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...

Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released

ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…

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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.

FactCheck.org@factcheck.org · 10mo ago

A substantial body of evidence supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, contrary to the suggestions of some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee. www.factcheck.org/2025/10/vacc...

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

Nanoscale restructuring of the immune synapse with an engager enhances NK cell function | PNAS

Engagers are antibody-based therapies which bind immune cell receptors and a target cell ligand. Next-gen engagers typically bind two activating re...

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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!

Olatz Niembro@olatznv.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our new paper is out! Khodor Hazime led the brilliant work at the @dandavis101.bsky.social lab that shows *how* engagers that bring NK cell receptors together at the immune synapse boost activation against tumour cells www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️@usili.bsky.social · last yr.

Okay, lets do this. One like, one opinion that's not on politics.

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

EHRC formally abandons single-sex toilet stipulation | Good Law Project

The EHRC’s rushed guidance caused harm from the moment it was released. But now they’re u-turning.

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This looks great!

British Society for Immunology@britsocimm.bsky.social · last yr.

📝 Publishing skills webinar: How to get published and get your work noticed Join Rachel Moriarty & Prof Simon Milling for expert tips on choosing the right journal, avoiding common mistakes & navigating peer review. 📅 17 July 12:00 BST | 🔗 Register: bit.ly/44ARC1p

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!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️@whatthetrans.com · last yr.

Compilation of Protests Against the Supreme Court whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

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

Matthew Sinton 🏳️‍🌈@mcsinton.bsky.social · last yr.

Who's ready for another @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Seminar Series? If you haven't seen these before, we invite LGBTQ+ immunologists to present online to the wider immunology community. If you'd like to present or attend, please drop a mention below #immunosky 🧪 #academicsky

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...

URGENT: Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm– Stand for Trans Rights - Feminist Gender Equality Network

🚨 URGENT: Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm– Stand for Trans Rights This Saturday at 1:00 p.m in Parliament Square, there will be a critical protest in support of trans rights, following todays Supr...

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🚨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...

UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

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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...

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates

Judges say the

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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

Research Associate in Imaging Human Immunology:Oxford Road

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Big questions, tiny machines

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

London Immunology Group@london-immuno.bsky.social · last yr.

We are very excited to welcome many of you to our first ever ECR Careers Meeting tomorrow! 😎 We hope this will be an informative day to help with career decisions w/ many opportunities to network and ask all your burning questions to our very impressive and diverse panels! #ECR #immunology

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ALT: a man in a suit sits in a car with the words tick tock below him

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γδ T cell Forum@forum-gd.bsky.social · last yr.

A gentle reminder that abstract submissions for the #gdTcells conference close on March 15. 👉🏼 na.eventscloud.com/website/7048...

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

It Starts With Me

Be part of the generation that stops HIV. Your body, your sexual health, your wellbeing – looking after them starts with you.

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

Claudia Contini@continiclau.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨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

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

Claudia Contini@continiclau.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please Share! 🚨 #FullyFunded #PhDopportunity for UK-home student 🚨 🔬Are you interested in designing dynamic synthetic cells that mimic essential life-like functions? Join my group at @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social ! #cellmimicry #FindAPhD findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

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.