Sarafan ChEM-H

@Stanford_ChEMH

Bridging chemistry, engineering, biology & medicine to advance human health, transform research, and train the next generation of scientific leaders @Stanford

Stanford, CA chemh.stanford.edu Joined April 2018

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Sarafan ChEM-H @Stanford_ChEMH 2d

“We study extremes”
New @NatureComms study by Institute Scholar @hawa_racine, Manasi Sawant & Aidan Cabral & team shows how immune cells pop like overfilled water balloons. Understanding it may help pop cancer cells. news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/1… @bioe_stanford

Certain immune cells go through NETosis, an extreme process in which they swell up until the cell membrane (cyan) breaks and the cell pops like an overfilled balloon. DNA, normally stored tightly wound as chromatin (magenta) in the nucleus (left), becomes less compacted, breaks out of the nucleus, and spills out of the cell (right) to trap pathogens. | Aidan Cabral

Sarafan ChEM-H @Stanford_ChEMH 4d

Faculty fellow @AppelGroup, former CBI trainee Shoshana Williams & team built an AI tool to identify promising antibiotic candidates that are polymer-based and less prone to resistance that could help find new ways to treat challenging infections: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/0…

Left: Unperturbed bacteria. Right: Bacteria exhibiting damaged cell membranes after treatment with an antimicrobial polymer. | Changxin Dong and Shoshana Williams

Sarafan ChEM-H @Stanford_ChEMH Oct 30

Institute Scholar Peter Kim spent 12+ years helping develop and approve 20+ vaccines and medicines, including Gardasil and Keytruda.
His lab @Stanford combines protein engineering and AI to design vaccines with broader, more durable immune protection: brnw.ch/21x6N4J

www.asbmb.org Turning viral mechanisms into medicines 2027 ASBMB Annual Meeting keynote speaker Peter Kim helped uncover how viruses enter cells before helping lead the development of more than 20 vaccines and medicines. Today, he uses AI and protein...

Sarafan ChEM-H @Stanford_ChEMH Oct 28

From an unexpected personal loss, to a pathology residency, to a defining conversation and more, Institute Scholar Paul Mischel traces the key turning points in his life and career in cancer research:nature.com/articles/s4301…
@NatureCancer @mischellab

Sarafan ChEM-H @Stanford_ChEMH Oct 23

#ICYMI This year is the 10th anniversary of the Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program, which has brought together over 155 scientists-in-training from across chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine PhD programs at Stanford.
Learn more: brnw.ch/21x6D0S

chemh.stanford.edu CBI 10th Anniversary