My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, and I'm going to be dead within 2 years now that the CDC cancelled funding for the mRNA treatment that might have save my life. But at least now we have Secretary of War who is a Pulp Fiction fan.
Peripheral vaccination-induced brain-resident memory CD8+ T cells durably protect mice against intracranial malignancy @jci.org
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social The role of integrins in T cell-mediated resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @i3h-upenn.bsky.social @kingofpathogens.bsky.social
For those interested in T cell trafficking to the gut - maybe LPAM is not so dominant during enteric infection...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
This crew....
Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences? url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Happy to share this study from the lab led by Orlaith Keenan published in mBio!
Working with an outstanding collaborative team, Orlaith demonstrated that maintaining the right balance of neutrophils is key to limiting severe disease during C. difficile infection. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me.
I chose to share some of my observations with him.
Hold on...
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Ending the war between the US and Iran will be hard, experts say, due to the difficulty of negotiating with a weak, erratic head of state.
Out Now! A global-scale assessment of zoonotic virus diversity and spillover potential in urban-adapted mammal species #MicroSky
Vaccine Engagement Day 2026 has arrived! 🎉
Let’s come together to #CelebrateVaccines by sharing information and enhancing public awareness about vaccines!🌟
Discover how you can participate: vist.ly/4v2vi
Awe inspiring talk last week as Fauci reflects on 40 years of the AIDS pandemic. @aai.org www.vet.upenn.edu/anthony-fauc...
FDA approval of ICOTYDE™ (icotrokinra) ushers in new era for first-line systemic treatment of plaque psoriasis with a targeted oral peptide
Anti-IL-23R peptide now in oral form! Very successful against psoriasis.
One for the parasitologists AND cytokine engineers - creative use of a worm TGF to modulate the immune system. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cytokinesociety.bsky.social @aai.org @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
Good story from Vox on falling numbers of new and competitive renewal R01 grants.
[Gift Link]
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Pretti Pretti Pretti Good
Curb your enthusiasm for any change from Trump. While he plays Palestinian Chicken with Bibi—and black swan-eating RFK Jr. gets a pants tent for Cheryl Hines—he's shown Alex Pretti and Rene Good less respect in death than Larry showed Ida Funkhouser.
by Maureen Dowd
Huge shoutout to AAI Public Policy Fellow Tulika Singh, PhD, MPH, for representing the scientific community at PPFP Capitol Hill Day and advocating for increased NIH funding and evidence-based policy. When scientists engage with Congress, we build a stronger future for public health.
#AAIadvocacy
Today was my first outreach session of #BSW26, visiting Broughton C of E Primary school with two new ‘Lovely Lungs’ activities.
This year the theme for science week is CURIOSITY.
KS1 made bubble art lungs
KS2 made inflating lungs
“I LOVE science week” - favourite quote of the day.
You put your Vinay in, take your Vinay out, you put your Vinay in and you shake the FDA about.
You do the HokeyVinay and you turn around and that’s what it’s all about.
Excited to share new work from our lab in @insight.jci.org 🎉
We find that #CD9 is a key regulator of adipose tissue lipid-associated macrophages #LAMs in obesity. Deleting CD9 improves metabolism in obese mice.
Credit to first author Julia Chini and team!
Read now:
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
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"Our results call for careful reinterpretation of prior studies attributing CNS phenotypes to RORγ-expressing immune cells based on RORγ–Cre–driven genetic models."
#immunology #neuroimmunology
🚨Job alert - please share🚨
Senior Research Fellow (Programme Manager, Neuroimmunology), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland.
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Are you an experienced researcher keen for a unique challenge? Want to help set up and lead a new neuroimmunology research team/lab in TCD...
A $10 million gift establishes the King Center for Lynch Syndrome at the Abramson Cancer Center—the first named center of its kind worldwide. Lynch syndrome affects ~1 in 279 people. The new center will expand lifelong care, research, and education. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4laMCar
The cribriform plate: A dynamic central nervous system immune hub. Review from Collin J. Laaker, Zsuzsanna Fabry and colleagues: rupress.org/jem/article/...
📘 In our #Lymphatics collection: rupress.org/jem/collecti...
Dear Director Bhattachaya: I saw your post on "X" with your image doctored with face tattoos to match Mike Tyson with a photo of NIH Director Bhattacharya with tattoos over his eye.
Starting my day with an email to Director Bhattacharya (again)...
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