine | News
First and longest-living infant-to-infant heart transplant recipient celebrates 40th birthday at reunion event.
news.llu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...
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Chicago is at its absolute best on autumnal days like today. Blue sky, dry, chilly but not cold, perfect Barbour jacket weather
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Chicago is at its absolute best on autumnal days like today. Blue sky, dry, chilly but not cold, perfect Barbour jacket weather
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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Below, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley meets Baby KJ, the child who was treated with CRISPR gene editing by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It was one of the biggest moment from #STATSummit. You can read about that moment and more here: www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...
It was one of the biggest moment from #STATSummit. You can read about that moment and more here: www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Below, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley meets Baby KJ, the child who was treated with CRISPR gene editing by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It was one of the biggest moment from #STATSummit. You can read about that moment and more here: www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...
It was one of the biggest moment from #STATSummit. You can read about that moment and more here: www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Candle in the Windy City. This morning's sunrise highlights the steam coming off the top of the St. Regis building in Chicago.
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Candle in the Windy City. This morning's sunrise highlights the steam coming off the top of the St. Regis building in Chicago.
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Magnificent Monday Morning. Today's sunrise in Chicago.
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Magnificent Monday Morning. Today's sunrise in Chicago.
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New @nejm.org
One-shot gene therapy for a type of congenital deafness enabled some children to hear for the first time, and 3 of 12 kids achieved normal hearing
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400521
One-shot gene therapy for a type of congenital deafness enabled some children to hear for the first time, and 3 of 12 kids achieved normal hearing
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400521
DB-OTO Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness | NEJM
Genetic deficiency of otoferlin, a protein critical to synaptic transmission by the sensory hair cells of the ear, causes congenital deafness. Medicines to treat the condition are lacking; children...
www.nejm.org
October 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New @nejm.org
One-shot gene therapy for a type of congenital deafness enabled some children to hear for the first time, and 3 of 12 kids achieved normal hearing
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400521
One-shot gene therapy for a type of congenital deafness enabled some children to hear for the first time, and 3 of 12 kids achieved normal hearing
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400521
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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With Merrimack Station shutting down in New Hampshire, there will no longer be coal burned in New England to power the grid.
New England’s last coal plant has stopped operating, according to its owners
Granite Shore Power, the company that owns the coal plant in Bow, New Hampshire, said they ceased commercial operations Sept. 12, about a year and a half after they announced they would retire their f...
www.wbur.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
With Merrimack Station shutting down in New Hampshire, there will no longer be coal burned in New England to power the grid.
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Hello October! The first sunrise of October 2026 with the Hancock in Chicago.
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hello October! The first sunrise of October 2026 with the Hancock in Chicago.
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Swimmers returned to the Chicago River for the first time in a century today, marking the river's transformation from a formerly polluted and hazardous waterway.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/s...
Swimmers Return To Chicago River For 1st Time In A Century: 'The River Is So Clean'
Hundreds of swimmers dove into the Chicago River Sunday to raise money for ALS research and highlight the river's rebound after years of pollution and unsafe conditions.
blockclubchicago.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Swimmers returned to the Chicago River for the first time in a century today, marking the river's transformation from a formerly polluted and hazardous waterway.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/s...
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As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
Pedestrianized streets let kids be kids (and let parents relax a little)
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
Incredible
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Incredible
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A cyclist rides through the flooded bike lane on Clark Street amid heavy rainfall and thunderstorms this afternoon.
📍 Lakeview, Chicago
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
#ILWX
📍 Lakeview, Chicago
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
#ILWX
August 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A cyclist rides through the flooded bike lane on Clark Street amid heavy rainfall and thunderstorms this afternoon.
📍 Lakeview, Chicago
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
#ILWX
📍 Lakeview, Chicago
#OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
#ILWX
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Late-forming storms put on quite a light show over Chicago last night. The sonic booms of extremely close strikes and deep, rolling rumbles of distant thunder went on for hours.
I caught this shot just before midnight, and moments before I was about to call it quits #ILwx #Chicago
I caught this shot just before midnight, and moments before I was about to call it quits #ILwx #Chicago
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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For the first time in nearly 100 years, the Chicago River will host a sanctioned open water swim.
The 2025 Chicago River Swim was announced, and this time organizers made sure to obtain the necessary city approvals first.
The 2025 Chicago River Swim was announced, and this time organizers made sure to obtain the necessary city approvals first.
Chicago River Swim Announced for September, and This Time Organizers Have the City’s Approval
The event will mark the first open water swim in the Chicago River in nearly 100 years, according to organizers.
news.wttw.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For the first time in nearly 100 years, the Chicago River will host a sanctioned open water swim.
The 2025 Chicago River Swim was announced, and this time organizers made sure to obtain the necessary city approvals first.
The 2025 Chicago River Swim was announced, and this time organizers made sure to obtain the necessary city approvals first.
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Nearly four months have passed since the Donald Trump administration abruptly froze $790 million in federal funding at Northwestern University, and the school’s fragile research infrastructure has been pummeled by cuts.
Funding cuts ripple across Northwestern, as faculty urge no deal with Trump
Northwestern University faculty say their work has been pummeled by a $790 million funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration.
trib.al
August 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nearly four months have passed since the Donald Trump administration abruptly froze $790 million in federal funding at Northwestern University, and the school’s fragile research infrastructure has been pummeled by cuts.
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A technology feature in Nature describes how enzyme-based techniques and refinements in organic chemistry are easing the generation of extended DNA sequences. 🧬 🧪
Made-to-order DNA goes big: new tech doubles size of custom genetic sequences
Enzyme-based techniques and refinements in organic chemistry ease the generation of extended DNA sequences.
go.nature.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A technology feature in Nature describes how enzyme-based techniques and refinements in organic chemistry are easing the generation of extended DNA sequences. 🧬 🧪
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#Breaking: Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts
www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
www.statnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Insiders tell CNN the FDA's AI is "hallucinating" studies and can't access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is getting better, and use is not mandatory. cnn.it/3UoYIjI
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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!
July 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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!