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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Sep 1

Median lifetime earnings by education. Yes, a PhD is worth it.

www.tamus.edu/data-science...

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Daniela Latorre @lablatorre.bsky.social · Jul 30

🔬PhD position available!

Join our 🇨🇭🇮🇹 collaborative project on #Neuroimmunology and #ParkinsonsDisease — work with patient-derived samples and cutting-edge methods.

📄 Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1Znx_...

@syis-ecr.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

PhD Position_Neuroimmunology.pdf

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Jul 24

Postdoc Opening – Cancer & Immune Interactions
We’re hiring! Fully funded position to explore next-gen vaccines using organ-on-chip tech.

🔬 Study tumor–immune crosstalk in multi-organ systems
🤝 Work with 6 labs (microfluidics, organoids, bioinfo)

Apply by Aug 25

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Cancer-Immune Interactions in Human Organoid Systems - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with University of Tübingen | 12841595

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to determine the impact of cancer on immune responses in human organoid systems.

www.nature.com

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great meeting! The exchange with fellow Emmy-Noether-awardees is an extremely valuable feature that other early career grants lack! Thanks for making this possible @dfg.de

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jul 17

Rund 150 (!) aktuell und ehemalig Geförderte waren beim diesjährigen #EmmyNoether-Jahrestreffen - und es war wieder einmal lustig, produktiv, sonnig, kollaborativ, synergetisch, kommunikativ und noch viel mehr. 😊
Kurzer Bericht, mehr Impressionen & die Präsentationen zu den Talks:
fcld.ly/ent2025

Bilderstrecke aus 6 Fotos: Gruppenaufnahme der Teilnehmer*innen am See in Potsdam und weitere Personen-Abbildungen in kommunikativen Situationen

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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · Jun 27

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

The human microbiome—comprising trillions of microorganisms—interacts closely with our immune, metabolic, and nervous systems. It influences directly our health.

On #WorldMicrobiomeDay, we celebrate the science that shows how much Microbes Matter.

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you’re curious what we’ve been up to lately, check out this feature on our recent work in Attempto!

Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 Eine neue Ausgabe von ATTEMPTO! – der Zeitschrift für Forschung der Universität Tübingen - gibt es online und als Printmagazin. 🤗 Wir wünschen viel Lesevergnügen: www.uni-tuebingen.de/attempto
📷: Illustration: ChatGPT / DALL-E; Titelfoto: Valentin Marquardt, MockUp: pixpine

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · Feb 14

Can vaccines heal cancer? In this episode, Prof. Juliane Walz reveals: "Very, very early in my life, I decided I wanted to do something with cancer and develop treatments for cancer." Discover personalized peptide vaccines in cancer immunotherapy 👉uni-tuebingen.de/en/269679 #Podcast #CancerResearch

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Feb 8

It was so much fun meeting all the wonderful new profs of BW and learning more about lab atomization and AI-assisted surgery. #TheNerdLänd

Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great evening in Stuttgart celebrating that Baden-Württemberg is #TheNerdLänd with my #ERCStG colleagues @therealimmunecell.bsky.social and @mariuslemm.bsky.social
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Florian, Marius, and Isa (aka Krebs, Quantum, and Pilz, according to the Tagblatt) smiling in front of the Baden-Württemberg banner saying Wilkommen in the nerd Länd

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µOrganoLab @microorganolab.bsky.social · Jan 20

🚨 Join the #EUROoCS digital lecture with Peter Loskill tomorrow, Jan 21, 5–6 PM CET!
Learn how #immunocompetent tissues enhance #OrganOnChip models for Immuno #Oncology, (cardio) #metabolic & #ophthalmology research! 🔬🧫
👉 Register at: bit.ly/EUROoCS-Lecture

@plosk.bsky.social
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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Jan 14

Nothing like walking into work and seeing this—the colors are pure magic!

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Jan 7

Excited to see this paper out. Durability is the holy grail of vaccine design. 💉 Here, we made the unexpected discovery that megakaryocytes, the cells that produce wound-healing platelets, can support long lasting vaccine immunity! #BiologyIsWild! 🧬🔬 Glad I could be part of this wonderful team!

HIPC @hipcproject.bsky.social · Jan 3

Our collaborators analyze multiple predictors of antibody response in #vaccines in humans.
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
Authors include: Bali Pulendran, Mark Mulligan, @tsanglab.bsky.social Steve Bosinger, @therealimmunecell.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

System vaccinology analysis of predictors and mechanisms of antibody response durability to multiple vaccines in humans - Nature Immunology

Pulendran and colleagues define a molecular signature that can be used to predict the durability of antibody responses to vaccination and reveal important insights into the mechanisms by which vaccine...

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Dec 18

CDC just confirmed the first severe case of #H5N1 in the US in a patient in Louisiana. This virus seems to be the same genotype D1.1 that is spreading in birds at the moment (so not the cattle genotype B3.13) that severely sickened the teenager in Canada. #IDsky 🧪

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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · Dec 12

Brilliant work congrats to the authors!

Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social · Dec 11

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Dec 12

Good point! Will definitely highlight the issues that still remain around using LLMs for coding.

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Dec 11

I guess one of the main worries I gathered from blog posts and other sources is that students would not be able to judge more complex code snippets as they lack the experience and then just copy without knowing what the code is doing. Any idea how to prevent that?

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Dec 11

So that would argue for introducing LLMs later on when students already have a good idea of the basics?

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks, Bryan. Yes, the ability to explain code is definitely a huge advantage vs a vignette!

Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Dec 10

Calling all bioinformatics experts: I’m considering incorporating LLMs (like ChatGPT) as coding assistants into a beginners class on omics analysis & applied bioinformatics. Are they a help or a crutch for early learners? What’s your take on the risks/benefits? #Bioinformatics #LLMs #CodingEducation

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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · Dec 6

Der CMFI Nikolaus war an der Universität Tübingen unterwegs und hat für die Studierenden und Mitarbeitenden Schokonikoläuse auf dem gesamten Campus versteckt. Sein Versteckspiel haben wir für euch gefilmt. #Nikolaus

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Der CMFI Nikolaus versteckt Geschenke an der Universität Tübingen

YouTube video by CMFI - Cluster of Excellence

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Anshul Kundaje @anshulkundaje.bsky.social · Dec 4

This is really horrific. These single cell reference atlases are widely used as is to train all kinds of models! This is one of the reasons I've constantly harping about uniform reprocessing & extremely careful QC of large atlases. 1/

Tomàs Montserrat Ayuso @tmontsay.bsky.social · Dec 3

scRNA-seq has revolutionized biology, but it’s not without challenges. We uncovered significant quality issues in widely used reference cell atlases like the Human Cell Atlas and Tabula Sapiens. Up to 85% of cells in some datasets are low-quality or misidentified!
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mashreghilab.bsky.social @mashreghilab.bsky.social · Nov 30

The Immune Alliance Meeting in Nara, Japan. Bridging great scientific exchange and collegial friendship across countries. @dgfi_org @YI_dgfi #immunology

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Nov 30

Fascinating findings: Immune system disruptions in cancer patients can persist over a decade post-treatment. We still know so little about the long-term impact of therapies on immunity.

Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Nov 29

Multiple myeloma long-term survivors exhibit sustained immune alterations decades after first-line therapy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Nov 29

Ah, now it worked. Thanks so much 😊

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hi John, thanks for your help and sorry to bother you. Indeed, on my end I don’t show up in the starter pack (I do see my account in other starter packs though, so it should generally be possible for my account to be added). Anything I can do to help/fix this?

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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · Nov 29

Would love to be added if still possible. 😊

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