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Heather Youngs retweeted
11 Nov 2025
🚨 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)
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14 Jun 2025
It’s great to see such creative work directed at broad spectrum antivirals!
13 Jun 2025
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.
news-medical.net/news/202506…
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11 Dec 2024
Extremely proud to find this innovative vaccine platform from Michael Fischbach at Stanford. Imagine no more jabs! Low cost and globally deployable. thetimes.com/uk/science/arti…
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Heather Youngs retweeted
18 Sep 2024
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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13 Sep 2024
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
13 Sep 2024
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
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13 Sep 2024
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.
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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
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28 Jun 2024
Pete is brilliant. This hearing was amazing.
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4 Nov 2023
This is so frustrating. Millions of lives have been saved by this program. Blind litmus tests are not a rational policy approach. usatoday.com/story/news/heal…
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Heather Youngs retweeted
4 May 2023
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.
nature.com/articles/s41551-0…
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7 May 2023
Totally agree. @GoodVentures is funding a larger study.
25 Apr 2023
Needs a larger N study, but sleep = brain health is reasonable.
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25 Apr 2023
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. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Heather Youngs retweeted
15 Apr 2023
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.)
13 Apr 2023
Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent immune response against a distant tumor. @yerinchen led the charge w/ help from @DjenetBousbaine, @VeinbachsA, @BelkaidLab. @ScienceMagazine 1/26
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Heather Youngs retweeted
10 Apr 2023
Leaked photo of NASA taking the sun down for maintenance
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31 Oct 2022
Totally agree. We can’t give up. Reason and evidence are so important. We must fight the fictions stoking fear and division.
30 Oct 2022
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
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23 Aug 2022
Maybe the best thing we can do for humanity is sleep better and improve sleep for all? journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
12 Aug 2022
Please share! We’re looking for great people to join our amazing team.
12 Aug 2022
The job can be done remotely, and we aim for competitive pay & benefits (salary in the link, along with other details): jobs.ashbyhq.com/openphilant…
Please share this with global health practitioners, scientists, clinical trials specialists, and others who might be a fit!
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Good trouble
4 Aug 2022
Five of us scientists are in court today, more to follow in September.
Our protest in April took place because UK government - by enabling new oil and gas exploration - is treating both the science and its own climate obligations with contempt.
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Lilly was accused of failing to pay rebates and making false statements about the prices it charged distributors for its drugs. buff.ly/3oOuuXL
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2 Aug 2022
Simple and robust. No water. No precious metals. Super safe. Seems like a win.
2 Aug 2022
In case you missed it
First Commercial Sand-based Thermal Energy Storage Is in Operation
ow.ly/h7i150K9AeK
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