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Julia Dunn

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Assistant Professor at CU Anschutz | she/her | My lab studies the role of eosinophils in inflammation & tissue repair | Twin Mom | Opinions my own Lab website www.dunnimmunolab.com

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · Mar 7

The Dunn Lab was out at the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver today!

It was cold but we met some great folks and had the distinct pleasure of meeting Steve, who had the most excellent hat 🎩

#NewPI #Denver #science #medsky 🧪

Three women at the Stand Up for Science rally in front of the Capitol building in Denver. One holds a trans flag, one holds a sign with a quote from Neil DeGrasse Tyson saying “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it” and the third holds a sign that reads “in science we trust”.

An adorable collie wearing a jacket and a hat

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17h

My quote of the day

We have managed to unite a country tearing down the barriers the regime built to divide us. Ours is a fight of a nation united against a criminal tyranny, in defense of its human rights, freedom, and democracy. That is why we have no alternative but victory

María Corina Machado

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4d

Pseudoscience is popular in part because it seeks to confirm our beliefs.

Science can be less popular in part because it seeks to interrogate our beliefs.

Good science, like good art and literature, can upset the established ways in which we see the world.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 4d

Without an understanding of immune tolerance, organ transplantation will not be possible. Also, their discoveries opened avenues for cancer and auto immune disease therapies.
Congratulations to these year's awardees of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
bit.ly/4mC0Gc5

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Adam Braithwaite @braithwaiteat.bsky.social · Jul 3

Stimulating immune cells in vitro is a common experimental lab model. We profiled 150K blood immune cells treated with 11 different stimuli to compare the effects. The data are freely available for researchers. See the preprint for our findings and to access the data 🧪 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 12d

News from the front lines.

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 12d

The first one was… fine...

The second one was utterly awful.

Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 16d

It isn’t hard.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17d

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 17d

I think I sprinted through most of second year but now a third year slump is hitting *hard*

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Alt: Emma stone in a green shirt sobbing and eating ice cream

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 17d

Because they saw how joyful the left was online when we thought that ‘It Had Happened’™️ and they’re using this as a trial run for cracking down when it does happen.

Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 20d

If you’re still in line for the future of this country, STAY IN LINE!

All jokes aside, I do find it oddly comforting to come across empirical evidence countering the “everything is over” narrative.

Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · 22d

Right! I keep seeing posts and headlines about Kimmel’s “comments” and then i saw it and FFS it was a clip of the cheeto 😡

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22d

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 29d

I have two professor colleagues who have faced threats and harassment due to the organization Charlie Kirk built, and they were not alone. We can denounce and loathe political violence without hagiography for its victims. This is dangerous nonsense.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 29d

"But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness."
That is Ezra Klein.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d

I bet if Charlie Kirk had run a website called the Pundit Watchlist the reaction might be a bit different right now

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Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Literally the second meme I've made in my life.

The tired old "Anakin and Padme" meme:

Anakin: I did it! I went back in time and saved us from RFK!"
Padme: RFK *junior*, right?...

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · Sep 6

We told them about tetanus, which you can get if you get a cut on the playground, and it makes all the muscles in your body squeeze hard enough to break bones. Or whopping cough, which makes you cough so hard it breaks your ribs.

They very bravely got all their shots with minimal complaining💪🏼

Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · Sep 6

These last shots have been hardest because they remember getting shots and… didn’t want more. We opted for radical honesty to get their compliance… we conceded that shots hurt a little bit, but way less than the sicknesses.

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Julia Dunn @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social · Sep 6

The day Jr was confirmed I called to see about getting my kids more shots. The office was confused since the twins weren’t due for another 6-ish months for their 5 year/preK boosters but they indulged me. I was afraid of vaccines becoming restricted, or dangerous due to cutbacks at FDA.