BIG BREAKING:
Just spoke with my CDC sources.
They said RFK Jr. has ordered a complete pause on infectious diseases testing, which includes rabies, tuberculosis, mumps, and hantavirus.
RFK Jr. wants to freely move these infectious diseases among the people.
Please spread this message widely.
Time to think about nominations
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#Tuberculosis #WomenInStem
Two light brown bunnies, one sitting beside and one inside a wicker basket, are sitting next to patterned Easter eggs.
This is really not a way to live.
The United States Capitol building with its iconic dome under a clear blue sky, framed within a colorful triangular border.
AAI strongly urges Congress to reject the Administration's proposal to cut the NIH budget by $5.8 billion and continue its longstanding support for lifesaving biomedical research. Read our statement in full: https://ow.ly/cVXj50YCWfK
To be a black woman.
If only we had an intervention, like I don't know, a vaccine that works!
I agree with the concerns except I do support no chair summaries. The chairs can significantly inject their own biases into the discussion when they haven't even reviewed the grant at length like the assigned reviewers. I think there is merit to that move.
Some shit is about to go down with NIH study sections, friends. Keep your eyes peeled for change that may affect your grant submissions.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
"We have resigned because: We protest the hypocrisy of an NIH leadership that claims to protect academic freedom while censoring grants and staff communication."
The #NIH is the biggest public funder of biomedical and behavioral research in the world. It has always received bipartisan support. Sad.
🚨Doubtmongering horror show.
"The abrupt change to the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is alarming, unnecessary and will endanger the health of children..."
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
This is simply criminal.
💥New paper alert!💥 What’s better than starting 2026 with an @annualreviews.bsky.social #Immunology, often a once-in-a-life honor ❤️?! Check it out if you want to know everything about type III interferons #IFN! Thanks to my wonderful team for their amazing work 🤗 doi.org/10.1146/annu...
I think we all need some good news for global health and infectious diseases!
NEW PREPRINT!
We systematically reviewed molecular epidemiology studies looking at strain discordance in pairs of people with TB disease and history of household contact
We found 30 studies from 18 countries. Excluding 4 studies at high risk of bias, we had data on 1544 household case pairs
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Exciting!!
Two pieces of fun news:
1. We've launched a new website for our lab: www.brysonlab.org
2. With some new funding, we are recruiting for new postdocs and graduate students. The projects build upon our previous studies of antigen presentation and phagosome biology and go into new exciting dimensions!
The pipeline of scientists is cracked at every level now: recent grads can't get jobs/research experience because we're all conservative about hiring in this climate, fewer grad school spots, killing many fellowship pipelines, and now the early career investigators are disproportionately impacted.
Y'all!
These NIH AIDS cycle due dates though..
Why are there any deadlines for anything first week of Jan?
My end of 2025 rant. Thank you for listening to my podcast.
AAI offers travel grants for immunology researchers to attend the 2026 annual meeting in Boston, covering travel expenses to support career advancement.
Upon submitting your abstract, you may apply for a Travel Award by 11:59 PM ET, December 16. These awards assist with travel expenses to #IMMUNOLOGY2026™ in Boston, MA, from April 15-19, 2026. https://ow.ly/lbwR50XKocE
Senators should have the same health care as their constituents.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
To celebrate today's presentation of the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, we present a special collection highlighting important JEM studies by Shimon Sakaguchi on regulatory T (Treg) cells. 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti...
Good morning 😡
Very disturbing news at work today..
