Aishani Aatresh

Does virus prospecting in wildlife accelerate medical countermeasures like vaccines? @avaatresh and I examine the evidence and conclude: not appreciably. Via @medrxivpreprint medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

What challenges does synbio face in bringing effective solutions to clinic? How are tools like AI and computational design impacting the field? Find out at #SynBioBeta2023: synbiobeta.com @avaatresh @davehava @CurlyJungleJake @synlogic_tx @centivax

@A320Lga a massive, massive congratulations and I look forward to seeing your many efforts to fill the thesis void in oh-so-different ways :)

after 8 months of work, my thesis is (finally) done

Join us for our next Science and Democracy Lecture!   AI for Cities or Cities of AI: Who should decide? with Bill de Blasio (former mayor of NYC) March 28, 2023 5-7pm In-person and virtual sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/lecture…

🎉📖Announcing Future Humans An anthology of multi-media speculative fiction curated for the 20th Anniversary of @HarvardSTS Read the whole anthology here sts20th.org/about/future-h…

🍾 Announcing the Symposium on Science, Technology & the Human Future, 3 days of exploration on possible futures for knowledge, life, policy, cities, and STS. Nov 3-5, 2022 Harvard University Celebrating 20 years of the STS Program @Kennedy_School sts20th.org

Future Humans is an opportunity to collectively meditate upon the shifting ways in which we know ourselves, each other, the world, and what we hold dear — envisioning possible futures to reflect on challenges of today. Send in your submission (of any medium) today! ⬇️

Vaccine Hesitancy: Between Miracle and Mistrust Sept 8-9, 2022 Join us and @harvard_data for two days of discussion and hands-on demonstrations of the ways researchers at Harvard and beyond are exploring questions of trust in science. sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/worksho… @Kennedy_School

One month (sept 5) to submit to our Future Humans anthology! Imagine futures where something fundamental about the world is altered and how that changes ourselves, each other, and what we value. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Across the street from the richest college in the world, people are dying on the street. There are a lot of good people in this town, though, trying their hardest to make a difference and to help others. harvardpolitics.com/man-dead-harva…

Preprint: impact of immune history and variant on SARS-CoV-2 viral kinetics and viral rebounds: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Ct trajectories from ~3000 infections (pre-BA.2) stratified by exposure (vaccine/infection) history, symptoms, variant, and antibody titers to WA1 spike. 1/24

Interested in envisioning potential futures for humanity and inspire us to reflect upon and tackle challenges of today? We are putting together an anthology as part of our 20th anniversary and all @harvard affiliates are welcome to submit. Deadline 5 sept sts.hks.harvard.edu/call-for-inter…

@kbarley66 barker cafe + hds library! (and...lamont 3rd floor :))

harvard twitter can you please share your favorite study spots? would like to try something visually different from my science center/smith/eliot library rotation. thank you!!

@TheBrysonLab @victorgreiff @SurgeBiswas

Helping to organize a workshop on AI and immunology for fall 2022 and looking for recommendations! (A) favorite papers in this area, (B) problems in immunology that you think AI/ML should address, (C) techniques in AI/ML that should be brought to immunology (1/2)

My most recent for @HarvardPolitics written early Dec, with much more to reflect on from the months since. Have we learned lessons from this pandemic? Which ones, why those/not others, for/by whom? How do we know that we've learned? How will that change policy moving forward? ⬇️

Come join us for the next Science and Democracy Lecture with Marcia K. McNutt (President, National Academy of Sciences) on "For the People" The Role of Science March 23rd Virtual Register here mailchi.mp/hks.harvard.ed…

Congratulations to my #1 hype-woman and most wonderful human of an amazing friend and coworker @sawisner — so proud of you and can't wait for your book! #forbes30under30 forbes.com/30-under-30/20…

💉 7.8 billion COVID vaccine doses have been administered 👥 53% of world population with at least 1 dose 🌍 Total doses per 100 people High-income countries: 147 Upper-middle income: 146 Lower-middle income: 68 Low income: 7 Our data on vaccinations: ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinat…

I think I speak for ⁦@CCDD_HSPH⁩ in saying how much we wish ⁦@michaelmina_lab⁩ well in this new exciting role and how much we will miss him as a colleague and continue to value him as a friend. thecrimson.com/article/2021/1…

New paper on at-home self collection of blood specimens for antibody based prevalence studies for SARS-CoV-2. A wealth of information on attitudes and willingness for participation in serological studies. Congrats @avaatresh on getting this published, Your 1st published paper!