Many congratulations to the winners and to their research teams, past and present.

Excellent talks by Yasmine Belkaid @belkaidlab.bsky.social and Fiona Doetsch @doetschlab.bsky.social at the Louis-Jeantet and the Colleen-Jeantet 2026 Prize award ceremony @louisjeantetfdn.bsky.social

Sobering test of LLMs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher It’s a world of bottom quarks and arsole compounds – so why is science still so serious? Levity can make it all a lot easier to understand, says science writer Helen Pilcher

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.

An important piece on the threats to fundamental research in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don't miss the 2026 Global Immunotalks!

Can Science Still Afford Serendipity? Serendipitous observations have shaped science for centuries. What happens to such discoveries when the academic atmosphere leaves no room for detours?

Here is a blurb with excerpts from an interview I gave about serendipity in science and the importance of supporting discovery research.
www.the-scientist.com/can-science-...

Welcome!

Wonderful appointment! Look forward to hearing all about Mariana’s adventures in the Belkaid lab.

Many congratulations to @belkaidlab.bsky.social and @doetschlab.bsky.social on being named the Jeantet Laureates for 2026!

Thanks to @acir-org.bsky.social for highlighting our article!

As is tradition we hold our lab Xmas lunch in January with cheese fondue! Thank you to my wonderful team and looking forward to a new year of continued great science.

Thanks for highlighting our paper in your wonderful News & Views!

Tethered neoantigens from the dead sculpt tumor fate - Nature Immunology New data show that DNGR-1 enables type 1 conventional dendritic cells to sculpt cancer immunoediting through selective cross-presentation of F-actin-tethered neoantigens, enriching tumors for immune-e...

Very grateful to Prof. Blander & Dr. Jha for a thoughtful @natimmunol.nature.com 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 & 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 piece on our work 🙏

📄 A clear & critical perspective that places our findings in the broader context of dendritic cell biology, cross-presentation, and tumour immunoediting.

@reisesousalab.bsky.social

A great summary by @drjonlim.bsky.social!

Absolutely delighted that our latest paper is out today @natimmunol.nature.com. It has taken five years to uncover a role for cross-presentation in shaping the immune visibility of tumour antigens. A labour of love led by @drjonlim.bsky.social and Oliver Schulz. Great start of 2026!

The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course A natural experiment found that herpes zoster vaccination reduced the occurrence of mild cognitive impairment and deaths due to dementia, indicating that the vaccine may slow the progression of dement...

Taking advantage of a natural experiment, this follow-up by @pascalge.bsky.social of their earlier study in Nature on the beneficial effects of shingles vacination on dementia. Very cool stuff!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Many congratulations!

Spot on!

Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments

Key points on the need for continued animal use in scientific research. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Last night we held our annual Crick Awards ceremony, presented by our Director Edith Heard, COO Claire Hook and guest host @bobbyseagull.bsky.social to celebrate the amazing people behind everything we do here.

Follow the posts below to see this year's winners.

Sad that you are leaving but very privileged to have been lucky to host you from Master’s to PhD to (short) Postdoc. You will always be part of the Immunobiology Lab family - this is not “adieu” but “au revoir”. Abraço.

A person standing in front of a lectern on a stage speaking to a crowd full of seated people.

A large crowd of people mingling between many rows of posters.

Two people talking while looking towards a poster, with more posters and people in the background.

Three people looking intently at a scientific poster.

We had another full house at our Annual Science Meeting this week, which featured over 100 posters and 30 talks by our Crick colleagues.

These yearly events are a great way for us all to get together and discover what teams from every corner of the building have been working on.

Cool new paper from @drmichaelway.bsky.social. Check it out!

Delighted to have written this Insight article together with @victor-bosteels.bsky.social and Will Stainier about a cool new story by Tam et al. And with a title to honour Jason Cyster’s heritage.

DNGR-1 signalling limits dendritic cell activation for optimal antigen cross-presentation
@reisesousalab.bsky.social et al implicate recruitment of phosphatase SHIP1 by receptor DNGR-1/CLEC9A in uncoupling of cross-presentation from inflammatory induction
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

End of our Annual Science Meeting @crick.ac.uk with a quiz. - happy winners and quiz organisers below. Thanks to everyone who made these two days of science so inspiring and enjoyable!

Great day today @crick.ac.uk Annual Science Meeting. Lots of exciting science and a convivial atmosphere. Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow!

Thanks, Ivan!

Thank you to all the present and former members of @reisesousalab.bsky.social and colleagues @crick.ac.uk who helped. But the real hero is Mike Buck, who persevered over several years to bring this study to fruition!