JCI - α4 integrin blockade impairs CD8 T cell neuroimmune surveillance following SIV infection www.jci.org/articles/vie... #Neuroimmunology #HIV #SIV #Neuroscience #Immunology #JCI #TCell #Integrin #CNS #Research

JCI - α4 integrin blockade impairs CD8 T cell neuroimmune surveillance following SIV infection www.jci.org/articles/vie... Happy to share our work integrating macaque and mouse models to understand T cell migration to the CNS and implications for CNS HIV control.

We just walked into an animal shelter because we drove by and saw they were having an adoption drive. Then the volunteers there told us that this sweetheart has been in the shelter for over a year. But they’re waiving the adoption fee for folks who come in to adopt Radar or another cat today.

We’re fighting back. ✊✍️ Shoutout to our brave NIH colleagues behind the “Bethesda Declaration” No, you *cannot* attack medical research. It benefits us all.

I’m available for cover art projects Repost to help me connect with new artists 💜

The #measles vaccine has saved more lives than any other vaccine in the past 50 years. 2 doses = 97% protection against the highly contagious disease. #VaccinesWork #WorldImmunizationWeek

Here is fun way to play with data. The below graph shows the United States total cancer death rates from 1968 through 2023. In 1970 the United States started funding research to find how to prevent and cure cancer. See ALT for more. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology

🍂 US Science is Under Threat - NOW is the Time to Act !! 🧪 Call your Reps Inform others Protest

What a sad and scary time to be a scientist in the US.

The scientific community must take a strong and active stand against vaccine revisionism — the false narrative that there is insufficient evidence to support the safety and efficacy of vaccines www.nature.com/articles/s41... #vaccines #immunology #virology

The side effects from vaccines we complain about? Often part of the path to durable immunity. Getting there takes careful, controlled studies. JCI - Transient pain and long-term gain: adjuvant dose directs immune memory www.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪 #vaccines #immunology

"If you have no critics, you’ll likely have no success." - Malcolm X

Vaccines against measles, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and tuberculosis, received during childhood, have saved about 154 million lives over the past 50 years.

1 billion and strong - Amazing what a little blood cult and pest management can do for your brand.🧪 #CatHistory #ScienceSkeet #coolscience www.science.org/content/arti...

🧪a thing of beauty—CD28 and CD95 separating T cells. if only all markers were this well behaved. #GatingGoals #FlowCytometry #Immunology

"See, pushing back can help..

This turnout is incredible and yet invisible on NYT and WaPo. Evidently you need a major disruption associated with the demonstrations or a tragedy to break through. Infuriating and incentivizing the wrong things

"For a child who is not vaccinated against measles — one of the world’s most infectious viruses — no classroom, school bus or grocery store is safe" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

An article that meets the moment. Check out this thoughtful piece 🔗 “We must share the joy of discovery that motivated us to become and remain scientists as broadly and sincerely as we can.” elifesciences.org/articles/106... #Science #JoyOfDiscovery

Control Your Own Universe 🪐

In today’s episode, we speak with a former director of the NIH about the institutes’ future in the face of government cuts. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

I have written to Sen McCormick about my concerns on the defunding of US science. I finally received a response! He is supportive of research & thinks the F&A rates should be returned to previously negotiated rates! Thanks to @audreydrotos.bsky.social & @laurenkreeger.bsky.social for talking to him!

I illustrated this feature of Dr. Zach Labe's story. He was recently fired from #NOAA because of the #EOs. This is the life-saving science being destroyed. More stories at: silencedsciencestories.com #scicomm #sciart #theycantfirescience #silencedsciencestories #academicsky #zachlabe

Totally forgot about this until I found it on my lab coat in the back of my car. Last week at #StandUpForScience in DC, a woman took my picture and gave me her button when I complimented it. #resistance

"A virus is a piece of bad news wrapped in a protein coat." – Peter Medawar Measles wipes B & T cells, causing immune amnesia -erasing past defenses. This explains why the measles vaccine sharply reduces all-cause mortality. #Immunology #Measles #VaccinesWork www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/w...

This is a clear and useful explanation of who might need a measles vaccine booster & why. A must-read for people born in the U.S. between 1957 and 1989 🧪 slate.com/technology/2... on @slate.bsky.social

"In God we trust. All others must bring data." — W. Edwards Deming Science diplomacy is more critical than ever as the world faces global challenges. A new @Nature editorial explores what’s at stake. 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00726-8 #ScienceDiplomacy #Policy #ResearchIntegrity