The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Congrats Julia Weber for her phenomenal PhD thesis defense seminar! I am proud of you Julia!

De novo pyrimidine synthesis controls germinal center B cell and plasma cell fates and systemic autoimmunity: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Excellent weather for hiking in Pennsylvania!

Here’s how South Carolina beat back a measles outbreak: “Measles vaccinations were the most effective single containment tool”

An excellent way to take a break from writing or reviewing grants and off the phone!

Enjoying the Keystone B cell meeting at Keystone, Colorado!

AAI is at least two weeks behind in informing attendees of the status of their abstract submission. This interferes with the travel plan.

I am rejecting anything AI! How about you?

Does 100K application fee for new H1b visa apply to our postdocs who are planning to apply for H1b?

Recently have moved to a newly renovated lab space!

PA Grand Canyon!

The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints, say Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social‬ and colleagues @pennstateuniv.bsky.social‬: rupress.org/jem/article/... See a short video summary by Adam Fike👇 youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups

🎥 New video summary of the study "IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints" from Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social‬ and colleagues (rupress.org/jem/article/...) 👇 youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups

Super excited to post our new paper on the role of IRF7 in controlling #spontaneous #autoimmune #germinal center and #plasma cell checkpoints. doi.org/10.1084/jem....

IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal

IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal

Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

If you've been calling Congress, keep calling & if not, start-we're getting their attention. We had a good visit to a Congressional office yesterday to discuss science funding & the staffer told us how busy they've been-usually the Senate shwitchboard gets 64 calls/minute-now they're getting 1600 🧪

#HHS has canceled the March meeting of outside experts who were to advise #FDA on what next winter's #flu shots should target. The irony of this: Canceling #VRBPAC makes the US more reliant on the WHO-led strain selection process. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/f...

A nice distraction from all that is happening in the US!

Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

So sad and frustrating! This could have been prevented with a safe vaccine!! A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade apnews.com/article/m...

This @theonion.com headline makes me so sad. theonion.com/democratic-l...

Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

Any update on the court hearing about the NIH indirect cost?

Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon! Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!! standupforscience2025.org

Are you guys following the news of all study section canceled this week?

What do clinicians who voted for Trump think now that RFK is confirmed and guts 600 employees from NIH infectious disease research section?

Project 2025 Is Gutting Medical Funding That Helped Russell Vought’s Own Kid Its architect’s daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a “miracle drug” backed by an agency he’s attacking. Terrible. www.motherjones.com/... 1/3

Eagles!!

Go Birds!

Womp womp

Do not underestimate the role of Irf7 in systemic autoimmunity.

IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.04.636277v1

What coping mechanisms should we employ to get through this difficult time?

I have never used TikTok. Can someone tell me why it was banned in the first place?

Repost this and spread the word.👇

Going for a movie after submitting the grant to take a break from work!

Submitted the grant 90 minutes before the deadline. Was little nervous as I would like a submit a couple of days earlier than the deadline!

All journals should give free access to the readers, especially when they already charge us so much to publish!!