Delighted to share my PhD work "Coincident epithelial signals restrain commensal-specific CD8αβ+ T cells in the intestine" We made tools to track commensal-specific CD8 T cells so we could better understand this enigmatic population and see what happens when immunity to the microbiome goes awry.

Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all *FROZEN*🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On a day when a child died of measles this is too terrifying to contemplate. They truly want us to die don’t they?

"There may well be normalcy again. But it lies on the other side—not in accommodation to this malevolent insanity, run by lackeys and toads. The risk of overreaction is trivial compared to the risks of accommodation." www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

Go @murray.senate.gov! 🔥👇💯 Hopefully people pay attention. This is absolutely correct. It is not hyperbole or grandstanding. NIH funding generates 400K jobs and billions in economic activity across the country. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-....

Click on your state ! www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

This is the kind of simple and direct message we need right now: long-term damage aside, this attack is going to very quickly make it even harder for people to have the jobs and medical care they need.

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

If you're not sure what to say, 5Calls is a good place to start with contacting your elected officials. 5calls.org

My weekend with immunologists devising new strategies to treat cancer, allergy, Alzheimer’s, autoimmunity and infection. The WH has just paused peer-reviewed NIH funding that pays for these studies. If you care about human life, write your representatives. Demand that NIH funding is restored asap.

I will certainly be joining!

Illegal grant funding pause!!! This impoundment is absolutely absurd. The executive branch of the government has no power to pause allocated funds approved by congress. This will be faught. Contact your senators!

Well, my X account got hacked and I’m now experiencing the non-existent support and tech help of X. Anyway, if anyone can see my X account, it’s not me anymore.

Hello, #ScienceBluesky! Stoked to start sharing cool science again! Here is a pic I took of the aurora in Washington October 10th. An amazing amount of science goes into predicting when it’s worth driving 2.5 hours to clear skies! Truly a wonder of the natural world!