This cool study on compounds that can kill Plasmodium inside mosquitoes and can be applied to bed-nets was contributed to by the Riscoe lab at MMI!

Congratulations to the Tafesse lab on their recent publication on the effects on timing in repeat vaccinations!

Congratulations to the groups of Eric Barklis and @tafesselab.bsky.social for reporting an analysis of factors that regulate HIV-1 fusion in reverse pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Vaccine scientists and medical leaders have announced they are launching an unprecedented initiative to react to vaccine misinformation and scientifically unfounded vaccine decisions by the U.S. government. scim.ag/3ES9r1Q

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/wiw2025

Some important additional considerations about the need to comment of the implementation of schedule F. First, several sources have indicated that Institute Director and Division Director positions would likely be converted but not Program Officers. 1/n

I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.

Science, not silence! @rauchlab.bsky.social

In a landmark commentary last year, 24 scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—called for recognition and support from the research community. #TransDayOfVisibility scim.ag/4l8LK5O

AAI is dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where women can thrive. We are committed to providing resources, mentorship, and opportunities to empower the next generation of women immunologists. Learn more at aai.org. #WomensHistoryMonth

Federal funding of biomedical research has been a remarkably successful partnership, with benefits that are so intertwined in our daily lives that they can be easy to take for granted. So what will we lose if the U.S. continues to defund research? theconversation.com/cuts-to-scie...

🚨I converted the list of terminated #NIH grants (as of 3/22) into a google sheet. I added activity codes and award jurisdictions (see tabs for grant count and $ by each). Note this HHS list likely does not include all planned/completed terminations as of this date.🚨 Please use, share and distribute!

Some scientists had argued that the “forest gardens” of the Pacific Northwest were accidental byproducts of fire, flood, or land clearing. But a 2021 study showed the contrary: Indigenous peoples deliberately cultivated them. scim.ag/41Gocwe #InternationalDayOfForests

New research from the @jnpruneda.bsky.social and @michaelnadbio.bsky.social labs: In this collaborative work, the groups show that ubiquitin is directly linked to mono-ADP-ribose modifications on proteins, a process called “MARUbylation". www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

New publication out of the @rauchlab.bsky.social at OHSU MMI

Of the most significant public health measures introduced during Covid, which have held up scientifically, and which turned out to be wrongheaded? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/h...

As federal funding for research is uncertain, we need to diversify funding sources for our PhD students. Here is a comprehensive list of >160 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities, mostly from private foundations and scientific societies. Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

For a more full breakdown, check out @erininthemorning.com’s newsletter post: www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...

@standupforscience.bsky.social great turnout in Oregon for #standupforscience2025 !!! Thanks to all the amazing speakers!!!

Oregonians standing up for Science!

Science is a public good! Join us in Salem, OR right now! #standupforscience

The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid "The ruling represented one of the court’s first moves in response to the flurry of litigation filed" because of Trump/Musk's govt cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...

Science has identified more than two dozen halted grants amid Trump’s transgender crackdown, right as NIH suspends its own researchers who worked on topic. scim.ag/43ppHl2

Bluetorial: The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences

Join me on Friday to Stand Up for Science! Standupforscience2025.org

"To protect scientists and scientific output, US stakeholders must work to protect [racial] affinity groups from government interference," write the authors of a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4ki1MtL

@laurenrodda.bsky.social, @nicelab.bsky.social , @jnpruneda.bsky.social and I wrote an OpEd on the impacts of NIH cuts on Oregon: www.bizjournals.com/portland/new... It was signed by over 450 OHSU researchers! It’s unfortunately paywalled, DM me if you’d like a gift link or a pdf of it.

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025

The horror show moves to the next level… Grant termination based on studying transgender issues!

The World Health Organization calculates that measles vaccinations saved 60 million lives, 2000-2023. On Thursday, CDC scientists were forbidden to co-author papers with WHO colleagues. Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat... (1 of 11)

I ❤️ UW Immunology. Thank you @jmoltke.bsky.social. komonews.com/news/local/t...

Universities that advertised their commitment to diversity in glossy brochures & fundraising campaigns now face a reckoning: was it real or just marketing? The admin bets they’ll stay silent to keep their funding. But the cost of inaction will be far greater. greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

NIH funding freeze stalls $1.5 billion in medical research grant funding : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

This article provides a helpful summary and @katiew.bsky.social is quoted!!

In light of policies to defund biomedical research, and with judicial hearings happening today, we hope to highlight the many ways biomedical research improves people's lives, and to convey how damaging the proposed cuts would be... not just for us researchers, but for everyone.

I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but the Federal Register block is intentionally being used to stop NIH from awarding grants. They might not call it a freeze, but things are effectively frozen. We need legal action ASAP.

Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon! Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!! standupforscience2025.org

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

NEW Review: B cells in non-lymphoid tissues by Abrar Samiea @georgecelis.bsky.social Rashi Yadav @laurenrodda.bsky.social @joshuamoreau.bsky.social Highlighting new insights into mechanisms of tissue B cell function and immunotherapeutic targets #immunology #immunosky

Excited our review on B cells in non-lymphoid tissues is out now! Across infection, cancer, autoimmunity and at homeostasis B cells are functioning in non-lymphoid tissues. @natrevimmunol.bsky.social Check it out! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

When you skeet out a new preprint, also call out the NIH-funding that made it happen so taxpayers see the ground-breaking discoveries they have supported.

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.

Enjoying an excellent Midwinter Conference of Immunologists @midwinter-immun.bsky.social with a great OHSU MMI crew! @ohsummi.bsky.social @rauchlab.bsky.social Fikadu Tafesse, Hugh Neri @georgecelis.bsky.social

Congratulations @georgecelis.bsky.social on earning the 2024 Sears Advanced Training Fellowship!

Lab holiday party at mini golf! Art by local artist Mike Bennett. @georgecelis.bsky.social and Anna Dewitt

TBT Moss walls at the lab BBQ this summer!

So grateful to get to work with this awesome team! Sofia Reeves, @georgecelis.bsky.social, Anna Dewitt!

A little of a year since I opened the lab!