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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Feb 4
Because @jengommerman.bsky.social got so humpty about my response to her musical suggestions 🙄- here is the first public offering of the playlist for immunologists. Need more B cell help. @victora.bsky.social @marionpepper.bsky.social
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Marion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 15h
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by acute, intermittent, recurrent episodes of airway inflammation. A decade of work developing the tools, techniques and collaborations needed to figure out how CD4+ T cells in the lungs propagate disease can be found here:
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Tertiary lymphoid structures support the development of allergen-specific progenitor CD4+ T cells
Tissue-resident memory CD4+ T cells (TRM) are key sentinels of the adaptive immune response that provide a rapid, robust inflammatory response upon reactivation in non-lymphoid tissues. While CD4+ TRM...
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 1d
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More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
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Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social · 1d
A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 Oct. Not only did he make a discovery that laid the foundations for stem cell research, he also created one of the best environments for research at the Wellcome/CRUK Gurdon Institute wellcome.org/news/sir-joh...
Sir John Gurdon, 1933-2025 | Wellcome
A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 October. He made a discovery that opened up the field of cloning research, and created one of the best environments for res...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · 2d
Congrats @mclellanlab.bsky.social !

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Jason McLellan
Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases.
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 3d
Rubbing shoulders with a @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate! 🤩What a week!

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person: isbscience.org/news/press-r...

@isbscience.org @naehasubramanian.bsky.social @flash-point.bsky.social @annabiosys.bsky.social
Left to right: Sean Gibbons, Naeha Subramanian, Mary Brunkow, Anna Kuchina, and Sid Venkatesh
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d
Hard to compete with this.
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European Journal of Immunology @eurjimmunol.bsky.social · 4d
📣 EJI is proud to share that this year’s Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Sakaguchi, published with us on 6 October: bit.ly/46R7n4g
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Shimon for receiving the prize in recognition of his pioneering work on Tregs. #NobelPrize #Immunology #Tregs
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 4d
Welcome back - I’ve had no one to troll about TB!
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Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 4d
Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵
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Klaus Okkenhaug @klausokken.bsky.social · 4d
Nobel prize for Tregs!
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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Nature @nature.com · 5d
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 6d
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Beth Moore @bmoore-beth.bsky.social · 7d
Denise Kirschner talks about her research for Discovery Research week storage.thankview.com/uploads-vide...
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 7d
Congrats - it’s all gravy from here on!!!!
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Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle.bsky.social · 7d
I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation. genoyerlab.com
Genoyer Lab
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 7d
The October issue of #Science #Immunology is out now! This week: how #TCR avidity shapes #CD8 #TCell responses to #mRNA #vaccines and the latest research on the immunology of #brain #tumors reviewed! New content added every week!

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Decoding the Brain Tumor Immune Microenvironment. Brain tumors originate either from within the brain or as metastases from other tissues and pose major clinical challenges because of their heterogenous and aggressive nature. Bunse et al. review the cellular and molecular determinants of brain tumor antigenicity and factors that contribute to the immunosuppressive brain tumor microenvironment (TME). This month’s cover illustration depicts distinct malignant glioma (upper left) and metastatic (bottom right) TMEs as collages of aperiodic penrose tiles overlaid on a stylized positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain. Credit: Rioka Hayama
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 13d
Ian Banks - The Wasp Factory! One critic described it as "a work of unparalleled depravity"
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 13d
Hearing from someone in NIH program:

“Our final Task Order for $6.2M went out today. Every obstacle DOGE put up to keep us from funding new TOs and extending others was overcome. My fired contract officers were rehired. It was a lot of work, but we did it.
For now.”
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 14d
I'm proud of our new study showing that some people born in the 1990s have high levels of antibodies that cross-react to H3 viruses from the 1990s and....contemporary H1N1 viruses. Such a surprising story led by Grace Li, in collaboration with many Penn-CEIRR labs. 1/
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Childhood immunological imprinting of cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin head domain of influenza viruses
Influenza virus cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin (HA) head are rare. Here, we found that a large proportion of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) isolated from individuals immunized with...
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 15d
Toxoplasma for the win! There is a reason its the King of Pathogens!
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 15d
people.com/south-park-r.... Toxoplasma for the win!!
'South Park' Gives FCC's Brendan Carr Explosive Diarrhea and Nearly Takes Away His 'Freedom of Speech' amid Kimmel Controversy
'South Park' aired its first episode since Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was pulled by ABC. The episode comes after series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced there would be no new episode ...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 16d
Hello @notredame.bsky.social ! Looking forward to my lecture tomorrow. Details here: science.nd.edu/events/2025/...
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Hind Hussein, PhD @hindhussein.bsky.social · 16d
Hello everyone! I am a postdoc in mucosal immunology and I am looking for new postdoc position in Europe! I know a lot about gut mast cells, but also CD4 T cells and type 2/3 immunity in general. I've worked with single cell sequencing and neuroimmune interactions. Feel free to share! Thank you! ♥️🥼👩‍🔬
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 16d
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