Heather Youngs

innovate, create, enjoy, repeat (views are my own)

[Jacob Trefethen @JacobTref]

🚨 Hiring scientists to help give away money 🚨

At @open_phil, we have given away $600M in biomedical research since 2016. Now, we're expanding the team to do more.

Hiring:
* Up to 3 Senior Program Associates
* Program Officer in strep A

Remote OK, salaries in links! (thread)

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

It’s great to see such creative work directed at broad spectrum antivirals!

[Jacob Trefethen @JacobTref]

Proud @open_phil could support this work (grant by
@phytophile!)

Repurposing existing drugs + making structural improvements using AlphaFold/other new computational tools increasingly looking like a powerful double-punch in several areas of medicine.

https://t.co/IUldM3GPRB

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

Extremely proud to find this innovative vaccine platform from Michael Fischbach at Stanford. Imagine no more jabs! Low cost and globally deployable. https://t.co/abri0MjiWr

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

@GenomeHunter @drugmonkeyblog Not always. Most times the last author just had the money and/or higher position.

[Be the change you want to be @AgBioWorld]

Move over golden rice, here comes Golden Lettuce, with a whopping 30-fold increase in provitamin A! See how golden the leaves have turned with the nutrient. H.t.@Kutub_joy

https://t.co/Pc0Fd85dHx

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

@hdf_tweets @parasitesrule @open_phil @ChanZuckerberg The announcement was made at the KMCB (Molecular Parasitology Community) meeting last night.

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

The Science and Global Health R&D team @open_phil is partnering with @czi and others to help keep this data accessible until a longer term access plan can be developed.

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

There is no science without reliable data. Who pays the ongoing costs has been an issue from the beginning. This is a shared infrastructure problem but it gets treated like a “one-off” situation whenever it comes up. We need better long-term strategies. #Funding #DataScience

[parasitesrule @parasitesrule]

Full room at the BRC resources discussion #KMCB2024 by NIAID PO Brown & VEuPathDB PI Roos. Extreme dismay over global impact of NIAID decision, but sustained applause at news that VEuPathDB will return, through generosity of Fdn Adv Sci/Med, @open_phil @ChanZuckerberg Penn & UGA

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

@TheRichFromCali YES.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Buttigieg: I’m just astonished that people who have shown zero interest on confronting child labor on any of the other 158 products listed are suddenly concerned about it

Duarte: This is about subsidizing child labor

Buttigieg: Then why didn’t you vote for the provision to move it to US soil

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

Pete is brilliant. This hearing was amazing.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

HOLY SHIT!!! Buttigieg destroys Republicans with ease.

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

This is so frustrating. Millions of lives have been saved by this program. Blind litmus tests are not a rational policy approach. https://t.co/iFwJMmnIiX

[Sherlock Biosciences @Sherlock_Bio]

We're thrilled that our team's work on the INSPECTR assay developed in partnership with @wyssinstitute researchers is now published in @NatureBiotech. This novel molecular diagnostic enables highly-accurate detection of pathogens at the point of need.

https://t.co/cq6pGEq5a1

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

Totally agree. @GoodVentures is funding a larger study.

[Pan 🇵🇸 @bekindtopeople2]

@phytophile Needs a larger N study, but sleep = brain health is reasonable.

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

I hope this paper gets a lot of attention. Sleeping better may be a key to reducing Alzheimer’s risk and the right type of sleep aid could make a big difference. https://t.co/33ng7Fji9A

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

@JacobTref @mfgrp This is an old idea but really fascinating. It could enable low cost, cold chain free vaccines that do not require a trained professional to administer. That’s truly an amazing opportunity.

[Jacob Trefethen @JacobTref]

Wild results, with potential applications in infectious disease too. Imagine editing TB or strep antigens into these friendly bacteria & rubbing on your skin - would you get some immunity? How long would it last? I wonder!

(We're proud supporters of @mfgrp & team at Open Phil.)

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Leaked photo of NASA taking the sun down for maintenance

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

Totally agree. We can’t give up. Reason and evidence are so important. We must fight the fictions stoking fear and division.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The reasons I think it's essential for #ScienceTwitter and #MedTwitter to stay with @Twitter right now
—Spread the truth/facts/good info
—Counter & stand up to mis/dis-information
—No suitable alternative for reach
—There's still block and mute
—Don't give up hope for improvement

[Heather Youngs @phytophile]

Maybe the best thing we can do for humanity is sleep better and improve sleep for all? https://t.co/nqwAUwODc8