Very cool stuff: Spatial #metabolomics of in situ host–microbe interactions at the micrometre scale - The secret life of microbes revealed! 🦪Nature Microbiology Benedikt Geier Manuel Liebeke @Chemosym Max Planck Society mpi-bremen.de/en/The-secret-… nature.com/articles/s4156… #symbiosis #deepsea

While researchers are racing to unravel the molecular mechanisms behind tumour-promoting bacteria, many cancer researchers are testing whether microbiome-based therapeutics can improve the efficacy or safety of existing anti-cancer interventions. go.nature.com/2vEzndz

While “can’t hurt” assumptions probably hold true for most #probiotics, recent evidence is a reminder they are not harmless. The community should require the same evidence of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness as are required for regulated drugs ja.ma/2x2h7LK

Let's dispel the notion that "novel coronavirus is just like the flu". Sharing this striking comparison of #Flu, #COVID19, #SARS and #MERS made by BioRender. #COVID19 is 30x more deadly and almost 2x more contagious than the flu. We have no existing immunity to COVID19.

If you like bouncing balls explaining how to slow down #coronavirus, my latest story in the The Washington Post is for you: Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…

Pritzker students’ COVID-19 initiatives were featured in the Chicago Sun-Times chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/20…

You can watch Part 1 of the documentary here. The Gene: An Intimate History pbs.org/video/part-1-d…

Bacterial colonization reprograms the neonatal gut metabolome by Gary Wu, Babette Zemel CHOP Research and colleagues rdcu.be/b3y3d

Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible––and there is still so much work to do. nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opi…

This is the worst thing that’s happened to US science and innovation. Banning #Immigrant scientists will lead to a devastating loss in creativity and productivity. Pretty much every lab in the US will suffer. whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a mask on it

Congratulations #Illinois ! Enforcing a public safety rule (mandatory masking and distancing) is fair. And it makes all of our post-covid dreams a little closer to reality. #MaskUp

“I'm sometimes asked: when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say, when there are nine. People are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody raised a question about that." RBG

University of Pittsburgh medical students wrote a new version of the Hippocratic Oath, which calls on doctors to combat disinformation to improve health literacy and be an ally to minorities. trib.al/lNCWHC7

To think I woke up today with hope.

The first tribally affiliated medical school on tribal land in the U.S., the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation, opened today. The $40M, 84,000 SF facility will help train students, including Natives, to practice medicine in rural Okla. and in tribal nations.