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Don’t miss the textile exhibit, "Fierce Planets," inspired by BDP @planetsabine.bsky.social's book, What's Hidden Inside Planets?. This collection, on display at the #Stamford Museum until January 5th, beautifully explores the intersection of art and science.

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Fierce Planets | Stamford Museum & Nature Center
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are proud to see @jhu.edu celebrate 150 years of groundbreaking research by honoring the Catalyst and Discovery awardees, in the beautiful Peabody Library. The evening included keynote remarks from @researchamerica.bsky.social President Mary Woolley.

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Johns Hopkins celebrates 150 years of research at awards ceremony
Winners of the university's Catalyst and Discovery awards were honored on Oct. 23 as JHU recognized promising early-career faculty and cross-divisional research teams
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November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A new study in @science.org shows that #AI tools can bypass existing biosecurity measures, exposing a potential misuse of AI tools for medical advancement. Read BDP @acasadevall1.bsky.social Casadevall1's response on @npr.org

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AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows
Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Come join us tonight, #Baltimore, at 9pm for the showing of the St. James Episcopal Church documentary, hosted by @pbs.org and The Billie Holiday Center. The film offers a glimpse into the history of the church as well as recollections from past and present parishioners and clergy.
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
BDP Jim Bellingham discusses his new book, How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?, on Shelley Irwin's @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social show. Listen to the full conversation here:

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How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?
James Bellingham. PhD, shares his work.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“In Baltimore, we see this several times a year. People don’t know they have HIV, and they show up at the ER with an invasive fungal infection and are then diagnosed with HIV. That is still happening in the U.S.,” BDP @acasadevall1.bsky.social said.

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October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This @science.org article discusses evidence that suggests mRNA vaccines such as the COVID-19 vaccine may also help fight tumors in cancer patients. BDP @jmcoller.bsky.social comments on this possible effect of mRNA vaccines.

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A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
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October 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Congratulations, BDP Peter Agre, on the publication of his compelling new book, Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail? This work looks at the intersection of science and diplomacy, exploring the vital role scientists can play in shaping politics.

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In new book, Nobel laureate Peter Agre explores how science can succeed where politics falls short
Drawing on decades of experience in global health and international scientific exchanges, Nobel laureate Peter Agre makes the case that evidence and collaboration—even simply forging friendships...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In an @spectrum.ieee.org article, BDP @stevensalzberg.bsky.social explains that it is approximately 500,000 times cheaper and faster to sequence DNA than it was when the Human Genome Project began in 2001. Read more about the new Earth BioGenome Project here:

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Mass-Scale Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Understanding of Life
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence 1.8 million species. It's one of the most ambitious science projects ever, and it will revolutionize biology
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
BDP @mikeschatz.bsky.social and his team have created Uncalled4, a software package that analyzes and visualizes data from nanopore sequencing. Read more about this groundbreaking software:

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Researchers Build a Smarter Tool for Reading Genetic Code - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
The Hopkins team’s new, open-source software dramatically improves scientists’ ability to detect genetic modifications that control gene activity.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In a fascinating Q&A, BDP Chi Van Dang discusses his research in pharmacokinetics and how the time of day you take medicine or receive chemotherapy can influence the treatment's effectiveness. Read more about his insights here: hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/06/c...
Cancer treatments based on our internal clock could improve outcomes
Cancer researcher Chi Van Dang studies pharmacokinetics—the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a drug at different times of day. His work on treatment timing holds prom...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Congratulations BDP Michael Tsapatsis on his recent @Nature publication titled, "Spin-on deposition of amorphous zeolitic imidazolate framework films for lithography applications." Read the study: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Spin-on deposition of amorphous zeolitic imidazolate framework films for lithography applications - Nature Chemical Engineering
The lack of reliable coating methods for amorphous zeolitic imidazolate framework (aZIF) materials hinders their development for applications such as photolithography and separation membranes. Supported by computational fluid dynamics modeling, the authors develop a spin-coating technique to deposit aZIF films from dilute precursors and demonstrate their wafer-scale use in advanced lithographic processes.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations BDP @jmcoller.bsky.social on joining the @NaturesToolbox_ advisory board. "[Coller's] expertise will be instrumental in guiding our technology as we continue to build platforms that can accelerate the future of RNA-based medicines," says CEO Jamie Coffin.

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NTx Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of RNA Biology Pioneer Dr. Jeff Coller
NTx appoints RNA biology pioneer Dr. Jeff Coller to its Scientific Advisory Board to advance RNA-based therapeutic platforms.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BDP Paul Ferraro was selected for the technical advisory board of the Symbiosis Coalition, a group of private companies seeking to partially meet their greenhouse gas emission reduction goals through the restoration and protection of ecosystems.

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Team 1 — Symbiosis Coalition | Nature-Based Carbon Removals
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September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In his opening remarks to the @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social fall symposium, DSAI interim director & BDP Rama Chellappa spoke on how ubiquitous AI has become in our lives - both at work and at home.

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Symposium spotlights AI's potential to revolutionize health care
Robot-assisted surgery, an app for diagnosing strep throat, and a tool to detect glaucoma are all on the health care horizon thanks to AI innovators at Hopkins
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September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BDP @dankammen.bsky.social recently published a blog post with the @ox.ac.uk that argues for the centrality of science, research, and innovation in the public sphere in order to uphold climate and social justice.

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An Antidote to the Ongoing Suicide of a Superpower
In this OxCAN blog, Dr Daniel M Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Justice at Johns Hopkins University and Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute for New Economic ...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Interested in using BDP James Bellingham's How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future to teach your middle-grade classroom about how sonar creates maps of the ocean floor? Check out this lesson plan on underwater exploration to enhance your #STEM curriculum.

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How does sonar work, and how can sonar create more complete and accurate maps of the seafloor?
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September 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Dive into the fascinating world of deep-sea robots and discover how they're unlocking the secrets of our oceans in BDP Jim Bellingham's new book: How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?

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How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?
What will robots discover as they gather life-supporting data and resources from the depths of Earth's oceans to the reaches of deep space?Below the waves, the ocean remains a largely undiscovered rea...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congratulations to BDP Christopher Chute for receiving the prestigious Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence from AIMA Informatics. A well-deserved honor for extraordinary contributions to biomedical informatics.

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Christopher G Chute, MD, DrPH, FACMI, to be awarded Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence at the AMIA 2025 Annual Symposium
WASHINGTON, DC –
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September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes really scarce, then it becomes very valuable,” BDP @filipecampante.bsky.social says on the subject of AI-generated images.

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Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds
An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Billie Holiday Center's Jazz in the Square event brought Lafayette square to life this weekend with spectacular performances and incredible community. Check out the highlights! #JazzInTheSquare #baltimore
September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A study co-authored by BDP @stevensalzberg.bsky.social sequenced human cancers and found far less microbial DNA sequences than earlier studies reported in the same cancer tissue samples. Read more about the study and its implications here:

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In Extensive Sequencing Study, Scientists Find Few Links Between Cancer and Microbiome
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September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Should scientists be allowed to do gain-of-function experiments? BDP @acasadevall1.bsky.social weighs in on the question in the @undark.org's podcast.

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Podcast: Should We Make Viruses More Dangerous – For Science?
Kicking off Entanglements Season 2, our hosts talk to a microbiologist and a virologist about gain-of-function research.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BDP Daniel Polsky co-authored an article on the potential uses of #AI in health care for older adults, our nation's largest age demographic.

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Artificial Intelligence In Geriatric Health Care | Health Affairs Forefront
Creating clear regulatory frameworks and reimbursement standards can help ensure the responsible and effective integration of AI to improve the health of older adults.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In a new article, BDP Stephen Morgan uses the summed duration of all police radio transmissions per hour to measure policing effectiveness. Read more about the findings here:

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Police Radio Communications as a Measure - American Journal of Criminal Justice
Criminal justice research on policing effectiveness is limited by available measures of police activity. This article proposes a new measure – the summed duration of all police radio transmissions per...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM