“first drafts of Results, Discussion, and Introduction should be the trainee’s own work. AI can help with grammar…tightening prose…critiquing the logic of an argument you’ve already made. But the hard part of forming the argument needs to be yours.’ blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...

Congratulations to Shaila Sachdev for defending her undergraduate Honors Thesis on human early-life B cells and receiving the Highest Honors! @emoryuniversity.bsky.social Shaila made exciting discoveries about the signaling required to activate or inhibit human #early-life #Bcells. #BYourCell

Save the date! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

To strengthen the European research on early life immunology we have started the EFIS study ELINE Info and seminar announcement 👇🏼 #EFIS#ELINE#immunology

Too much data, too little thinking. A important essay from Ruslan Medzhitov on the importance of understanding data, not just generating it. A must read. @Yale www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Yewdell Lab at Genentech is seeking a summer intern for 2026!! An excellent opportunity to learn how we combine fundamental, basic research with drug discovery to create novel therapeutics, and to see what biotech is all about. Apply now! roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...

Download our large database of postdoc fellowships in all fields of research. Database freely available to all; 281 fellowships. Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine find a distinct #Bcell and antibody profile in infants and mothers in an Older Order Mennonite farming community, associated with lower incidence of egg #allergy. https://scim.ag/48rPBGS

This #Preprint reports that B6 (but not wild mice) have a truncated PDL2, missing an active intracellular signalling domain: "Surprisingly, in C57BL/6J (B6) mice PD-L2 has only a 5-amino acid intracellular domain, and the same is true for several other laboratory mouse strains" #Immunology

$15k stipend to support 9 weeks of full time summer research! For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in! I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply! 🧪🧠

FlowLITE: A protocol to characterize and quantify total antibody isotypes in human plasma using flow cytometry #protocol #starprotocols #cellpress

#FlowLITE is a modular, easy-to-build, bead-based assay for characterizing & quantifying absolute number of antibodies in small volumes (~10μL) of any fluid specimen. This is Justin Hahm’s Honors Thesis project (Highest Honors!). He was mentored by PhD student Alex Nazzari, the co-first author. 2/4

While #FlowLITE quantifies total antibodies, #FlowBEAT also quantifies antibody specificities to defined antigens. Both protocols can be adapted to your research needs. 4/4 star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4572

For context: FlowLITE was based on our previous technology, FlowBEAT, which we developed to measure human antibody isotypes against #SARSCoV2 and autoantigens in the #nasal #mucosa of #COVID19 patients (Sci Transl Med, 2024) 3/4 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

No more #ELISA assays?

Our 🌈 Annual Cook-off event keeps growing! We build community around great food, drinks, and music. Thank you for the delicious dishes and fantastic company. The 2025 Chef Laureate goes to...

You will identify immune mechanisms underlying neuroinflammatory autoimmune diseases in children vs adults--autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and multiple sclerosis (MS). You will apply multi-omics single-cell assays to study the role of B/plasma cells and antibodies using patient samples (CSF and blood)

We are #hiring a postdoctoral fellow! Please share! Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay. Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/... #BYourCell

We are #hiring a postdoctoral fellow! Please share! Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay. Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/... #BYourCell

Main dish or Appetizer 1. Adas Polo & Lamb (Fatemeh Yousefian and Masoud Ilkhani) 2. Lasagna Bolognese (Alex Nazzari & Matt Stern) Dessert 1. Mohanthal (Hardy Nariya) 2. Cesta di Frutta @katyely.bsky.social

No more #ELISA assays?

Our new FlowLITE protocol for simultaneously quantifying all (human and mouse) #antibody isotypes in a single tube using #flowcytometry is out in STAR Protocols: star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4572 Is it time to retire the ELISAs for #antibody measurements? 1/4

Our new FlowLITE protocol for simultaneously quantifying all (human and mouse) #antibody isotypes in a single tube using #flowcytometry is out in STAR Protocols: star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4572 Is it time to retire the ELISAs for #antibody measurements? 1/4

Our 🌈 Annual Cook-off event keeps growing! We build community around great food, drinks, and music. Thank you for the delicious dishes and fantastic company. The 2025 Chef Laureate goes to...

It was great to present our lab's work "Engineering B-cell therapies for life-long immunity" at the Annual Research Day @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social We discussed our Gates Foundation project and how studying human early-life B cells can inform this technology. Great discussions! #25DOMResearchDay

It was great to present our lab's work "Engineering B-cell therapies for life-long immunity" at the Annual Research Day @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social We discussed our Gates Foundation project and how studying human early-life B cells can inform this technology. Great discussions! #25DOMResearchDay

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Whether you think limiting student visas to 4 years is a good or bad thing, please comment. Be heard.

🚨 Immcantation.org user or interested in #Bcell repertoire analysis? 🗓️ Join the FREE virtual 2026 Immcantation Users Group Meeting 📅 Jan 22, 2026 | ⏰ 10AM–1:30PM ET 📢 Abstracts due Oct 1, 2025 🔗 immcantation.github.io/users-meeting/2026 #AIRRseq #Immcantation

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

bioRxiv bat signal going up. We have a big backlog of submissions. If any affiliates have time to do some screening, we (and all the authors) would be immensely grateful! 🙏

🧵1/ New in @Cancer_Cell: Our lab discovered that Th17 cells must team up with B cells to eliminate tumors, and prevent it from coming back. 🔗 Read: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/... 🧬This unexpected immune duo sparks tumor immunity. 🖼️Image: See schematic Th17/B cell antitumor action!

We are #hiring -- To clarify, this is for a second Postdoc position for the newly funded project.

We just received new funding to study human early-life B-cell and plasma cell immunity (including mucosal immunity to respiratory viral infections). We are seeking a new researcher with expertise in B-cell biology to join our team! Send me a message!

We just received new funding to study human early-life B-cell and plasma cell immunity (including mucosal immunity to respiratory viral infections). We are seeking a new researcher with expertise in B-cell biology to join our team! Send me a message!

We are #hiring! Please help share! Postdoc in #Immunology; B-cell biology We are recruiting a postdoc to lead projects on human B cells and plasma cells funded by the Gates Foundation and the NIH (The position is fully funded and not dependent on future grants). ghosnlab.science/join-us

Wanted to highlight our latest preprint--a huge effort by multiple people and labs, but led primarily by @wsdewitt.github.io, Tatsuya Araki, and Ashni Vora, in a very close wet-dry collaboration with @matsen.bsky.social’s lab at the Hutch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Universities are not passive beneficiaries of government largesse. It is the federal government that depends on universities to conduct the research that keeps our nation healthy, safe and economically competitive.I discuss in the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Working in Eliver’s group is an opportunity not to be missed! Outstanding, exciting research; wonderful scientist and person!

We are #hiring! Please help share! Postdoc in #Immunology; B-cell biology We are recruiting a postdoc to lead projects on human B cells and plasma cells funded by the Gates Foundation and the NIH (The position is fully funded and not dependent on future grants). ghosnlab.science/join-us

This week, we celebrated an extraordinary scientist, my mentor, Lee Herzenberg. She received an honorary degree (with Usher :). We hosted a symposium in her honor with Max Cooper, alumni, and others. I was thrilled to share her incredible story with the young generation @emoryuniversity.bsky.social.

We are still recruiting a B-cell immunologist to join our team and lead projects funded by the Gates Foundation and NIH. If you are looking for a postdoc or a more senior Staff Scientist position, please apply! Please repost to help reach out to our colleagues affected by recent RIFs. Thank you!

We also hosted a Herzenberg-style lab meeting between our lab and Rabin Tirouvanziam's (we both left Stanford to join the Emory faculty). We celebrated three generations of scientists from the Herzenberg family 😊

We are still recruiting a B-cell immunologist to join our team and lead projects funded by the Gates Foundation and NIH. If you are looking for a postdoc or a more senior Staff Scientist position, please apply! Please repost to help reach out to our colleagues affected by recent RIFs. Thank you!

This week, we celebrated an extraordinary scientist, my mentor, Lee Herzenberg. She received an honorary degree (with Usher :). We hosted a symposium in her honor with Max Cooper, alumni, and others. I was thrilled to share her incredible story with the young generation @emoryuniversity.bsky.social.

Here is the link to the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about RFK, Jr, public health, and HHS (including NIH) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

Please watch tonight’s important episode of “60 minutes” focused on the impacts of reductions to the NIH budget and workforce featuring a UW Immunology graduate student. www.youtube.com/watch?v=noyS...

Did the NIAID Advisory Council meeting happen yesterday, 04/24, as scheduled? I believe it was presided over by Deputy Director Sarah Read. @jeremymberg.bsky.social any news on this? Were they able to complete the final grant review?