Aleksandar D. Kostic

I study the #microbiome and #immunology at @harvardmed and @joslindiabetescenter

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

My lab is hiring! We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join The Kostic Lab and our vibrant community at Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Center.

Please see posting here: https://t.co/rAyMIhrZmB

#postdocposition #microbiome #diabetesresearch…https://t.co/uLhh3jwm9l

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." Seems especially true of the microbiome. Congrats to my grad student Braden Tierney on identifying "singleton" genes, a new window into microbiome diversity. CellH&M: https://t.co/pj1h3XeziS

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

@NetSpatial Hadn’t seen this before, very interesting. I wonder if in tissue-appropriate tumors there could be added lactate “mop” bacteria if it could have some therapeutic value. Though making a dent on systemic lactate levels is harder, the liver is extremely efficient at metabolizing it.

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

@veiga_pat Thanks Patrick! Fermented foods to increase lactate concentrations in the gut could very well help promote Veillonella, but perhaps there is no better strategy than exercise (though eating kimchi from my couch sounds much more appealing than strapping on running shoes)

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Long time brewin', but thrilled to see our work describing a human-microbiome metabolic symbiosis in exercise published in Nat Med today: https://t.co/tnj1EFTr0f. Extremely proud of my grad students Jacob Luber and Ted Chavkin, and the guy that started all of this Jon Scheiman.

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Looking to add a talented immunologist to the lab -- join us!
https://t.co/Xx3LzxmonX https://t.co/cpHd8ncXQv

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Congratulations to my student Marsha Wibowo for being named the @QIAGEN 2018 #microbiome Award winner in the PhD student category! https://t.co/A9Q9xLIvTq

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

To my #genomics and #microbiota colleagues: though @Novogene_US's prices may lure you in, be wary trusting time-sensitive business (is there any other kind?) to them. The turnaround timeline is a complete mystery from day 1 and they'll keep you guessing past your grant deadlines

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@ariannahuff Ford & Tesla are the only 2 American car companies to avoid bankruptcy. I just got home from the factory. You think this is an option. It is not.

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Tell Congress to Approve $2 Billion Increase for NIH and Funding for Other Agencies https://t.co/mZNe6nZYC3

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

My new lab at Joslin Diabetes Center & Harvard Medical School is up and running. We are now hiring postdocs!
https://t.co/6M1tlEy4t5

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

The only reasonable explanation for why @peterthiel was on the #RNC2016 stage today...chaos https://t.co/wVY9I2ruLR

[Inc. @Inc]

A completely crazy, utterly plausible theory about why Peter Thiel supports Donald Trump. @jeffbercovici https://t.co/DcvLQt8tiH

[Kai Blin @kaiblin]

Can only recommend working with @marnixmedema, have been doing so for years :) https://t.co/3ecoZO70zj

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Check out our latest work: https://t.co/kJw3KRY4Xw

[Broad Institute @broadinstitute]

New study of infant gut #microbiome sheds light on #hygienehypothesis https://t.co/sSYwtOzuza @NovartisScience

[Tommi Vatanen @tvatanen]

We are excited to publish our findings on infant gut microbiome and the hygiene hypothesis https://t.co/8UUv232fdE

[Benjamin Casterline @bwcasterline]

Bacteroides strains durably colonize some infants, block TLR4, prevent endotoxin tolerance, increase autoimmune risk https://t.co/QNpOTW8YYJ

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Amen! https://t.co/71EcFA1X7o

[Nick Haining @nickhaining]

If anyone cn explain to me what we're supposed to learn from #hairball diagrams, I'd be much obliged. Thank you. https://t.co/tSdyqxCUXX

[Drizzy @Drake]

To the city I love and the people in it...Thank you for everything #VIEWS

[Aleksandar D. Kostic @adkostic]

Never realized how tall @NIHDirector is (or how short @BillGates is?) https://t.co/KwqKX8eazc

[Jeffrey Flier @jflier]

My thoughts exactly. Sean Parker’s put up big bucks for cancer. We’ve got questions https://t.co/I0NWDE7QOh via @statnews