Wyss Institute
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The Wyss Institute seeks to transform engineering, medicine and the environment by creating new materials and devices using Nature’s design principles.
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Alican and his colleagues at the Wyss are modeling IBD in Organ Chips and researching how the different forms of the disease trigger specific complications. Learn more about Alican and what led him to #ReimagineTheWorld . #WorldIBDDay #IBD
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'In a place like the Wyss that’s looking at unmet needs, it’s natural that we have quite a lot of projects already in our pipeline dedicated to women’s health,' explains Adama Sesay, leader of the Wyss' Women's Health Catalyst. #WomensHealthWeek
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'I prefer to think that, to the extent that we’ve been successful, it’s because we do stuff that’s simple and useful and solves problems.” -Associate Faculty member George Whitesides
Learn more about Whitesides in this interview from Harvard University.
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This review emphasizes the role of mechanical forces on T cell activity and function across varying length scales, providing a roadmap towards T cell-based mechano-immunotherapy in cancer and beyond Harvard SEAS Wyss Institute Boston Children's aippub.org/4dhImle
Researchers at the Wyss developed an Organ Chip that replicates the human vaginal tissue microenvironment, including its microbiome in vitro. They can use this to study conditions like bacterial vaginosis. #WomensHealthWeek
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Wearable glucometers are helpful in managing diabetes, but the sensors used in them suffer from biofouling, causing them to stop working. So, Wyss researchers & their collaborators created a surface coating to prevent this. Don Ingber Pawan Jolly
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Dr. Zeng (Claire Zeng) is describing DNA origami-based vaccines (DoriVac) for #ImmunoOncology . Additional information can be found at wyss.harvard.edu/technology/dor…. #IOTNCapstoneMeeting
'I think about a world in which when a person wants to have a child, that’s possible, and it’s on their time frame. I think it’s a beautiful world.' Learn how Wyss Lumineer Christian Kramme would #ReimagineTheWorld . #WomensHealthWeek
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Dr. Yang (Claire) Zeng from Wyss Institute introduces their work on DNA origami nanoparticles as potentially better delivery vehicles for therapeutic cargos. #immunoengineering #IOTNCapstoneMeeting
Congratulations to Wyss Lumineers Surge Biswas and Frances Anastassacos for Nabla Bio’s $26M Series A financing and initiating collaborations with AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb and Takeda for generative protein design!
We're so excited for the first installment of our Faculty Forum Series, where Institute faculty members and distinguished guests can share their work with our community. Today, we welcome Jeff Karp (Pronouns: he/him/his), hosted by Natalie Artzi, to speak about his new book, LIT: Life Ignition Tools.
ReConstruct is leveraging patient-derived, vascularized tissue to improve the safety of breast reconstruction for cancer survivors. #WomensHealthAwarenessWeek
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'The way I look at experiments, the way I see the results, & the way I imagine the application of these technologies is 100% motivated by the experiences I had in the clinic,' -Ola Gutzeit, Research Fellow in Reproductive Health
#WomensHealthAwarenessWeek
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At the Wyss, we are passionate dreamers, embracing the challenges that come our way. If this sounds like you, check out our open positions. #Hiring #OpenPositions #OpenJobs #ScienceJobs
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Start off National Women's Health Week by listening to Sharon Kedar's great interview with Don Ingber of the Wyss Institute discussing the organ-chip models they've developed to address #womenshealth issues & more. #NWHW wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/mic…