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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Feb 4
Because @jengommerman.bsky.social got so humpty about my response to her musical suggestions 🙄- here is the first public offering of the playlist for immunologists. Need more B cell help. @victora.bsky.social @marionpepper.bsky.social
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Immunology
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 22h
Rubbing shoulders with a @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate! 🤩What a week!

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person: isbscience.org/news/press-r...

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Left to right: Sean Gibbons, Naeha Subramanian, Mary Brunkow, Anna Kuchina, and Sid Venkatesh
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d
Hard to compete with this.
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European Journal of Immunology @eurjimmunol.bsky.social · 1d
📣 EJI is proud to share that this year’s Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Sakaguchi, published with us on 6 October: bit.ly/46R7n4g
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Shimon for receiving the prize in recognition of his pioneering work on Tregs. #NobelPrize #Immunology #Tregs
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 2d
Welcome back - I’ve had no one to troll about TB!
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Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 2d
Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵
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Klaus Okkenhaug @klausokken.bsky.social · 2d
Nobel prize for Tregs!
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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Nature @nature.com · 2d
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 4d
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Beth Moore @bmoore-beth.bsky.social · 5d
Denise Kirschner talks about her research for Discovery Research week storage.thankview.com/uploads-vide...
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 5d
Congrats - it’s all gravy from here on!!!!
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Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle.bsky.social · 5d
I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation. genoyerlab.com
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 5d
The October issue of #Science #Immunology is out now! This week: how #TCR avidity shapes #CD8 #TCell responses to #mRNA #vaccines and the latest research on the immunology of #brain #tumors reviewed! New content added every week!

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Decoding the Brain Tumor Immune Microenvironment. Brain tumors originate either from within the brain or as metastases from other tissues and pose major clinical challenges because of their heterogenous and aggressive nature. Bunse et al. review the cellular and molecular determinants of brain tumor antigenicity and factors that contribute to the immunosuppressive brain tumor microenvironment (TME). This month’s cover illustration depicts distinct malignant glioma (upper left) and metastatic (bottom right) TMEs as collages of aperiodic penrose tiles overlaid on a stylized positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain. Credit: Rioka Hayama
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 11d
Ian Banks - The Wasp Factory! One critic described it as "a work of unparalleled depravity"
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 11d
Hearing from someone in NIH program:

“Our final Task Order for $6.2M went out today. Every obstacle DOGE put up to keep us from funding new TOs and extending others was overcome. My fired contract officers were rehired. It was a lot of work, but we did it.
For now.”
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 12d
I'm proud of our new study showing that some people born in the 1990s have high levels of antibodies that cross-react to H3 viruses from the 1990s and....contemporary H1N1 viruses. Such a surprising story led by Grace Li, in collaboration with many Penn-CEIRR labs. 1/
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Childhood immunological imprinting of cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin head domain of influenza viruses
Influenza virus cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin (HA) head are rare. Here, we found that a large proportion of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) isolated from individuals immunized with...
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 12d
Toxoplasma for the win! There is a reason its the King of Pathogens!
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 13d
people.com/south-park-r.... Toxoplasma for the win!!
'South Park' Gives FCC's Brendan Carr Explosive Diarrhea and Nearly Takes Away His 'Freedom of Speech' amid Kimmel Controversy
'South Park' aired its first episode since Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was pulled by ABC. The episode comes after series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced there would be no new episode ...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 14d
Hello @notredame.bsky.social ! Looking forward to my lecture tomorrow. Details here: science.nd.edu/events/2025/...
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Hind Hussein, PhD @hindhussein.bsky.social · 14d
Hello everyone! I am a postdoc in mucosal immunology and I am looking for new postdoc position in Europe! I know a lot about gut mast cells, but also CD4 T cells and type 2/3 immunity in general. I've worked with single cell sequencing and neuroimmune interactions. Feel free to share! Thank you! ♥️🥼👩‍🔬
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 14d
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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 16d
Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins
Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Sep 3
RFK Jr critic Paul Offit removed from FDA vaccine advisory committee. Paul remains one of the most thoughtful scientists I know to articulate the importance of vaccine safety and proper clinical trials!
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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Sep 1
In @elife.bsky.social: IL-27 limits HSPC differentiation during infection and protects from stem cell exhaustion doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
IL-27 limits HSPC differentiation during infection and protects from stem cell exhaustion
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Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff.bsky.social · Aug 18
Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · Aug 25
It's #MucosalMonday! Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Timing Exposure to Microbes," featuring Dr. Michael Silverman, from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Listen here -> bit.ly/4lxNC7F
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