The Drew Weissman Lab

At the 2025 Bioengineering Grad Symposium, students shared work on brain mapping, immunotherapy, and RNA tech. Keynote: Dr. Weissman on mRNA’s evolution—from early science to global vaccine breakthroughs, and what’s next. Full recap ⬇️ bit.ly/4kkKv2o #RNAInnovation

Fewer side-effects, more effectiveness. @MJMitchell_Lab's lab redesigned mRNA lipid nanoparticles using olive oil-inspired chemistry. Adding phenol groups reduces inflammation, making mRNA therapies safer & more effective. "It's a win-win," says Mitchell.

RNA chemistry and therapeutics, an exciting and impactful review article in collaboration with Dr. Drew Weissman! @WeissmanLab nature.com/articles/s4157… rdcu.be/ewb32

This week we'll be at the CRS 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo! @CRSScience #CRS2025

Red Ribbon Connect links Penn with HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide bit.ly/4ksSslO

“Estoy muy honrado de estar hoy aquí, de ser un invitado y esperemos que un próximo colaborador de esta Universidad”, Dr. Drew Weissman @WeissmanLab, ganador del Premio Nobel de Medicina 2023, durante su visita a la FacMed.

🔬 Acompañamos al Dr. David Kershenobich, secretario de Salud del Gobierno de México, en un encuentro con el Dr. Drew Weissman, Premio Nobel de Medicina 2023. Dialogamos sobre innovación científica y su importancia para afrontar los retos en la atención médica. Desde @Tu_IMSS…

Penn Engineers Turn Toxic Fungus into Anti-Cancer Drug blog.seas.upenn.edu/penn-engineers…

New in @SciImmunology! @EmilyAunins, Dr. Anthony Phan, and their colleagues in the @WeissmanLab and Hunter Lab (@KingOfPathogens) used lipid nanoparticles encoding IL-12 to boost CD8 T cell responses to mRNA vaccines. 📃 bit.ly/3G24jZL 🎧 bit.ly/4n7qA96

Improving T-cell responses to vaccines ft. @emilyaunins (@CAMBUPenn), @KingOfPathogens, Anthony Phan (@PennVet), Susan Domchek (@PennCancer), @WeissmanLab (@PennMedicine), @MgAlameh (@PennPathLabMed) & @SCOTTeHENSLEY (@PennMicro) @SciImmunology tinyurl.com/2p8xztbz

🏆 Being a former #BIALAwardinBiomedicine winning author, and a Nobel Prize winner, Drew Weissman, from @WeissmanLab, recognises the importance of this award, leaving some considerations for those who can nominate: ✅ Identify an important work, ✅ With relevance to the field…

Researchers crack the code of body’s ancient immune defense @raviradhak @PennEngineers @pennbioeng @Penn bit.ly/4n7qY7F

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linkedin.com/posts/brinda-a… Excellent, informative interview with Dr. Drew Weissman, who won the 2023 Nobel prize for his work on mRNA. He addresses much of the misinformation surrounding mRNA vaccines on this podcast.

Harnessing the Electron-Withdrawing Inductive Effect of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Unveils Cation−π Interactions and Their Important Roles to Targeted mRNA Delivery | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) encoding the cytokine IL-12 can boost CD8 T Cell responses to LNP mRNA #vaccines and improve protection against #SARSCoV2, according to new research in mice. @KingOfPathogens @WeissmanLab Learn more in Science #Immunology: scim.ag/43UkOiC

Big congrats to our superstar, Jaclynn Meshanni, for winning an ATS abstract scholarship! 🌟 So proud of your hard work. P.S. She also throws a great craft gift exchange! 😉 @atscommunity @WeissmanLab

Cancer-fighting immune cells could soon be engineered inside our bodies nature.com/articles/d4158…

#mRNA technology has been proven to greatly impact health. However, state & federal lawmakers are canceling mRNA research through fund withholding & proposed legislation. “The consequences are enormous," said Penn's Dr. Drew Weissman. @nytimes @WeissmanLab spr.ly/6014NQubm

ft Tyler Papp @JianhaoZeng1 Hamna Shahnawaz, Awurama Akyianu, Amir Yadegari, Joseph Steward, Vladimir Shuvaev, Vladimir Muzykantov, Hamideh Parhiz (@PennSysPharmATT) Ruiqi Shi, Qin Li, @WeissmanLab (@Penn_ID) Laura Breda & Stefano Rivella (@CHOP_Research) cell.com/molecular-ther…