Why are there such big differences between the sexes when it comes to immune responses? This Essay looks at what further research is required to fully determine sex-differential mechanisms in #immunity.🧪 #immunosky

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

"Climate injustice persists as those least responsible often bear the greatest impacts, both between and within countries." While billionaires get richer, billions suffer, and many millions will likely lose their lives. WE ✊ NEED ✊ TO ✊ FIGHT ✊ THIS www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For everyone not fortunate enough to be at the Midwinter #Immunology conference in Seefeld, you can have a little taste of it through my talk on #tissueTregs and using lung Tregs to fight #respiratory #pathology (unpublished work from @drntombizodwa.bsky.social!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_X4...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

'When we asked authors for the data, we have obtained it in less than 50% of the cases & often did not even receive a response. In addition, if repository numbers are included, the data in the repository is often classified as private and therefore not accessible.' link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mapping the science–technology translational landscape in biomedicine - @pku1898.bsky.social go.nature.com/4bbgxfR

After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts go.nature.com/4qLPpcb

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

'By analyzing all articles indexed in the PubMed database (>36.5 million articles published in >36,000 biomedical and life sciences journals), we show that the median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles'

Vaccination against whooping cough, RSV and flu during pregnancy saves babies lives, but expectant parents are sometimes unsure. How do I know it's safe? Will it protect my baby? To answer these questions, we've created www.vaccinesinpregnancy.org #ObGynSky #MedSky #ImmunoSky 1/

Real power lies in feelings. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.

"The High Seas Treaty was enabled by science. Now, science must be used to successfully implement the agreement and the protected areas it creates," write Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3YERGtu

Traveling? Be aware that US Customs might demand to see what’s on your phone upon entry. Here’s some advice on how to handle the problem. GIFT ARTICLE

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.

NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

Dear listeners, When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song. Not as escape — as evidence. Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds. If hope is hiding, it often hums first.

One positive outcome from this year’s #COP30 was the launch of the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, which has now been signed by 20 countries. In her blog, UCS’s Kate Cell discusses how we can fight for the right to information and highlights the perils of silencing science.

Are authors fairly judged by assessing the #journals in which their work is published? @bihutchins.bsky.social &co reveal that most influential papers are published in lower tier journals, and more authors would be better recognized with #ArticleLevelMetrics #ALMs @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oV58Ed

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Applications are still open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change. Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/3KVR9Qo

Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

The traditional pipeline view of academia no longer reflects the reality of scientific #careers. In this Perspective, Alexandra A-T Weber @eawag.bsky.social reframes success as a network of paths that recognizes excellence in its many forms 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4pSgzx5

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

🔭 Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology? 🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment? 👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

🔬✨Science advocacy takes many forms: a local talk, event on campus, a toolkit, collaboration with a community group, and more! Let us help fund your advocacy efforts. Apply for up to $1500 here: 🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4iAEiiT

“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025. Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”

Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better My book review @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

"Postdoc in the job market"

A new study comparing four flu vaccines found that vaccine protection varied by age. Researchers say these findings could guide vaccine recommendations, especially for older adults, as we enter flu season. Read more in #AAINews: https://ow.ly/BKWU50XqEXr#AAINews

The climate crisis demands action—now. 🌍 Join millions fighting for a livable future. Hit UCS's Climate Button and take meaningful climate actions today, from the personal to the systemic. Every click matters. 👇

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

Every year, #WorldScienceDay reminds us that science is more than discovery, it’s a bridge between people, disciplines & generations. Join IUIS for the Roundtable – “Trust, Transformation, and Tomorrow” on Nov 10, 16:00 CET. 🎥 Live on #ImmunoHub 🔗 https://loom.ly/2PZA5YI

It’s out! Over the past few months, my colleagues and I at @unbreaking.org have been working to document the political, legal, and economic maneuvers the US administration has used to undermine medical research funding. We hope you’ll find it useful! Read it here:

PBS on the Brain Drain www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

It was absolutely incredible to have the honor of giving the “Mendel Lecture” at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno, where Mendel lived and worked. While Mendel is the greatest hero of genetics, the lessons from his story were never learned 👇

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government www.nature.com/articles/d41...

yEFIS Career Fridays Ep. 3️⃣: Where Science Meets Law 👩‍⚖️ Join Ine Vanderleyden (Autolus Ltd) and Stu Warner (IPTector) as they share their journeys from science to patent law and insights for aspiring patent attorneys ✨ 🗓️ Oct 31, 13:00 CET 👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/yefiscareer2...

Join experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists for a Social Media Action Hour on how to educate and activate your social media networks on Congress’s impacts on science over the past year. We need you to speak out and call out the harm! RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z

E. John Wherry, PhD, Director of I3H and @penncoltoncenter.bsky.social, sat down with @inquirer.com to discuss the future of #immunology — a field just honored with a Nobel Prize — and Penn's new $376M research facility. “This is the most exciting time in my lifetime for immunology.” bit.ly/471uuKQ

Can’t pronounce an ingredient? So what? A chemical name: ZERO to do with potential harm or safety. Vitamin C, also called: (5R)-[(1S)-1,2-Dihydroxyethyl]-3,4-dihydroxyfuran-2(5H)-one Chemistry naming rules = info about structure & function. That’s it. Watch: youtu.be/xUGedWOUsjE?...

I would like the leadership to address this someday. It would be nice 🧪