Petros Ligoxygakis
@petrosligoxygakis.bsky.social
Studying host-pathogen interactions, immunity beyond infection. Prof of Innate Immunology at Oxford University and Fellow/Tutor at Hertford College. #Innate Immunity #Drosophila
All you wanted to know about tissue resident macrophages and were afraid to ask!
Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️🌈🏴🇻🇳@anhhle2702.bsky.social · 3d agoVery happy to share my postdoc paper is out now in @natcellbio.nature.com titled "Tissue flow acts as a guidance cue for immune cell polarization and directional migration". If you love imaging and immune cells, this is for you! #microscopymonday www.nature.com/articles/s41... A 🧵: 1/n
In my mind, the fact that this piece discusses animal models but really means mice is indicative of why there is a “lack of comparative expertise”. Which is down to the fact that we see very few clinicians willing to look to learn about animal models beyond mice.
DMM Journal@dmmjournal.bsky.social · 2d agoRestoring comparative expertise to improve translation of #AnimalModels: read the Editorial by K.C. Kent Lloyd doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
I just published a brief account of Jim Watson’s life, aimed at students. It leans heavily on the insights of @nccomfort.bsky.social, whose biography of Watson will be out next year. Free link here: rdcu.be/M91CnnE3N4wa
Marine Girls - On My Mind (UK, folk.rock) (1981) https://redd.it/d6dl51 https://youtu.be/pIp6G_lWPtk
Marine Girls - On My Mind (UK, folk.rock) (1981)
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How an anti-black, far-right network targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Relatively few will recognise the importance of this incredible achievement. It sets out the frontier of modern science: to “decode” the brain-from the behavioural to the molecular-neuron by neuron. Amazing to think that for all its faults humanity has this, the ultimate mystery, within reach.
HHMI@hhmi-science.bsky.social · last wk.(1/2) When Janelia set out to map every neuron in the fly brain in 2008, many thought it couldn’t be done. Nearly 20 years later, a complete wiring diagram of the 166,000+ neurons of the adult male fruit fly is helping to reveal the brain’s secrets: bit.ly/4zT7jPf.
What in the whole wide world of blindingly obvious fraud, clearly documented pathological lying, and nauseating Epstein suck-uppery does a tenured professor have to do to get fired by Duke?
‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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The launch of Brian Eno's Station has been pushed back to September 9
Brian Eno News@dark-shark.bsky.social · 4w agoBrian Eno: The Station - goes live on September 2, 2026
Mechanics of compression-driven morphogenesis Read this Review from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Jue Yu Kelly Tan and Chii Jou Chan. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
If you have used the word energy for anything else…
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Fraser. Here are Cocteau Twins appearing as This Mortal Coil to perform Song to the Siren on Loose Talk in 1983
I was obsessed (I know, I know…) with this one for a few months in the ancient times of 1991/2 (I think). Haven’t listen to it since-until today. I can see why I liked it, but I couldn’t find the feeling. (See alt text for details on the Beautiful Pea Green Boat. They are really worth discovering).
So the people who want to have more and more access to our personal data and who want us to trust their social media and AI platforms have just admitted their products cause serious harm.
Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn
US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime use
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'The root of the problem goes back to 1989 when Margaret Thatcher, then prime minister, privatised water in England. But right here, in the UK, there’s an example that shows that there is an alternative.' 1/2
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the Universit...
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Το πιστοποιητικό της οικογένειας της μάνας μου, πρόσφυγες από τη Μικρά Ασία στη Λέσβο. Στο τέλος αυτοί και πολλοί άλλοι θα έφτιαχναν τη Νέα Σινασό στην Εύβοια και θα ρίζωναν εκεί. Τόσα χρόνια, τόσοι αγώνες-όλοι έχουν φύγει. Ακόμα όμως δεν μπορώ ν´ αντέξω το βλέμμα της γιαγιάς μου στη φωτογραφία.
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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“The public interest is not the same thing as the public being interested”. Pertinent as always by Will Self on the central role of British media in the death of Dr. Jason Arday. willself1.substack.com/p/2089334077...
Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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The sound of summer ending. Athens end of August heatwave. Play loud.
When nostalgia is unbearable, all I have to think is this to remind myself why I left and why I will never come back. www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Greece sabotages its own plans to reverse the brain drain of scientists
Athens is trying to lure back researchers after an exodus during the financial crisis, but a major EU-backed scheme has fallen apart.
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"The singer-songwriter’s brand of stubborn protest songs with a strain of tenderness has kept him relevant for 40 years. Here he talks about why he’s fighting for trans rights, his late-night tweeting habit and his forthcoming tour – with his son."
Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’
The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son
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Hello, human geneticist here. There is no scientific basis for attempts to define people in terms of “good” or “bad” genes - these are discredited views in service of racist ideologies. For consensus & concerns of experts in our field, see e.g. this 2020 statement from @geneticssociety.bsky.social:
I didn’t know this book existed; now I need to read it urgently!
Arvid Ågren@arvidagren.bsky.social · 3w agoCan’t wait for this series! PPF is one of the most exciting podcasts out there, and Nikhil Krishnan wrote my favourite book of the last few years.
“Every human life has a purpose. Imagine what might happen if we're all united in the just cause of valuing human beings equally. Then maybe, just maybe, all kinds of great things might be possible.” - Dr. Jason Arday Don't listen to the hype. Share his scholarship. #DrArday
BAME Awarding Gap Keynote Lecture: Engaging pedagogically with race and racism
YouTube video by UCL Outreach
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Hope you enjoy this short piece, which came out yesterday. Some thoughts I’ve been musing on for a while about why adaptive immunity evolved. Read it for free at rdcu.be/fAO5P
Why adaptive immunity?
Nature Reviews Immunology - Adaptive immunity is indispensable to vertebrates, yet most living organisms defend themselves perfectly well without it. Here, I ask why somatically diversified antigen...
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Nature Reviews Immunology@natrevimmunol.nature.com · 3w agoWhy adaptive immunity?
'Stand Up to Racism, which organised the vigil, estimated that 30,000 mourners had gathered in the square to listen to emotional speeches from MPs, friends and campaigners on Arday’s life and legacy and join in a minute’s silence.'
Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil
MPs, friends and campaigners gathered to remember former Cambridge professor after his death on Friday
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White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
