The Kwon Lab
Happy birthday to @upasanadasadhikari @brit_sci_guy and @Josh. Proving that you’re never too old for ice cream cake and party hats! 🥳🎂🎉
We had a busy week in Durban this August: running an R and microbiome data analysis workshop at UKZN, seeing our coworkers in Kwon Lab-South Africa, and kicking off a new clinical study at FRESH! It was great to hang out with friends new and...
Wonderful to attend IDSOG 2022 this year with @vaginamicrobes @aaron.abai @tessbrunner23 @carolinemitchell258 and Seth Bloom. So much better being in person.
Once the paper is published, the final task is to open the champagne and thank all the wonderful contributors, especially those in #southafrica and in particular the staff and participants of the FRESH program @ragon_institute @massgeneral...
We have remained at the forefront of medicine by fostering a culture of collaboration, pushing the boundaries of medical research, educating the brightest medical minds and maintaining an unwavering commitment to the diverse communities we serve.
Congratulations to Seth Bloom and the whole team, including our many wonderful colloborators and especially the staff and participants of the FRESH program in #southafrica, on our recent publication in Nature Microbiology on leveraging L. iners biology to potentially improve women's health...
Beautifully written account of our very own Suuba Demby's early journey in science.
Happy Valentine’s Day from your favorite crew!
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
Elizabeth Bryne: BWH/MGH, OB/GYN
Abby Schiff: BWH, Internal Medicine
David Gootenberg: Boston Children’s, Pediatrics
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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
#Ragon Institute #vaginalhealth #microbiome
#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!
#cellpress #Kwonlab #futurelook
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!
