Mohamad Abedi
@Mohamad_Abedi
Palestinian-American scientist/Bioengineer. Refugee with the privilege to dream. @UWproteindesign Baker Lab. BioEng PhD @Caltech. @PDSoros Fellow
I'm sharing my story in a difficult time for Palestinians and Lebanon, where we found refuge after being exiled from Haifa. I want to honor those who suffered the most and never got to live out their dreams—my grandparents, Jido Ali and Taita Khadejeh. I hope they’re proud (1/3)
The first episode of @BakerLabPodcast is live. Meet Mohamad Abedi, who went from being a Palestinian refugee to a postdoctoral researcher. His journey proves that science can be a creative and transformative process. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/32pWWpKzO…
Great orthogonal thread by Dan!
I’m excited to share how a modular synthetic receptor called SNIPR opens new possibilities for immunotherapy by sensing both tumor-secreted factors and synthetic computationally designed soluble proteins: nature.com/articles/s4158….
I’m excited to share how a modular synthetic receptor called SNIPR opens new possibilities for immunotherapy by sensing both tumor-secreted factors and synthetic computationally designed soluble proteins: nature.com/articles/s4158….
From CAR-T cells to Bubble-T cells. The things we can do with Synbio are just mind-blowing! This will have huge implications in understanding what happens to cell therapies once deployed. We live in a crazy time where fiction and reality are indistinguishable.
From CAR-T cells to bubble-T cells🧋We took gas vesicle proteins from floating cyanobacteria and expressed them in T cells to track their location as they home to tumors. This tool will help us understand the dynamics of cell-based therapies deep inside the body.
One of my dearest friends shares her story on @BakerLabPodcast. @SusanaVazTor emphasizes kindness as a trait of great scientists. I've had the honor to spend Christmas with Susana's family, and can confirm that the kindness and love her family showed me will stay with me forever
NEW EPISODE 🎧 Susana Vazquez Torres crossed continents to become a scientist. In our lab, she's used AI to create new antitoxins for snakebites. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/580T5E…
since I saw in my office these horrific scenes of Palestinian refugee children burning alive in tents in Gaza, I couldn’t stop seeing the face of my daughter in that fire with her hand trying to reach me. It could have been us , my ancestors were just more “lucky” in 48. I left…
One of the worst things you will ever see. Palestinians sheltering at a hospital in Gaza burnt alive by Israel. The screams. The horrors. The inhumanity. Do you also see what we see @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @HFalconerMP? The UK remains complicit.
David didn’t just launch a field that's transforming science and soon, our lives—he did it while being an incredible mentor and a caring human. His dedication to his lab and students is just as worth celebrating. Cograts to David and to us at the @UWproteindesign!
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”