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Kathryn Knoop, PhD

@kknoop.bsky.social

Mucosal Immunologist and outdoor enthusiast

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Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 7d ago

You can tell a lot about a leader by listening to the people who worked for them. Those who worked for Tony Fauci uniformly respected him. Today’s congressional hearing was a witch hunt, part of a larger effort to undermine science and scientists. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing

Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing R...

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Kathryn Knoop, PhD@kknoop.bsky.social · last wk.

@marionbrunck.bsky.social and I got to sit down with some fantastic researchers for amazing discussions during #ICMI2026. Here’s the first! Also, I took my mic live into the poster sessions and had a blast learning the latest research from the investigators themselves.

Mucosal Immunology@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · last wk.

It’s #MucosalMonday and time for another MI Podcast episode, fresh from #ICMI2026. Hear from the poster sessions, and listen to Sing Sing Way @babiesresearch.bsky.social and Petter Brodin discuss the immune system during infancy. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · last mo.

Abolishing the NIH has always been this admin’s plan. They told us in Project 2025. They’ve SHOWN us with their actions over the past 18 months. This is why a heads down approach will not work. The scientific community has 2 options: oppose this with all we’ve got, or let them carry out their plan.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last mo.

Scott Atlas, the champion of herd immunity as an Fox News commenter and the Trump Advisor during COVID, weighs in with a DEEPLY MININFORMED op-ed in the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/7

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excellent summary of how Vought’s proposed rule will destroy science. Please be ready to comment tomorrow, call Congress, tell your friends. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to speak up, that moment is now.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Drug Monkey@drugmonkey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“agencies may consider an applicant’s history of questionable practices based on publicly available and verifiable information.” Potential perma bans for any University which ever supported any type of DEI activity.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

Mucosal Immunology@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s #MucosalMonday - hear more about what SMI can do for you and you can serve SMI from Rodney Newbeery. Plus learn about silicosis from @benjmarsland.bsky.social : www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

SMI Service - Mucosal Immunology Podcast | iHeart

<p>Join Kathryn Knoop as she chats with Dr. Rodney Newberry at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri on his service with SMI and a preview <a href='https://www.societymi.org/page/ICMI_2026' targ...

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Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excellent blog & fact check of Jay Bhattacharya on status of grants awards & ability to spend FY2026 funding from @27unihted.bsky.social. A great thing to read as Jay goes before the Senate next week. substack.com/@27unihted/n...

Fact Check: NIH Director Misleads Congress on Ability to Spend 2026 Funds

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya tries to write off extreme award delays as 'political noise' during the March 17, 2026 House Appropriations Committee Hearing

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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scoop: There has been a massive shakeup at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Eight of the top ten officials have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office. In @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH ousts infectious-disease leaders as COVID scientists face US charges

Eight of the top ten officials at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office.

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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”

NIH staffing shortage could slash number of new grants issued this year

Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.

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Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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Shruti Naik@drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The rules of immunity are different in early life! Lead author Dr. Yue Xing finds that early life DCs sense allergens and trigger inflammation directly in skin. This in-situ activation state emerges from a developing HPA and low glucocorticoids. #Naiklab @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation - Nature

Early-life exposure to allergens triggers a distinct local mode of dendritic cell activation in neonatal skin without requiring migration to lymph nodes, which shapes responses to allergens in later l...

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Kathryn Knoop, PhD@kknoop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is a second of a 2-part episode on allergy. I discuss anaphylaxis at the skin and intestinal barriers with two incredible powerhouses - Steph Eisenbarth and Caroline Sokol.

Mucosal Immunology@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This #MucosalMonday @bainlab.bsky.social and @lizihegarty.bsky.social are in the Authors Corner discussing their recent #macrophage work from MI. Then @kknoop.bsky.social brings you more allergy and anaphylaxis with Caroline Sokol and @stephanieeisen.bsky.social: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...