Rob Hurt

This was a really fun and challenging project, and I know we’re all excited to see what the community will do with the technology! Please get in touch if you’re interested in using or extending it!

As a bioengineer, this recognition in immunology is especially meaningful.@MichelsonMedRF champions the idea that bold progress comes from crossing disciplinary boundaries and bringing new perspectives. I’m deeply grateful to my mentors, and congratulations to the other awardees!

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Sound-sheet microscopy is born! Congratulations to Baptiste Heiles, lab members and collaborators at the Shapiro Lab (Caltech) and Gazzola Lab (NIN/KNAW) for this scientific achievement 🚀.

With a pair of new methods, @eboyden3 is expanding the capabilities of expansion microscopy so researchers everywhere can see more when they look at cells and tissues under a light microscope. @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog @NatureComms mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/02/18/see…

It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS, indeterminate dendritic cell histiocytosis or other (non-LCH) histiocytic sarcomas cases. I'm trying to understand non-surgical chemo and targeted therapy options, new pathology markers to better diagnose subtypes/treatments, and any data on progression in pediatric patients. Please feel free to share – I’m trying to cast a wide net due to the rarity of this condition and how little is known. People can contact me directly at my first name (as written in my profile) at octant.bio.

We're recruiting a technician to help with our work on neurons! 🧠 Great opportunity to work with @di_wu_ and other awesome scientists @Caltech. Please RT.

Bacterial-MERFISH combines 1000-fold volumetric expansion with multiplexed fluorescence in situ hybridization, enabling high-throughput, spatially resolved profiling of thousands of operons within individual bacteria. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #NBThighlight

The LA fires hit the Caltech community pretty hard, including my brilliant MD/PhD student George Daghlian, whose family lost their home. 🥹 I'm glad to be able to help, and grateful to so many friends assisting however they can! 💪 gofundme.com/f/daghlian-fam…

Can we make a brain tumor visible under ultrasound? 🧠 🔉 Yes, using intravenous #gasvesicles! This can help guide brain surgery and monitor for tumor recurrence. Congrats to Claire Rabut, @GeorgeHDaghlian and collaborators! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

What happens when you can take videos of acoustic proteins in 3D inside the body? 🧊 You can see things like the flow of CSF in the brain!🧠 Congrats to Sunho Lee, co-senior author Claire Rabut, and colleagues on "Takoyaki" 3D ultrasound.🥟 #gasvesicles biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m excited to share how a modular synthetic receptor called SNIPR opens new possibilities for immunotherapy by sensing both tumor-secreted factors and synthetic computationally designed soluble proteins: nature.com/articles/s4158….

Cute story alert!🧵@Caltech two clueless office mates (@piraner & I) created a tool to control cells with ultrasound. As postdocs (@UCSF & @UWproteindesign), we teamed up again (with @majo__duran & @AdamChazin) to build a tool for engineered cell signaling nature.com/articles/s4158…

As a graduate student, I appeared in this Ad for @TechnionLive🤓 . Today, I'm happy to share that I am starting my own independent research group! After 3 incredible years at @INSIGHTEC 's scientific research team, I'm returning to the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering! #newPI

David didn’t just launch a field that's transforming science and soon, our lives—he did it while being an incredible mentor and a caring human. His dedication to his lab and students is just as worth celebrating. Cograts to David and to us at the @UWproteindesign!

I’ve always believed great science happens with great people. Couldn’t ask for a better team than Buwei, Green and Brian. Together, we created EndoTags, a de novo protein version of the foundational LYTAC system from the Bertozzi lab.@UWproteindesign nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨Come join our new @EEBioPG project spanning @UniofOxford, @imperialcollege, and @BristolUni to tame biological complexity using control engineering and tackle global challenges.🦠🛠️ Several posts available across the project. More info at eebio.ac.uk #synbio

Our first paper is out in @CellCellPress! Led by @born2raisecell, we present a programmable reaction-diffusion system that generates synthetic protein waves, oscillations, and patterns for spatiotemporal circuit design and FM data-encoding in human cells. authors.elsevier.com/a/1iN8ZL7PXmeeN

Real Christmas gift ! Ultrasound Localization Microscopy image of Brain vessels by our team @AlexandreDizeux @PhysMedParis @CharlieDemene @PezetSophie N. Renaudin with @Iconeus @inserm @psl_univ @ESPCI_Paris chosen by @NYTScience @nytimes as 2023 Stunning New Image of the brain

Breaking: A neural template in the brain for organising sequential experiences, out in @Nature now! Discovered by @soledad_gcogno @MayBrittMoser @EdvardMoser and team: @FlavioDonato82 Horst Obenhaus, @AneLautrup @RIJacobsen @ClopathLab Sebastian Andersson nature.com/articles/s4158…