An ideal burn-rate for your budget is ~90%. Any lower, and you are probably going too slow. At 100%, you are in for nasty surprises (see below), while above 100% is only sustainable if you have ever-escalating grant successes. So how do we create that budget and spend wisely?

⏰ Timing is everything 🦠 as you will appreciate listening in! 🤓Keep abreast of the literature as @kknoop.bsky.social gives a round up summary of the review that inspired the latest @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social cover and guess the disease/pathogen with @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social ‘s Med Mystery 🎧

No pressure then…

#iuis2025 is coming to an end, however we continue to embrace not only the exciting science but also the vibrant @iuis_online research community driving it! 🌍 A ❤️ thank you to everyone who contributed their time, energy, & ideas! Safe travels, stay in touch and see you soon!

Such a great time at the #IUIS2025! Inspiring conferences by amazing scientists such as @belkaidlab.bsky.social @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @linterman.bsky.social. Also loved seeing rising stars like @camilahcoelho.bsky.social @marionbrunck.bsky.social. Thanks to James Allison for his lecture !! ❤️

Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3

Characterization of the first patient with disseminated coccidioidomycosis and autosomal dominant STAT1 deficiency. New report from Aidé Tamara Staines-Boone, Lizbeth Blancas-Galicia (National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico) and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/... #InbornErrorsOfImmunity

Meet @marionbrunck.bsky.social, immunologist at Tecnológico de Monterrey. At #IUIS2025, she’ll present “Maternal obesity disrupts breast milk immunity,” showing how weight shapes infant protection https://loom.ly/CwagY2g#IUIS2025#RisingStars2025 #GlobalImmunology

My interview with Rivka Galchen in The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

Esta aún a tiempo para enviar tu resumen al Congreso Nacional de Inmunología. Además, hay premios y apoyos, consulta las convocatorias en la página.https://sociedadmexicanadeinmunologia.org/xxvi-congreso-nacional-inmunologia/

📢 ¡Atención estudiantes miembros de la SMI! 🏅La SMI, junto con la Histochemical Society y The Society for Leukocyte Biology premiarán y apoyarán a los mejores trabajos estudiantiles aprobados del congreso en Chihuahua. 🔗 Consulta las bases en el link de la bio #SMI #CongresoNacionalDeInmunologia

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

🏺Friday night watching Blood of Zeus on Netflix with my (fearless) 8yo 🏛️🍿

✨Wink wink @davidposner.bsky.social @minuttilab.bsky.social 🙌 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

✨Inspiring chat with @priyadevarajan.bsky.social in this new episode. And let’s not forget out monthly nerdy fun with @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social 🕵🏻‍♀️ What did you think? Let us know here below or at [email protected]

25 years ago, I came to Stanford on a J1 visa and worked so hard to be worthy of that privilege. Today, I lead Immunology at Mount Sinai and I am the one who feel privileged when brilliant international trainees chose to join us.

1/ A long standing paradox in my mind (from always seeing immune "strength" or reactivity drawn as a spectrum from immunodeficiency to autoimmunity) was resolved this year at #AAI #Immunology2025. WHY do SO many people have both simultaneously? Each infection brings risk of developing autoimmunity!!

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

Submit your abstract and apply for a scholarship by May 13th to share your research in #longCOVID and other post-acute infection syndromes at this upcoming @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting. Looking forward to seeing you in Santa Fe! #KSLongCOVID26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Dr. Yasmine Belkaid from the Pasteur Institute 🇫🇷 will be presenting her work on "Immunological control of host physiology". Check her recent study on how mammary intraepithelial lymphocytes promote lactogenesis: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39954680/ @belkaidlab.bsky.social #EMBOBarrierTissues

🧪Pro-tip: editing a manuscript while listening to the Lord of the Ring soundtrack, to make me feel like im Gandalf, except “you shall pass” 🧙 #science #writing

It’s #MucosalMonday! Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "ILCs in the intestine," featuring Dr. Ivaylo Ivanov from Columbia University Medical Center - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. 👉 bit.ly/4hkDayE @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social

“I want to do science but not politics” is an inherently privileged take.

It gives me satisfaction that this is investigated and the results out. Though the injustice is so angering. With these results the dispute is settled. Time to remediate.

👀 Ok, if true this is a shocking way to blast through the forest canopy, remove lianas, & dominate "The idea that lightning strikes give almendros a competitive advantage-The almendro tree is so tolerant of strikes, in fact, that it may well be summoning lightning" www.science.org/content/arti... 🌐🧪

It’s #MucosalMonday and time for our monthly podcast. This episode features @cjohansson-lab.bsky.social, along with hosts @marionbrunck.bsky.social and @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social. Find it on your favorite platform, including spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4Ng1...

Jetlagged but happy

#MucosalMonday in my👂🏽on my way ✈️ to @ki.se ❄️ to work and learn with @petterbrodin.bsky.social thanks to the @societymucosalimm.bsky.social #Mentoring program ☺️

When this came out, some of us who’ve looked at these kinds of data (T-/B-cell disease diag) were a bit skeptical. And then Damon and others dug in and looked at the paper’s data and found some issues that likely cloud the accuracy of these models. ML can be hard without good data. 🧪 #mlsky

The myth that vaccines cause autism is harmful to public health, not just because it lowers vaccination rates, but because it contributes to stigma and negative stereotypes about autism. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

¡El nuevo número de El infocito ya está aquí! 📖✨ No te quedes fuera de esta edición llena de conocimiento y datos sorprendentes. 📚✨ 🔗 Léela aquí: sociedadmexicanadeinmunologia.org/revista-edic... #Elinfocito #DivulgaciónSMI #SMInmunología

A final take-home message: In biology, cells are not what they look but what they do. Cell lineages are human divides, and the remarkable plasticity of myeloid cells teaches us that biology works by instructing functional programs at defined times and places.

What?!!!

T-bet+ CXCR3+ B cells drive hyperreactive B-T cell interactions in multiple sclerosis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The intestinal barrier: a pivotal role in health, inflammation, and cancer | The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000. 👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.

🧪 #episky #medsky #idsky One of the things that I find most frustrating about the canards about vaccines and autism is that they assume that there has been a drastic rise in the amount of autism in the population over time- and we literally don't have evidence of that. 🧵

“We wanted to learn the truth about the concerns and the science behind vaccine safety. So we talked to two uneducated, elderly, white, millionaire conspiracy theorists in a Steak & Shake.”

🧪🔬Every time someone sends me a dramatic “fascinating” video on some obscure fringe conspiracy theory about the causes of cancer or infectious disease with dramatic mysterious music in the background…This summed up 2020 and well describes the kakistocracy in 2025. #science Cartoon by Matt Reuter

Congratulations Ying-Han Chen and Kim Zaldana for showing how B cells are altered when lab mice 🐭 are released outdoors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Here’s some context for the paper followed by how gov’t 💰 + other sources combine to make these types of studies possible 1/n

😂😂😂😂😂😂 IYKYK

NIH budget: $ 48b Musk wealth: $351b Both are mostly funded by your tax dollars But only one might save your life . . . . Sources: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh... Search results: elon musk net worth g.co/kgs/6c8YEuB @standupforscience.bsky.social

Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!

Getting reports of some sound problems with our Twitch livestream. Here's another stream while we sort out some technical difficulties! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...

The Stand Up For Science protests have kicked off worldwide. Thousands of scientists demonstrated in solidarity with their US counterparts across France to defend the scientific community. (📹 @Margot_Brunet_) #3E #FranceProtests #USprotests #March7Science #StandUpForScience #Mar7

Another unvaccinated child dies from measles, a fully preventable disease, and only the second child to die from measles in the US in the past 22 years