BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

There are many Nobels that have highlighted this point, but seriously, when did Immunity (Cell Press) stop being considered a “high-impact”journal?

Scientists- please read this. Recently I had a reviewer question why we even solved the crystal structure if #Alphafold could predict it. This editorial summaries a lot of what I said in response and needs to be talked about more! #structuralbiology journals.iucr.org/d/issues/2023/…

New model for MD/PhD training

I am thrilled to share our work describing the role of Aster proteins in intestinal physiology! Aster-dependent nonvesicular transport facilitates dietary cholesterol uptake | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Scoring, longitudinal monitoring, and non-invasive follow-up — bet medicine’s never thought of that!

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Ivy League is always good for a round one upset 😂

So he’s not a very trustworthy science communicator OR person, got it

Nature research paper: Metabolic rewiring promotes anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids go.nature.com/3Ub8CGh

Excited to be a part of this new physician-scientist tradition at UCLA DoM!

Reminder that GLP-1RAs cause weight loss by acting on the CNS to decrease energy intake (not through their effects on gut motility)! This shows that you can separate their nauseating and satiating effects as they come from different brain regions 🧐 nature.com/articles/s4158…

The 2024 #LaskerAward winners are: Basic: Zhijian “James” Chen Clinical: Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Svetlana Mojsov Public Service: Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim Abdool Karim Learn about their scientific breakthroughs in these animated videos: ow.ly/Vqmc50TqSA3

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.