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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Jul 25

So that’s actually my cat in the talk!
He’s on Instagram as @maothetabbycat. www.instagram.com/maothetabbyc...

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A/Prof Sam Stehbens PhD (She/Her) @samstehbens.bsky.social · Jul 23

Fantastic talk from @kelvintuong.bsky.social at IMB #UQ this morning. Importantly …another scientist who uses #cats in their talk. #CatsOfAcademia #IMB-alumni

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Jul 1

dandelionR: Single-cell immune repertoire trajectory analysis in R is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Checkout our package at github.com/tuonglab/dan... and on Bioconductor 3.21 onwards!

Thanks to everyone involved! @thehumanborch.bsky.social

dandelionR: Single-cell immune repertoire trajectory analysis in R

Integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and adaptive immune receptor (AIR) sequencing (scVDJ-seq) is extremely powerful in studying lymp…

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · May 23

Data standards for single‐cell RNA‐sequencing of paediatric cancer - Xu - 2025 - Clinical & Translational Immunology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

<em>Clinical & Translational Immunology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library

Publicly available scRNA-seq data can support new research ideas, especially in resource-limited settings, but the lack of standards complicates data validation and analysis. In this article, we revi....

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · May 15

New research out from the Belz lab! Very happy to have played a small role in this amazing work!

natimmunol.nature.com @natimmunol.nature.com · May 15

Chaudhry et al show that the transcriptional repressor GFI1 is required for the generation and maintenance of stem cell memory CD8+ T cells. Read it here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

GFI1-driven transcriptional and epigenetic programs maintain CD8+ T cell stemness and persistence - Nature Immunology

Belz and colleagues show that GFI1, a transcriptional repressor that recruits histone-modifying enzymes, is necessary for the generation and maintenance of stem cell memory CD8+ T cells.

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Jhelam N. Deshpande @djhelam1.bsky.social · Apr 6

Glad that the first thing that I share on here is our (@efronhofer.bsky.social , Vasilis Dakos and Oliver Kaltz) work from my PhD thesis at @isemevol.bsky.social on host parasite eco-evolution in spatial networks out now in Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems

Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

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Michelle Linterman @linterman.bsky.social · Apr 3

Great to have our paper out in @pnas.org showing that lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation.

@smguillaume.bsky.social @wsfoster.bsky.social @sanmarti92.bsky.social @emae-watson.bsky.social Silvia Innocentin, Grant Kennedy & Alice Denton. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation | PNAS

The lungs are constantly exposed to the external environment and a myriad of antigenic challenges within the air. Chronic exposure to allergens and...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Apr 3

Lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@linterman.bsky.social
@smguillaume.bsky.social
@wsfoster.bsky.social
@sanmarti92.bsky.social
@emae-watson.bsky.social

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Mar 31

ktplotspy (Python)
github.com/zktuong/ktpl...

GitHub - zktuong/ktplotspy: Python library for plotting Cellphonedb results. Ported from ktplots R package.

Python library for plotting Cellphonedb results. Ported from ktplots R package. - zktuong/ktplotspy

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Mar 31

ktplots (R)
github.com/zktuong/ktpl...

GitHub - zktuong/ktplots: Some tools for plotting single-cell data

Some tools for plotting single-cell data. Contribute to zktuong/ktplots development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Mar 31

CellPhoneDB v5 is officially published!
nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy to have played a small role in it by developing some tools to help visualise the complex cell-cell interaction data!

#SingleCell

CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell–cell communication from single-cell multiomics data - Nature Protocols

CellPhoneDB combines a curated database of receptor–ligand interactions with methods to infer cell–cell communication from single-cell expression data. This protocol update describes an expanded datab...

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Ben Hogan @benjhogan.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are recruiting a group leader in laboratory research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre in
Melbourne, Australia 🔬🦘💥

Work in a cutting edge research environment in a vibrant world city!

We value research excellence, creativity and diversity.

Join us!

careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...

Group Leader

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AI x Bio Discovery @aixbiobot.bsky.social · Mar 6

TEDDY: A Family Of Foundation Models For Understanding Single Cell Biology [new]
Foundation models trained on a large single-cell dataset with biological annotations enhance disease state identification, with improvements scaling with size.

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Feb 25

Very happy to share that I got lucky this round and was successful in my #NHMRC Investigator Grant!

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Feb 20

Disease diagnostics using machine learning of B cell and T cell receptor sequences @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@zazius.bsky.social
@anshulkundaje.bsky.social
@scottboydlab.bsky.social

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Shicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · Feb 13

B cells are crucial in infection, inflammation & cancer, acting at inflammation sites & forming tissue-resident memory. Impact on therapy & outcomes is profound. #BcellPower PMID:39910240, Nat Rev Immunol 2025, @NatRevImmunol https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-025-01137-6

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Feb 9

NKG7 is a stable marker of cytotoxicity across immune contexts and within the tumor microenvironment
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@eomesodermin.bsky.social @nsssusanna.bsky.social @rturiello.bsky.social

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Kelvin (Zewen) Tuong @kelvintuong.bsky.social · Feb 8

#single-cell Immune Repertoire Trajectory analysis in R www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

dandelionR: Single-cell immune repertoire trajectory analysis in R

Integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and adaptive immune receptor (AIR) sequencing (scVDJ-seq) is extremely powerful in studying lymphocyte development. A python-based package, Dandel...

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Petter Brodin @petterbrodin.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thanks for highlighting! Great session

Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · Feb 5

Phenomenal talk by Dr. Petter Brodin about Early life imprinting if human immune system. #KSinnateimmune25 @petterbrodin.bsky.social

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Feb 6

Review @natrevimmunol.bsky.social @laurenrodda.bsky.social @georgecelis.bsky.social
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

B cells in non-lymphoid tissues - Nature Reviews Immunology

B cells are major drivers of systemic immunity, but they also act locally in non-lymphoid organs. This Review highlights new insights into mechanisms of tissue B cell function as well as efforts to le...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jan 31

Temporal profiling of human lymphoid tissues reveals coordinated defense against SARS-CoV-2 challenge
@natimmunol.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jan 24

Mapping pre-existing immune landscapes to predict vaccine responses
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · Jan 23

Our new #immunology collection highlights recent studies on barrier immunity, microbiota, molecular immunology, neuroimmunology, and stem cells and regeneration. Explore new research from JEM to accompany the @midwinter-immun.bsky.social Conference! 📚👉 https://buff.ly/4geAP6W

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · Jan 23

Mapping cells through time and space with moscot https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08453-2 🧬🖥️🧪 https://github.com/theislab/moscot

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jan 23

A gut protozoan plays a key role in shaping the immunological steady state of the lung
@cellcellpress.bsky.social
Preview by @benjmarsland.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Manuscript from @theonlylabever.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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