A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
We're delighted to see immunologists once again recognised by the #NobelPrize! 🏆
Warm congratulations to the winners - their contributions have been vital in shaping our understanding of the immune system.
More here: www.immunology.org/news/british...
The relentless Jessica McDonald has spent two weeks and hundreds of emails to fact check claims about the safety of #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy made at the #ACIP meeting.
She couldn't have been any quicker.
A lie can get around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.
Our new paper, in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, on a Natural Killer cell immune therapy, is just published here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#immunesynapse #nkcells #immunetherapy #microscopy
Check out this excellent paper from Khodor Hazime and @dandavis101.bsky.social! It's got NK cells, it's got engagers, plus super-resolution microscopy!
The ultimate predator!
Got a bit of writer's block, so maybe this will help.
Or not. Or maybe nobody will respond
Or maybe too many will? I'm not sure I have more than 12 opinions, so that would also be bad
The EHRC’s rushed guidance caused harm from the moment it was released.
But now they’re u-turning 👀
goodlawproject.org/ehrc-formall...
This looks great!
April's nearly over. But the protests aren't stopping. We still have a bunch of protests happening all over the country next month.
Check out if there are any near you on our website!
And please get in contact if you know of any not on the list!
Cannot recommend presenting and attending these enough, it's a great chance to share your work and highlight the work that LGBTQ+ Immunologists do!
Trans Liberation emergency demo in Parliament Square, 1pm Sat 19th April (today, at time of writing).
Postscript:
Emerging LGBTQ rights were weaponised for political gain in the 1980s.
The same is happening now, with trans rights the focus of hostility.
I will stand up for trans rights and dignity.
Peaceful protest is powerful.
I will be attending this protest today. We need urgent action to protect trans human rights. See you there.
feministgenderequality.network/urgent-parli...
Disability Rights UK is deeply saddened by the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that declares trans women are not 'biological women'. As part of a movement that has always called for ‘nothing about us without us’ – we’re particularly concerned by the court’s exclusion of Trans voices in their decision, and their failure to be led by the lived experience of one of society’s most silenced groups. Decisions about any group’s rights should never be made without the involvement of those most impacted. We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives. No marginalised group faces injustice in a silo – systemic barriers and discrimination impact all of us. None of us are free until all of us are free. Around half of Trans people are also Disabled. Government policies already place disproportionate barriers on accessing vital healthcare, and now this ruling also erodes their protections against discrimination. Setting the precedent that it’s okay to weaken the rights of one group, undermines everyone else's rights. Prioritising a bio-essentialist view of gender harms everyone, especially Disabled people. A person’s anatomy, hormone levels, or ability to conceive does not define whether they are a ‘real’ woman.
🚨DR UK's Statement Opposing the Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Biological Sex'
'We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives.'
Read our full statement here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
Yesterday it felt like the Supreme Court slammed a massive door, one shockingly and almost immediately embraced by almost every political party. With ever limited access to gender affirming care, the mountain young people needing it have to climb just got even higher, the world yet more toxic (1/2)
Short BHIVA statement following UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman.
Upholding the rights of women does not need to erode the rights of our trans peers.
We all face many intersecting issues, often stemming from the same misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-trans groups.
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My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
Head of Human Rights Commission on #r4today confirms trans women cannot access women's public toilets. She says trans people 'should advocate for sex-neutral third spaces'. And in the meantime? How are they supposed to have a wee when they are out and about? How does that not infringe their rights??
Under this ruling, can anyone confirm what spaces trans women or trans men with a gender recognition certificate can use according to their gender?
Public toilets? Changing rooms in a single gender clothes shop?
Or does it legally restrict all such freedoms?
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an antiviral chewing gum that may help reduce the spread of viruses. In lab studies, it cut down viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) by more than 95%. 🧪🧵⬇️
Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function.
Please get in touch if interested in applying.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14P...
Went to this yesterday and it was great! Thank you to all the panelists and organisers, please keep this event going!
No-one risks their life in the Channel in a flimsy boat unless they have no choice.
Labour’s cruel move to block refugees from citizenship — bypassing Parliament — shows a dangerous rightward shift, ditching human rights & international law.
It must be reversed.
Getting tested for HIV is the first step to accessing the best treatment & support.
This #NationalHIVTestingWeek, take the test and take control of your health:
✔ Get a free, confidential test at a clinic or GP
✔ Order online: startswithme.org.uk
One week left to apply to this exciting PhD project! 👇👇👇
Come and meet with fellow queer microbiologists at our LGBTQ+ Networking Event on Tuesday 1 April 20:30 GMT, with a Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. For further information and to secure your place, visit our website: https://microb.io/Microbio25 #Microbio25
🚨Three weeks left to apply for this #fullyfunded #PhDopportunity in my group! 🚨
Are you an UK-Home student interest in #SyntheticCells science?
We are looking for you!
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social
In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:
