U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

Spring irises in Southeast Louisiana...

Ladies and Gentleman.. I give you … Raaaandy Rainbow 🌈 HHS..🖕🏻 Enjoy… #SheShed

"Vaccine Immunity vs. Infection Out in the Wild" pass it on. www.linkedin.com/posts/unbias...

NIH Institute Director Abruptly Replaced www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

Bluesky 🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day? Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info. Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org #ImmunologyExplained#ImmuneSystem#Science

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!) theconversation.com/im-a-physici...

🌱 From UC Davis: Deleting key gliadin genes boosts wheat gluten strength & cuts celiac-triggering epitopes—without harming yield. (Maria Rottersman, Jorge Dubcovsky) ▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/ta...

#ImmunologyNews A recent study published has revealed the molecular link between malaria infection and Burkitt lymphoma (BL)… #immunology #research Read more here: www.immunopaedia.org.za/breaking-new...

This is good news. Comparable immune responses (IgA & neutralising antibodies) with new oral polio vaccine compared to Sabin vaccine - hopefully can help interrupt circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks. @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social #IDSky #ImmunoSky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Now it's your fault if you get sick? Dr. Oz: 'It's your patriotic duty to take care of yourself. Healthy people don't consume healthcare resources.'

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations www.propublica.org/article/meas...

Bringing back all the greatest hits. 😥

We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.

This is just horrible. The FY25 CR obliterates the already small funding allocations for the development of new treatments for patients with pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and glioblastoma.... for what purpose? These are three of the deadliest types of cancer.

"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77q

The US invited Rumesya Ozturk to study at Tufts on a Fulbright, a program that promotes "mutual understanding" between America and the world. As a Fulbrighter, this video makes me ill. We certainly aren't promoting mutual understanding. We're promoting the idea that dissent is not welcome here.

14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

“The cancellations stunned scientists who had depended on the government’s support. “The idea that we don’t need further research to learn how to treat health problems caused by coronaviruses and prevent future pandemics because ‘Covid-19 is over’ is absurd,” said Pamela Bjorkman”

‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies. www.nytimes.com/2025... 1/4

'Neutrophils expressed notably low levels of STING, whereas forced expression led to uncontrolled systemic inflammation. During development in the thymus, Tcells dynamically & epigenetically restricted STING expression through DNMT1–mediated transcriptional silencing' #Immunology

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth During #mold infections, crosstalk between 🫁 epithelial cells & fungicidal #neutrophils via GM-CSF improves survival, according to a new study in 🐁 @sciimmunology.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Medsky🧪#IDsky #immunosky #pedsky #publichealth #measles-induced #immuneamnesia that leads to the loss of immune memory cells, resulting in excess non-measles … www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13... www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ei/... www.jmidonline.org/index.php?mn... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Measles outbreak in 🇺🇸 & The Side Effects of Misinformation that made it more dangerous & deadly www.the-scientist.com/immune-amnes...

yelling at clouds for a second- I wish that at some point in the vaccine design project we would take the antigens and do this, especially for virus entry glycoproteins:

there are forbidden words across the sciences chromosome “orientation” and “segregation” gene “expression” mucosal “barrier” microbial “diversity” it’s not an accident, or a coincidence IMO it’s intentionally overbroad and disruptive to thought professionals

Tardigrade Protein Protects Healthy Cells from Radiation Damage www.genengnews.com/topics/cance...

#medsky #pedsky #immunosky #episky 🧪 Seems my timing was appropriate:

open.substack.com/pub/erictopo... #immunosky

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

"None of the sampled products tested positive for infectious virus based on egg inoculations, indicating that pasteurization can inactivate most of the H5N1 virus found in milk products. However, these data highlight the risk of consuming milk products that do not undergo thorough pasteurization."

Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order. TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

"“The first thought that came to my mind was that whoever made this decision has no compassion at all,” said Mr. Tha Ker."

For immunologists that like ice cream cone analogies... www.asimov.press/p/flu-vaccin...

#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #oncosky #publichealth Cancer cells can sabotage immune cells & try to attack them by filling them with defective #mitochondria, the organelles that cells rely on to make energy. mitochondria after only 24 hrs. By 15 d , their native mitochondria had been replaced almost entirely

Guardians of the Brain open.substack.com/pub/erictopo...

What should we eat? Or avoid? The new Ground Truths podcast is with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, a leader in nutrition science and metabolism erictopol.substack.com/p/kevin-hall... Full transcript with links to multiple publications

#microbiologists #environtalmicrobiologists #microbialecologists TT Asst Prof position at PUI Great opportunity. Check it out!

Environmental Microbiologists and Microbial Ecologists, check this out and share with those that may be interested. www.linkedin.com/posts/justin...

Environmental Microbiologists and Microbial Ecologists, check this out and share with those that may be interested. www.linkedin.com/posts/justin...

The haploid genome of the single cell amoeba 'Polychaos dubium' is 210 times LARGER than the human genome. Amphiuma newts have a genome 26 times larger than the human genome. Even the onion's genome is 4.9 times as large as ours. Are they all just *more complicated* than humans?