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ImmuNoah's Ark (Noe Rodriguez) @immunoah.bsky.social · 6d

Job alert in neuro-immunology!

In case the internal link I shared last week does not work for some, here is an external link to apply for our postdoc position at the @mrclmb.bsky.social PNAC Division.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Postdoctoral Scientist - PNAC - Dr Noe Rodriguez - LMB 2717 - Cambridgeshire job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) | 12845398

Postdoctoral Scientist Salary £41,344 per annum pro rata (for PD/CDF) MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK We are looking for a motiv...

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Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. @jendzjowsky.bsky.social · Sep 2

See you there!

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Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. @jendzjowsky.bsky.social · Aug 1

First R01 obtained! Really excited about this project! Team effort all around.

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Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. @jendzjowsky.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you Marc. You are too quick. Still celebrating and don’t have time to post myself!

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Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. @jendzjowsky.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congrats Ciaran!

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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · Apr 22

B cells modulate lung antiviral inflammatory responses via the neurotransmitter acetylcholine www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Mar 12

One penny per tax dollar is what science, ALL science in America costs.

I would gladly spend two or even three cents per tax dollar to double or triple what America spends on science.

That is how you make things better, for everyone.

Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Mar 12

Cutting funds for science and research will save you a penny on the dollar but may one day cost you a life that you love.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Mar 11

Social Media Linked to Increased Risk of Delusion-Based Disorders - neurosciencenews.com/social-media...

"New research indicates a strong link between high social media use and psychiatric disorders involving delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphia."

Social Media Linked to Increased Risk of Delusion-Based Disorders - Neuroscience News

New research indicates a strong link between high social media use and psychiatric disorders involving delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphia.

neurosciencenews.com

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Nature @nature.com · Mar 7

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.

https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts

Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

go.nature.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Mar 3

And it will take a generation to rebuild.

rnatr @rnatr.com · Mar 3

This article about what is going on at NIH is insightful. It details why the fight over the indirect rates are existential and show how the administration is trying to seize power that is directly given to Congress by the constitution www.sensible-med.com/p/the-nih-is...

The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”

A strong and well-argued rebuttal to NIH criticism

www.sensible-med.com

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 3

“We have to attack the universities… professors are the enemy.”

#NIH funds universities.
Jay Bhattacharya believes what Vance says here too. Bhattacharya was chosen by Trump because he would attack universities.

Scientists must oppose Bhattacharya’s confirmation, and there is not much time left.

Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Mar 3

"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy "

bryanalexander.org/politics/the...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...

J.D. Vance | The Universities are the Enemy | National Conservatism Conference II

YouTube video by National Conservatism

www.youtube.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 3

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

www.ucsusa.org

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · Feb 27

KLF2 expression in IgG plasma cells at their induction site regulates the migration program, say Wataru Ise, Takuya Koike, Tomohiro Kurosaki @osaka_univ_e and colleagues: buff.ly/41bbKEF

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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · Feb 26

The program-at-a-glance for #ATS2025 is ready for review. Get the latest information on clinical, basic, and translational science in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the ATS 2025 Int'l Conference in San Francisco, May 16-21. Register! conference.thoracic.org/program/inde...

ATS Conference 2025 - Program at a Glance

American Thoracic Society

conference.thoracic.org

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Feb 26

NIH freeze by the numbers, and the conclusion is correct. This is sabotage, and we are quickly reaching a point where even if everything were to open back up today, it would be too late to save many labs.

Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Feb 26

As of today, at least 73 study sections have not met. If they review 50 applications, plus 30 triaged, 10% funding rate = 8 grants per SS.

That's 584 fundable grants on hold. Probably 5000 researchers affected in those teams composed of our best and brightest.

SABOTAGE.

Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · Feb 24

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Feb 25

A treasure chest of all of our immune system exposures and responses is hiding in our B and T cell receptors. Now that's being decoded to make diagnoses.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-...

The First Diagnostic Immunome

A Big Step Forward By Sequencing B and T Cell Receptors Plus A.I.

erictopol.substack.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 24

Some good-ish news from NIH

“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”

As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.

a man in a red suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says breaking news on it

ALT: a man in a red suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says breaking news on it

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Andy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · Feb 22

Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

www.congress.gov

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 22

A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!

www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...

Senator Murray Blasts Trump & Elon for Illegally Paralyzing Lifesaving Research Again, Threatening to Extinguish Ongoing and Groundbreaking Work - Senator Patty Murray

ICYMI: Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and...

www.murray.senate.gov

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Feb 21

““This crisis — and I’m not exaggerating by calling it a crisis — has already consumed one funding cycle…But if this block to publishing in the register continues on much longer, it’s going to swallow two funding cycles, and that will put many labs out of business.” @labonnelab.bsky.social

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 21

New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling (Gift Article)

Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

www.nytimes.com

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Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. @jendzjowsky.bsky.social · Feb 21

Recent publication from my lab. Using all the “omics” to map out the neuroimmune landscape in the lung in response to fungal asthma.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
#immunosky #spatialtranscriptomics
#medsky
#phdsky

Frontiers | Comprehensive sequencing of the lung neuroimmune landscape in response to asthmatic induction with Alternaria alternata in mice

Evidence demonstrates that sensory neurons respond to pathogenic/allergic infiltration and mediate immune responses, forming an integral part of host defense...

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · Feb 21

"Even NIH officers don’t know what will happen next."

In our latest @science.org Working Life essay, an assistant professor expresses frustration with stalls at NIH and asks: "Will my grants ever be reviewed?"
@vjrp.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...

I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty

“I’ll keep doing what I can to move my research forward. But I, and so many others, can’t do this indefinitely,” this assistant professor writes

www.science.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · Feb 21

DOGE By The Numbers
theonion.com/doge-by...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 18

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

bit.ly/3X8ngz8

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze

www.thetransmitter.org

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · Feb 16

When you read about layoffs and terminations of HHS, NIH, CDC employees - remember: these are people, with families, plans, who worked for the health, safety, well-being of the American people. Now they are thrown by the wayside, by those who never cared about anything but themselves.

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