The Szilard Point is not some theoretical event horizon. It is where we are at right now. When the total cost of competing for a grant exceeds the value of available funding the system is seriously broken. We need innovative granting schemes and solutions not more of the same hunger games.

Hey "Friends" The 2025 edition of our #AwkwardLabPhoto celebrates an incredible year of growth, publications, promotions, PhD submissions and grads I feel immensely proud and grateful to be part of this team

🎉🥂 our @jem.org paper “Transient inhibition of type I interferon enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection” is in the 2025 Best of JEM collection This work was led by @benjbroom.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social check out the original thread.. bsky.app/profile/groo...

Fantastic to wrap up the year with a lab retreat at CERES East Brunswick: Celebrating some nice wins in 2025 and setting us up for 2026 and beyond @wehi-research.bsky.social @benjbroom.bsky.social @brigetteduckworth.bsky.social @raymondqin.bsky.social @chinweetan.bsky.social

2025 lab photo shoot has happened! While we're deciding on the final cut, flash back to last years entry. Is anyone else is up for the #AwkwardLabPhoto challenge... or is this just an "us" thing 🤷‍♀️

Cytokines 2026 in Glasgow (Oct 18-21) has an incredible Scientific Organizing Committee! Simon Jones, Iain McInnes, Clare Bryant, Clare Lloyd, and Luke O'Neill creating the program. This one's going to be special. Details: 2026.cytokinesociety.org

Another fantastic @ASI annual meeting, with @benjbroom.bsky.social (New Investigator finalist) and @brigetteduckworth.bsky.social (Symposia session) sharing the latest work from our lab. Loved catching up with old friends and hearing the current research from this brilliant network.

Jacques Miller? “It started by taking a thymus out of a mouse,” said Jo Handelsman, the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Who would have thought that would be an exciting idea for the future of medicine?”

Thanks @10xgenomics.bsky.social for the shout out and for making your data publicly available Why waste precious resources ($$) to reinvent data that already exists? Cool human datasets ready to go (Although now we have scratched the spatial itch, we may need to do more @chinweetan.bsky.social 🤔)

Today is the last day to make a submission! You don't have to fill in the survey l, you can just upload a letter or even a video 🫵🏻Advocate for fundamental research👊🏻 @nhmrc.bsky.social need your feedback to develop the best strategy for the future of Australian medical research Link in the 🧵

Dear Everyone, I've read the #NHMRC draft strategy and I have notes ... So I'm going to...🧵🤔🧵😱🧵😵‍💫🧵🙏🧵🧵🧵 This is a repost from X because you all need to know! #NHMRCdraftStratergy #Ihavenotes #ValueFundamentalScience @nhmrc.bsky.social

"Biology is messy and sometimes we need to embrace the mess" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to Amy Weinmann and Danielle Chisolm for beautifully highlighting our work and the importance of our approaches @natimmunol.nature.com

WEHI scientists led by @groomlab.bsky.social‬ @chinweetan.bsky.social map how Tfh cells tailor instructions based on infection type. A step toward smarter vaccines and therapies. 📄 In @natimmunol.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔗 Read more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/unlocki...

Thrilled to have our latest research @wehi-research.bsky.social published in @natimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... This work was an outstanding partnership between talented PhD student Len Dalit (now postdoc, no 🦋) and bioinformatician @chinweetan.bsky.social Thread below...

Abstract deadline extended to Monday, June 30! And travel grants are still available to student and post-doc members. Don't miss out - REPOST to share the info with others.

🌏 Make your mark in Melbourne! 🌏 We are looking for innovative researchers to join WEHI as Laboratory Heads and help lead the next wave of biomedical discovery. For more information and to apply 👇

🧠🍔 Just 48 hours on a high-fat diet can weaken gut immunity. Our new study shows saturated fats rapidly impair ILC3s! Proud to see this featured by @wehi-research.bsky.social as I continue to explore these questions @monashuniversity.bsky.social with the IMI Lab!

ICYMI: explore our #Immunology collection, highlighting B cells, CD8+ T cell stemness, priming and differentiation, CD4+ T cell heterogeneity, autoimmunity, lymphatic immunophysiology and innate immune signaling. 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti... #AAI2025

So excited to share our first neuro focused paper from the lab, we show that CXCL4 (PF4) is transported into the brain by proteoglycans within the endothelial glycocalyx and that GAG binding also mediates the pro neurogenesis effects of CXCL4. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to have our latest research published in @jem.org this week and also highlighted by @natrevimmunol.nature.com @wehi-research.bsky.social @benjbroom.bsky.social

Thanks to @cytokinesociety.bsky.social Signals+ for highlighting our recent work @benjbroom.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social

#WeekendRead! #InterferonFriendOrFoe! @benjbroom.bsky.social @groomlab.bsky.social &co show @jem.org that transient type I IFN inhibition upon LCMV infection or a mRNA vaccine boosts stem-like memory CD8 T cells by altering their location within the draining lymph node, potentiating virus protection

Gonna guess immunologists will regret the "precursor of exhausted" T cell name in the future.

Very excited our work out in @jem.org “Transient inhibition of type I interferon enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection” @wehi-research.bsky.social led by talented (and determined) PhD student @benjbroom.bsky.social Thread below.

Transient inhibition of type I IFN enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection @jem.org @groomlab.bsky.social @benjbroom.bsky.social doi.org/10.1084/jem....

Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...

Kicking off the new year searching for a postdoc to join our team @wehi-research.bsky.social Apply now and spread the word

Congratulations @jenjuno.viralvaxlab.com and team for this essential update to the field Cue the purchase of anti-CXCR4 to increase antigen-specificity in CD4 T cell activation assays

So lucky to be in a lab that does great science AND indulges in a weird photoshoot 🫶 Happy holidays!

Please enjoy the 2024 edition of our #AwkwardLabPhoto Feel incredibly proud and privileged to work with this crew @wehi-research.bsky.social Credits: Creative vision and execution: @benjbroom.bsky.social Wardrobe: @brigetteduckworth.bsky.social Best pose (always): @raymondqin.bsky.social

Amanda Proudfoot Tribute Award for Advances in Chemokine Biology by a Trainee cytokinesociety.org/amanda-e-i-p... Donations are also accepted to help fund this Annual Award for those interested in Chemokine Biology. Submission Deadline is 15 May for Cytokines 2025 in Seattle @crgglasgow.bsky.social

Incredibly exciting announcement at @wehi-research.bsky.social today Repost / Apply (Melbourne is calling you)

Friends, the second #immunology starter pack filled in 3 days! I started a third to help folks new to BlueSky rebuild their network Below are the links If you're an immunologist and I have missed you so far, let me know 🧪 go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD go.bsky.app/6aT6qDS