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Pamelia Lim

@pamelialim.bsky.social

PhD student in Molecular & Cellular Biology at UMass Amherst | TB immunologist in-training in the Rothchild lab

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John Green@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · last yr.

Tragically, the NIH is finding any reason it can to cancel grants, including critical research into the nature and function of mycobacterium tuberculosis. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists

The Trump administration’s actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new treatmen...

washingtonpost.com

Joanne Flynn@joanneflynn19.bsky.social · last yr.

Tuberculosis is not going away. If the cutting edge research goes away, #TB will rage on. Harvard is being targeted including the TB Immunology contract and that trickles down to all of us working on these studies. Progress will be halted. And TB will flourish. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...

‘This looks bad.’ A Harvard infectious disease researcher is targeted in Trump’s review. - The Boston Globe

Sarah Fortune’s tuberculosis research was the number one project on a list of threatened funding.

bostonglobe.com

Alissa Rothchild@alissarothchild.bsky.social · last yr.

Cancellation of this TB "moonshot" would be devastating to the #TB research community, further reducing any chance for novel and innovative therapies to contain the global epidemic. On a personal note, I've learned so much from this amazing team. Just heartbreaking. #TBsky #Immunosky

Joanne Flynn@joanneflynn19.bsky.social · last yr.

Tuberculosis is not going away. If the cutting edge research goes away, #TB will rage on. Harvard is being targeted including the TB Immunology contract and that trickles down to all of us working on these studies. Progress will be halted. And TB will flourish. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...

Pamelia Lim@pamelialim.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m so happy for my first post on Bluesky to be introducing my first 1st author paper! We show that alveolar macrophage inflammatory cytokine production to low dose LPS is enhanced by IFN-b due to lack of c-Maf/IL10 production. Download, share, and support science!! academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Absence of c-Maf and IL-10 enables type I IFN enhancement of innate responses to LPS in alveolar macrophages

Abstract. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are lung-resident myeloid cells and airway sentinels for inhaled pathogens and environmental particles. While AMs can

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Alissa Rothchild@alissarothchild.bsky.social · 2y ago

So happy to share our latest paper on #AlveolarMacrophage responses to low-dose #LPS led by @pamelialim.bsky.social!AM #innate responses are enhanced by IFN-beta due to low c-Maf and IL-10 expression, with implications for AM responses to respiratory infections and environmental exposure. #ImmunoSky

Absence of c-Maf and IL-10 enables type I IFN enhancement of innate responses to LPS in alveolar macrophages

Abstract. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are lung-resident myeloid cells and airway sentinels for inhaled pathogens and environmental particles. While AMs can

academic.oup.com

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · 2y ago

More hits to #NIH: "The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪 @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

science.org