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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 12h

Just saw a post which misspelled 'Machine learning' as 'Machine earning', and I wondered if that was a Freudian slip.

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · 1d

woohoo! well done Toronto - brings back childhood memories of the back-to-back world series won by the Jays...

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Human Immunome Project @immunome.bsky.social · 3d

Big news: We've announced the largest #systemsimmunology collaboration in history! Ten world-class research institutes are joining @immunome.bsky.social in a pioneering plan to understand human immune response variability.

www.humanimmunomeproject.org/news/human-i...

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Yale Center for Systems and Engineering Immunology @yalecsei.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you #CZBiohubNY Mini Workshop presenters and attendees! Great talks by @czbiohub.bsky.social and @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social scientists. Grateful to #CZI and @tsanglab.bsky.social for bringing us together. Thank you Susan Rosenthal, Elizabeth Ferris and Lital Manor for superb event logistics.

Picture of some of our amazing workshop presenters.

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Yale Center for Systems and Engineering Immunology @yalecsei.bsky.social · Jul 9

Exciting lineup at today's #CZBiohubNY Mini Workshop hosted by @yalemedicine.bsky.social, @tsanglab.bsky.social and @yalecsei.bsky.social. Thrilled to welcome @czbiohub.bsky.social and @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social investigators and team members to Yale for this day of science and interaction.

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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · Jul 1

What an amazing work @iannaconelab.bsky.social &friends just out @natimmunol.nature.com, it was really cool to have a preview of this fantastic work at the 2025 ENII EFIS EJI Summer School! Many congrats Matteo &co! Check it out here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... & here 😉 👇👇👇

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Jun 25

So important! Please contact your Republican senators, especially Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). 🙏 amplify!

Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · Jun 24

As Robert Kuttner writes, the NIH will need support from Republican Senators to avoid draconian cuts to its FY2026 budget.

prospect.org/politics/202...

Will the Senate Save NIH?

Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.

prospect.org

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congrats, Tomer!

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · Jun 22

Added a bunch of new folks. Let me know if anyone wants to be added.

John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · Nov 17

I created a starter pack for systems immunology - let me know if you would like to be added. Excited to be here on
@bsky.app

go.bsky.app/PjH2Fuj

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Jun 21

Pre-print time! Our new study on #systemsimmunology analysis of #Alzheimers patients is out now on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social.

This is the culmination of a long collaboration with Rik Vandenberghe, Stephanie Humblet-Baron and Lidia Yshii's labs at KU Leuven. 🧵1/8

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

A systems immunology analysis of Alzheimer’s disease reveals an age- and environmental exposure-independent disturbance in B cell maturation

Alzheimer’s disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder, with multifactorial mechanisms of disease development and progression. Evidence from genetic association studies, animal models, and clinica...

www.medrxiv.org

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oZgun Gokce @gokcegroup.bsky.social · Jun 15

Atul Butte’s talk introduced me to systems biology—I was presynapse scientist and opened my horizon to "biomedical moments, thawing frozen discoveries in data". Ideas that changed my career. Thank you for the science, the spirit, and the inspiration. You will be remembered.

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · Jun 15

Atul has been a constant inspiring force. He is perpetually optimistic and never stops to empower the world with more data and motivate all of us to dig deeper and be more innovative with data. I miss his energy and our conversations. RIP - May memories of Atul continue to inspire us all.

euanashley @euanashley.bsky.social · Jun 14

Atul Butte died yesterday.
The world lost a giant.
A big bear of a man.
With a huge smile.
With love for everyone.
With energy that could power a room.
I loved everything about Atul.
I loved how he was always happy.
I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jun 5

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Calli McMurray @callimcflurry.bsky.social · Jun 4

FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social

FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations

The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 4

My colleague and friend @scripps.edu, @ardemp.bskyverified.social, on the NYT front page today

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · May 24

I appreciate the offers from other scientists to help Harvard (students, labs, etc) through this attack, but what would be most helpful is for you to use your position to contact your elected representatives and make it clear this fight isn't just Harvard, it will affect you, and their districts too

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · May 24

David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏

youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...

Breakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · May 23

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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Djamel Nehar-Belaid @dnehar.bsky.social · May 16

7/10 In a combined analysis of infants and previously sequenced adults (generated by @tsanglab.bsky.social lab; PMID:33713619), infants display a similar ISG signature in monocytes but a markedly enhanced ISG signature in T and B cells, which is consistent with infant specific immune features.

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · May 16

Exciting study on infant immune responses to sars-cov-2 and how they compare to adults.

Djamel Nehar-Belaid @dnehar.bsky.social · May 16

1/10 I am very excited to share our latest study, now out in @natcomms.nature.com. We applied a multidimensional approach to decipher the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2-month-old hospitalized infants. We analyzed: scRNA-of PBMCs, serum cytokines and antibody responses. rdcu.be/emkNa

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Djamel Nehar-Belaid @dnehar.bsky.social · May 16

1/10 I am very excited to share our latest study, now out in @natcomms.nature.com. We applied a multidimensional approach to decipher the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2-month-old hospitalized infants. We analyzed: scRNA-of PBMCs, serum cytokines and antibody responses. rdcu.be/emkNa

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · May 10

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · May 5

Wonderful to catch up with friends and colleagues at #aai2025. Ofer Levy, Mercy Prabhudas, Donna Farber, me, and Bali Pulendran. Adding @lucasite-lab.bsky.social in the second one!

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John Tsang @tsanglab.bsky.social · May 4

Thanks for the highlight! Yes we are live still great talks to come - come on over to hang out with systems immunologists this morning at #aai2025!

Nardhy Gomez @ngllab.bsky.social · May 4

A major highlight #AAI2025: the Systems Immunology symposium with @CatherineBlish and @tsanglab.bsky.social, featuring amazing national and international systems immunology speakers @aai.org

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 3

My interest in math and science was stimulated by an NSF-funded high school summer program, my PhD dissertation research was supported by an NSF fellowship, and some of my most creative research early in my independent career was supported by an NSF award.

#WithoutNSF

Lindsay Naylor @lbnaylor.bsky.social · May 2

"Scientists are being encouraged to share the stories of what NSF funding makes possible, and what is at stake, with the hashtag #WithoutNSF. Share your stories on social media and tag AAG so we can follow and amplify."
#AAG

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