"This is a prize I’ve been waiting to see,” said Alex Marson, director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. Read more from Marson about the #NobelPrize in @nytimes.com @marsonlab.bsky.social

Katerina Akassoglou has opened doors to understanding how the blood protein fibrin is involved in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

🎧 Transform your commute or downtime into science time. Gladstone Audio News brings our latest research stories straight to your ears—AI-narrated, high-quality audio versions of articles from our newsroom. Stay informed on the go with discoveries that matter. Listen on Spotify 👇

🎥 On demand now: AI in Molecular Biology! Hear from pioneers shaping the future of science, including: 🔹 Dr. David Baker (UW) 🔹 @barbaraengelhardt.bsky.social (@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social & @gladstoneinst.bsky.social) 👉 Watch here: keysym.us/KSAIBio26 #KSAIBio26 @drkbio.bsky.social @jef.works

awesome new work by my @gladstoneinst.bsky.social and @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social colleagues incl @vram142.bsky.social on how chromatin remodelers affect mesoscale chromatin organization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Katie Pollard shares two exciting ways Gladstone is using #AI to transform how we fight disease.

Melanie Ott says international biosafety guidelines are key to regaining trust and ensuring that essential research continues.

Exciting news! We're honoring Rudolf Jaenisch with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize on December 1. Join us as we celebrate his groundbreaking work in epigenetics and stem cell biology. Don't miss his scientific lecture! 🧬🔬 Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4gNhf3z

On World Heart Day, gain insights from @benoitbruneau.bsky.social, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. His personal connection to heart health drives innovative research at Gladstone. 🫀

Whitehead Institute (@whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social ) Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has been honored with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize.

We're still reminiscing about what a great time we had during Postdoc Appreciation Week! These photos are from a hike to Lands End and our Lawn Party that we hosted with UCSF!

In @nytimes.com, Steve Finkbeiner weighs in on a potential new treatment for Huntington's Disease. https://nyti.ms/3VFkqAH

We had a great time at the San Francisco Heart Walk yesterday! Gladstonians got to spend some time outside together and raise money for @americanheart.bsky.social ❤️

Annual @americanheart.bsky.social Heart Walk was great as usual. Excellent turnout on a beautiful day, for a great cause @gladstoneinst.bsky.social

The newly renamed Gladstone Infectious Disease Institute broadens its mission to address global health threats ranging from antibiotic resistance to infections that cause chronic diseases. #InfectiousDisease

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social In vivo genome-wide CRISPR screens in human T cells to enhance T cell therapy for solid tumor @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @gladstoneinst.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congrats to Marta Calvet i Mirabent, who presented her work on spatial proteomics and the HIV reservoir at the Keystone Symposia on HIV Cure South Africa. Her talk highlighted strategies for durable remission—especially in low- and middle-income countries, where innovation is urgently needed.

#AI is everywhere—from ChatGPT to self-driving cars. In this clip, Katie Pollard explains the hardware and software breakthroughs driving this revolution, and how tools like AlphaFold are transforming biology. https://youtube.com/shorts/LDBkkustc1I?si=rOlCxM-xTXOPEQRO

How does the brain clear waste without the traditional lymphatic vessels found in the rest of the body? It’s a puzzle that could unlock new insights into aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Myung Jin Yang is tackling this mystery head-on. Read more from Yang: https://bit.ly/3KgZIEM

Join us for the next Infectious Diseases & Human Health Mini-Symposium by @gladstoneinst.bsky.social and QBI: “Viral Landscapes: How to Comprehensively Monitor Evolutionary Trajectories" on 9/23. Learn more & register: qbi.ucsf.edu/givi-mini-sy...

A discovery about the consequence of neuron overactivity could lead to new methods of treating or preventing #Parkinsons disease from Gladstone researchers.

Katie Pollard explains that small differences in noncoding #DNA help drive the big biological distinctions between humans and chimps.

Gladstone scientists’ prior Alzheimer’s research demonstrates computational approaches that could one day help identify combination therapies for #LongCOVID.

AI can predict which genetic changes may cause disease—but can those predictions hold up in real cells? Katie Pollard shares how her team is using CRISPR and stem cell models to put #AI to the test. https://bit.ly/47KdaL9

Scholarship and short talk abstracts for the Keystone Symposia in Kyoto, Japan, featuring keynote speaker Shinya Yamanaka, are due September 30. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4678A8X

Congratulations to Rudolf Jaenisch, MD, recipient of the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize by Gladstone Institutes who was selected for his trailblazing contributions to epigenetics and stem cell biology. Read more: gladstone.org/news/2025-og... @‌GladstoneInst

When you think about the brain’s immune cells, you may envision tiny defenders fighting off infections. In reality, microglia help shape how the brain works and sometimes stir up trouble. Yuliya Voskobiynyk is working to understand these cells, and how they impact disease. https://bit.ly/3IpfsFa

Join us Tuesday, Sept. 16th at 10am @gladstoneinst.bsky.social in person or online. Computational Cancer Community (C3) "Decoding Human Cell Architecture – from Spatial Proteomics to Cell Modeling" w/ special guest Emma Lundberg, PhD calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...

It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! Our postdocs are the driving force behind groundbreaking discoveries and innovative research. Their dedication and expertise push the boundaries of science every day. Join us in celebrating these brilliant minds!

We're getting ready for the 2025 Bay Area Heart Walk! This week, we hosted a plant and bake sale to raise money for the American Heart Association. Want to join our team? Learn how to donate ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UX5hKu

In this San Francisco Business Times op-ed, Deepak Srivastava warns that with NIH funding facing severe cuts, lifesaving biomedical research—and the patients who depend on it—are at risk. https://bit.ly/4nufDOu

Katie Pollard explains how her lab built an #AI model to predict how chromosomes fold—and why this hidden layer of DNA folding could unlock new answers for genetic diseases. https://bit.ly/46h5bCZ

Brain damage in Parkinson’s disease may be driven in part by certain nerve cells working too hard, causing them to accrue damage and die.

🚨NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "MEF2C controls segment-specific gene regulatory networks that direct heart tube morphogenesis" in @genesdev.bsky.social from the Bruneau Lab (@benoitbruneau.bsky.social )

Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has received the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize, which recognizes his seminal role in establishing and advancing the field of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). wi.mit.edu/news/rudolf-... @gladstoneinst.bsky.social

Check out the recent publication by Ken Nakamura's Lab in @elife.bsky.social!

In this clip, Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains how moving to the Mission Bay neighborhood in San Francisco created a special environment that promotes innovation. https://bit.ly/4naW3Xs

As the immune cells of the brain, microglia protect the brain from harm, but they can also contribute to neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Gladstone alumnus Arye Elfenbein and his business partner, Justin Kolbeck, founded Wildtype to create cell-cultured seafood. Their company uses the same technology—known as induced pluripotent stem cells—that Elfenbein learned while working in the lab of Deepak Srivastava at Gladstone.

A new study shows that overactivation of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain can trigger their degeneration, mirroring what happens in Parkinson’s disease.

Therapeutic cancer vaccines—which train the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells—are now beginning to reach the clinic. Some have even led to much better survival outcomes for cancer patients. Learn more from Gladstone Investigator Magnus Hoffmann about this promising new approach.

Gladstone Investigator Jennifer Doudna is receiving the highest honor given by the American Chemical Society for discoveries on ribozyme function and CRISPR gene editing, and for her international science leadership.

Scientific advances have brought us closer than ever to contemplating cures for many devastating diseases. Deepak Srivastava comments on how proposed cuts to the NIH budget would slow this progress and the very research that could save millions of lives.

Protein folding is only 2 percent of the story. Katie Pollard reveals why the other 98 percent of our DNA may hold the real clues to diseases like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.

In this opinion piece, Melanie Ott writes that halting mRNA research right now is like banning ChatGPT—it’s not just scientific negligence, but strategic self-sabotage. She proposes ways for California to take the lead by funding crucial research at the state level.

Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava shares why passion and joy are key to inspiring people to do their very best work. https://bit.ly/41v8bKp

Listen to a story on the latest scientific discovery from the Nakamura lab. 🎧

As we wrap up August, catch up on the latest discoveries and stories from Gladstone 🧵

We're excited to announce that Rudolf Jaenisch has been awarded the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize. 🥂

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Anti-restriction functions of injected phage proteins revealed by peeling back layers of bacterial immunity" in @natcomms.nature.com