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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 15d

The Vahedi Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Specialist A/B to join our dynamic research group studying the mechanisms of immune regulation. Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Research Specialist A/B

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Jason Yang @jasonyanglab.org · 23d

Happy to share that our collaboration with Christina
@stallingslab.bsky.social at WUSTL is out at @pnas.org ! Led by Erin Wang, they found that routing carbon away from peptidoglycans sensitizes Mtb to INH, even in DR-Mtb! Grateful to be part of this project!

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · 25d

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · 26d

Happy to share this mini review on IL-2 in type 2 immunity. IL-2 may be an old cytokine but there's still a lot to learn!!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Frontiers | The role of IL-2 in type 2 immunity

Type 2 immune responses are essential for protective immunity against helminth parasites and for promoting tissue repair, but they can also drive allergic in...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Aug 9

AT2 cell–derived GM-CSF is essential for establishing a terminally differentiated CD301b+ lung cDC2 compartment and type 2 immunity
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Kiwook @kim-lab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Big congratulations, Teruyuki Sano and his team on their publication in @nature.com ! It was great to collaborate this wonderful study with his team.
We continue to contribute more to science together, especallly in the field of immunology!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gut inflammation promotes microbiota-specific CD4 T cell-mediated neuroinflammation - Nature

Dysregulated CD4 T cells that recognize gut commensal antigens are able to infiltrate the central nervous systems and are re-stimulated by host proteins, resulting in neuroinflammation.

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Kiwook @kim-lab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thrilled to share that our paper is now published in Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social ! 🎉 It’s been a long journey, and I’m incredibly grateful to all my co-authors—especially Dr. Teruyuki_Sano—for your dedication. This wouldn’t have been possible without you!
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

IL-10 sensing by lung interstitial macrophages prevents bacterial dysbiosis-driven pulmonary inflammation and maintains immune homeostasis

Immune-microbiota interactions are required to maintain host homeostasis. Kim et al. identified that steady-state sensing of IL-10 by interstitial macrophages (IMs) prevents spontaneous lung inflammat...

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Gaetan Barbet @gaetanbarbet.bsky.social · Mar 12

March 12-13 are Rutgers Giving Days! Rutgers researchers at the Child Health Institute of NJ need your support to continue innovating, discovering, and combating childhood diseases.
Contribution will be match up to $5000 in donations by a generous donor.

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<p>Your gift supports the mission of the Child Health Institute of New Jersey to improve the health of children everywhere by studying the causes of childhood illnesses and developing new treatments a...

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Michal Caspi Tal, PhD @immunofever.bsky.social · Mar 6

Finally online - sharing our findings that #Lyme disease bacteria can live in female reproductive organs for over a year and increase risk for gynecological disease!!! We found this increased risk in mice and humans! 😱 (thread below)
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Alissa Rothchild @alissarothchild.bsky.social · Mar 4

So happy to share our latest paper on #AlveolarMacrophage responses to low-dose #LPS led by @pamelialim.bsky.social!AM #innate responses are enhanced by IFN-beta due to low c-Maf and IL-10 expression, with implications for AM responses to respiratory infections and environmental exposure. #ImmunoSky

Absence of c-Maf and IL-10 enables type I IFN enhancement of innate responses to LPS in alveolar macrophages

Abstract. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are lung-resident myeloid cells and airway sentinels for inhaled pathogens and environmental particles. While AMs can

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks!!

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Feb 26

CD301b+ DC-derived IL-2 dictates CD4+ T helper cell differentiation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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CD301b+ dendritic cell-derived IL-2 dictates CD4+ T helper cell differentiation - Nature Communications

A subset of migratory type 2 conventional dendritic cells marked by CD301b expression (CD301b+DC), are required specifically for the development of Th2 cells. Here authors show that at the mechanistic...

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · Feb 26

Excited to see this finally out!! We found IL-2 made by CD301b+ DCs critical for the Th2 fate decision of CD4T cells and skewing them away from the Tfh fate. They also seem to use their own CD25 to direct IL-2 to the cognate clone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CD301b+ dendritic cell-derived IL-2 dictates CD4+ T helper cell differentiation - Nature Communications

A subset of migratory type 2 conventional dendritic cells marked by CD301b expression (CD301b+DC), are required specifically for the development of Th2 cells. Here authors show that at the mechanistic...

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Immunominutes @cindyleifer.bsky.social · Feb 13

Come join our faculty! We’re hiring.

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The Guermonprez Lab at Institut Pasteur Paris @guermonprezlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Interested in cellular cross-talks between dendritic cells and T lymphocytes in lung cancer? Our team is recruiting a postdoctoral associate in immunology at Institut Pasteur Paris!
research.pasteur.fr/fr/job/post-...

Post-Doctoral position in cancer immunology and immunotherapy, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France - Research

Deciphering the role of intra-tumoral dendritic cells in the dynamic controlof CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes in lung cancer. A 3-year, post-doctoral position is available in the Guermonprez lab at Institu...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Feb 10

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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Dane Parker @daneparkerlab.com · Jan 31

Hello all. Finally made my way to 🦋. Looking for my people in host defense, innate immunology, bacterial pathogenesis and lung biology! Please help me find you!

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · Jan 31

Beautiful work. Congratulations!!

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Dan Kaplan @danhkaplan.bsky.social · Jan 30

Why scratching makes a rash worse and a potential benefit to scratching--it reduced S. aureus on skin. Andrew Liu's paper from our lab is out now at #science #neuroimmune #immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation

Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which scratching exacerbates inflammation and wheth...

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Peter Cook @drpetercook.bsky.social · Jan 29

*PhD project available funded by BBSRC WoH DLP,*. Are you interested in viral and fungal immunity? Keen to use learn the latest cutting edge technologies to address this working with partners at UKHSA? If yes then please reach out. Further details at: www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...

BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award | University of Surrey

17 PhD studentships for October 2025 start: Interdisciplinary approaches to Infection Biosciences to combat disease threats to human and animal health.

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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · Jan 25

Hello Friends, I created a 5th #immunology Starter Pack. If you're an immunologist and you don't see yourself on the lists, let me know 🧪

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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Friends, it's fun to see the #immunology community continue to grow! I created a 4th Starter Pack to help folks find each other. If you're an immunologist and you don't see yourself on the lists, let me know 🧪

go.bsky.app/PY5tCas

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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · Nov 19

Friends, the second #immunology starter pack filled in 3 days! I started a third to help folks new to BlueSky rebuild their network

Below are the links

If you're an immunologist and I have missed you so far, let me know 🧪

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Yoshiho Ikeuchi @yoshihoikeuchi.bsky.social · Jan 17

Our manuscript preprint is out!

bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Jan 17

Repetitive stimulation modifies network characteristics of neural organoid circuits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.16.633310v1

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Jennifer Hartt Elisseeff @jhelisseeff.bsky.social · Jan 22

We are looking for a research faculty to join the lab. Taking tissue engineering and regenerative immunology to the next level - deciphering immune-stromal networks that regulate tissue structure in health, injury and disease, especially aging! apply.interfolio.com/161101

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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · Jan 22

Interesting!! Congratulations!!

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