Opher Kornfeld, PhD

Director of Translational Research & Development at SPARK NS (@sparknsnews). Formerly @genentech and @StanfordMed. Views are my own.

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@alicechenp Thank you @alicechenp, so excited to be on this journey with you and your team!

[HaleyLab @labohaley]

Published (and open access)! Super excited to share the final version of our manuscript describing an enhanced mutagenic base editing platform for use in functional genomic screening. See original tweetorial for more details.
https://t.co/gT4QmVmC7e

[HaleyLab @labohaley]

Thrilled to share our pre-print describing a new enAsCas12a transgenic mouse model + genetic screening platform. Made in close collaboration with teams led by @marcoherold_j @onjcri_ceo (@WEHI_research/@onjcri) & @jaypykw (@Genentech)! 1/9

https://t.co/UF0l6oA9qC

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

Congratulations, @hennybennettphd!!

[nature @Nature]

Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country’s 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure https://t.co/lvOYnUeBBQ

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@MrukKaren @RepDonDavis @NIH Wow!!! Congratulations!!!

[Alice Chen-Plotkin @alicechenp]

Tagging all the speakers I know handles for: @BrundinPatrik @lvolpic @AnastasiaGHenry @FionaElwood @OpherKornfeld @pddoc — please RT and tag anyone I missed!

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

I’m looking forward to speaking at this exciting workshop hosted by the NIH on advancing therapeutic development in Parkinson’s Disease! Join me to discuss how to overcome the barriers that prevent promising discoveries in academia from making an impact in the clinic.

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@MrukKaren @mmckeague @ChemicalScience Congratulations!!

[Stanford Biosciences @StanfordBiosci]

Don't miss out on a unique opportunity to hear from two distinguished professionals - Dr. Irogue Igbinosa, MD @StanfordMed, and Dr. Debra Karhson, PhD @UofNO - as they discuss the importance of ethics in research.

📝: https://t.co/fE8xf318bf

[Springer Cell Bio @SpringerCellBio]

Just published @SpringerNature! 'A Practical Guide to Drug Development in Academia - The SPARK Approach '. Editors: Daria Mochly-Rosen and Kevin Grimes. This new edition provides answers on how to establish translational research programs and drug development processes.

[University of Oregon @uoregon]

Congratulations to Nayantara Arora for being named UO's first Rhodes Scholar since 2007! 👏 Nayantara is among 32 U.S. recipients of the prestigious fellowships this year, which fund two to three years of study at Oxford and are the oldest international fellowship award in the world. Read more here: https://t.co/YimHcHvMDN

[Aaron Straight @astraight]

Graduate applications are open @StanfordBiosci! Apply and please RT. Application info at https://t.co/MOuiOtLuam

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

Oh man, I really hope they don’t cut out the question about calculating the area of a trapezoid if a train leaves Chicago at 9 pm and the probability of you pulling out a blue marble is 0.04. They asked me the same question at my defense.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The GRE — the nearly four-hour test that has been the bane of many aspiring graduate students — will now take less than two hours, the administers of the test announced on Wednesday. Applicants will take the new version of the test beginning in September. https://t.co/MTbUIXu93T

[Broz Lab @broz_lab]

Tweetorial! NINJ1 drives plasma membrane rupture, out today 📰. We are thrilled to share this collaborative effort detailing how cells rupture and die from cell-based assays down to the cryo-EM structure. See below for some brief highlights. https://t.co/eF63wnvoCX

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

Great opportunity to work with a brilliant scientist at Genentech!

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@laurallightfoot Try The FLI Collective from @drstrattitude

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@KirstenGotting Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it!

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@DrAnneCarpenter Not to mention how big the mRNA is before it gets processed to the ~3nuc/1aa ratio and the non-coding regions! Fun exercise to start the weekend!

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

A beautiful piece of work from @JayPykw and his team. This is a comprehensive go-to tool for CRISPR gRNA design. Congratulations!

[Jean-Philippe Fortin @JayPykw]

Our crisprVerse paper is out in @NatureComms.

We developed a one-stop shop CRISPR gRNA design tool that works with any nuclease and genome, and includes functionalities for CRISPRko, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, base editing, and RNA-editing.

https://t.co/4fQPlVtDch

[Opher Kornfeld, PhD @OpherKornfeld]

@drstrattitude @SUGrantWriting @nrgracia @jreneecohen Congratulations, @drstrattitude!