Dita Gratzinger
@patholog.bsky.social
Physician-Scientist
Hematopathologist
Medsky
Hematopathologist
Medsky
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Renee Nicole Macklin Good was a mother, neighbor, spouse, person of faith, artist, award-winning poet, & according to her wife, Becca, “lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world & we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides & nurture it where it needs to grow.”
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Renee Nicole Macklin Good was a mother, neighbor, spouse, person of faith, artist, award-winning poet, & according to her wife, Becca, “lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world & we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides & nurture it where it needs to grow.”
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Tacrolimus, which helps prevent rejection of transplanted organs, only works if the dose is calibrated within a very narrow range.
Any amount outside that window can be dangerous.
But not all generic versions of the drug may meet that standard.
Any amount outside that window can be dangerous.
But not all generic versions of the drug may meet that standard.
Fighting for Breath: The FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk
Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of the critical drug tacrolimus. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication — but the FDA doesn’t always ...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tacrolimus, which helps prevent rejection of transplanted organs, only works if the dose is calibrated within a very narrow range.
Any amount outside that window can be dangerous.
But not all generic versions of the drug may meet that standard.
Any amount outside that window can be dangerous.
But not all generic versions of the drug may meet that standard.
Delighted to share our work on how inborn errors of #immunity manifest in lymph node architecture, just published in Virchows Archiv urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... @springernature.com
Abnormal immunoglobulin expression and B-cell follicle organization in inborn errors of immunity/primary immunodeficiency
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December 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Delighted to share our work on how inborn errors of #immunity manifest in lymph node architecture, just published in Virchows Archiv urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... @springernature.com
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
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He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
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ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Today's the print release of a #RibackLab and #GoodellLab collaboration— we’re excited to share the visual story behind the science, including the dramatic artwork that inspired how we thought about aberrant function of NPM1c - which occurs in about 1 in 3 adult acute myeloid leukemias (#AML).
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Today's the print release of a #RibackLab and #GoodellLab collaboration— we’re excited to share the visual story behind the science, including the dramatic artwork that inspired how we thought about aberrant function of NPM1c - which occurs in about 1 in 3 adult acute myeloid leukemias (#AML).
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New Evidence-based Guideline—Standardize the laboratory workup and diagnosis of #Amyloidosis https://brnw.ch/21wXMU6
#CAPguidelines #pathology #pathsky
#CAPguidelines #pathology #pathsky
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New Evidence-based Guideline—Standardize the laboratory workup and diagnosis of #Amyloidosis https://brnw.ch/21wXMU6
#CAPguidelines #pathology #pathsky
#CAPguidelines #pathology #pathsky
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A look at our LIS installation at Hôpital Dalal Jamm. On site staff and our LIS Deployment Lead in the U.S. worked together to walk through analyzer interfacing step by step. or Comp Pro Med’s donated software & technical support.
#Pathysky #Globalhealth #Africa #Publichealth
#Pathysky #Globalhealth #Africa #Publichealth
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A look at our LIS installation at Hôpital Dalal Jamm. On site staff and our LIS Deployment Lead in the U.S. worked together to walk through analyzer interfacing step by step. or Comp Pro Med’s donated software & technical support.
#Pathysky #Globalhealth #Africa #Publichealth
#Pathysky #Globalhealth #Africa #Publichealth
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NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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H-1B visa–sponsored physicians are twice as prevalent in rural counties and nearly 4 times as common in high-poverty areas, highlighting the potential harm of rising visa costs to health care access.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
H-1B visa–sponsored physicians are twice as prevalent in rural counties and nearly 4 times as common in high-poverty areas, highlighting the potential harm of rising visa costs to health care access.
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We are thrilled to share this video feature and story about the shared learning and inspiring partnerships taking shape through the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health program. They are part of the new 2025
@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are thrilled to share this video feature and story about the shared learning and inspiring partnerships taking shape through the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health program. They are part of the new 2025
@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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@stanforddeptmed.bsky.social Annual Report.
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This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
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This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades.
Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades.
Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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#cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 #LaskerAward #LaskerLaureate
@afp.com @en.afp.com
#cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 #LaskerAward #LaskerLaureate
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Scientists behind breakthrough cystic fibrosis treatment awarded top US prize
Cystic fibrosis was once a dire, likely deadly diagnosis, destroying a patient's ability to breathe and digest food -- but a revolutionary new treatment offers reason for hope.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mind blowing: “single hydrogen bonds deliver measurable effects confirmed the principle that self association sits on a threshold that can tilt one way or the other.” Low complexity domains allow for needed transient localizing interactions in nuclear transport, RNA processing, and more.
Learn more about the 2025 #LaskerAward winners and their work:
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#devbio #phaseseparation #cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #RNAbiology #systemsbiology 🧪
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#devbio #phaseseparation #cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #RNAbiology #systemsbiology 🧪
2025 Winners - Lasker Foundation
Dirk Görlich Steven L. McKnight Basic Research Structures and functions of low-complexity domains Learn More > Michael J. Welsh Jesús (Tito) González Paul A. Negulescu Clinical Research…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mind blowing: “single hydrogen bonds deliver measurable effects confirmed the principle that self association sits on a threshold that can tilt one way or the other.” Low complexity domains allow for needed transient localizing interactions in nuclear transport, RNA processing, and more.
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#PediPath Genomic profiling of pediatric mycosis fungoides, lymphomatoid papulosis z, and primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma identifies recurrent tyrosine kinase gene fusions - Modern Pathology www.modernpathology.org/article/S089...
Genomic profiling of pediatric mycosis fungoides, lymphomatoid papulosis z, and primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma identifies recurrent tyrosine kinase gene fusions
Pediatric cutaneous T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders encompass a diagnostically
complex set of rare diseases of undefined pathogenesis, including mycosis fungoides
(MF), lymphomatoid papulosis (Ly...
www.modernpathology.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#PediPath Genomic profiling of pediatric mycosis fungoides, lymphomatoid papulosis z, and primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma identifies recurrent tyrosine kinase gene fusions - Modern Pathology www.modernpathology.org/article/S089...
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Quick Takes: New World screwworm in Mexico, H5N1 in turkeys, West Nile in Europe
Mexico has seen 55 human cases of New World screwworm this year.
Mexico has seen 55 human cases of New World screwworm this year.
Quick Takes: New World screwworm in Mexico, H5N1 in turkeys, West Nile in Europe
Mexico has seen 55 human cases of New World screwworm this year.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Quick Takes: New World screwworm in Mexico, H5N1 in turkeys, West Nile in Europe
Mexico has seen 55 human cases of New World screwworm this year.
Mexico has seen 55 human cases of New World screwworm this year.
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On this awful second anniversary of October 7th, as we come out of Yamim Noraim (the days of awe) and begin Sukkot, we need to conduct cheshbon ha’nefashot, an accounting of souls.
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An accounting of souls
You don’t get to t’shuvah just by accounting. You have to earnestly commit not to keep causing harm, and start working for repair.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On this awful second anniversary of October 7th, as we come out of Yamim Noraim (the days of awe) and begin Sukkot, we need to conduct cheshbon ha’nefashot, an accounting of souls.
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![4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifiwgrkbhiwy4pflbhpba4x7ordt7w6sv7ihwxzqasx2jcgtnncgy@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues. #medsky 🧪
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues. #medsky 🧪
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AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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In his own words—#LaskerAward winner Dirk Görlich explains the scientific thinking behind discovering the critical functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences. 🧪
#Lasker2025 #phaseseparation
@JAMA.com @mpi-nat.bsky.social
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#Lasker2025 #phaseseparation
@JAMA.com @mpi-nat.bsky.social
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The FG Phase and Transport Through Nuclear Pores
In this Viewpoint, 2025 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award winner Dirk Görlich describes discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of protein sequences of low complexity,…
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September 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In his own words—#LaskerAward winner Dirk Görlich explains the scientific thinking behind discovering the critical functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences. 🧪
#Lasker2025 #phaseseparation
@JAMA.com @mpi-nat.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#Lasker2025 #phaseseparation
@JAMA.com @mpi-nat.bsky.social
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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
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...
@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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September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
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#StanfordWIM Ami Bhatt is reshaping microbiome science by leading the largest study of its kind in Africa. Her work has uncovered 1,000+ new bacterial genomes & 40,000+ viral genomes — expanding our global understanding of health & disease. https://stanford.io/4hlgmPd
September 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#StanfordWIM Ami Bhatt is reshaping microbiome science by leading the largest study of its kind in Africa. Her work has uncovered 1,000+ new bacterial genomes & 40,000+ viral genomes — expanding our global understanding of health & disease. https://stanford.io/4hlgmPd
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2025 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science winner Dr Lucy Shapiro discusses her discovery of how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic to generate distinct daughter cells.
#LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social
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#LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social
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September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2025 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science winner Dr Lucy Shapiro discusses her discovery of how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic to generate distinct daughter cells.
#LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social
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#LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social
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@who.int is appalled by the latest evacuation order, demanding 1 million people to move from Gaza City to a “humanitarian zone” in the south.
To civilians: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City.
To the intl. community: Act.
This catastrophe is human-made, & the responsibility rests with us all.
To civilians: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City.
To the intl. community: Act.
This catastrophe is human-made, & the responsibility rests with us all.
September 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@who.int is appalled by the latest evacuation order, demanding 1 million people to move from Gaza City to a “humanitarian zone” in the south.
To civilians: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City.
To the intl. community: Act.
This catastrophe is human-made, & the responsibility rests with us all.
To civilians: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City.
To the intl. community: Act.
This catastrophe is human-made, & the responsibility rests with us all.