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Richard Young retweeted
18 Nov 2025
I asked Gemini 3 to make an interactive web page summarizing 10 breakthroughs in genetics over the past 15 years. Result:
gemini.google.com/share/ee1d…
Pretty cool IMO.
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Richard Young retweeted
19 Nov 2025
Few things cooler than doing science in space! The LSG (Life Sciences Glovebox) is an astronaut-favorite to work in. It’s neat having your hands in a glovebox and your feet can just dangle.
18 Nov 2025
M 159: One of the cool science experiments that Zena and I worked on is the microgravity associated bone loss (MABL) study, which examines intracellular signaling pathways to determine what therapeutic countermeasures can protect astronaut bone health on future long duration missions to places like the Moon or Mars.
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Richard Young retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Many chronic diseases have a common denominator that could be driving their dysfunction: reduced protein mobility, which in turn reduces protein function. A new paper from @youngricka's lab describes this pervasive mobility defect: wi.mit.edu/news/cellular-tra…
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Richard Young retweeted
26 Oct 2023
An 11th grade student from Westford MA asks: what are condensates? Thank you postdoc Alessandra Dall'Agnese for answering their question!
Our latest #AskaScientist video is published on BioNook, Whitehead Institute's online biology resource: wi.mit.edu/bionook/ask-a-sci…
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Richard Young retweeted
6 Oct 2023
Happy to share our study in @nchembio showing that small molecules partition selectively into biomolecular condensates that compartmentalize the cell! With @youngricka @BarzilayRegina Henry Kilgore @pgmikhael @CMVanDongen
Link: nature.com/articles/s41589-0…
PDF: rdcu.be/dngWY
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Richard Young retweeted
20 Jun 2023
Rick Young and I are very proud of the accomplishments of CAMP4 and will be discussing the methods to upregulate gene expression by targeting regRNAs (6/22 at 530 ET). @youngricka @camp4tx youtube.com/watch?v=cyNx2CWz…
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Richard Young retweeted
27 May 2023
Looks like Joan is a clue in the WashPo crossword puzzle today! 🤓
washingtonpost.com/crossword…
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24 Dec 2022
Expecting amazing things from this talented team!
23 Dec 2022
Happy holidays from the lab! Congrats to this group for a fantastic 2022 and an exciting 2023 to come.
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Richard Young retweeted
2 Nov 2022
“We have the observations that condensates form. Now we need to show why they are important.”
My latest on biomolecular phase separation for @NatureNews: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Thanks to @Jonathon_Ditlev @TanjaMittag @PappulabWashU @youngricka @KnowlesLabCamb @@IsaacAKlein &more
ALT Condensate-focused drug discovery happening at Dewpoint HQ.
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Richard Young retweeted
19 Aug 2022
Celebrating 50 yrs of Joan!!! 🥳 Awesome to see so many trainees and friends 😁.
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Richard Young retweeted
8 Jul 2022
We experimentally tested a small subset of the catalog and showed that the majority of tested mutations do indeed result in altered condensate properties in cells.
Effects ranged from reduced or enhanced condensate incorporation to altered condensate localization.
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14 Jun 2022
This is an excellent idea to promote young scientists and give them the both the credit and responsibility they have earned through their work.
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Richard Young retweeted
21 Feb 2022
Paul Farmer, THE person who made health into a human right and inspired legions to take action, has died. The world weeps.
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Richard Young retweeted
15 Dec 2021
Our class 7.00 (“COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic”) has wrapped up for the semester, but you can still view all 13 lectures on our YouTube channel. Learn about coronavirus biology, vaccine development, immune memory, and more! bit.ly/39wQVJn
ALT Screenshot of YouTube playlist
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Richard Young retweeted
29 Nov 2021
Learn more about Covid-19 vaccine development during this Wednesday's “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” lecture with Dan Barouch (@BarouchLab)! Join hosts @youngricka, @BatistaLab, and @kalon_overholt starting at 9am ET via livestream: bit.ly/700Covid
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Richard Young retweeted
16 Nov 2021
What do we know so far about the structure of SARS-CoV-2? Andrew Ward (@WardLab1) will discuss this question tomorrow during his “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” guest lecture at 9am ET. Join the livestream: bit.ly/700Covid
ALT Headshot of Andrew Ward with the text: “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” 11/17, Andrew Ward, DISCoBio and Scripps, "understanding the structure of the virus"
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Richard Young retweeted
1 Nov 2021
Curious to learn more about adaptive immunity and immune memory to SARS-CoV-2? Join @profshanecrotty this Wednesday 11/3 at 9am ET, hosted by @youngricka, @BatistaLab and @kalon_overholt during our “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” class: bit.ly/700Covid
ALT Man's headshot with the words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic, Wednesday, November 3, 9-10am, Shane Crotty, "adaptive immunity and immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19"
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Richard Young retweeted
25 Oct 2021
Arup Chakraborty @MITChemE will be giving this week's “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” lecture. His talk, "Vaccination Through the Ages: From Smallpox to COVID-19 and Beyond," will begin at 9am ET on Wednesday 10/27. Join us! bit.ly/700Covid
ALT Man's headshot next to the text: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic; 10/27, 9am ET, Arup Chakraborty, "vaccination through the ages: from smallpox to COVID-19 and beyond"
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Richard Young retweeted
21 Sep 2021
Want to learn more about coronavirus biology? Attend tomorrow's “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” lecture by Britt Glaunsinger (@brittaspen)! Class starts at 9am ET: bit.ly/700Covid
ALT Woman's headshot with the words: "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic," 9/22 9am-10am ET, Britt Glaunsinger (HHMI/UC Berkeley), "Coronavirus Biology"
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Richard Young retweeted
13 Sep 2021
The public is invited to join the MIT class "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and the Pandemic." Free lectures by leading experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, and @CDCDirector. Lectures takes place Wednesdays at 9am EST here: ow.ly/XV8y50G8ZjA
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