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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · 13h

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was just announced:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵

6 October 2025

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to:

Mary E. Brunkow
Institute for Systems Biology,
Seattle, USA

Fred Ramsdell
Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
San Francisco, USA

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

“for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the 2025 Nobel in Medicine Winners!
And a great day for immunology nerds to tell everyone how cool T Regs are!
THEY ARE SO COOL 😎

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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Kerri The Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🌊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @rushgirl3.bsky.social · 6d

"I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot.

Jamal Khashoggi, Journalist 10/13/1958-10/02/2018

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · 5d

Jamal died in his mission to seek truth. Thinking of you as you honor your friend in this post and through you work. May his memory be a blessing.

a candle is lit up in the dark and the flame is visible

Alt: a candle is lit up in the dark and the flame is visible

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Pacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 6d

Today we mourn the loss of Jane Goodall, one of the most passionate animal advocates the world has ever known. Through her work, she showed that wild animals can be intelligent and sentient beings, worthy of our appreciation and protection. She will be greatly missed.

people.com/jane-goodall...

Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature

Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

people.com

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · 6d

I cannot stop laughing at this frog confession 🐸🤣🤣🤣

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · 7d

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 7d

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.

The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.

buff.ly/8epl2QS

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jul 31

I’m very sorry for your loss

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Julie (unprofessional) @juliebalt.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.

Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’ve been trying to find the words to express my sadness at the loss of precious life in Texas, but there are none. My heart is with all the victims of the flood and those who love them 💔

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 27

We are so excited to share our manuscript describing the genetic architecture in a diverse, international cohort of childhood-onset lupus patients.
-We found that cSLE patients have a high burden of BOTH common and rare SLE risk variants
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#lupus #genomics #cSLE
lupus.bmj.com/content/12/1...

Next generation sequencing analysis reveals complex genetic architecture of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Objectives Our current understanding of the genetic architecture of childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) is limited by a dearth of comprehensive genomic studies in cSLE. We have quantified the number of known r...

lupus.bmj.com

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Same to you on both counts! I regret that we forgot to get a photo of us together. Looking forward to continuing our exciting collaboration in #cSLE! 🧬 🔬🧫🧪

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Honored to be invited to speak about #lupus genetics in global populations at #EULAR25, alongside the incredible Drs. Belot and Vinuesa! So much exciting data, and we are just beginning! 🧬🔬🌍

Dr Lewandowski stands at a podium presenting her talk.

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congratulations to Dr Eve Smith for EULAR abstract award-Clinical Science for our collaboration in childhood-onset #lupus! Thankful to FOREUM-RRF for funding this exciting international collaboration to advance clinical research for cSLE! More great things ahead! #EULAR25 #lupus
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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great to meet you after all this time knowing you in the virtual space! 💜

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Juvenile Arthritis Research @jarproject.bsky.social · Jun 13

So great to meet @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social in person for the first time today! @eular.org #eular2025

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks @georgearobinson.bsky.social! Exciting times ahead indeed! 🧬🔬🙌🏼

George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 12

Absolute powerhouse genetics session at #EULAR2025 with fantastic talks from @alexandrebelot.bsky.social, @carovinuesa.bsky.social, and @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social
Exciting times ahead! 🧬

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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · Jun 6

My hero, economist Claudia Goldin, doggedly using data to show that many women continue to be paid less than they deserve, like she’s been doing for the past 30 goddamn years #econsky

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...

Opinion | How Underpaid Are W.N.B.A. Players? It’s Embarrassing.

www.nytimes.com

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Laura Lewandowski @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social · May 31

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