Doug Kwon

Yayy its here! We find an unique immune-epithelial interaction where metabolic regulation of immune cell has an influence on its adjacent epithelium @kwonlab

Excited to share our preprint on metabolic differences in the vaginal #microbiome. We find key differences in fatty acid metabolism among #Lactobacillus species & leverage those findings to identify a potential new therapy for bacterial vaginosis (BV) & #WomensHealth 🧵 (1/n)

New paper! Tuberculosis (TB) has infected >20% of the world’s population, with tobacco smoking as a leading risk factor for active TB. How do environmental exposures like smoking shape immune function, tissue microenvironments, and disease risk? (1/n) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited that Bill Gates named us one of top 5 innovations at Grand Challenges! We uncovered species-specific metabolic differences to identify new targets for Bacterial Vaginosis. From basic biological discovery to potential new therapies! bit.ly/3QSI8YM

Despite a 40-50% 6-month success rate for #bacterialvaginosis treatment, recommendations haven’t fundamentally changed since 1982. Pretty sure penis discharge would have a cure by now...Lets find something better! motifstudy.org @kwonlab @fatiaysh @MGHVCRBResearch

Applications are open on a rolling basis for the Ragon Early Independence Fellows Program, a fellowship for PhDs, MDs, or MD/PhDs who want to start their independent research career without the traditional postdoc. More info & application link on our site: ragoninstitute.org/get-involved/f…

Last month, a team of instructors from the US and South Africa led a five-day workshop on R programming language basics and data modeling best practices @UKZN. Read more about Data Durban 2022: ragoninstitute.org/latest-news/da… @SANTHEafrica @HarvardCFAR @CAPRISAOfficial @AHRI_News