Dominick @domhellen
PhD - Emory GMB // Postdoc - MIT BE // CEO & Founder - HTMP Bio htmpbio.com San Diego, CA Joined March 2013-
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Excellent post by Rachel Thomas in the ways AI hype is outrunning reality in life sciences linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
Human assembloids recapitulate periportal liver tissue in vitro | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…
In vivo gene editing of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells using envelope-engineered virus-like particles | Nature Biotechnology nature.com/articles/s4158…
If you work regularly with molecular data, but don't prep it yourself, highly recommend reading the user manual for a kit you interact with cover to cover. Every little step is there for a reason + will teach you interesting biology. Small deviations at the bench often perturb your chunk of data in subtle ways.
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
🚨 Liver Biopsy remains a 🔑 tool in our 🧰 , so #GIHepFellowshipBootcamp is here to get you ready to understand: 💉Utility of biopsy across conditions❕ 💉Biopsy histologic characteristics❕ 💡The table below is GOLD 🏆 journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte…
0.85 to 3.5 million Americans meet criteria for Resmetirom use journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte…
The potential risk of age-related macular degeneration with GLP-1 drugs in people with diabetes jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…
As @emukamel and Yu point out, #methodsmatter. They are spot on here: nature.com/articles/s4158…
From River Xiang to Harvard, from Columbia to Today: Reflections at a Critical Moment Nearly 40 years ago, I came from China to the U.S. with $50 in my pocket. I was fortunate to pursue graduate studies through the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program — one of the world’s most rigorous interdisciplinary tracks. Almost 30 years ago, I joined Columbia University, helped found its Department of Biomedical Engineering, and later served as its Chair. These institutions shaped me, and I remain deeply committed to their missions. Today, Harvard, Columbia, and many peer institutions face unprecedented challenges — not just in science or funding, but in public trust, politicization, and cultural division. Yet I believe, more than ever, in their resilience. We must confront difficult truths. Discrimination — whether antisemitism, anti-Asian hate, or bias of any kind — still exists, even within institutions meant to lead on equity. We must not look away. And yet, while universities strive to uphold their values, we are seeing troubling actions from the outside. One striking example: the federal government’s decision to cancel Harvard’s international visa sponsorship program. This move doesn’t just shut doors on global talent — it weakens America’s innovation ecosystem and undermines our leadership in the world. Let us be clear: meaningful reform must come from within. Universities thrive not by decree, but through open dialogue, reflection, and academic independence. We must protect that. Each day, discoveries at places like Harvard and Columbia change and save lives — from curing disease to developing next-gen technologies. Undermining these institutions is not reform; it is self-harm. No university is perfect. But the strength of academia lies in its ability to evolve under pressure and emerge stronger. I believe they will. Let us defend the spaces where knowledge is created. Because when universities fall, society falters. #HigherEducation #Harvard #Columbia #Innovation #GlobalTalent #AcademicFreedom #Leadership #STEM
@Zhiliang_Bai @MIT @MITdeptofBE @kochinstitute Congratulations 🎉
Today in @ScienceMagazine we report the development of a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase (evoCAST) that supports therapeutically relevant levels of RNA-programmable gene insertion in human cells, a collaboration with @SternbergLab. 1/13 drive.google.com/file/d/1I-UbCR…
Today, NIH announced a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing the use of animals in research. This aligns with @US_FDA’s initiative to reduce testing in animals. bit.ly/4jYd4T2
Systems biology framework for rational design of operational conditions for in vitro / in vivo translation of microphysiological systems biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_sysbio
Thank you to Luca Fabris and Camilla Venturin for complementing and outlining BiliQML
🎧Take a listen to this editorial focus in podcast format! Got Guts: A Chance to Put Liver Biopsy Back to Its Former Glory? 🎙️ow.ly/1bjE50VhAyH 📃ow.ly/y0SP50VhAyF #Cholangiocyte #DuctularReaction #Cholangiopathies #LiverBiopsy #MachineLearning
🎧Take a listen to this editorial focus in podcast format! Got Guts: A Chance to Put Liver Biopsy Back to Its Former Glory? 🎙️ow.ly/1bjE50VhAyH 📃ow.ly/y0SP50VhAyF #Cholangiocyte #DuctularReaction #Cholangiopathies #LiverBiopsy #MachineLearning
PhD programs are pausing admissions to graduate school due to NIH indirect cost cuts. See the growing number of programs here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… How is science supposed to advance with fewer trainees, less $ for research? This is devastating.
Reiter Lab @ReiterLab
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Mark Dombrovski, PhD @DombrovskiMark
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MOHAMMAD RAHIMI @mehemetrahimi
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Trey Picou @treypicou
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Michal Tal, PhD @ImmunoFever
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Rebecca Ann Jones @RebAnnJones
242 Followers 437 Following Post-doctoral researcher at Princeton University. PhD from The Francis Crick Institute. Developmental cell biology to better understand human disease. She/her.
Zhiliang @Zhiliang_Bai
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Antonis Athanasiadis @AntonisAthana
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Juan Pablo (JP) Arab,... @juanpabloarab
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Jon Hershon @jonathanhershon
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Dr. Anita Corbett- (S... @acorbe2
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L Rieder @LeilaRieder
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Omkar Kovvali @KovvaliOmkar
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681K Followers 314 Following I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial | also @artbutnow
Tom Ellis @ProfTomEllis
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Jeff Hsu, MD, PhD @JeffHsuMD
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Kei M Igarashi / 五�... @kei_m_igarashi
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MIT Technology Review @techreview
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Proteinbase @proteinbase
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Silvi Rouskin @silvirouskin
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Elliot Roth || SF @ThatMrE
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Ya'el Courtney, PhD @ScienceYael
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Jonathan Kipnis 🟦 @jonykipnis
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Yuyang Wang @YuyangW95
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