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Hello everyone! I am a postdoc in mucosal immunology and I am looking for new postdoc position in Europe! I know a lot about gut mast cells, but also CD4 T cells and type 2/3 immunity in general. I've worked with single cell sequencing and neuroimmune interactions. Feel free to share! Thank you! ♥️🥼👩‍🔬

The yBIS community is growing, and so is our momentum. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Leuven—we’re proud of what we’re building together and excited for what’s next 💙 #YoungImmunologists #yBIS2025

We had cutting-edge science, nice desserts and some very popular merch 👕 Thanks to all who joined us at #yBIS2025 and see you next year!

#yBIS2025 in numbers: 3 inspiring keynotes 9 selected short talks 1 session on science communication 1 career panel with our speakers 5 presentation awards Thank you to all who contributed—you made the program shine! ✨

That's a wrap on #yBIS2025! Over 200 young immunologists came together for a day of science, networking—and yes, an unexpected fire alarm 🚨 Huge thanks to @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, the Flemish Government & our 8 sponsors for making it possible 🙌

Thanks @sinakarimimd.bsky.social ! Hopefully we can get more of the Erasme people to join eventually :) #yBIS2025 #Immunology #ULB #Belgium

The do’s and don’ts of scientific image editing Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies. @sarareardon.bsky.social reports www.nature.com/articles/d41...

You want to learn more about our #co_founders? Then we welcome you to read the interview that introduces @hindhussein.bsky.social, Donovan Flumens and Anissa Zouzaf. youngbis.be/2025/04/09/i... #youngSociety #EarlyCareerScientists

Hello Friends, I created a 5th #immunology Starter Pack. If you're an immunologist and you don't see yourself on the lists, let me know 🧪 go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD go.bsky.app/6aT6qDS go.bsky.app/QSEPDoj go.bsky.app/Mdbpk7h

Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldberg . . . This was an honest mistake.

Can we start it off and on again maybe?

Support the creation of a young immunologist working group in Portugal! More in @katiajesus.bsky.social 's thread below Give your opinion here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Immunology #ECR

Job - Alert 🌱 ✨ FLOW CYTOMETRY OPERATOR/SPECIALIST AT THE FACS CORE FACILITY (FCF) Deadline: Position is open until filled Location: Switzerland, Basel 📅 Apply now: www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=7110 #hiring #FlowCytometry #Biology #CellBiology #Immunology #MolecularBiology

My policy since the Trump reelection has been to avoid any news at any cost. I just somehow ended seeing the Trump-Zelensky meeting. I am happy to announce I will now go back to enforcing my initial strategy.

Our new paper is also out in Gut! gut.bmj.com/content/earl... #Mastcells #IBS #GISky #Immunosky #MRGPRX2 #pain

Another co-last author paper for me at @gastroenterology.bsky.social 🎉 Psychological stress-induced local immune response to food antigens increases pain signaling across the gut in mice shorturl.at/Cjju8 #DGBI #GITwitter #IBS

The #GrievingBody aspires to #scicomm 🧪: bringing the research on physiological #grief reactions to reader's hands. And by recording the #audiobook, hopefully it brings the meaning of my words uniquely to listeners. #PsychSky #WomeninSTEM #PsychSciSky #BookSky www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

📅 Mark your calendars! We’re thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual #yBIS Meeting on 9th May 2025, hosted at #KULeuven Join us for a day filled with cutting-edge science, inspiring talks, and invaluable networking opportunities Stay tuned for more updates! #ScienceCommunity #Networking #ImmunoSky

✨International Day of Women and Girls in Science✨ Introducing the women working with yBIS to foster a supportive and collaborative environment where women in science can thrive, mentor, and inspire the next generation. #WomenInScience #WomenInImmunology #WomenInSTEM #Immunology #DiversityInScience

May we remind you of our growing #Belgium Immunology starter pack! Help us connect the world of ongoing immunology research in Belgium and the immunologists working worldwide who are connected to Belgium. go.bsky.app/PZ9BgQM Additional suggestions are very welcomed #ImmunoSky

Join us at the Diversity in Science Conference 📆 February 7, 2025 📍 Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven ✍️ Registration: vibbio.tech/3CbYzuD Open to everyone passionate about diversity in science - students, researchers, and more! 🙌 Organized by KU Leuven’s Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.

📣We are still searching for helping hands to join #yBIS actively. Want to be part of shaping the collaborative spirit in #Belgium in the #Immunology community? Then we would like to hear from you 🙂

Merry Christmas!

Pantone, sending us a message 2025: a big pile of mocha mousse

I thought there might be something to The Substance. I just got out of the movie theater and *absolutely fucking not*

Intro time! I'm Hind, a mucosal #immunologist working in KU Leuven on mast cells in health and in gut disease. Speaking of, I can finally show what I have been working on for the last 4 years, ie characterizing human mast cells in layers of the colon via scRNAseq www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Is #ImmunoSky working now?

go.bsky.app/7zMmwNY Hi all, so nice to cross over to the light. Here is a starter pack for all things Mucosal Immunology! Exciting to create a MI community here. Let me know if you would like to join 👍

A fantastic initiative by @rodrahimi.bsky.social to bring us all back together and make it easy to find the immunologists! Thank you so much! We also desperately need a feed that brings in all our posts. It seems that #immunosky or #immunology feeds bring in a tiny fraction of the immunology posts.

🏆🔬 As we want to start to engage our #yBIS community, We are looking forward to sharing your achievements Your hard work is shaping the future, whether by developing novel therapeutic approaches or improving our understanding of immunity. Proud to highlight your success! #ScienceAchievements

📢 Immunologists! Please follow the Young network of European Immunologists at @yefis-immunology.bsky.social and help us rebuild our network!!!! #ImmunoSky @rodrahimi.bsky.social could you add them to the starter pack? Thank you!!!

You asked for it...

Now for a bit more realism. I've been on medical leave for two weeks, my adrenal glands were very unhappy with me for a good week and couldn't really stand up and do much of anything. I had to negotiate my leave because of #deadlines (this one is partly self-inflicted) #AcademiaSucks

We launched the #ImprovingAcademia working group at yEFIS. Thank you to @gamonasterioo.bsky.social, Lyn Lim, Myriam Nabhan, and Laila Kulsvehagen for showing up and trying to improve things for everyone. #AcademiaSucks but we want to make it better, ideally together

After 2 years of ideation, e-mail spamming, virtual meetings, and figuring out just *how* to make something like that work, the first annual meeting of Young Belgian Immunological Society happened @ybis.bsky.social #yBIS2024 We managed to get 150 people to join us, which is absolutely bonkers

Is basic science undervalued? David Glanzman (UCLA) talks about the decline of 'middle class' labs and that "there is no empirical evidence that the translational approach accomplishes this [cures] any better than the traditional one. Claims to the contrary at this point are mere propaganda."

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Friends, the second #immunology starter pack filled in 3 days! I started a third to help folks new to BlueSky rebuild their network Below are the links If you're an immunologist and I have missed you so far, let me know 🧪 go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD go.bsky.app/6aT6qDS

Another question, another discussion thread: Why is the term "Twitter refugee" bad? What other language could be used to describe feeling forced to change your primary form of social media? 🧵 1/10

New rule: If you unironically use "Twitter refugee" then you have to donate $5 to @distributeaid.org. They'll help actual refugees who have had to flee their actual homes.

That's it folks. @weratedogs.com is on BlueSky

I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵:

Wonderful to see the #immunology community growing here. The first starter pack is full (they cap at 150), so I created a second one. Let me know if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD

If you are still confused as to how this all works, this is a good thread giving an overview of how to use BlueSky!

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

from:me and mentions:me are quick ways to find posts from you (not me) and that mention you (also, not me) u just have to be logged in as you (...) other useful search tips are below!

Useful how-to Bluesky to make the shift easier!

If you like collective nouns and you wonder why biologists didn't get any (and are also incidentally looking for starter packs), look no further

Also taking advantage of the momentum to reshare this, as I haven't been able to solve this yet (shocker) and was hoping for some community discussion! #AcademicSky #Immunology #Science