BREAKING NEWS-UC San Francisco transfuses first unit of #COVID19 #convalescentplasma into critically ill ICU pt using donor #antibodies from pt who successfully recovered. Amazing teamwork with Ashok Nambiar from UCSF Health bloodbank & inspiring study staff, PharmDs, RNs. #ALLIN

Genomic Toolkit for Dissection of Intractable Human Gut #Bacteria: Jordan Bisanz Peter Turnbaugh construct paired isolate & genome library for Eggerthella lenta & Coriobacteriia (prevalent in #microbiota), w/ tools to uncover effectors of #metabolism &fitness cell.com/cell-host-micr…

BREAKING NEWS-#Gilead announces donation of ENTIRE supply of #remdesivir for #COVID19 to #US government who will then redistribute--1.5 million vials enough to treat up to 200,000 pts. Getting ready UCSF Health. #ThankYou Gilead! #ALLIN More here-tinyurl.com/y9lfoqej

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Based on gut microbiome samples from healthy people vs. those with some kind nonhealthy condition (heart disease, bowel cancer, type 2 diabetes, etc.), this algorithm classifies a person as "healthy" or "unhealthy" with an accuracy of around 74%. 🤔 nature.com/articles/s4146…

550 civilians dead, including 46 children, in Myanmar coup violence: Advocacy group abc7ne.ws/3cLcWXc

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a molecular biologist and I take your scientific discoveries and turn them into colourful, creative illustrations ✨ You can find more of my #sciart at munafomarzia.com!

Can the #microbiome control drug absorption? Than S. Kyaw, PhD and I discuss in our new #OpenAccess perspective ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

OUT NOW 👉 Host and gut bacteria share metabolic pathways for anti-cancer drug metabolism, by Peter Turnbaugh Than S. Kyaw, PhD et al, with UC San Francisco The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine at UCSF UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr nature.com/articles/s4156…

When the wild wind of inflammation blows, only TP53-mutant trees resist and thrive 🌬️ 🍃 Out Nature Genetics, Alba Meira Adam Mead et al report how chronic inflammation promotes selective expansion of TP53-mut cells, leading to an aggressive leukemia. #sciart #scicomm 1/

A double-header out now with our amazing clinical collaborators UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr Erin Van Blarigan Sor Piawah Than S. Kyaw, PhD looking at the microbiome in cancer survivors sciencedirect.com/science/articl… and with respect to health disparities mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/1…

It was really fun to work on these studies and super excited to see them published! Figure-making was the best part! 🎨🖌️

So proud of our UCSF School of Medicine student Than S. Kyaw, PhD who won BEST POSTER for our study on prenatal care utilization among fetuses with spina bifida. 👉🏼 1 in 5 lacked sufficient prenatal care, associated with non-private insurance. Lots more work to do in this vulnerable population!

Happy to see it live!! Many thanks to my amazing coauthors and awesome mentors Peter Turnbaugh Jordan Bisanz cell.com/iscience/fullt…

Urology + Microbiome = 💕❤️‍🔥 Very thankful for awesome co-authors and mentors Nathan M. Shaw Benjamin Breyer Lindsay Hampson goldjournal.net/article/S0090-…

Pizza & beer to celebrate a productive and fun month with our SubIs Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Urology 🍕 🍺 Best of luck on your residency applications! 🍀 Alicja Tomaszewski Daniel Shats Mia Rose Schmolze Than S. Kyaw, PhD

Visualizing Science! I'm holding a series of free, online workshops, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. All are welcome! I plan to have fun with Danielle VanBrabant, Damond Kyllo, and Amey Zhang to introduce visualization topics and challenges. No art experience is necessary.

It’s been a long 7 years completing MD/PhD training, but the beginning of the end is here - Urology Match 2025, let’s go! #UroSoMe