Matthew E. Brown, PhD
@mebrown4.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Pluripotent stem cell biology and transplantation immunology researcher at UW-Madison. Likes/follows are not endorsements.
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One Battle After Another has the best cinematic representation of gel electrophoresis ever, hands down.
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One Battle After Another has the best cinematic representation of gel electrophoresis ever, hands down.
I encourage everyone in academic science to read these proposed rules and comment on them per the instructions on the Federal Register. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
August 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I encourage everyone in academic science to read these proposed rules and comment on them per the instructions on the Federal Register. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I’m excited to share our new manuscript in Nature Communications, Saha et al., “ Diminished immune cell adhesion in hypoimmune ICAM-1 knockout human pluripotent stem cells.” rdcu.be/eAnEC
Diminished immune cell adhesion in hypoimmune ICAM-1 knockout human pluripotent stem cells
Nature Communications - Hypoimmune gene editing in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) provides a promising platform for cellular therapies. Here, the authors report that CRISPR mediated deletion...
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August 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m excited to share our new manuscript in Nature Communications, Saha et al., “ Diminished immune cell adhesion in hypoimmune ICAM-1 knockout human pluripotent stem cells.” rdcu.be/eAnEC
Wisconsin is about to get smoked www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Canada wildfires force 17,000 to evacuate, with smoke blowing toward U.S.
Authorities in Manitoba, which shares a border with the U.S., issued a state of emergency. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wisconsin is about to get smoked www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Underrepresentation of certain ethnic groups in biomedical research is a real problem. See: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2647...
In recent years, the NIH and others have made efforts to address this. Will this important issue become a causualty of the ongoing anti-DEI efforts?
In recent years, the NIH and others have made efforts to address this. Will this important issue become a causualty of the ongoing anti-DEI efforts?
Improving Representation in Clinical Trials and Research: Building Research Equity for Women and Underrepresented Groups
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.
nap.nationalacademies.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Underrepresentation of certain ethnic groups in biomedical research is a real problem. See: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2647...
In recent years, the NIH and others have made efforts to address this. Will this important issue become a causualty of the ongoing anti-DEI efforts?
In recent years, the NIH and others have made efforts to address this. Will this important issue become a causualty of the ongoing anti-DEI efforts?
Reposted by Matthew E. Brown, PhD
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"That sounds bad. But 60 times 7,000 is not 42,000. It is 420,000. This is what Joe Schwarcz noticed. The estimated exposure is not even a tenth of the reference dose. That does not sound as bad."
On black plastic spatulas, and scientific mistakes
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
"That sounds bad. But 60 times 7,000 is not 42,000. It is 420,000. This is what Joe Schwarcz noticed. The estimated exposure is not even a tenth of the reference dose. That does not sound as bad."
On black plastic spatulas, and scientific mistakes
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils
A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 AM
HA
"That sounds bad. But 60 times 7,000 is not 42,000. It is 420,000. This is what Joe Schwarcz noticed. The estimated exposure is not even a tenth of the reference dose. That does not sound as bad."
On black plastic spatulas, and scientific mistakes
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
"That sounds bad. But 60 times 7,000 is not 42,000. It is 420,000. This is what Joe Schwarcz noticed. The estimated exposure is not even a tenth of the reference dose. That does not sound as bad."
On black plastic spatulas, and scientific mistakes
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Bluesky skeets, not Twitter tweets.
November 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Bluesky skeets, not Twitter tweets.