Robert Schwartz
@RobSchwartzLab
Physician Scientist; Associate Prof and hepatologist with focus on stem cell biology, tissue models, liver disease, infectious diseases, cancer, metabolism
So it has been a few years now since East Side Access opened. It used to take 42-47 minutes to get to the city...now best case 52-65 minutes. So service is worse by 10-30% percent. Can this be fixed? @LIRR @LIRR_Executive @AssemblymanAriB @CanzoneriFitz9 @RepLauraGillen
Does anyone know what finally wound up and was approved in the House Bill as it relates to the NIH, NSF, and CDC budgets? @NIH
Always great to hear Charlie Rice @RiceLaboratory talk about HBV and HCV. @NYASciences
Had a great @DDWMeeting in San Diego. Always great to present our work, see old colleagues and friends and make new ones!
Really excited to share our collaborative and new work on HBV with @Yael_David__ and @vivrisca revealing how HBV infection is established in human cells and identifying a potential new strategy to target this virus for cure. #HBV #Epigenetics cell.com/cell/fulltext/… 🧵to follow
New article in New Yorker Magazine talking about our Space work with @mason_lab and @AfshinBeheshti and other. That is something I never expected. #spaceexploration #newyorkermagazine newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
A very clear explanation of what Indirect Costs are and why 15% isn't sufficient and will lead to a collapse of biomedical research in the US.
It seems few people know what an “indirect cost” is or why it has to be 40-60%. The reason the government forced universities to raise their indirect costs up to (typically) 40-60% was to force a huge amount of regulations on the universities while also minimizing the…