Lars Howell

PhD student studying bacteria 🦠 and cancer
Science is political
they/them/theirs

[Lars Howell @LarsUponMars]

I'm so excited to share some of my work thus far next week!

[UMass Amherst Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering @UMassChemEng]

Lars Howell and Becca Huber will be presenting at our next Chemical Engineering Graduate Research Assistant Student Seminar on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom as well as in person in room 201 LGRT.

https://t.co/nuoNNEET4U

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@adianlorenzana The bus was 20 minutes late this morning and I knew...

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@transmodality I found that changing my hand angle so it was in a position similar to writing, and injecting closer to the top of the thigh rather than the side made it easier. Trying to make it as natural feeling and with as little crossing as possible.

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Trans people will always be here. We have always existed and we always will.

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All trans people, all trans kids, deserve self determination, access to life saving gender affirming care, and to be fully embraced in all aspects of public life.

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Right now, people are trying to legislate trans people out of existence. They are emboldening violence and harassment against trans kids and trans families.

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@ThatAnnaMarie @UMassChemEng Yay! Glad you are joining and welcome to UMass ChemEng!

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Leaving for break on a high note (failed western blot)

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I'm having a great time watching all the talks at #IMES2021 there are so many perspectives on immunoengineering and where the field is going.

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Hey UMass Queer Grad Students! Do you want free bagels, coffee, and community? Drop by Marcus Hall rm 128 Friday Dec 3 at 10 am! @UMassOSTEM

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Huge congrats to the authors! An awesome article and a huge team effort!

[@forbeslabumass @forbeslabumass]

How can Salmonella be used to treat cancer? By invading cancerous cells to deliver protein therapeutics!
https://t.co/W7px0lgPkz
@Research_UMass @UMassAmherst @UMassIALS @UMassChemEng

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@dipikanandi24 @JMolBiol @Shaheen30n @AnuHayat @TheKulkarniLab @FitzgeraldKate Congrats!

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Highlights of the article include: history of bacterial cancer therapies (first used in the 1800s!), bacterial delivery of cytokines and antigens, immune responses to engin bacteria, combining bacterial therapies with other immunotherapies, and the current clinical trial space!

[Lars Howell @LarsUponMars]

So excited and proud of my first review article "Bacteria-Based Immune Therapies for Cancer Treatment" being published in Seminars in Cancer Biology!
You can read it here for free for the next little bit: https://t.co/L8aDvnofPu

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I taught my first class today! After a summer of developing ideas it was amazing to see it all take shape. We had a great preliminary discussion asking "what is health and how can we engineer it?" I am so excited to learn from and teach my first year students!

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It is high time for the @NSF to change their gender data collection practices. Nonbinary people are nonbinary not "do not wish to disclose"

[The International Society of Nonbinary Scientists @ISNBS_]

"A person who is willing to tell their doctor about their birth assignment may feel differently about the same question on a federal census."

Article about @NSF surveys in @sciam by @odetomyday @sensitiveroots @TimberBurnette @LarsUponMars

https://t.co/OfPpgs3Y2l @NCSESgov

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Went backpacking last weekend, taking care of many mice this weekend... The duality of man

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@thetruestsam Same hat!

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@geogologue

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I will match donations up to $200 to any fundraisers going to covid relief in India.

[Ayushi Nayak ଆୟୂଷୀ ନାୟକ @ayushi_nayak]

For a run-down on the #COVIDEmergency2021 in India right now please see this quote-tweeted 🧵 I’ll keep updating it with more info.

I’m posting mutual aid links in this tweet thread below. My network here is mostly Euro-Am based so anything you donate goes a v v long away 🙏🏽