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Michael Silverman @michael-silverman.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations Amanda!!!!

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Dr. Amanda Poholek @poholeklab.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to share my promotion to Associate Professor with tenure at @pitt-immunology.bsky.social! Huge thanks to my incredible lab, collaborators, department, colleagues, family & friends. Science is a team effort, and I'm so proud of our work & excited for what's next! Stay tuned!

Pitt Department of Immunology @pitt-immunology.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Poholek @poholeklab.bsky.social for her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure! Learn more about Dr. Poholek and her research: buff.ly/q14wey8

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 3d

Huge congratulations not only to the team leaders, but all the students, technicians and expert scientists who did the work that underpins this discovery. Their work, and the work of those following in their footsteps, is changing the future for autoimmune, transplant and oncology patients!

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats, @immunojake.bsky.social & Erica Culberson DeshmukhLab @cincyresearch.bsky.social
Antibiotic-induced microbiome disruption impairs infant antiviral immunity by reducing inosine levels to disturb CD8 T programming
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
@cellcellpress.bsky.social

Microbiota-derived inosine programs protective CD8+ T cell responses against influenza in newborns

Stevens et al. reveal that antibiotic-induced microbiome disruption impairs infant antiviral immunity by reducing inosine levels, which disturbs CD8+ T cell programming. Remarkably, Bifidobacterium co...

www.cell.com

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Meghan Azad, PhD @meghanazad.bsky.social · Jun 13

New commentary co-authored w/ collaborators Liat Shenhav & Mike Silverman 🧪🤱🏻

We are intrigued by weaning:
- How does it affect the infant #microbiome? Immune development?
- Is it the stopping of milk, or the starting of other foods that drives these processes?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Interaction between breast milk antibodies and gut microbes shape immune responses during weaning @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!!!! Well deserved!
Tregs rock!

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Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social · 7d

The whole Molecular Mucosal Immunology group is very excited to be part of the BIIE! This solidifies the Oxford-Switzerland collaboration that defines my group and provides the support and environment we need to get our ideas out into the world! Those gut pathogens had better watch out 😉🧪🧫🔬

The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations Emma!

@mucosalimmunology.bsky.social joint appointment with the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) in Basel will link the Dunn School with a new team of world-leading bioengineers working towards novel therapies, vaccines and diagnostics.
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Professor Emma Slack forges link with Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - Dunn School

Professor Emma Slack, the Barclay-Williams Professor of Molecular Immunology at the Dunn School, has accepted a joint appointment at the newly founded Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE).

www.path.ox.ac.uk

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 7d

Dr. Meghan Koch from @fredhutch.org has discovered a biological mechanism sprung in the first week of life that trains a mouse pup’s #ImmuneSystem to tolerate harmless gut bugs and new foods.

⚗️ Abstract: https://bit.ly/4nt6qGh
📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/46N7vBY

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 15d

I'm having this surreal realization that standing up for evidence and data has become a politically polarizing position, and I don't know what to do about that.

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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · 16d

It’s #MucosalMonday! 🎙️ A new episode of the Mucosal Immunology podcast drops next Monday, Sept 29. Until then, catch up with “Timing Exposure to Microbes” featuring Dr. Michael Silverman, brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social

Listen here -> bit.ly/4lxNC7F

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Elizabeth Greenspan @lizgreenspan.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks so much! So glad to hear.

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Ian S. Pumpkins @icpetrie.bsky.social · 22d

Kudos for @lizgreenspan.bsky.social

Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · 22d

I also read this book.

One of those academic books where you think you’ll just mine it for a few references, and end up just getting wrapped up in it. Beautifully written and gets at core issues around public spaces and memorialization.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am here to say vaccines are awesome because guess what Denmark is close to completely eliminating the two most dangerous HPV strains (serotype 16 and 18) and with the cervical cancer.I think that is bloody AMAZING!!!!
bit.ly/4pbHxjT

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out

A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.

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Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social · 28d

Come and be my colleague at the Dunn School! It‘s a brilliant place to work and exciting to be building up our immunology team. Do apply. Do pass on the news 💉🧬🦠🔬🧫

The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 29d

We're hiring (again)!

We are looking for an associate professor in cell and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology (defined broadly)

If you have a great record and exciting plans, consider joining our thriving and welcoming department

www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28d

The gut microbiota directs vitamin A flux to regulate intestinal T cell development @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Michael Silverman @michael-silverman.bsky.social · Sep 7

Congratulations Kazuki!!!

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Science in Boston @scienceinboston.com · Sep 6

Dr. Kazuki Nagashima (@microbiometcell.bsky.social) from @harvardmcb.bsky.social has received a $100,000 research gift from Noster Inc. to support his lab’s studies on how the immune system interacts with the #microbiome. 🦠

Congratulations Dr. Nagashima! https://bit.ly/3JNI8rM

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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · Aug 28

Miss any of our podcasts episodes? You can find them all on our MI site: www.mucosalimmunology.org/multimedia/a...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Aug 28

Obesity-associated saturated long-chain fatty acids regulate lung macrophage phenotype and function at steady state and during lung inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · Aug 25

Time for the August episode of the #MucosalMonday MI Podcast featuring a discussion with @michael-silverman.bsky.social, @marionbrunck.bsky.social, and Agnes Garcias Lopez; Medical mystery from @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social; and MI research with @kknoop.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/0Q4Ve1x...

Timing Exposure to Microbes

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · Aug 22

Night Sky on Mars

#nasadailyupdates

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Connor Tiffany @microbe-enjoyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to see the preview @joeyzacks.bsky.social and I wrote on the excellent paper recently published by the Gibbons Lab @gibbological.bsky.social is in press! I'd encourage folks interested in bacterial pathogenesis or microbial ecology to check out the preview and the research article!

Microbial bellwether: Community-scale metabolic modeling to predict infection

Microbial colonization is shaped by a complex network of interactions that influence both commensals and pathogens, including the public-health threat…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to team up with @microbe-enjoyer.bsky.social to highlight fantastic work by @gibbological.bsky.social, Alex Carr, and colleagues using community scale metabolic models to predict risk for C. difficile colonization!

See the initial study here: www.cell.com/cell-systems...

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