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Steven Kleinstein @skleinstein.bsky.social · 7d

TODAY is the deadline for abstract submission for the 2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting!

immcantation.github.io/users-meetin...

Steven Kleinstein @skleinstein.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Immcantation.org user or interested in #Bcell repertoire analysis?
🗓️ Join the FREE virtual 2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting
📅 Jan 22, 2026 | ⏰ 10AM–1:30PM ET
📢 Abstracts due Oct 1, 2025
🔗 immcantation.github.io/users-meeting/2026

#AIRRseq #Immcantation

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fanofactor 🧬💻 @fanofactor.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 One week left! 🚨 Don’t forget to submit your 250-word abstract by October 1st! Share how you use Immcantation and contribute to building a supportive, collaborative research community. 🔗 2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting immcantation.github.io/users-meeting/2026 #airrseq #immunosky

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fanofactor 🧬💻 @fanofactor.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 Immcantation.org user or interested in #Bcell repertoire analysis?
🗓️ Join the FREE virtual 2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting
📅 Jan 22, 2026 | ⏰ 10AM–1:30PM ET
📢 Abstracts due Oct 1, 2025
🔗 immcantation.github.io/users-meeting/2026

#AIRRseq #Immcantation

2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting. Important information summary:
Who: open to the public
When: January 22nd, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 1:30 pm ET
Where: Virtual
Fee: Free
Abstracts due: October 1st, 2025
Final program: December 1st, 2025

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Jun 14

Our condolences to family and friends of our long collaborator Atul Butte. Word of his death came from Euan Ashley of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
#memorial
www.linkedin.com/posts/euanas...

Atul Butte died yesterday. | Euan Ashley

Atul Butte died yesterday. The world lost a giant. A big bear of a man. With a huge smile. With love for everyone. With energy that could power a room. I loved everything about Atul. I loved how he wa...

www.linkedin.com

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our collaborators @camilahcoelho.bsky.social @vivianasimonlab.bsky.social (+ others)
show that monovalent XBB.1.5 vaccines recall mostly cross-reactive antibodies to ancestral SARS-CoV-2, not robust de novo responses.
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#ImmuneSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Mapping of human monoclonal antibody responses to XBB.1.5 COVID-19 monovalent vaccines: a B cell analysis

Our findings offer key molecular insights into whether strain-specific boosters elicit sufficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants. This knowledge can inform decisions on booster design...

www.thelancet.com

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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social · May 10

Next week, we are hosting an international scientific workshop focused on the pathogenesis of #LongCovid at
@yalemed.bsky.social.

Please join us on May 15th to learn about what we know and what we need to investigate next to get to the root causes to accelerate therapies 👇🏼👇🏼

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · May 5

Don’t forget! 🌺🧪 Our HIPC symposium is happening tomorrow — join us for a great lineup of talks from
@bjoernpeters.bsky.social, @lungdrc.bsky.social, @settelab.bsky.social, Victoria Zyulina & Thomas Hagan
Tues May 6th | 8:30-10:30 am | Room 313C #Immunology #AAI2025 #HIPC

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Apr 23

Come get our #immune data, free #FAIRsharing is at @immportdb.bsky.social
- from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
@icahn.bsky.social
@yalemedicine.bsky.social
@stanfordimmunology.bsky.social
@benaroyaresearch.bsky.social
@lji.org
MIT, Seattle Children's
#AAI2025
#ImmuneSky #IDsky

Chart shows numbers of studies in data resource for Human Immunology Project consortium. more details at immunespace.org

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David van Dijk @vandijklab.bsky.social · Apr 18

What if LLMs could “read” & “write” biology? 🤔
Introducing C2S‑Scale—a Yale and Google collab: we scaled LLMs (up to 27B!) to analyze & generate single‑cell data 🧬 ➡️ 📝
🔗 Blog: research.google/blog/teachin...
🔗 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Teaching machines the language of biology: Scaling large language models for next-generation single-cell analysis

research.google

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 18

Below, from earlier today, confirmed @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/n...

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Apr 3

Exciting news!! We are happy to announce that we will have a HIPC Symposium at @aai.org on Tues, May 6th. HIPC will also have a Super Booth at #AAI2025 along with @iedb.bsky.social
and the iAKC Project. Check out the full Symposia list, and see you there! 🔗: immunology2025.aai.org/guest-sympos...

Guest Symposia - IMMUNOLOGY2025™

Information and details about Guest Symposia to be presented at IMMUNOLOGY2025™!

immunology2025.aai.org

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Michelle Linterman @linterman.bsky.social · Mar 17

Great to have our latest review "The cellular factors that impair the germinal center in advanced age" out @jimmunol.bsky.social.

Work led by @wsfoster.bsky.social and Edith Marcial-Juárez. With @sanmarti92.bsky.social creating the beautiful GC images in figure 2.

doi.org/10.1093/jimm...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 21

🚨☀️ Hey Bluesky! Know anyone near the following cities that would be willing to help us Stand Up for Science? ☀️🚨

Annapolis, MD
Bismarck, ND
Boise, ID
Charleston, WV
Dover, DE
Jackson, MS
Anchorage or Juneau, AK
Montpelier, VT
Richmond, VA

Send them our way!

#standupforscience2025

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Science Magazine @science.org · Feb 19

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.

So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests

New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

scim.ag

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fanofactor 🧬💻 @fanofactor.bsky.social · Feb 19

Presentations from the 2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting are now available on the Immcantation YouTube channel! Thank you to our speakers and participants! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #immcantation #airrseq #immunosky

2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting - YouTube

The 2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting (https://immcantation.github.io/users-meeting/2025/index.html) took place on January 30th, 2025. It served as a vir...

www.youtube.com

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our collaborators identify multi-omic factor that predicts #LongCovid
Among 50+ authors include @sesmalab.bsky.social @joanndarce.bsky.social @bjoernpeters.bsky.social
@slimfourati.bsky.social @droferlevy.bsky.social @leying2024.bsky.social
#IDsky #MedSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Identification of a multi-omics factor predictive of long COVID in the IMPACC study

Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, ∼10-35% of COVID-19 patients experience long COVID (LC), in which often debilitating symptoms persist for at least three months. Elucidating the biologic underpinnings ...

www.biorxiv.org

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HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Feb 17

Our collaborators @rgottardo.bsky.social and Ken Stuart (+ others) describe tagtango, an application to compare #single-cell annotations.
#bioinformatics
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

tagtango: an application to compare single-cell annotations

AbstractSummary. In this article, we present tagtango, an innovative R package and web application designed for robust and intuitive comparison of single-c

academic.oup.com

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The Daily Pub @thedailypub.bsky.social · Jan 13

Unlocking new insights with nipalsMCIA. This tool speeds up data analysis for big datasets by clustering and visualizing info faster than before. Check it out for both bulk and single cell data on Bioconductor with how-to guides and extras online.

nipalsMCIA: Flexible Multi-Block Dimensionality Reduction in R via Nonlinear Iterative Partial Least Squares.

Published in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

doi.org

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · Jun 10

nipalsMCIA: Flexible Multi-Block Dimensionality Reduction in R via Nonlinear Iterative Partial Least Squares https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.07.597819v1

Motivation: With the increased reliance on multi-omics data for bulk and single cell analyses, the a

www.biorxiv.org

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Steven Kleinstein @skleinstein.bsky.social · Jan 30

Interested in B cell receptor repertoire analysis? We have a great set of speakers lined up for the “2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting!” Check out the UPDATED program and register for this free virtual meeting taking place on 1/30/25 10AM-1:40PM (ET) at: immcantation.github.io/users-meetin...

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fanofactor 🧬💻 @fanofactor.bsky.social · Jan 29

Don’t miss the “2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting” on 1/30/25 10AM-1:40PM (ET) to learn how AIRR-seq can be used to study infection, vaccination, clonal lineages, and more. **UPDATED PROGRAM** and registration: immcantation.github.io/users-meetin... #immcantation #AIRRseq #immunosky #immunology

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Steven Kleinstein @skleinstein.bsky.social · Jan 17

Looking forward to hearing from the great speakers lined up for the “2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting!” Check out the program and register for this free virtual meeting 1/30/25 10AM-1:40PM (ET) at: immcantation.github.io/users-meetin... @immcantation.bsky.social

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