A £240m defence contract without tender. Their fingerprints all over our health care data. A meeting in the USA but without any minutes. Everything around Palantir stinks. www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

We're delighted to see immunologists once again recognised by the #NobelPrize! 🏆 Warm congratulations to the winners - their contributions have been vital in shaping our understanding of the immune system. More here: www.immunology.org/news/british...

The relentless Jessica McDonald has spent two weeks and hundreds of emails to fact check claims about the safety of #CovidVaccination in #pregnancy made at the #ACIP meeting. She couldn't have been any quicker. A lie can get around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.

Our new paper, in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, on a Natural Killer cell immune therapy, is just published here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #immunesynapse #nkcells #immunetherapy #microscopy

Check out this excellent paper from Khodor Hazime and @dandavis101.bsky.social! It's got NK cells, it's got engagers, plus super-resolution microscopy!

Got a bit of writer's block, so maybe this will help. Or not. Or maybe nobody will respond Or maybe too many will? I'm not sure I have more than 12 opinions, so that would also be bad

The EHRC’s rushed guidance caused harm from the moment it was released. But now they’re u-turning 👀 goodlawproject.org/ehrc-formall...

This looks great!

April's nearly over. But the protests aren't stopping. We still have a bunch of protests happening all over the country next month. Check out if there are any near you on our website! And please get in contact if you know of any not on the list!

Cannot recommend presenting and attending these enough, it's a great chance to share your work and highlight the work that LGBTQ+ Immunologists do!

Postscript: Emerging LGBTQ rights were weaponised for political gain in the 1980s. The same is happening now, with trans rights the focus of hostility. I will stand up for trans rights and dignity. Peaceful protest is powerful.

I will be attending this protest today. We need urgent action to protect trans human rights. See you there. feministgenderequality.network/urgent-parli...

🚨DR UK's Statement Opposing the Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Biological Sex' 'We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives.' Read our full statement here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...

Yesterday it felt like the Supreme Court slammed a massive door, one shockingly and almost immediately embraced by almost every political party. With ever limited access to gender affirming care, the mountain young people needing it have to climb just got even higher, the world yet more toxic (1/2)

Short BHIVA statement following UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Upholding the rights of women does not need to erode the rights of our trans peers. We all face many intersecting issues, often stemming from the same misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-trans groups. 1/2

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

Head of Human Rights Commission on #r4today confirms trans women cannot access women's public toilets. She says trans people 'should advocate for sex-neutral third spaces'. And in the meantime? How are they supposed to have a wee when they are out and about? How does that not infringe their rights??

Under this ruling, can anyone confirm what spaces trans women or trans men with a gender recognition certificate can use according to their gender? Public toilets? Changing rooms in a single gender clothes shop? Or does it legally restrict all such freedoms? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an antiviral chewing gum that may help reduce the spread of viruses. In lab studies, it cut down viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) by more than 95%. 🧪🧵⬇️

Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function. Please get in touch if interested in applying. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy

Went to this yesterday and it was great! Thank you to all the panelists and organisers, please keep this event going!

No-one risks their life in the Channel in a flimsy boat unless they have no choice. Labour’s cruel move to block refugees from citizenship — bypassing Parliament — shows a dangerous rightward shift, ditching human rights & international law. It must be reversed.

Getting tested for HIV is the first step to accessing the best treatment & support. This #NationalHIVTestingWeek, take the test and take control of your health: ✔ Get a free, confidential test at a clinic or GP ✔ Order online: startswithme.org.uk

One week left to apply to this exciting PhD project! 👇👇👇

Come and meet with fellow queer microbiologists at our LGBTQ+ Networking Event on Tuesday 1 April 20:30 GMT, with a Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. For further information and to secure your place, visit our website: https://microb.io/Microbio25 #Microbio25

🚨Three weeks left to apply for this #fullyfunded #PhDopportunity in my group! 🚨 Are you an UK-Home student interest in #SyntheticCells science? We are looking for you! @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:

After 15 months of genocide in Gaza, a ceasefire has been declared — but the US, UK & others must be held accountable for arming these atrocities. We’ll keep speaking out until the siege lifts, aid flows, schools & hospitals are rebuilt, the Occupation ends & Palestine is free.

Still time to apply for this truly interdisciplinary BBSRC funded PhD project in Aberdeen with @mdmorgan.bsky.social and myself. Develop computation models to analyse ECM-cell interactions and then test them a lab setting! Deadline 17th Jan

Congrats Olatz!!

Still time to apply to join our lab in Aberdeen as a post-doc, in a well-funded position. If you're interested in immune-ECM cross talk and want to use cutting edge spatial technologies, apply now. www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...

Israel's relentless attacks across Gaza continue to worsen the humanitarian situation, with Doctors Without Borders warning of a 'catastrophic situation' for patients as hospitals run out of fuel for power generators. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/jgxs7w

My book is out today - buy it (please)

We are live! 🎉 Our official group website is now online! 🎉 Discover our #projects, meet the #team and stay tuned for job #openings and exciting #news ! 👉 Check it out here: continilab.com

What a journey! So proud of you @hetompkins.bsky.social for getting through the last 4 years and passing your viva (and enjoying it). Thanks for joining the lab way back and being the first graduate of the Sutherland lab.

Listening to Wes talk about how trans people are unheard particularly annoyed me and I turn my irritation into shitposts unfortunately

Merry aXe-mas from the Davis lab!

#PreprintClub is now on Bluesky! Who are we and what are we doing? We are a group of enthusiastic scientists that gather together once a week to discuss fresh preprints in the field of #immunology. 🦠🧬

Hello, BlueSky!🌟 I'm a PI at #ImperialCollegeLondon, specializing in #cellmimicry. My group works on bottom-up #syntheticbiology, designing #biomimetic systems at the micro and nanoscale to mimic biological properties for insights into life-processes and biotechnological applications.

The number of humanitarian workers killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war has reached 341, says the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Think of all the new CD numbers there could be for immunologists to get excited about!

Our paper officially out today: tinyurl.com/yrawpvuc We identify an NK cell receptor lineage introgressed from ancient humans, now common across Oceania. It binds uniquely well to HLA-A*24, also common in the region. Huge collaboration with Doherty Inst, Monash, Central Queensland, Oxford and others

Hello, I've officially moved the Content Scrapers blocklist to its own dedicated account. The old list will stay for the time being, but you'll need to manually re-subscribe to the new list if you want to stay up to date with the latest additions to the blocklist.

I got approved for bottom surgery in May 2023 and found out in April 2024 that they forgot to send my referral. 🧵 A short thread on how fucking dreadful NHS gender clinics actually are

Nicely introduced @becky-dodd.bsky.social! New lab pre-print 🎉 explores a new approach of bringing ECM analysis into high-dimensional spatial datasets in the context of lung allergic pathology....cell-cell communication is important but don't forget the ECM! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

To all my followers please do RT and share🙏🏽 All united to end violence against women and girls.

Monday was such a joy! Thank you so much Matthew for creating this community and letting me be a part of it 💕🙌 Read his whole thread for the reasons why events like these are so important!

I’ve kept my handle from the old place to make it easier to find me here. But I do loves FACS! And today I took delivery of a dedicated bench top sorter for my lab! 🥰