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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 20h

According to some journalists, Fred Ramsdell is also "located in Seattle" even though his professional affiliation is to Sonoma Biotherapeutics, which is "located" in both SF and #seattle. Many nuances here. @geekwire.com
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 20h

They found him in Colorado. Off the grid. www.gjsentinel.com/news/nationa...

Hiking Nobel laureate finally learns of his prize

After an amusing game of phone tag, the Nobel Prize committee on Tuesday finally spoke to laureate Fred Ramsdell, who was hiking "off the grid" when the news broke.

www.gjsentinel.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely to see our #seattle scientist Mary Brunkow among winners. #immunology

Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to some neat fundamental research on the immune system: peripheral immune tolerance. It's what keeps the body's defense mechanism in check—and could be key to new therapies for autoimmune disorders. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to Mary Brunkow of #seattle for #immunology discoveries leading to shared #Nobel ...
Congrats to Institute for Systems Biology.
#research #science

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes the dark humor almost compensates for the losses. Below, part of a cartoon by Miriam Jayaratna + Wendi Aarons in @thenewyorker.bsky.social reimagining Disney without #vaccines.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 13d

Reading @drewharvell.bsky.social's book + today's word is "kleptocnidae" for how nudibranchs steal nematocysts (stinging cells) from anemones they eat.
They steal immature cells + nematocysts continue developing + become stinging for nudis.
#dockfouling #nudibranchs
www.google.com/books/editio...

The Ocean's Menagerie

An elegantly written exploration of the cutting edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologistHundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that...

www.google.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19d

"You have to stick" it out through the discouragements, so that you get (PhD) and can then design your own experiments, she said. The need to stick it out underlies ALL discovery.
🧪 #science Mostly her experiments failed. #scifri @scifri.bsky.social

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19d

Delightful interview with genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King of #seattle @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social
She talks about origins of her curiosity/diligence/logic that led her to discover #BRCA1 (mutation that increases risk of breast cancer) in 1990.
#breastcancer
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dr-...

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

www.sciencefriday.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 19d

I was walking with a birding group, on a tour where a leader is pointing out birds. Many had their phones out. 🧪🤳

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 20d

Weight of that cat?

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 20d

For my #birding commty. @ebrrh.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
#birder #pnw
#paleo #dinosaurs

A cartoon shows a pterodactyl flying towards a couple. The woman says " This can't be right - my app says it's an American tree sparrow."

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SciLine @sciline.org · 21d

New toolkit for reporters! Check out SciLine's resources for covering vaccines responsibly in 2025, an essential guide for local reporters navigating vaccine coverage! bit.ly/46axrsc

Someone with blue gloved hands handles a medical syringe

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 22d

Among the generous + eloquent speakers @wsna.bsky.social president Justin Gill, @meadekrosby.bsky.social on climate, @irahyman.bsky.social on misinformation @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social on journalism and hope.. and many others. Is the ominous sky symnbolic?

A man in khaki pants and blue shirt stands at a lectern in front of a red sign that reads "Stand Up, Speak Out." He is talking at a rally for Stand Up for Science and Mobilize Wallingford and DeFund Musk at the Seattle Waterfront on Sept 14, 2025. His name is Michael Bradbury.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 22d

Just a link to Red Cross list of all the CPR classes available in Puget sound area www.redcross.org/take-a-class...

Search | Classes, Products, Articles | Red Cross

Search Red Cross Classes, Products and Articles online.

www.redcross.org

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 23d

Hooray for @sufsseattle.bsky.social and others Standing for Science today at #Seattle #waterfront

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 24d

I offer Karen Bakker, a scientist who died in 2024, but wrote the book "The Sounds of Life" and spoke at @townhallseattle.bsky.social
Highlight: "Mother #whales whisper to their babies."
Hear her describe acoustic research.
#AI @ubcoceans.bsky.social
www.everand.com/listen/podca...

Listening to 190. Karen Bakker with Sally James: Uncovering the Secret Sounds of Life | Everand

www.everand.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you for this reporting. #journalism #analysis

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

If you animate that pika, so those whiskers wiggle just a little, I'm thinking - major @instagram @bsky.app success. Just such a cute face. #cute #science #charming #megafauna

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

Check out Elena Cheung and her Substack with wryly funny essays on #yoga.
Latest compares core muscle cooperation to awkward group projects of middle school. #nerd
#anatomy
elenashapeshifts.substack.com/p/your-core-...

Your core is a group project

Some parts fetch, some nap, some bark at the mailman... but they always coordinate for snacks.

elenashapeshifts.substack.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 28d

Had reason to look up my own story on #social #acceptance and when it isn't there for families with children with disabilities.
#belonging #ostracism
@seattlechildrens.org
(a few years old 👓)
www.parentmap.com/article/acce...

Acceptance key for children with disabilities

Tips for supporting parents whose children face challenges

www.parentmap.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Sep 4

"Our good deans aren’t holding back the worst; they are legitimating it."

One of many stark warnings in an interview with Prof. Ben Robinson, who was sanctioned by IU (Indiana University) following a single anonymous complaint. 1/

academeblog.org/2025/09/02/t...

The Complicity of University Bureaucrats: An Interview with Ben Robinson

BY JENNIFER RUTH “The disaster that we fear will happen to us is happening to us. Our good deans aren’t holding back the worst; they are legitimating it.” – Associate Professor of Germanic Studies …

academeblog.org

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 28d

There is irony that a #physician suffers the same diagnosis he #researches. But Ross Camidge also shares hard-won wisdom. "If a treatment is so horrible that a patient can’t handle it, then it is not an advancement."
#lungcancer
Thanks @jfreemandaily.bsky.social for sharing
tinyurl.com/nmz9bsf5

World Lung Cancer Expert Diagnosed with Advanced Lung Cancer

D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, has spent his career fighting lung cancer. In 2022, that fight turned personal when he received a diagnosis of his own.

news.cuanschutz.edu

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 29d

Today is a very #seattle puzzle.

Strands #555
“No gray area”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 6

Your children's health - as you live and breathe in these smokey cities - is being harmed. #publichealth
No matter how you vote, your lungs are suffering.
www.lung.org/clean-air/ou...

Particle Pollution

It may be hard to imagine that pollution could be invisible, but ozone is. The most widespread pollutant in the U.S. is also one of the most dangerous.

www.lung.org