Check out this REALLY important resource for neutrophil research 👀👀

Happy Friday! We're so thrilled to share our review on #trainedimmunity out in @elife.bsky.social today. We had a great time writing this. Honored to be included in the special issue of trained immunity. Always an absolute treat to write with @khannakm.bsky.social elifesciences.org/articles/108...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

Your immune system remembers skin inflammation long after it resolves because of #interferon alpha! Check out our new paper describing these findings just published at @jimmunol.bsky.social 👇👇👇 It was amazing working on this with my role model @drshrutinaik.bsky.social

A lot is known about how #obesity influences the #AdiposeTissue. But what happens during weight loss and weight fluctuation is far less known. Check out our new review @atvb, led by 2 fantastic postdocs (not on Bsky 👀) To learn more 👇

Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants. This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things. This cannot stand.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW. While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

The latest in a series of Viewpoint articles highlighting women in science by sharing their stories and amplifying their voices rupress.org/jem/article/... @quinascience.bsky.social @aweinstock.bsky.social @osterhoutlab.bsky.social #WomeninSTEM

So what are the bottom lines? First, a HUGE thank you to NIH staff (particularly grants management specialists but program officers and others as well) for getting this work done in a compressed period with many other stressors. 29/n

🧬 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

Women in STEM becoming independent: Asking for help creates opportunities for connections and kindness. A new Viewpoint from a cross section of #WomeninSTEM, including @quinascience.bsky.social @aweinstock.bsky.social and @osterhoutlab.bsky.social rupress.org/jem/article/...

Unrelated to anything, just a cool recent paper jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🧪 Don't miss this #Viewpoint article on #MitochondrialTransfer, out in @natmetabolism.nature.com, with the collaboration of Dr. @analechugavieco.bsky.social (@mitotherapx-lab.bsky.social#Viewpoint#MitochondrialTransfer,#IRBBarcelona). 📌 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01364-0 #Mitochondria #MitochondrialBiology

ICYMI: How diet affects atherosclerosis in obesity… @aweinstock.bsky.social & team show short-term caloric restriction resolves atherosclerosis inflammation in obese mice, but weight regain accelerates its adverse effects: buff.ly/ieqwQ3O

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/...

Beautiful highlight of 10 brilliant scientists that talk about their journey to independent research careers. Shoutout to @aweinstock.bsky.social and Anushka! #WomeninSTEM

Thank you @jem.org for the invite to participate in this Viewpoint alongside such inspiring scientists 🤩🤩

So happy to see the final version of our paper out today @jclinical-invest.bsky.social 🤗

💥 #ImmunometabolismPower! Excited to have this officially out @cp-immunity.bsky.social 💥 We show that pathogens induce the host to produce oxidized lipids which rewire the #metabolism of #macrophages, causing #epigenetic modifications which dampen anti-inflammatory IL-10, exacerbating #inflammation!

LIMmunity is growing! 🤰🤱👶 We are looking for curious & driven postdocs to join us at @princetonmolbio.bsky.social & HHMI to explore the fascinating world of maternal-offspring immune partnerships! Come be part of our collaborative team! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Today in @nytimes.com , @juliabelluz.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on our toxic food environment, what to do about it, & how MAHA leadership is falling short by promoting wellness products & industry cooperation instead of better science, policy & regulation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

"It's people who will get cancer in 10, 20 or 30 years who will really pay the price." We're literally defunding our future survival.

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...

#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so. Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

Join Stand Up for Science at the Lincoln Park Library Saturday to learn how spending cuts can affect Lake Michigan. #waterislife

How many more people will be killed by our federal public health officials?

#WomenInSTEM becoming independent: People should feel free to be themselves and do great science. We asked ten women researchers about their science and the process of setting up a lab as an independent researcher: rupress.org/jem/article/...

Unbelievable! 651 extra grants that could have been funded just this year! Scary to think how many therapies and inventions are not going to be found because of these actions

My Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post is online [Gift Link] wapo.st/415HpYM 1/4

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast. If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent. 1/13

New work from our collaboration with @www.helmholtz-munich.de on the transcriptional regulation of adipose tissue thermogenesis 🔥 out now @faseborg.bsky.social ! faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/...

The mRNA vaccine platform has already been assessed across diverse clinical indications, many with remarkable progress: —cancer neoantigen vaccines [in patients with refractory disease (e.g. pancreatic)] —more than 15 infectious diseases —autoimmune diseases —rare disease for genome editing

I think that @jeremymberg.bsky.social should always be interviewed with Bhattacharya for real-time fact checking

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

“The Senate Committee on Appropriations is scheduled to release its proposal for NIH’s 2026 budget later this week…The committee could include language that would prohibit the multiyear funding plan or extend the timeline for the transition.”🧪

Sadly, I feel folks are unaware. I was talking with my students today who had no idea what's going on, except for the administration wanting to slash funding. How do we mobilize quickly to get folks to call their senators and urge the appropriation committee to prevent the multi year funding?!

Tomorrow, 12pm ET - @cdelawalla.bsky.social of @standupforscience.bsky.social returns for an update on the battle to maintain America's global scientific leadership. She'll be joined by @jeremymberg.bsky.social, noted scientist and former high-ranking NIH official. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

This was a labor of love requiring lots of teamwork over years, repeating in 3 locations! Thanks to all the lab over the years, giving their time generously to this team project, & our wonderful collaborators. The source of fat matters for anti-tumor immunity 🐄🐖🧈🌴🫒🥥 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.

Yesterday was tough. It was the 1st time I shared real concerns about the lab financial situation with the group. Although I have incredible people, I still feel bad laying this on them but we have to make painful cuts and decisions so folks have jobs 😔 #newPI

In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.

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My first two Bhattacharya email day... This one is coming in hot... 1/n

Check out this amazing new paper by @sancholab.bsky.social and colleagues identifying a new gut metabolite driving heat disease 👏👏