Get out there this Saturday and remind everyone of our right to peaceful protest: www.nokings.org

No Kings

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

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Time is running out to register for the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology! Generous (1k) travel grants available! www.surveymonkey.com/r/intro25fun... Join me and other expert faculty in LA from July 8-13. I will be lecturing on my favorite topic: Type 2 immunity! www.aai.org/Education/Co....

Thank you to all the NIH Staff who are standing up for all of us with this powerful statement: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

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Sad to hear of the passing of Dorothea von Moltke, who was a Princeton institution in her own right. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

I ❤️ UW Immunology. Thank you @jmoltke.bsky.social. komonews.com/news/local/t...

Seattle scientists protest Trump's medical funding freeze, warn of research impacts

Biomedical research is teetering on a crisis after President Donald Trump held up the grant money that helps fund the industry, pending a review of all federal

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In light of policies to defund biomedical research, and with judicial hearings happening today, we hope to highlight the many ways biomedical research improves people's lives, and to convey how damaging the proposed cuts would be... not just for us researchers, but for everyone.

Jakob von Moltke@jmoltke.bsky.social · last yr.

Patrick Mitchell (@psmitchej.bsky.social), Thornton Thompson and I wrote an OpEd, with support from 650+ biomedical researchers across Washington State (450+ at time of submission). www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm... List: www.moltkelab.com/s/NIH-OpEd-S...

Patrick Mitchell (@psmitchej.bsky.social), Thornton Thompson and I wrote an OpEd, with support from 650+ biomedical researchers across Washington State (450+ at time of submission). www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm... List: www.moltkelab.com/s/NIH-OpEd-S...

Comment: Pending cuts to medical research would harm all in state | HeraldNet.com

As UW medical scientists, we urge Washingtonians to defend the NIH’s life-saving research funding.

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This footnote in Sassoon's resignation letter...

From a recent UW email: "The [indirect] rates are based on federally audited cost studies. The audits show, time and again, that the total cost to the university is actually higher than the negotiated rate — the university is already subsidizing federal grants and contracts on the admin side."

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

This sure looks like "obeying in advance". So disappointing from HHMI, one of the few organizations with the resources to stand up to the Trump administration's attacks. www.science.org/content/arti...

HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education

“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

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My weekend with immunologists devising new strategies to treat cancer, allergy, Alzheimer’s, autoimmunity and infection. The WH has just paused peer-reviewed NIH funding that pays for these studies. If you care about human life, write your representatives. Demand that NIH funding is restored asap.

I love this on so many levels...

Marion Pepper@marionpepper.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tough day to be a real clown I guess.🤷🏻‍♀️

A poem I wrote is now out in Bluestem Magazine along with some other real beauties. Check them out!

Bluestem@bluestemmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our winter 2025 issue is here! Writing by @tcboudreau.bsky.social @emmabolden.bsky.social @maryfontanawrites.bsky.social @robertarjoyan.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @casswhit.bsky.social and many more Art by Erin Anfinson. bluestemmagazine.com

We're hiring! Funded postdoctoral position available in the Moltke Lab. 79k starting salary and access to a fellowship program in the Institute for Translational Immunology that offers both academic and industry training tracks. Details here: jobrxiv.org/job/universi...

Postdoctoral Fellow - Moltke Lab

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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Hey I know some of those experts! Sen. Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov visited our dept. today to talk with @marionpepper.bsky.social about the importance of immunology and vaccine research. We are lucky to have these leaders advocating for us in uncertain times! #immunosky #immunology

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

Just registered for the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at Asilomar - one of my favorite locations and gathering of friends and colleagues. Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social and Gretchen Diehl have put together an awesome program. Hope to see you there! midwconfimmunol.org #ImmunoSky

OK, #immunology Bluesky LFG! If, like me, you're trying to reconstruct the vibrant scientific network we had at the other place, these starter packs are a great start: go.bsky.app/2bqX3T7 go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD go.bsky.app/AjNpW2h go.bsky.app/SinqoJU go.bsky.app/DmphBCT

The NIH is an engine of economic growth. Cutting funding to NIH will consequently cut economic growth and have long-lasting impacts on US competitiveness at the cutting edge of biomedical discovery

Sergiu P. Pasca@sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion] www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

Early bird registration for Midwinter Conference of Immunologists extended until 11/22. Best immunology conference of the year! New website here: web.cvent.com/event/793d94... Abstract deadline remains 12/13

>150 new followers in the last few days! Would be a small consolation if this election reconstitutes the Sci Twitter community here on bsky. We're going to need to stick together these next four years. I'm afraid there are unprecedented attacks on science and objective truth on the horizon.

The final version of Tyler Billipp's graduate school work is now published! Tyler uncovered an epithelium-intrinsic response unit that couples tuft cell sensing of the lumen to Cl-/fluid secretion from neighboring enterocytes via acetylcholine signaling. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

Tuft cell-derived acetylcholine promotes epithelial chloride secretion and intestinal helminth clearance

Epithelial tuft cells serve as intestinal immune sentinels, but why they secrete acetylcholine remains unknown. Billipp et al. show that tuft cell chemosensing leads to acetylcholine release, which in...

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Absolutely delightful figure: "cheeses were cut into small pieces and put into gentleMACS M-tubes (Miltenyi Biotec) containing 3 ml of 1× PBS buffer." In all seriousness though, the whole paper is excellent: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking forward to #2023NDiSTEM in Portland! Visit us at University of Washington booths 542 (Department of Microbiology and Department of Immunology) and 701 (Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program) to learn more about our programs and departments.