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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · 9h

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11h

Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!

With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.

A red-colored giant Pacific octopus with one eye poking out from its body while stretching out its arms, and showing off its white, round suckers

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · 4d

I had an incredible day of learning too 💯🤓🤩 Thank you for joining our symposium with such brilliance, energy, & curiosity, dear @payalyokota.bsky.social !!!

Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 5d

I had an incredible day learning science at the #Enclosure2025 retreat at Princeton University hosted by the unparalleled Prof Andrea Graham. Magnificent data, profound new frontiers, yummy lunch (+cider donuts). Thank you to @grahammunology.bsky.social and team, and the enclosure team. #Bestdayever

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12d

ILC2-neuron cross-talk contributes to the maintenance of nerve structure and function of the peripheral nervous system @sciimmunology.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Group 2 innate lymphoid cells regulate nociceptive and gait functions of the peripheral nervous system

ILC2-neuron cross-talk contributes to the maintenance of nerve structure and function of the peripheral nervous system.

www.science.org

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Denver Broncos @denver-broncos.bsky.social · 12d

Repost🔄 to help us wish Nik Bonitto & John Franklin-Myers a happy birthday! 🥳

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · 18d

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19d

Frida Kahlo, 1937 by fashion photographer Toni Frissell #womensart

Monochrome photograph looking up at a standing woman in a long dress next to a giant cactus type plant in a garden setting

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...

Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road

Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Denver Broncos @denver--broncos.bsky.social · Sep 2

RT to help us wish @eazyengram a happy birthday! 🥳

Credits to: @Broncos

#DenverBroncos #BroncosCountry #MileHighFootball #NFL #BroncosNation

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Aug 28

Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK

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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water.

A new report by WHO and UNICEF highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities - including children - left behind.

Media fact sheet with key findings: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Fast facts: 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

To mark World Water Week 2025, new report highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities left behind.

www.unicef.org

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hadn't been on TruthSocial for a while. Didn't realize it's a website wholly subsidized by scamming seniors with Ivermectin ads, which Trump fans apparently still think cures all known illnesses.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · Aug 23

A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.

Credit: Sinclair Stammers

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Americans have long glorified their constitution and the rule of law. But Donald Trump’s volatile and vindictive presidency has increasingly replaced that philosophy with something very different – call it “governing by shakedown”. - @greenhousenyt.bsky.social

Trump’s presidential philosophy is government by shakedown | Steven Greenhouse

The president’s strategy is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Congress and the courts must put a stop to it

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 22

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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@WildImmunity @wildimmunity.bsky.social · Aug 22

Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

Wild and Comparative Immunology Consortium

Rewilding immunology across species and environments

www.wacimmuno.com

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Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University @princetonchw.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Princeton Pulse Podcast highlights innovations in vaccine development and delivery that could boost immunization rates around the world. Host @heatherhhoward.bsky.social is joined by @grahammunology.bsky.social and @jmadankeller.bsky.social from @cgdev.org.
tinyurl.com/yc6ptbxt

PODCAST: Innovations in Vaccine Development and Delivery

This episode of the Princeton Pulse Podcast highlights scientific discoveries that could boost immunization rates while preparing us for the next pandemic.

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NJ Spotlight News @njspotlightnews.org · Aug 13

So far this year, the state Department of Health has reported 3,842 positive Lyme cases across NJ’s 21 counties. Hunterdon County currently tops NJ’s Lyme hot spots, followed by Morris, Sussex, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Check for ticks: NJ is seeing more tick-borne Lyme disease | Video | NJ Spotlight News

The black-legged deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are flourishing in New Jersey, as are other ticks, too, according to entomologists.

www.njspotlightnews.org

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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · Aug 12

This week's @science.org #IMMUNOLOGY-themed SPECIAL ISSUE features Reviews by {Kassiotis & Stoye}, {Nahrendorf, Ginhoux, & Swirski}, {Sharma, Gibbons, & Saphire}, & {@jessmetcalf.bsky.social, @grahammunology.bsky.social, Yates, & Cummings} + an absolutely wild & wonderful cover!

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COVER This illustration depicts the changes in the immune system throughout an individual’s life span, from infancy to childhood, adulthood, and older age. The infant silhouette contains DNA, and the figures are enveloped by the nuclear and plasma membranes. These components reference the evolution of immunity over millennia, as viruses integrated into the genome and as life progressed from single-celled to multicellular organisms. See the special section beginning on page 586.

Illustration: Rioka Hayama

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · Aug 2

Trump on Friday proved that fears about the president manipulating official data in his favor are founded, as he fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, due to a...

Trump Fires BLS Chief After Jobs Report Reveals How Bad Economy Is

Donald Trump is going to cook the books. Prepare to question all official economic data from this administration.

newrepublic.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: 31 Days of Action – All August!

Funding cuts. Banned words. Fired public servants.

Trump & his cronies are dismantling America’s greatest experiment - our democracy - & with it, science.

Between now & Sept 30th we decide: Are we a democracy… or an oligarchy?

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jul 30

Have you benefited from a medical treatment or know someone who has? This one man wants to shut it all down. It sounds nonsensical and mad. And it is. But Russell Vought is head of the OMB, wants to and can do it. Call your members of Congress. Get rid of Vought, not medical research.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jul 30

Russell Vought wanted to shut down all extramural grants from NIH in this current fiscal year, putting stop to ALL research across the US. Someone in the White House had better sense. But Vought is a dangerous man, who will stop at nothing to destroy science in America. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding

The administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.

www.wsj.com

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Jul 31

#onemillionrising and right up for it! Not. Cooperating. With. This. Authoritarian. Takeover.
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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Jul 30

Wishing you a full & speedy recovery!!! Neither the NY Ironweed nor the Joe Pye Weed are quite ready for their glam headshots (& they are NOT weeds!) but your Colorado born, NJ resident fan club sends best wishes & an IOU for photos of those “weeds” when in full bloom! Be well, & thanks!

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Jul 17

#OneMillionRising 😤🙂‍↕️❤️

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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · Jul 15

Wow!!! 🤩 Thank you and the delphinia for tremendously brightening my day!

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