Ezra Aksoy
@aksoylab.bsky.social
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Scientist, academic, member of Gaia.
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Journal of Cell Biology
6 days ago
Viewpoint:
@fredmast.bsky.social
, Rachubinski, and Aitchison
@seattlechildrens.org
challenge the PPAR paradigm and show human
#peroxisomes
expand via hominid-specific pathways that link specialization to immunometabolic functions.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Organelles
#Development
#Metabolism
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Oded Rechavi
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IT'S HAPPENING! š„ I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between
@qedscience.bsky.social
&
@openrxiv.bsky.social
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on āgetting publishedā (1/3) š
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Fantastic study
#gut
is central to our
#health
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eLife
about 1 month ago
The gut-brain connection Glia cells mediate cytokine signalling between the gut and the brain, linking sleep to inflammation in the gut.
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The gut-brain connection
Glia cells mediate cytokine signaling between the gut and the brain, linking sleep to inflammation in the gut.
https://buff.ly/fHg21Fd
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Cell signalling milestones from
#Biochemicaljournal
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x.com/biochem_jour...
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Biochemical Journal on X: "Explore our themed collection, Cell Signaling in the 21st Century. This collection captures new developments in cell signaling through research, review articles and perspective pieces. https://t.co/t0TdfBn6Zy https://t.co/2mRyKJwnsM" / X
Explore our themed collection, Cell Signaling in the 21st Century. This collection captures new developments in cell signaling through research, review articles and perspective pieces. https://t.co/t0TdfBn6Zy https://t.co/2mRyKJwnsM
https://x.com/biochem_journal/status/1889676307740471770?s=12
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
4 months ago
I thought it might be helpful to do a more general immunology explainer which I can then build on for example when I discuss specific papers or political actions. Do let me know if its useful and other topics if so. This first one is a general one about how we tackle infections... š§Ŗ
#ImmunoSky
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Fundamental immunology 101: the basics of an immune response
Tackling infections
https://open.substack.com/pub/sheenacruickshankimmunology/p/fundamental-immunology-101-the-basics?r=11blfp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Exciting times, a study shows organ specific
#aging
and future
#disease
can be measured.
x.com/hammy_oh/sta...
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Hamilton Oh on X: "I'm thrilled to share our new study out in @NatureMedicine! We show that a blood test can estimate how aged or youthful oneās organs are and that these organ ages predict future disease and lifespan. Final paper from my PhD in the @wysscoray lab. š§µ1/12 š https://t.co/2bxtfEJ0TS" / X
I'm thrilled to share our new study out in @NatureMedicine! We show that a blood test can estimate how aged or youthful oneās organs are and that these organ ages predict future disease and lifespan. Final paper from my PhD in the @wysscoray lab. š§µ1/12 š https://t.co/2bxtfEJ0TS
https://x.com/hammy_oh/status/1942956516413186354?s=46&t=XbAFMlf52u9eqDpExyNzrw
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Ruth Franklin
4 months ago
Exciting week! Congrats to
@xuzhoulab.bsky.social
, Ruslan Medzhitov, & coauthors on discovering a new mechanism to regulate inflammation!! š
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Regulation of inflammatory responses by pH-dependent transcriptional condensates
Inflammation is an essential defense response but operates at the cost of normal tissue functions. Whether and how the negative impact of inflammationā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425007354
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Prof Danny Altmann
7 months ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
āVaccines have saved 154 million lives globally since the launch of the Expanded Programme on Immunization by the World Health Organization in 1974 and are one of the great triumphs of medicineā
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Combating vaccine revisionism - Nature Medicine
The scientific community must take a strong and active stand against vaccine revisionism ā the false narrative that there is insufficient evidence to support the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03682-y
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One more obstacle on the way CD4+ T cells unleashed š Neuropilin 2
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
7 months ago
Very awed by the incredible work
@chrischirp.bsky.social
is doing and delighted to see this profile
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UK academic tracks Trumpās agenda āto discredit scienceā - Research Professional News
āThis isnāt chaosāitās a deliberate war on science and academic freedom,ā says Christina Pagel
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-2025-4-uk-academic-tracks-trump-s-agenda-to-discredit-science/
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Maladaptive
#Trainedinnateimmunity
in chronic inflammation and cancer ššš
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Adrian Liston
7 months ago
Our
@natrevimmunol.bsky.social
review with
@abhishekgarglab.bsky.social
,
@deadoc80.bsky.social
and Kellie Smith is out! We attempt to integrate the data on CD8 T cell dysfunction into a new framework of hypofunctionality in cancer and chronic infections!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The diversity of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in cancer and viral infection - Nature Reviews Immunology
Beyond exhaustion, CD8+ T cells can adopt various dysfunctional states, including tolerant, anergic, senescent, ignorant and dying states, that compromise their ability to eradicate viruses or tumours...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-025-01161-6
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This one is particle uptake via
#phagocytosis
which programs unique set of transcriptional response in
#macrophages
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Soluble antigen
#crosspresentation
by
#macrophages
in CD8 T cell priming š«£
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Immunity
7 months ago
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T cells with a taste for tissue remodeling
Specialized TĀ cells can support tissue remodeling, but how TĀ cells contribute to mammary gland remodeling during pregnancy is not fully understood. In a recent Cell issue, Corral etĀ al. demonstrate that self-sensing TĀ cells migrate to the mammary gland where they optimize milk production.
http://dlvr.it/TK6fP5
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Ivan Zanoni
7 months ago
#WeekendRead
!
#NotAllFatIsEqual
!
@lexiong.bsky.social
Seillet &co show
@cp-immunity.bsky.social
that
#diet
saturated fatty acids rapidly impair (while unsaturated fatty acids favor via lipid droplets) IL22 production by ILC3 supporting dysbiosis & gut permeability, exacerbating inflammation!
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Acute exposure to high-fat diet impairs ILC3 functions and gut homeostasis
Xiong etĀ al. report that short-term, high-fat diet exposure rapidly alters the gut microbial and immune environment, disrupting tissue homeostasis. IL-22 production by group 3 innate lymphoid cells (I...
https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(25)00136-0
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Cell Press
8 months ago
"We should include eugenics in our undergraduate classes, reminding students that scientists must speak out when others lie about science and use it to further their political views," says professor
@peiferlabunc.bsky.social
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www.cell.com/trends/genet...
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social
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Adrian Liston
10 months ago
Academics get so jaded about institutions, when they reach a
#leadership
position many feel
#researchculture
is unactionable. Me and
@deefitzgerald.bsky.social
wrote a guide in
@immunolcellbiol.bsky.social
on leadership nurturing a positive culture 1/13
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Positive research cultures provide the environment for scientists to explore ideas, grow as individuals, develop team science and create a positive impact on those around them. Here we focus on key a...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imcb.12795
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Max Gutierrez
8 months ago
Happy to share the latest work from the lab
@crick.ac.uk
. Outstanding work from Di Chen and Tony Fearns showing the link between Mtb membrane damage, calcium leakage and ATG8/LC3 lipidation in macrophages. Congratulations Di and Tony!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis phagosome Ca2+ leakage triggers multimembrane ATG8/LC3 lipidation to restrict damage in human macrophages
Ca2+ leakage triggers LC3 lipidation on multimembrane as Mtb phagosome damage response, independent of autophagy.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt3311
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The threat to science from all corners is everywhere and we must all defend logic and truth in the most beautiful way possible and that is science
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Many wonders of aspirin š
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What more exciting than looking forward to the EMBL Events meetings in 2025!
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11 months ago
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Selective targeting of
#PI3K
activity is becoming more real ššš
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Covalent inhibitors of the RAS binding domain of PI3Ka impair tumor growth driven by RAS and HER2
Genetic disruption of the RAS binding domain (RBD) of PI 3-kinase (PI3K) prevents the growth of mutant RAS driven tumors in mice and does not impact PI3Ks role in insulin mediated control of glucose h...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.17.629001v1
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Treg maintenance also matters! ššš
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Klaus Okkenhaug
12 months ago
Our latest paper reveals an intriguing and essential role for the class III
#PI3K
VPS34 in Treg homeostasis and function. Selective deletion of VPS34 in Treg led to a scurfy-like phenotype, suggesting an essential role for VPS34 in Treg-suppression.
doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
#immunosky
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Highly provocative science. Well done!
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Nature Reviews Immunology
12 months ago
The danger theory of immunity strikes back...
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Resilence in the gut by compartmentalising microbiota.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Spatially restricted immune and microbiota-driven adaptation of the gut - Nature
Intestinal regionalization is characterized by robust and resilient structural cell states and the intestine can adapt to environmental stress in a spatially controlled manner through crosstalk betwee...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08216-z
12 months ago
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Arenāt we familiar with this?
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https://x.com/itaiyanai/status/1860712185405571561?s=12
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Excellent paper, showing going back to the origins might be the clue in anti-inflammatory therapies
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Tumors resurrect an embryonic vascular program to escape immunity
Tumors escape immunity by using embryonic-like angiogenesis resulting in nonadhesive vasculature, preventing leukocyte infiltration.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abm6388
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Ludwig Cancer Research
about 1 year ago
A Ludwig Oxford study punctures a longstanding assumption about the source of the genome's most common type of mutation. Its findings have implications for our understanding of not only cancer biology but also carcinogenic risk & drug resistance.
bit.ly/3Y4bDsZ
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
12 months ago
Now in the Guardian too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Muskās continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was āa contradiction of all the valuesā of UKās national academy of sciences
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/25/oxford-scientist-resigns-from-royal-society-over-elon-musks-continuing-fellowship?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Carolyn Bertozzi
12 months ago
Respect/beware of His tags
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Nature Portfolio
12 months ago
A study in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that the introduction of mandatory calorie labels in out-of-home food outlets in England was not associated with fewer calories being purchased or consumed.
https://go.nature.com/3ZjqYYh
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Carole Cadwalladr
12 months ago
So hereās the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If youāre a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldnāt be greater. Yet, here it is.
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GLUT4 glucose transporter, is a top intervention that improves the function of old Neural Stem Cells.
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CRISPRāCas9 screens reveal regulators of ageing in neural stem cells - Nature
CRISPRāCas9 screens in cultures of young and old neural stem cells (NSCs) and in vivo in old mice identify gene knockouts that can boost old NSC activation and neurogenesis, with Slc2a4, which encodes...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07972-2
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Lysosomal membrane localisation keeps mTOR catalytically active.
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https://x.com/thehurleylab/status/1857821177542320501?s=12
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Great Team and Great Mentor ššš
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Interesting concepts. Fueling the fire of adipose thermogenesis Specialized fat tissue generates heat and holds the potential to counter metabolic diseases I wonder what would be the impact on the
#immunesystem
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fueling the fire of adipose thermogenesis
Specialized fat tissue generates heat and holds the potential to counter metabolic diseases
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl7108
about 1 year ago
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Carolyn Bertozzi
about 1 year ago
Great to see another Stanford colleague here in the sky!
@sergiuppasca.bsky.social
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Razvan Borza
about 1 year ago
šØ I want to gather all artists working in Biology, Cell Biology, or Molecular Biology illustration If you know any artists who create this kind of work, let me know so I can add them here. Drop a comment to join! š¬
go.bsky.app/KWAeJxp
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Poddictive
about 1 year ago
Agreed. Isn't it counter productive to share your science content primarily in the other place, where your message is surrounded by disinformation, conspiracy theories and anti-science?
bsky.app/profile/podd...
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The metaphors of artificial intelligence
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The metaphors of artificial intelligence
A few months after ChatGPT was released, the neural network pioneer Terrence Sejnowski wrote about coming to grips with the shock of what large language models (LLMs) could do: āSomething is beginning...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt6140
about 1 year ago
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Secret life of RA and TGF beta. Retinoic acid and TGF-β orchestrate organ-specific programs of tissue residency
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
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Retinoic acid and TGF-β orchestrate organ-specific programs of tissue residency
CD8+ TĀ cells integrate signals from the local microenvironment to establish tissue residency, but which factors are involved and how remain unresolved. Obers etĀ al. highlight the role of retinoic acid...
https://www.cell.com/immunity/abstract/S1074-7613(24)00459-X
about 1 year ago
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@redspottedollie.bsky.social
well come to
#Bluesky
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