While we might not get to see our FRESH staff in #Durban #southafrica on a daily basis, they are the absolute backbone of our lab’s work. Our Cambridge team is incredibly grateful to work with the staff at FRESH.... The vaginal microbiome impacts so many important health outcomes for women, such as preterm birth, cervical dysplasia, and risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Think that it remains static over time? Check out our most recent paper examining the dynamic nature of the vaginal... A spontaneous #kwonlab reunion on the wards at #nypresbyterian hospital #columbiamed for our alumni @jm_luevano and @jeff_paer. @alicehlinder, come out from your second year classes and let’s... Congrats to our lab alumni as they graduate from medical school and head off to rotations. We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to celebrate your future successes! CONGRATS to Dr. Hussain (@vaginamicrobes) — Fatima was announced a 2021 Schmidt Science Fellow. She joins 27 other scientists from around the world in this year’s cohort, and is supported by the Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust @rhodestrust .... Happy #administrativeprofessionalsday to our very own @blythegulley!! We would be lost without you! Thank you for everything you do. Congrats to Doug for being voted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation! What a well-deserved honor. We’re proud of you! Another new Kwon lab member!! Please welcome Edith Clementine Corleis, born April 7th to Bjorn and Julie! (And birthday twin to Doug!) 🎉🎉🎉🍼💓💓 Welcome to our newest (and cutest) Kwon Lab member, Casiana! Huge congratulations to Mara and Christopher. 💓💓 @ Ragon Institute More matching fun! So proud of y’all! #matchday2021 #bwh #mgh #proud @ Ragon Institute Happy (belated) Match Day to all our Kwon Lab Alumni matching today!! We’re so proud of you! Jeff Paer (pictured): Columbia, Internal Medicine Happy Valentine’s from the Kwon Lab 💞💞 @ Cambridge, Massachusetts Congrats to Fatima and David!! Celebrating your marriage has been a bright spot in 2020 for all of us at the Kwon Lab. Here’s to a lifetime of happiness! #thehussainblanks Congrats to Upasana Das Adhikari on being named a finalist in the #MGH Research Image Awards! #happyhalloween from the #kwonlab! Not sure what it means when you reach a point in your career when students start dressing up as you for #halloween! #onsies #twins It's a close race in the MGH Image Contest- vote for Upasana's entry and get her over the top! #organoids #covidresearch #kwonlab #election2020 Do you have excellent organizational and communication skills? Looking to join a dynamic team of researchers? The Kwon Lab has an opening for a staff assistant, and we’d love to hear from you! kwonlab.org/career-opportunities/ #mgh #ragoninstitute
Glad to be working with the Mitchell lab @MassGeneral Hospital on this important study to help improve #womenshealth #valentinesday wouldn’t be complete without nerdy cards for our #labmates ❤️#kwonlab Reading scientific papers is more fun as a group and with #massivebreakfast! #journalclub @_thefriendlytoast #kwonlab Honored to share the stage with a wonderful group of experts to discuss the importance of the #vaginalmicrobiome in #womenshealth. Come join us online on December 3rd! See a preview: https://bit.ly/2Jk8VtA @ragoninstitute #happybirthday to Matt, Meg, Crystal, Nomfu, Juliet, Candace, Upi, and Alice! Whew! #summerbabies #birthdaycatchup Thanks to the staff at the FRESH clinic in #umlazi #southafrica for another wonderful and productive visit by members of the #kwonlab! #durban #endhiv @ Umlazi, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa After a summer full of #earlymorning #running 🏃🏻🏃🏽♀️, congrats to Nomfu and Jo on burning up the Race4Research 5k today! #kwolab #runners @ Cambridge, Massachusetts #kwonlab happy hour on a beautiful #summerday! Ragon Institute Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Listen to Episode 2 of Lucy's "Kwon Lab Science from a 6th Grader" podcast. This month Lucy interviews Elizabeth Byrne- Rhodes Scholar, Harvard MD PhD student, and dog lover! Find out more by clicking the picture below. #kwonlab Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard... Kwon Lab Retreat 2019 is in the books! We had a weekend full of sunshine, team building, and science in the woods of Maine. Feeling lucky to be surrounded by such an amazing scientific family ☀️🤸🏽♂️🏄🏾♀️⛰🧬🦠#kwonlabretreat #scienceinthesun @ Maine It has been a wonderful privilege to be a part of the Ragon Institute since its inception 10 years ago and I look forward to contributing to this new phase, which has been enabled by the incredible generosity of Terry and Susan Ragon. I am... Check out episode 1 of our "Kwon Lab Science from a 6th Grader" podcast, featuring our summer media intern, Lucy! (click on the pic to play) #kwonlab Ragon Institute Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Congrats to @liraphila for defending her doctoral #dissertation in the #kwonlab! #phd 👩🏻🎓🍾🎖 What a special night celebrating the @ragoninstitute 10th anniversary with the #kwonlab and #sting! And finally, a photo of me with my two lifelong scientific #mentors, Bruce Walker and Dan Littman! Also, I... Congrats to Dr. David Gootenberg on his successful dissertation defense! #newdoc #poophats💩 #champagnesabering #kwonlab Happy 25th birthday @ImmunityCP! We're honored to be able to share our views on all the wonderful things to come in the next quarter century of immunology! Part-time models, full-time scientists 👩🏽🔬👩🏽🔬👨🏻🔬📸 #kwonlab #modelscientist #ragoninstitute #mgh Studying HIV, the microbiome and immunology on International Day of Women in Science in the #kwonlab. #womeninscience @womenscienceday @unwomen #womeninstem #harvardmed #massgeneral
Congrats to Bjoern Corleis for his paper on lung T cells, HIV and TB! Congrats to our sister biotech spin out, Day Zero Diagnostics, on closing out their Series A fundraise! Helping to teach computational approaches to scientists in sub-Saharan Africa along with a great crew, including Scott Handley Sophie Shaw Matthew Hayward Barry Hykes Jr. Chandni Desai Lindsay Droit and Candace Gregg. With special thanks to our funders- Ragon Institute, Harvard University CFAR, Caprisa, and... When in #durban, #bunnychow is a must! #hivresearch #southafrica #kwonlab Great meeting with folks from the lab in #capetown at the Keystone meeting on the vaginal #microbiome! @ Cape Town, Western Cape Happy holidays from the Kwon Lab tech team! (minus @mussietimo) We traded our pipette tips for frosting tips and discovered we should have stuck to the science all along 👩🏽🔬🔬🧫🦠🍪. World AIDS Day. December 1, 2018 Dear all, Today marks the 30th Worlds AIDS Day. Today especially it’s important to take a moment to reflect on the scale of this epidemic- the 70 million people who have been infected... Finally visited the #mandela capture site on my last trip to #southafrica. #madiba #100yearsofmandela #kwonlab #happyhalloween from the #kwonlab! #scoobydoo #carrots #ernie #pokemon #totoro 👻👺 Seth giving a talk and presenting his poster at the HIV R4P Meeting in beautiful #madrid! #hivprevention #sti #kwonlab A team visit to the FRESH clinic in #durban #southafrica! So much #gratitude to the wonderful staff and participants! #endaids #hivprevention #kwonlab Congratulations to the 1st Durban Computational Workshop! Special thanks to the wonderful students, instructors and sponsors! @ragoninstitute @caprisa @harvardcfar, SANTHE #durban #ukzn #kwonlab @ Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Join a chat with me, Krista Dong, Thumbi Ndung’u and Bruce Walker to discuss our study on HIV in young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about our studies trying to stop HIV among young African women #endhiv #kwonlab #womenshealth Watch the great Bjorn swoop in with only moments to spare to blow out his #birthday #candles! #happybirthday @candaceautumn @ahamiltonlinder @bjorncorleis! 🎂#outofnowhere
Welcome to the new @harvardmed class! How many former #kwonlab members can you find in this pic? #kwonnies #whereswaldo Had an opportunity to speak to folks at ID Consultant about our work. Not sure I have a future in radio with my high pitched voice! Congrats to our two #kwonlab alumni Mara Farcasanu and Alexander Munoz for starting the journey to becoming future #HMS #doctors! #whitecoat #futuremd Lots of #kwonlab #julybabies! #happybirthday @ration_thrice, Nomfu and Crystal! 🎂#singalong Secret #postdoc #dancingmachine comes out while making sequencing libraries! #kwonlab #happydance Although she’s a #doctor now, she still wears #biking gear underneath her #harvard regalia. Congratulations, Xtal! #trueoriginal #kwonlab The #kwonlab certainly generates its share of business for @cambridgeusa City Hall! #lab - #weddings #marriagelicense So so genuinely proud and happy to be able to share this special day with our @primavaramara. Another #kwonlab #wedding! #Congratulations! Court is in session! Sinaye, Nomfu and @primavaramara rule with an #ironfist! #kwonlab #reunion in #sanfran with former #kwonlab member @angamaryn! #oldfriends #reunited Congrats to Crystal for her successful #phddefense! #newdoctor #champagnecelebration #kwonlab Looking to further your experience in translational research? Just starting out? We have openings in our lab and want to hear from you! Link in bio. #immunology #mgh #harvardmed Congratulations on finishing your thesis @munoz.alexander!!! Hope your future is as sweet as your face on a sheet cake! #harvard #mgh #boyzIImen @ Ragon Institute A special day at #fenway for #openingday, but just another day at the #kwonlab... except for our chance encounter with @davidortiz!!! #bigpapi #harvardmed #mgh Day Zero Diagnostics is a Boston-based team of clinical experts seeking to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases with genome sequencing and machine learning. The lab recognizes #piday2018 by combining #pie with “PI” (principle investigator). #unnatural #hybrid #kwonlab Congrats to our #futuredoctors @munoz.alexander and @primavaramara, both accepted to #harvardmedicalschool!#firststeps #2for2 #kwonlab Read our recent review on the #vaginal #microbiome in @cellhostmicrobe Congrats to Crystal for getting the #greenlight to move forward with her #dissertation! #ABD #writerslife #kwonlab Another wonderful meeting with the clinic staff at our FRESH study site in #durban #southafrica. What wonderful #singing! #endaids #kwonlab #happybirthday, Zoe! And thanks for being the #kwonlab #motherhen. 🎂 #happyholidays from the #kwonlab! #holidayparty #seasonsgreetings Another epic #Kwonlab #retreat! #teambuilding #sciencenerd Thanks for making the #HarvardCFAR #Ragon #transcriptomics workshop a success! @HarvardCFAR @ragoninstitite Our work chosen as a top advance in women's health for 2017 🙂 New introductory video from DZD, a Kwon Lab spin out company. Our lab spinoff, Day Zero Diagnostics, gets a nice shout-out in Forbes! 🙂 2017 #KwonLab #Summer #Runner Challenge going strong! #workhardplayhard Wonderful time speaking @stihivrio #endhiv #womenshealth #kwonlab A sad farewell to Angela. How lucky we are to have found someone that makes saying #goodbye so hard. #westcoastfamily #oneofakind #kwonlab #happyanniversary to #kwonlab alum @meliskey8 and Dougal, from our #spinoff #dayzerodiagnostics! #firstanniversary #stolenmoments The #kwonlab Summer Runners Challenge is on! #peerpressure #runnerscommunity #getoutofbed Send off for @jeffthepear! You will be missed. #futuremd #kwonlab Proud to have members of the #kwonlab @boston.pride 2017 participating in #hiveducation and #outreachThe Kwon Lab
Elizabeth Bryne: BWH/MGH, OB/GYN
Abby Schiff: BWH, Internal Medicine
David Gootenberg: Boston Children’s, Pediatrics
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Kwon Lab 2014
December 2014
Graduation from the FRESH Study in Umlazi, South Africa
Happy Holidays!
October 2014
Happy Halloween from the Kwon Lab
Research for Prevention Meeting 2014
Cape Town, South Africa- wonderful place for an HIV conference!
Kwon Lab picture day, 2014
A seriously handsome group of people!
Melis and Brittany celebrate birthdays
September 2014
Computational Biology Workshop
We hosted our first Harvard Center for AIDS Research Computational Biology Workshop. Lots of work but a great success!
June 2014
A sad farewell to Greg
May 2014
Kwon Lab Retreat 2014
A weekend in New Hampshire curing HIV!
April 2014
Our first Zulu wedding
Jordan and Kate get married in a Zulu ceremony in Durban just before they finish their research year and come back to the U.S.
Congratulations!
March 2014
Kwon lab at CROI in Boston
Great meeting with lots of new and exciting findings! Bjorn and Melis enthralling audiences at their posters!
Kwon Lab 2013
November 2013 Now we have TWO Rhodie Kwonies!! (Taken moments after hearing the news!) Elizabeth will be leaving us next year to pursue studies in computation biology at Oxford. We’re hoping she’ll be continuing to follow up on her exciting thesis work! Congratulations! We’re so proud!!!
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November 2013 Late night sorting in South Africa The “dream team” working in the BSL3.
August 2013 Lab outing… bowling!
And a sad farewell to Maire
August 2013 Melis teaching about HIV in the female genital tract in South Africa
June 2013 Crystal and Brittany- Winners of the 2013 Kwon Lab Bicycle Challenge!
April 2013 Lab picture day
March 2013 Bjorn kicks off the Ragon Institute HIV/TB lecture series!
February 2013 Saying good-bye to the old lab…
… and hello to the new lab!!
Kwon Lab 2012
Dr. Kwon Awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists
Ah, summer 2012!
May 2012 Just another day in the lab…
June 2012 Lab picture day!
