Scientist. HMS Professor. Advancing Open-source antibodies, science & therapeutics by founding Institute for Protein Innovation. Entrepreneur. Active investor.

Joined January 2010
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From the America Innovates stage, Timothy Springer, biotech founder, investor, and honoree on the Forbes 250 America’s Greatest Living Innovators list, on the medical advances helping keep cancer patients alive. ⠀ #Forbes250 #A250
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From the foundations of the internet to what comes next, these are the people behind it. At America Innovates, co-hosted by America250 and Forbes, we’re bringing together the innovators behind some of the most important breakthroughs of our time, alongside leaders across business, technology, and policy. ⁣ ⁣ The experience will showcase innovation in every industry, along with live conversations and immersive exhibits throughout the event. ⁣ ⁣ Join us in San Francisco: eventbrite.com/e/america-inn… #Forbes250 #A250
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Forbes will be co-hosting “America Innovates,” a free, open-to-the-public, family-friendly, three-day experience featuring an immersive walk-through exhibit, as a part of Forbes’ year-long campaign celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Meet our speakers: forbes.com/sites/pr/2026/04/… #Forbes250
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Mar 19
Come experience innovations of the past, present and future as Forbes and @America250 cohost America Innovates on May 16-18 in San Francisco. The event is a free, open-to-the-public expo with business leaders in every industry and Forbes Innovator 250 honorees. eventbrite.com/e/america-inn… #Forbes250 #A250
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As the U.S. approaches its semiquincentennial, Forbes is focusing on what has always united the country: the American Dream and the innovation it inspires. That's why we're launching the Innovator 250, our list of the 250 greatest living American innovators, judged through Forbes’ entrepreneurial lens. #Forbes250 forbes.com/sites/randalllane… 📸: Jack Dorsey By Krishna Shenoi For Forbes, Judy Faulkner By Guerin Blask For Forbes, Vlad Tenev By Guerin Blask For Forbes, Oprah Winfrey By Krishna Shenoi For Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg By Guerin Blask For Forbes, Steven Spielberg By Chantal Anderson
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Honored to be named to Forbes’ 250 Greatest Innovators and to speak at #AmericaInnovates (May 16-18, San Francisco). Looking forward to discussing the antibody revolution and what comes next.
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Now on Bluesky: 👤 @timothyspringer.bsky.social 🔬 @springerlab.bsky.social
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RT @TimSpringerLab: 📣 The Springer Lab is hiring! Advance groundbreaking research at the intersection of integrin signaling, organoid dev…

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Looking to train postdoctoral fellows to be future leaders in biophysics, structure and signaling by cell surface receptors, including integrin stimulation of stem cells in organoid formation. Apply at timothyspringer.org/news/202…

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Looking for PhD students/postdocs for my newly opened lab at the Institute of Human Biology of #Roche in Basel. We work on human lung, liver and gut #organoids. Send email CV motivation letter to hans.clevers@roche.com with header #IHB institutehumanbiology.com
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Proteins need to breathe: Stabilising conformations in a #malaria #parasite surface protein stops #Plasmodium #sporozoite migration and blocks transmission. Our latest collaboration with @TimSpringerLab out @emboreports. 'Fixing' TRAP 'kills' the parasite. doi.org/10.15252/embr.202357…
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TGF-β2 regulates tissue repair & disease processes including fibrosis. It was assumed to be resistant to activation by integrins, but work in @TimSpringerLab, led by Viet Le, shows it's activated by integrin αVβ6, with implications for therapeutic design: ms.spr.ly/6011gmR9D

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Huge thanks to everyone who has helped me fundraise for Life Science Cares Inc’s campaign so far. Together, we’ve helped them reach a milestone. See the climb I'm doing in New Hampshire's Presidential range and why here and now justgiving.com/fundraising/T… #JustGiving
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Luke - Slovenia is beautiful and less crowded than other mountain destinations. If you organize a trip there I am in.
Biotech people bonding in the mountains. Hmmm. Interesting. I've not been to Slovenia...
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BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
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Much ancient technology was so highly advanced that it exceeds our own in many areas.
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The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/
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Epic, vivid opus by @marson_jr about the citizen soldiers who turned the tide to win the battle for Kyiv. “We are like a hive of bees. One bee is nothing, but a thousand can defeat a big force.” wsj.com/articles/russian-inv…
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Enjoyed hanging with UC Berkeley MCB grads after commencement. They have a brilliant future, and said my speech had inspired them never to stop challenging themselves and never stop learning. It was joyful to share my experiences. youtu.be/EWguiYQJNfA
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