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

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

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

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

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

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-...

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...

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.

We had a lot of fun with this one - Lymphatics meet B cells with @carlanowosad.bsky.social @nyulangone.bsky.social 👇 Sometimes less is more

Do you love #immunology? Do you live near NYC? Come see MicrobeTV.tv’s live recording of the 100th episode of Immune! With @stephanielangel.bsky.social @bioprofbarker.bsky.social and special guests @drshrutinaik.bsky.social and Gretchen Diehl

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!

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

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

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

Looking forward to this live episode of @microbetv.bsky.social with my dear friend and rockstar immunologist @diehllab-mskcc.bsky.social #holidayfun #immune100

Check out cool work on early life immune responses from Yue Xing who will be presenting next week 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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

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.

Add your name to show strength in numbers💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 and receive emails on ongoing efforts to advocate for state funding!

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/

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

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

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.

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

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...

📢 📢📢📢 📢 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

⏰ 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

@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!

We need new models for funding science in the U.S. Let’s goooo! 🚀

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

#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...

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/...

The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

Gorgeous study exploring the rules of Trm formation and maintenance from @anandasabapathylab.bsky.social . Glad our lab could be part on this important effort!

Amazing paper. The under appreciated influence of retroelements on immune function. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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-...

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...

“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Very proud of Kate Gaines, Filadelfia Tadjibaeva and Jack Major for their fantastic presentations at the @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social IBD retreat and Neuroimmune ADC Trainee retreat #superstars #Naiklab

The administration’s attacks on universities will kill precisely this kind of innovation. The kind that comes from talented people coming to study in the US and building a life and contributing to the economy here. In the future these discoveries will happen elsewhere www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...

Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America’s attention www.nature.com/articles/s41... @drshrutinaik.bsky.social and Aaron Mertz

Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America's attention- by Aaron Mertz and yours truly.

Misinformation is winning not because it's true, but because it’s loud, emotional, and everywhere. It’s time for science to fight back. Aaron Mertz and I dissect the issue and offer solutions 👇 📖 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @aspeninstitute.bsky.social

HAPPENING TODAY AT 10:30 EST!!! United States Senate Committee on Appropriations discussion on biomedical research #stayinformed

~25 million lost lives, 2025-2040 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

APRIL 30th Senate session to discuss NIH funding cuts and biomedical research in America. Mark your calendars and call your senetors!!! www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...

Congrats to superstar Joe Daccache on his NIH F31 NOA! He aims to define tissue-wide disease memory in inflammatory conditions to develop next-generation therapies. #Naiklab #Ruggleslab @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social

Tomorrow, April 1, is Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, and don’t be fooled: the stakes could not be higher. Luckily, Team Big Picture is here with all you need to stay informed.

Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !

Today was yet another sad day for science. All U-RISE training programs, including the one at SJSU, got stop work orders. We've had a version of this program at SJSU for 30+ yrs. Devastating for the students who got their stipends & tuition pulled w no notice & for the future of science 🧪 1/