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Gladstone in the News September 6, 2024

USF Trustee Connects Biotechnology Master’s Students with Exclusive Career Exploration Opportunity

University of San Francisco—Students in the Master’s in Biotechnology program at the University of San Francisco visited Gladstone to learn about industry-altering scientific breakthroughs and met with Benoit Bruneany, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, and Stephen Freedman, vice president of corporate liaison and ventures.

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Gladstone in the News September 6, 2024

Phage Therapy Could Leverage Retrons to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News—Gladstone Investigator Seth Shipman and his team developed a new technology using retrons to engineer bacteria-fighting viruses known as phages, which could be used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Article September 5, 2024

New Technology Could Lead to Alternative Treatments for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes develop a streamlined and rapid way to engineer bacteria-fighting viruses known as phages

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Article September 5, 2024

Gladstone Institutes Launches Capital Campaign to Accelerate a Biomedical Revolution

The $350 million Gladstone NOW campaign will raise funds to expand Gladstone’s footprint, hire hundreds of additional scientists, and seize emerging opportunities for high-impact biomedical research that can overcome disease.

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Article September 4, 2024

Gladstone’s Catherine Tcheandjieu Gueliatcha Named an ‘Emerging Leader’ by National Academy of Medicine

Tcheandjieu is one of 10 scholars nationwide selected as an emerging leader who's shaping the future of health and medicine.

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Gladstone in the News August 29, 2024

Blood Clotting Protein Discovery Upends Conventional COVID-19 Thinking, IDs Potential Therapy

Inside Precision Medicine—A new study by Gladstone Senior Investigators Katerina Akassoglou and Warner Greene shows that fibrin, a blood coagulation protein, drives the cascade of symptoms that are the hallmarks of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Gladstone in the News August 28, 2024

Structure Search Suggests Roles for Thousands of Viral Proteins

Chemical & Engineering News—In a new study, scientists in Jennifer Doudna’s lab probe how viruses interfere with host signaling. Postdoctoral Fellow Jason Nomburg explains how they assembled a database of predicted structures of viral proteins, and used it to find the functions of previously mysterious proteins.

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Article August 28, 2024

Discovery of How Blood Clots Harm Brain and Body in COVID-19 Points to New Therapy

A new study in Nature overturns the prevailing theory that blood clotting is merely a consequence of inflammation in COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News August 27, 2024

San Francisco’s Role in the Mpox Fight

The Voice of San Francisco—Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, answers questions about mpox at a time when many people are wondering about the virus’s ability to become another global pandemic, and also talks about how she and her team are contributing to the fight against it.

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Article August 26, 2024

3D Shapes of Viral Proteins Point to Previously Unknown Roles

Scientists uncover an ancient immune-evading strategy shared by animal viruses and viruses that infect bacteria; findings may help in the development of new antiviral therapies

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Article August 26, 2024

PUMAS Program Receives Five-Year Grant to Fuel Outreach, Diversify Science

The impactful summer internship program, created at Gladstone Institutes, immerses select undergraduates in cutting-edge science

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Article August 19, 2024

Industry Partnership Forum Offers Insider Look at Scientific Breakthroughs from Gladstone

The annual event hosted by Gladstone Institutes showcases its most promising scientific discoveries for interested investors and potential industry partners

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A Summer of Discovery at Gladstone

Photo highlights from the 2024 PUMAS Internship

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Article August 9, 2024

Meet Gladstone: Tselmen Daria

Bioinformatics fellow Tselmen Daria describes her work in the Tcheandjieu Lab, how her mother inspired her career, and why she chose to be a mentor this summer

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Gladstone in the News August 5, 2024

A Trainee’s Unconventional Path Into Regenerative Medicine

The Stem Cellar—CIRM intern Josh Nelson shares how he went from working as a technical director for various theaters to pursuing a science career, and explains the work he does in Bruce Conklin’s lab at Gladstone.

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