Ankit Basak

he/him/his | G4 Graduate Student @ChemistryMIT | working with @KiesslingGroup and @shaleklab | alumni @iiserkol | Multi-omic TechDev

[Adam Rubin @adamjrubin]

Excited to share our paper out today in @ScienceMagazine! We directed high-content, single-cell genetic screens to ask how a disordered adapter protein orchestrates the complex process of T cell activation. (1/4)

https://t.co/63pYd3UalF

[Nature Methods @naturemethods]

Deep-STARmap and Deep-RIBOmap are imaging-based sequencing platforms for profiling transcriptional and translational activity in thick tissue blocks. @WangXiaoLab @xsui98

https://t.co/2O5Z6f0ycS

[Lucio Frydman Lab @lab_lucio]

Delighted to see Martins Otikovs' titanic effort to provide a contemporary view on spatiotemporally encoded (SPEN) MRI. Thanks Martins and Zhiyong, both for this effort but foremost for the science and ideas we shared over the last decade. See below for more:

[Koch Institute at MIT @kochinstitute]

Congratulations to Stephanie Yiu, Ankit Basak, Ye Won Cho, Laura Kiessling, Chia-Yu Chen, Alex K. Shalek, David Kim & Sizun Jiang for winning the KI Images People's Choice Award! Their image, "Periodontal Petals", shows how cells organize to maintain oral health.

[Ankit Basak @basak_ankit]

Thank you! It feels amazing to have our collaborative work on periodontitis being recognized for the KI Images People's Choice Award. @kochinstitute @ChemistryMIT @MIT_IMES @dental_harvard @BIDMChealth @harvardmed @shaleklab @KiesslingGroup @SizunJ

[Koch Institute at MIT @kochinstitute]

Congratulations to Stephanie Yiu, Ankit Basak, Ye Won Cho, Laura Kiessling, Chia-Yu Chen, Alex K. Shalek, David Kim & Sizun Jiang for winning the KI Images People's Choice Award! Their image, "Periodontal Petals", shows how cells organize to maintain oral health.

[Kepecs Lab @KepecsLab]

Huge cancer breakthrough! mRNA vaccine (similar to COVID vaccine tech) shows stunning results against pancreatic cancer! 75% of responsive patients STILL cancer-free at 3 yr, normally 80% recur. Could revolutionize treatment for one of deadliest cancers! Funded in part by @NIH

[nature @Nature]

A scientist who successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses has sparked discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation https://t.co/wnjBX1zWjH

[Kiessling Group @KiesslingGroup]

Ever wished you could zoom in more? @W_Shiwei co-advised by @ChemicalBiology and @eboyden3 expands a hydrogel up to 20x original size with brain tissue inside. This tool will enable nanoscale-resolution imaging without laborious iterations. https://t.co/A3mT3xY2Pq

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

Scalable, compressed phenotypic screening using pooled perturbations https://t.co/aBOJYoclod

[Shalek Lab @shaleklab]

🚀 Excited to share our new publication in @NatureBiotech! We explore scalable strategies for phenotypic screening using innovative methods with to address the challenges when the number of candidates is simply too large. Check out the details https://t.co/C0oan6L18a! (1/10)

[Walaa Kattan, PhD 🇵🇸 @kattan_walaa]

Our Compressed Screening paper is out! So grateful and honored to have worked with an amazing team of individuals 🙏 ya'll are the best 💯

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

A collaboration between researchers at @MIT and @GeorgiaTech has revealed a new strategy for enabling immune system mobilization against cancer cells. The produces exactly the type of anti-tumor immunity needed to function as a tumor vaccine.

https://t.co/nlXBl3k24O

[Laura Kiessling @ChemicalBiology]

I am excited to see this collaborative project in print with the Finn group, @johnsonchem, and @shaleklab to target dendritic cells using a pathway that augments immunity @acsnano

[Lucio Frydman Lab @lab_lucio]

Congratulations Dr Tamar Wolf, not only for your handsome graduation outfit but also for receiving this week the Kennedy Prize - arguably the top distinction that Weizmann gives to its annual PhD Dissertations.

[David Fischer @davidsebfischer]

I’m thrilled to announce that I will join the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Medical University of Vienna (@MedUni_Wien), led by @BockLab, as a tenure-track assistant professor starting December 2024! Check out our website and open positions https://t.co/cNFqMzWZVl

[joanne flynn @joanneflynn19]

Happy to share https://t.co/GlMBJdKgml @CellPress Immunity. CD4 T cells contribute to protection against #TB in a reinfection macaque model by interacting with CD8s to generate an anti-inflammatory granuloma environment. Kudos to first authors Sharie Ganchua and @joshuabromley21

[Xin Sui @xsui98]

Excited to share Deep-STARmap and Deep-RIBOmap! We enabled spatial transcriptomic and translatomic mapping of >1K genes in 200 µm thick tissue and neuron morphology co-profiling.

Thanks @WangXiaoLab for unwavering support; Jennifer for human skin study! https://t.co/2m099QLrCX

[Laura Kiessling @ChemicalBiology]

I am thrilled that you are taking on this important responsibility @MIT_IMES to build bridges across the Institute and with the local ecosystem @ScienceMIT @ChemistryMIT @kochinstitute @broadinstitute @ragoninstitute

[Shalek Lab @shaleklab]

I am thrilled to announce that I have been appointed the new Director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) at MIT, effective August 1. I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to Elazer for his incredible leadership over the past 6+ years.