Congratulations to Dr. Olivia Smibert on PhD pre-completion talk! 🎓 She presented her outstanding research on "The Gut Microbiota in Specialty Patient Populations." Congratulations to her supervisors Prof Monica Slavin, @trubianojason.bsky.social, @kwongjc.bsky.social and @kate-fisher.bsky.social

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

Fred Hutch at #Tandem25: catch presentations from Drs. Julie Boiko, Michael Boeckh and @kate-fisher.bsky.social this morning/afternoon on pediatric cGVHD, antiviral drugs, Allo HCT and more. Details: bit.ly/4aTobco

not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

We are living in interesting times…

This was beautifully written. Partly a personal story and partly a history of transplantation. The puppies kept checking on me though - perplexed by my crying!