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Scientist, Dog mom, Sushi Queen, and New Yorker Naiklab.com Views are my own
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Helen Kennedy
12 days ago
RIP editorial cartooning.
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Dr. Tamar E. Granor
13 days ago
JIC you don't already know, there's a virtual
#NoKings
protest, organized by
@standupforscience.net
:
www.standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3
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SUFS NoKings3 Accessible Rally — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
NO KINGS 3 ACCESSIBLE RALLY organized by Stand Up for Science - An online and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere, on March 28th, 12:30 - 2PM CT followed by live stream of the national flagship ...
https://www.standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3
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Colette Delawalla
12 days ago
Thank you
@apnews.com
for covering the
@standupforscience.net
Virtual and Accessible No Kings Rally! Folks can sign up here:
www.standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3
apnews.com/article/no-k...
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Minnesota serves as the flagship for nationwide 'No Kings' protests against Trump
Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstrations across the country predict Saturday's rallies against President Donald Trump could add up to one of the largest protests in U.S. history.
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protests-minnesota-trump-springsteen-2fab6b3a64e5275bcf111e8dd6d2e075
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Colette Delawalla
13 days ago
In case you were wondering—yes, we do still have to keep fighting.
rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
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Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding
The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...
https://rollcall.com/2026/03/27/sources-white-house-to-propose-20-percent-cut-to-nih-funding/
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Very cool study uncovering how stem cells pass on imprints to progeny in vivo from.
@thefuchslab.bsky.social
@danapeer.bsky.social
drawing from beautiful work done by
@grothlab.bsky.social
on epigenetic inheritance and the mechanisms of information transfer through cell division.
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Cheri Sirois
15 days ago
Free webinar tomorrow with expert advice on how to discuss your research with U.S. state-level leaders:
aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: AAAS LSEN: Sharing Your Research Story with State Lawmakers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Scientists and engineers are often trained to talk about their research in the context of federal funding decisions, but engaging state lawmakers requires a different approach. In this interactive, wo...
https://aaas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rMjPxWlZQaCtupqJxgrQ_g?et_rid=35355563&et_cid=5906153#/registration
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Looking forward my visit!!
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Samarth Hegde
about 1 month ago
Powerful speech from
@brownlab1.bsky.social
on need for state-level funding of early research to keep smart folks in NYS and boost retention of startups/industry offshoots! Long term ($$$) stems from smart investment ($)
@sinaiimmuno.bsky.social
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
@miriammerad.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota
about 1 month ago
So great to see this out in print! Congratulations to Yue and
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
team on this fantastic story! 🎉
#GDTcells
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Sinai Immuno
about 1 month ago
Still ⏰ to sign up for 3 days of cutting-edge science on how aging reshapes the immune system and interventions to extend healthspan: Register FREE:
www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio...
Learn about Immunoschool from
@miriammerad.bsky.social
in this interview
reports.mountsinai.org/article/grad...
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The Experience Gained From 10 Years of ‘Immunoschool’
Miriam Merad was a force in establishing the first virtual International School of Immunotherapy that aims to give the field a more global outlook
https://reports.mountsinai.org/article/grad2025-08-miriam-merad-research
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The rules of immunity are different in early life! Lead author Dr. Yue Xing finds that early life DCs sense allergens and trigger inflammation directly in skin. This in-situ activation state emerges from a developing HPA and low glucocorticoids.
#Naiklab
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation - Nature
Early-life exposure to allergens triggers a distinct local mode of dendritic cell activation in neonatal skin without requiring migration to lymph nodes, which shapes responses to allergens in later l...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10162-x
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Waggoner Lab
about 1 month ago
A developmental checkpoint set by neuroendocrine maturation that enables in situ DC activation and immune induction, thereby shaping age-dependent responses to allergens
@nature.com
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sinai Immuno
about 1 month ago
📝 by
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
exemplifies our principle: one immune system, different diseases, shared solutions. Hyper-reactive DCs in infant skin trigger eczema and may drive later asthma and food allergy ⏩ distinct diseases with shared biology & prevention targets.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation - Nature
Early-life exposure to allergens triggers a distinct local mode of dendritic cell activation in neonatal skin without requiring migration to lymph nodes, which shapes responses to allergens in later l...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10162-x
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Microbetv
2 months ago
Immune 100: Immune turns 100! 🎉🎉🎉 Filmed live at The Incubator, Gretchen Diehl and Shruti Naik join the Immune team and an audience in NYC to celebrate!
@cindyleifer.bsky.social
@bioprofbarker.bsky.social
@stephanielangel.bsky.social
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
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Immune 100: Immune turns 100
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
https://youtu.be/ojHAD80Wkls?si=kDqgT0LS_OoC8B55
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Igor Brodsky
3 months ago
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
current govt policies are probably not directly responsible for this but the they will certainly not help and will accelerate the downward spiral
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Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/harvard-global-ranking-chinese-universities-trump-cuts.html?smid=bs-share
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Agnel Sfeir
3 months ago
NYers helps us call on
@governor.ny.gov
to invest in the Empire Biomedical Research Institute. A robust, stable research ecosystem protects jobs, fuels innovation, and builds community health. NY must invest in our global leadership in science.
nycures.org
@gothamist.com
:
tinyurl.com/5fab5k7u
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NY medical schools press Gov. Hochul to put up billions for scientific research
The request comes amid continuing uncertainty over federal funding, with research and thousands of jobs on the line.
https://tinyurl.com/5fab5k7u
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Thank you
@keystonesymposia.bsky.social
for sharing our story of advocacy for state science funding. To show your support for EBRI sign petition here:
c.org/hwy54dWJDb
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4 months ago
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Microbetv
4 months ago
Also, get your tix! Immune 100 LIVE is in 10 days! Special guests Gretchen Diehl, Ph.D. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai. PLUS your IMMUNE hosts
@bioprofbarker.bsky.social
@cindyleifer.bsky.social
@stephanielangel.bsky.social
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Donate to MicrobeTV IMMUNE 100 — Live in NYC Join us Monday, December 22 · 6 - 10 p.m. EST, at The Incubator for Immune’s 100th episode — a live recording with guests, science conversation, and celebr...
https://www.microbe.tv
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Mike Feigin 🥯
4 months ago
Petition for a NY Biomedical Institute. This is a no-brainer to support science in NY, similar to programs in CA/TX.
www.change.org/p/support-a-...
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Sign the Petition
Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
https://www.change.org/p/support-a-new-york-state-biomedical-institute-for-a-healthier-more-affordable-future?cs_tk=A9Ca5uSG4p7HKxcKRGkAAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvGU5OTk3NGIwNGY2M2U3NWVmOGEwYmFkYTEzZmYwNGJhOGE4N2ZkMTcxZTZlODc4M2JhOTU2MjNhZjVmY2RkYzA%3D&utm_campaign=539637c892064dd3a90dd58814605b99&utm_content=initial_v0_4_2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_signer_receipt&utm_term=cs
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NY-CURES
4 months ago
Wondering why you should ✍ our petition?
c.org/nDnRNSsVcq
In
@aai.org
, founder
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
reveals why the coalition was formed, why NY needs a state-backed research institute, and how scientists should organize for systemic support — here and nationwide.
news.aai.org/2025/11/20/n...
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Immunologists Push for State Biomedical Research Funding in New York - AAI News
Dr. Shruti Naik is one of the immunologists in New York state behind NY-CURES, advocating for state investment in biomedical research.
https://news.aai.org/2025/11/20/ny-cures-shruti-naik-interview/
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NY-CURES
6 months ago
Add your name ✍ at
www.nycures.org
so Albany sees 10,000 scientists calling for the future of biomedical research to be built right here in New York. Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
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The Lund Lab
5 months ago
We had a lot of fun with this one - Lymphatics meet B cells with
@carlanowosad.bsky.social
@nyulangone.bsky.social
👇 Sometimes less is more
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Immunominutes
6 months ago
Do you love
#immunology
? Do you live near NYC? Come see
MicrobeTV.tv’s
live recording of the 100th episode of Immune! Wit
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
6 months ago
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin. Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed. Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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Taxpayers should not accept cuts in funding for cancer research. Bravo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@miriammerad.bsky.social
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼Sign up to show New York State law makers that you want your tax dollars to fund life saving research
www.nycures.org
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6 months ago
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STAT
6 months ago
Immunotherapy researcher Miriam Merad from Icahn Mount Sinai says the reason that cancer research has slowed is because of funding issues, which is something taxpayers don’t have to accept. “We fight for patients, we fight for science, and we have to fight for progress.”
#STATSummit
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Ada Weinstock
6 months ago
Your immune system remembers skin inflammation long after it resolves because of
#interferon
alpha! Check out our new paper describing these findings just published at
@jimmunol.bsky.social
👇👇👇 It was amazing working on this with my role model
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
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Interferon-sensitized hematopoietic progenitors dynamically alter organismal immunity
Abstract. Inflammation has enduring impacts on organismal immunity. However, the precise mechanisms by which tissue-restricted inflammation conditions syst
https://academic.oup.com/jimmunol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jimmun/vkaf249/8283752?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jimmunol&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=a22141ae-f0f3-4e74-bd9d-d27bc7961356
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Looking forward to this live episode of
@microbetv.bsky.social
with my dear friend and rockstar immunologist
@diehllab-mskcc.bsky.social
#holidayfun
#immune100
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6 months ago
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Check out cool work on early life immune responses from Yue Xing who will be presenting next week 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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6 months ago
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET
6 months ago
Good morning everyone Good morning California Ballots are out !! Vote YES on PROP 50 The special election is November 4th but early voting is underway NOW Ballots mailed Vote now and tell your neighbors and friends Our Country thanks you! VOTE YES ON PROP 50
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NY-CURES
6 months ago
Scientists—let’s use our agency! NY-CURES is championing a landmark statewide biomedical institute for New York, built to restore and grow science for all Working FOR a brighter future gives us hope, purpose, and momentum. Want to be part of it? Follow us + DM—we’ve got many ways to get involved.
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Add your name to show strength in numbers💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 and receive emails on ongoing efforts to advocate for state funding!
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6 months ago
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NY-CURES
6 months ago
The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️ Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute. CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York. ✍️
www.nycures.org/
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New York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures Website
NY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health.
http://www.nycures.org
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Such a pleasure to visit
@princetonmolbio.bsky.social
and hear about the fantastic research of
@lydialynch.bsky.social
@aiinglim.bsky.social
@colleenmurph.bsky.social
Andrea Graham, John Books, Danelle Davenport and so many more rockstars.
#ballerscience
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Judi Allen
6 months ago
Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease.
www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs
@exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/mrc-core-exposome/jobs/@exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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Chancellor John B. King
7 months ago
Our SUNY researchers at
@ubuffalo.bsky.social
and across the state make the world healthier, safer, and more secure every day that they do their work.
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NY-CURES
7 months ago
As well as new medicines, the economy gets a $2.5 boost for every $1 the NIH spends, so “publicly funding research is just a no brainer”
@lastweektonight.com
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NY-CURES
7 months ago
Research powerhouses 💪 in
@forbes.com
Best-in-State list with
@roswellpark.bsky.social
in NY top10 🏆. Also listed:
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social
@northwellhealth.bsky.social
. To keep more talent here we must invest statewide in biomedicine.
www.forbes.com/lists/best-e...
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Forbes Best Employers By State 2025 List - Best Companies To Work For
Forbes ranks the best employers to work for in each state. Discover companies with great benefits, excellent workplace culture, and high employee satisfaction.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-by-state/
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📢 📢📢📢 📢 Mechanosensitive fibroblasts fuel strictures via YAP/TAZ signaling—opening doors to new anti-fibrotic therapies. Grateful to be part of this transformative study with the Longaker lab! 🙏🙏🙏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
STAY TUNED for more in IBD damage from the
#Naiklab
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Creeping fat-derived mechanosensitive fibroblasts drive intestinal fibrosis in Crohn’s disease strictures
A significant complication of Crohn’s disease (CD) is intestinal fibrosis, which narrows the bowel lumen to form a stricture. Creeping fat (CF) is the…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425010189?dgcid=coauthor
7 months ago
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Keystone Symposia
7 months ago
⏰ Deadline: Sept 17 (11:59pm MDT) Early-career scientists - submit an abstract or apply for a scholarship for
#KSAutoImmune26
: Autoimmunity & Autoinflammation 🧬 📅 Jan 19–22, 2026 | Breckenridge, CO 👉
keysym.us/KSAutoimmune26
youtu.be/nMsJANbMb-w
#KSAutoImmune26
@v-hornung.bsky.social
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Autoimmunity & Autoinflammation Meeting Promo
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
https://youtu.be/nMsJANbMb-w
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@governor.ny.gov
@lizkrueger.bsky.social
New York’s biomedical economy is at a tipping point! Investment in science pay off! For heath, for jobs, and for the economy!
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7 months ago
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Cheri Sirois
7 months ago
We need new models for funding science in the U.S. Let’s goooo! 🚀
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The Empire State can’t afford to fall behind. A group of scientists is launching NY-CURES to fight for state and city level investment in research.✊ 📢 Sign up & show Albany we stand UNITED for science. 👉
www.nycures.org
@miriammerad.bsky.social
@bogunoviclab.bsky.social
#AdvocateForScience
#NYCURES
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Ivan Zanoni
8 months ago
#InterferonPower
! Thrilled for our latest work
@cp-cell.bsky.social
! With
@danielboehmer.bsky.social
, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉)
#interferons
! Free👉
authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD
8 months ago
My new
@science.org
editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea9328
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)
8 months ago
The new books arrived, looking great!
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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Gorgeous study exploring the rules of Trm formation and maintenance from
@anandasabapathylab.bsky.social
. Glad our lab could be part on this important effort!
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8 months ago
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Judi Allen
9 months ago
Amazing paper. The under appreciated influence of retroelements on immune function.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Primate retroelement exonization and sexually dimorphic IL13RA1 transcription tune type 2 immune responses
Co-option of primate-specific retroelements creates an alternative IL-13Rα1 subunit that tunes type 2 immune responses.
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.adr1105
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Congrats to superstar
@asmafarhat.bsky.social
for being selected as a Simons Postdoctoral fellow to study how inflammation impacts sensory development and function in the Naik lab and Allen Discovery Center.
@simonsfoundation.org
@sinaiimmuno.bsky.social
www.simonsfoundation.org/people/asma-...
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Asma Farhat
Asma Farhat on Simons Foundation
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/asma-farhat/
10 months ago
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Waggoner Lab
10 months ago
Pillars
@jimmunol.bsky.social
Gene-specific regulation of inflammation via TLR-induced chromatin modifications
@drshrutinaik.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...
highlighting
@rmedzhitov.bsky.social
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
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