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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone

Good morning California
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Vote YES on PROP 50

The special election is November 4th but early voting is underway NOW
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Our Country thanks you!
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists—let’s use our agency!

NY-CURES is championing a landmark statewide biomedical institute for New York, built to restore and grow science for all

Working FOR a brighter future gives us hope, purpose, and momentum.

Want to be part of it? Follow us + DM—we’ve got many ways to get involved.

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 6d

Add your name to show strength in numbers💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 and receive emails on ongoing efforts to advocate for state funding!

NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 6d

The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️

Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute.

CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York.

✍️ www.nycures.org/

New York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures Website

NY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health.

www.nycures.org

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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 6d

The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️

Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute.

CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York.

✍️ www.nycures.org/

New York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures Website

NY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health.

www.nycures.org

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 6d

Such a pleasure to visit @princetonmolbio.bsky.social and hear about the fantastic research of @lydialynch.bsky.social @aiinglim.bsky.social @colleenmurph.bsky.social Andrea Graham, John Books, Danelle Davenport and so many more rockstars. #ballerscience

Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social · 7d

Super brilliant talk by Shruti @drshrutinaik.bsky.social visiting us in Princeton today 🐅 @princetonmolbio.bsky.social on new frontiers for the immune system in health, and co-opted in disease

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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 8d

Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease.
www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs
@exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk

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Chancellor John B. King @sunychancellor.bsky.social · 17d

Our SUNY researchers at @ubuffalo.bsky.social and across the state make the world healthier, safer, and more secure every day that they do their work.

SUNY - The State University of New York @sunyofficial.bsky.social · 17d

“The enduring value of higher education and public research is clear.”

Gary M. Pollack, Ph.D., professor and dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at @ubuffalo.bsky.social, on the critical role of universities in driving medical breakthroughs: buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...

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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 17d

As well as new medicines, the economy gets a $2.5 boost for every $1 the NIH spends, so “publicly funding research is just a no brainer” @lastweektonight.com

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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 20d

Research powerhouses 💪 in @forbes.com Best-in-State list with @roswellpark.bsky.social in NY top10 🏆.

Also listed: @stonybrooku.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @northwellhealth.bsky.social.

To keep more talent here we must invest statewide in biomedicine. www.forbes.com/lists/best-e...

Forbes Best Employers By State 2025 List - Best Companies To Work For

Forbes ranks the best employers to work for in each state. Discover companies with great benefits, excellent workplace culture, and high employee satisfaction.

www.forbes.com

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 21d

📢 📢📢📢 📢 Mechanosensitive fibroblasts fuel strictures via YAP/TAZ signaling—opening doors to new anti-fibrotic therapies. Grateful to be part of this transformative study with the Longaker lab! 🙏🙏🙏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
STAY TUNED for more in IBD damage from the #Naiklab

Creeping fat-derived mechanosensitive fibroblasts drive intestinal fibrosis in Crohn’s disease strictures

A significant complication of Crohn’s disease (CD) is intestinal fibrosis, which narrows the bowel lumen to form a stricture. Creeping fat (CF) is the…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · 22d

⏰ Deadline: Sept 17 (11:59pm MDT)

Early-career scientists - submit an abstract or apply for a scholarship for #KSAutoImmune26: Autoimmunity & Autoinflammation 🧬
📅 Jan 19–22, 2026 | Breckenridge, CO

👉 keysym.us/KSAutoimmune26

youtu.be/nMsJANbMb-w #KSAutoImmune26 @v-hornung.bsky.social

Autoimmunity & Autoinflammation Meeting Promo

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 22d

@governor.ny.gov @lizkrueger.bsky.social New York’s biomedical economy is at a tipping point! Investment in science pay off! For heath, for jobs, and for the economy!

NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 22d

New York leads in science & medicine but without state investment, we risk losing talent, cures, jobs, & billions in economic return.

Every $1 California invested in biomedical research returned $4 to the state economy. This isn’t just science—it’s smart economics: www.cirm.ca.gov/our-impact/

Impact Across California – CIRM

For two decades, CIRM has been at the forefront of regenerative medicine, funding over 100 clinical trials and building the infrastructure that drives innovation in stem cell and gene therapies.

www.cirm.ca.gov

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 29d

🌎✊ Scientists across New York are uniting to speak with one voice—engaging our local governments and demanding lasting investment in science.
We’re building the playbook for advocacy—and ready to share it with others!
The time to act is NOW. Let’s rise together. 🚀🔬🗽
#ScienceForAll #NYCURES

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Cheri Sirois @cherisirois.bsky.social · 29d

We need new models for funding science in the U.S. Let’s goooo! 🚀

NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀

Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.

Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 29d

Awesome! We need to advocate with all our might and fight for science!

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 29d

The Empire State can’t afford to fall behind. A group of scientists is launching NY-CURES to fight for state and city level investment in research.✊
📢 Sign up & show Albany we stand UNITED for science.
👉 www.nycures.org @miriammerad.bsky.social @bogunoviclab.bsky.social
#AdvocateForScience #NYCURES

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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · Aug 21

#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

www.science.org

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · Aug 5

The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gorgeous study exploring the rules of Trm formation and maintenance from @anandasabapathylab.bsky.social . Glad our lab could be part on this important effort!

Niro Anandasabapathy lab @anandasabapathylab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Exciting first post! With @drshrutinaik.bsky.social and many others! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PD-1 is requisite for skin TRM cell formation and specification by TGFβ - Nature Immunology

Anandasabapathy and colleagues show that the inhibitory receptor PD-1 impacts the specification of tissue-resident memory T cells in the skin.

www.nature.com

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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 20

Amazing paper. The under appreciated influence of retroelements on immune function. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Primate retroelement exonization and sexually dimorphic IL13RA1 transcription tune type 2 immune responses

Co-option of primate-specific retroelements creates an alternative IL-13Rα1 subunit that tunes type 2 immune responses.

www.science.org

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congrats, very cool

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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congrats to superstar @asmafarhat.bsky.social for being selected as a Simons Postdoctoral fellow to study how inflammation impacts sensory development and function in the Naik lab and Allen Discovery Center. @simonsfoundation.org @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social
www.simonsfoundation.org/people/asma-...

Asma Farhat

Asma Farhat on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jun 13

Pillars @jimmunol.bsky.social
Gene-specific regulation of inflammation via TLR-induced chromatin modifications @drshrutinaik.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...
highlighting @rmedzhitov.bsky.social @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/nat...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 11

“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org

We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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