Alice Ting

We are hiring a new lab manager! Our wonderful lab manager Albert is headed off to grad school and we are looking to fill his position this summer.  This is a great opportunity for a new graduate to spend a couple years immersed in research before applying to PhD or MD programs.…

🚨 Funded postdoc opportunities in the U.S. and Japan—spend time abroad! 🚨 The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network and the Stellar Science Foundation are inviting postdoctoral fellows to apply for the new Global Science Scholars fellowship! This 2-yr fellowship supports your next…

NIH cuts are hitting young scientists the hardest. By David Baker. timmermanreport.com/2025/03/david-…

Today we report the directed evolution of HUH (a sequence-sequence covalent protein tag for ssDNA labeling) into rHUH, a sequence-specific covalent protein tag for RNA labeling. rHUH was hard to engineer: the initial HUH template had no RNA activity, so we started with RNA-DNA…

Tetanus on demand! (not for bioweapons, but for neuroscience research) Tetanus toxin induces paralysis by using a protease to cleave VAMP2, a protein required for synaptic vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release. To harness this toxicity and use it as a beneficial tool for…

We need private water tankers to come to Palisades Highlands NOW. @LADWP has sent water trucks but they are sitting unused in staging, reserved for @LAFD engines. There aren't enough engines up there to fight all the active fires. Residents have pumps and are protecting homes.…

Are you a Japanese student interested in a postdoctoral fellowship in the US? The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has an exciting new fully-funded Global Science Scholars program to pair students who have received their undergraduate or doctoral degrees in Japan with US bioengineering…

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @DjenetBousbaine led the charge... @Nature 1/55

Hear from PAGER’s co-creators, @nkalogriopoulos and @ReikaTei in this Stanford news story from @Taylor_Kubota: Tool that enhances control of cellular activity could expand biological and medical frontiers news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/1…

Happy to share the lab’s latest research tagging psychedelic-activated neurons in mice. See the post below from first author @jessie_muir for a tweeprint on the work. Thanks to wonderful collaborators @DEOlsonLab @LinTianPhD and to our reviewers/editor! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…