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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 21h

Was it ever alive? I joined because I heard it was like old Twitter but I never see much in the way of decent science conversation on here. Maybe people have just abandoned social media.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 1d

It's more than 20 years old, so obviously doesn't discuss many of the amazing discoveries since, prominent among them being the tissue repair functions of Tregs, identifying them as immune system regulators not merely suppressor T cells.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 1d

I've noted for a long time a desire among many to try & write particular people out of the narrative of the history of Treg research. This review, by the one person everyone agrees is pivotal, provides an accurate assessment for those who don't know the field:

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Naturally Arising CD4+ Regulatory T Cells for Immunologic Self-Tolerance and Negative Control of Immune Responses

▪ Abstract Naturally occurring CD4+ regulatory T cells, the majority of which express CD25, are engaged in dominant control of self-reactive T cells, contributing to the maintenance of immunologic sel...

www.annualreviews.org

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 1d

Séamus Heaney was also uncontactable as he was sailing when he won for literature in '95

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 2d

I think, Fiona Powrie, Ethan Shevach, Jeff Bluestone, Diane Mathis and Christoph Benoist all would lay claim too. Don Mason is dead, but he probably started his studies in the area at a similar time to Sakaguchi.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 2d

All praise to him is well warranted.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 2d

It is strange that there hasn't been an award for T cells/B cells, given that there is sufficient consensus that Miller and Cooper could share it.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 2d

The mention of Sakaguchi alone was cold, Jeff 😂

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have any expertise/experience with interrogating SNP/InDel in a mouse genome using a reference genome. We have an alignment and are using Integrated Genomics Viewer, but are having trouble figuring some stuff out.

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Center for Immunology-UMN @cfi-umn.bsky.social · Aug 25

With deep gratitude, we thank Dr. Marc Jenkins for his decades of leadership, mentorship, and dedication to the Center for Immunology. The foundation he built will guide and inspire us for years to come.

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Igor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · Aug 25

Gianna Hammer & I are thrilled to co-Chair the 64th @midwinter-immun.bsky.social Conference of Immunologists Jan. 24-27, 2026. Join us & an amazing lineup of speakers including Carla Rothlin as Dan Campbell memorial lecturer for some exciting science in lovely Asilomar, CA!
www.midwconfimmunol.org

Midwinter Conference of Immunologists

The Midwinter Conference of Immunologists was founded in 1961 by a small group of Immunologists, among them Drs. Dan Campbell and Ray Owen. The goal of the Midwinter Conference is to provide a forum w...

www.midwconfimmunol.org

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Jeremy Kamil @macroliter.bsky.social · Aug 17

Ugh. So many businesses thrive only by amplifying insecurities and making us feel inadequate: Not good enough, not beautiful enough, not clean enough, not rich enough, not thin enough, not popular enough, not tech savvy enough. EFF THAT. Don’t buy what they’re selling. You’re wonderful as you are.

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Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · Aug 2

Studying ecoimmunology? 🌍🧬

Submit your work to Discovery Immunology’s new Ecoimmunology Special Collection, exploring how ecological factors shape immune responses in humans & animals.

📢 Editors: Dr Iris Mair & Prof Kathryn Else

🔗 https://bit.ly/4lZX3NM
##Ecoimmunology #Immunology

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jul 29

Does anyone have any recommendations for a company/service that can sequence a mouse genome (B6 background) and provide analysis to a reference genome?

Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm also expecting that the number of submissions from "the elite" will increase as their hit rate drops, and so the effective payline will likely be worse as the competition within a given study section increases.

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jul 25

And what is a reviewer morally obligated to do? Is scoring the way we're meant to a bigger dereliction of duty than driving score compression.

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Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · Jul 17

🐭 How does microbial exposure shape mouse model outcomes?

A new Discovery Immunology study compares naturalization methods - co-housing, feralization, or both, and reveals distinct effects on gut immunity and microbiota.

🔗 https://bit.ly/44md5LQ
##Microbiome #Immunology

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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Super excited to announce that MRC has funded a new Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Working together, Manchester and Oxford are going to tackle a major challenge of our times. For those who wonder what the Exposome is - see yesterday's posts! www.ukri.org/news/centre-...

Centre to study how exposome causes chronic inflammatory disease

A new Medical Research Council (MRC) centre will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases.

www.ukri.org

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Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · Jul 16

Writing a paper?

Join us tomorrow at 12:00 BST for a free webinar with OUP Publisher Rachel Moriarty & our very own EIC Simon Milling.

Essential tips on journal selection, peer review, and maximising impact.

Register here: https://bit.ly/44ARC1p

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jun 30

100%. There are so many things need saving, that constituents aren't going to be calling their Senators about NIH, and "I saved NIH" isn't going to buy any points if everything else goes through. Nobody is saving NIH.

Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great piece re how to tackle reproducibility/fraud in science. Like many things in life, policing is a blunt tool, we should tackle the underlying causes of these issues.

academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

The negative impacts of “impact”

Recent articles in several scientific journals highlight the troubling upsurge in retractions and data manipulation impacting the integrity of peer-reviewe

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Philip Ahern @philipahern.bsky.social · Jun 27

Does anyone have DNA/ear biopsy from SJL (CD45.1) mice from Taconic or Charles River (originating from there, even if they've been in-house for a long time that's fine) that they can share? I don't have much reach here, would appreciate people sharing the post.

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Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · Jun 25

New immunological discoveries deserve wide reach.

With read & publish deals, eligible authors can publish open access in Discovery Immunology for free! 🚀

Find out if you’re eligible here: bit.ly/4no9OTy

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 13

Lawmakers in Congress should not be buying, trading, and owning individual stocks. Period.

It’s long past time to BAN Congressional stock trading.

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Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · Jun 14

📢 Final call! Submissions for the Re-discovering Myeloid Cells Special Collection close end of June 2025.

Share your latest insights into myeloid cell biology, function, and pathology. Don’t miss out!

🔗 https://bit.ly/43OULe9

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