Lynn B. Dustin
@lynndustin.bsky.social
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American scientist living and working in UK. Immunology, virology, nature, dogs, birds, arts and literature, some politics and humor.
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Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Esther L. Jones @estherlj.bsky.social on her successful DPhil viva! A great collaborative project between the L. Dustin and Jelena Bezbradica @jelenalab.bsky.social labs. Many thanks to examiners Irina Udalova @udalovalab.bsky.social and Menna Clatworthy.
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WHO @who.int · Jun 10
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!

But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
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bachynski.bsky.social
Canceling clinical trials for life-saving treatments destroys families. Not autism.
Text reads: “Canceling clinical trials for life-saving treatments destroys families. Not autism.” Behind the text is an image of RFK Jr.
lynndustin.bsky.social
Seems like the light chain contributes more to antigen binding than the dogma claims it does
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sraponi.bsky.social
“The best revenge is to refuse their values. To embody the kind of living—free, colorful, open—they want to snuff out. So when they dehumanize, you humanize. When they try to fracture and divide people, you connect… When they try to make you cynical, you double down on hope.”
Anand Giridharadas
The opposite of fascism
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
the.ink
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WHO @who.int · Feb 11
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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Have you or a loved one been treated for cancer? Ever have a vaccine? Had someone you love revived by chest compressions? If so, then you have benefited from NIH-funded research, which has just been effectively shut down by the cancellation of NIH study sections. No new research allowed.
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lynndustin.bsky.social
now seems to be fixed
lynndustin.bsky.social
is the abstract attached to this preprint correct? It references protein structure prediction ("Recent breakthroughs have used deep learning to exploit evolutionary information in multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) to accurately predict protein structures....") rather than inflammatory syndromes.
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Super important thread on why we must continue vaccinating against Polio
angierasmussen.bsky.social
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.

Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.

So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Picture of a plaque assay (purple field with clear holes) showing gorgeous poliovirus plaques