Only 3 days left to apply for a Summer Internship in the Yewdell Lab. Don't miss out on the chance to gain exposure to what a job in "industry" actually looks like, and get a leg up towards advancing your career. Apply now! roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...

The Yewdell Lab at Genentech is seeking a summer intern for 2026!! An excellent opportunity to learn how we combine fundamental, basic research with drug discovery to create novel therapeutics, and to see what biotech is all about. Apply now! roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...

The OG Yewdell lab at NIAID is recruiting a postdoc to study MHC class I antigen processing and presentation and/or influenza A virus immunobiology, deets below. Outstanding track record of trainees getting faculty positions + Jon will play you in ping pong in lab at any time

Don't forget to sign up for the B cell-T cell/plasma cell Joint Keystone meeting - short talk abstracts due 11/13 - hope to see you there!

Excited to share our study describing a role for a subset of Thetis cells, TC IV, in tolerance to food antigens. A team effort led by Vanja Cabric and Yollanda Parisotto www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A wave of Thetis cells imparts tolerance to food antigens early in life

Within the intestine, peripherally-induced regulatory T (pTreg) cells play an essential role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food proteins. However, the identity of antigen-presenting cells (...

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“We all said to each other, ‘This is the most significant thing we have ever done.” An amazing story, and yet one that does not happen without federally funded basic research www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Andor is really freaking me out - impeccable timing!

'I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos (...) this would normally result in a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was revoked & I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, where I have spent the past 3 months with roughly 100 other women. We share one room w dormitory-style beds'

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

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Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

This is what scientific leadership and courage looks like: www.harvard.edu

Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Love this, and also kinda sad we are done with strollers… I’m not crying, you’re crying!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

The Brooklyn Stroll Club Has Brought Together Fathers in Search of Friendship

For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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Great to have our paper out in @pnas.org showing that lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation. @smguillaume.bsky.social @wsfoster.bsky.social @sanmarti92.bsky.social @emae-watson.bsky.social Silvia Innocentin, Grant Kennedy & Alice Denton. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation | PNAS

The lungs are constantly exposed to the external environment and a myriad of antigenic challenges within the air. Chronic exposure to allergens and...

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I remember seejng this as a preprint a while ago, incredibly clever analysis, and profound inplications. So much biology to discover in the neuroimmune domain!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature

Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...

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Call to arms by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social for biopharma to mobilize in support of the engines that power them - federally supported biomedical research and drug evaluation

Lisa Jarvis@lisamjarvis.bsky.social · last yr.

Noticeably silent amid the upheaval at HHS? Big pharma. Every new drug has NIH somewhere in its DNA--and NIH funding supports the training of their workforce. Now they're finding out FDA isn't safe, either. Wrote about how keeping quiet isn't working My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

“Internet, vaccines, anything you can think of, were originally developed by publicly funded research programmes, and nobody at the time could have foreseen what would come out of them.” @marialep.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Irrational view of science under Trump not reflected beyond US, says EU research funder

Prof Maria Leptin rejects view ‘this is a big opportunity to snatch back our colleagues’

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"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment." -- Senator Cory Booker, today

Thank you, Cory Booker for defending scientific research. Speaking out against the mindless, tragic loss of economic benefit, our global scientific competitive edge and hope for so many families in health crises so clearly after standing there for 24 hrs is remarkable.

People/organizations with means and a vision for the future of biomedical science - we need an “Arc Institute” equivalent in the DMV area to sponge up all the incredible talent, opportunity of a lifetime for a visionary entrepreneur, I will help! @mcuban.bsky.social

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs

In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

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Go, @booker.senate.gov , Go!!! We need more like this from our leaders NOW.

Too good! www.threads.net/@dillongeyse...

Dillon Geyselaers (@dillongeyselaers) on Threads

Your outie likes to drink alcohol and once sent top secret war plans to a journalist by mistake

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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

‘If a VC firm measured efficiency purely by how little money it spent, rather than by the returns it generated, it wouldn’t last long. We invest in scientific research because we want returns — in knowledge, in lifesaving drugs, in technological capability.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Opinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for Science

We need less administrative bloat in science.

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Pls read and share with family members. Thank you AAI for speaking up!!

The American Association of Immunologists@aai.org · last yr.

AAI, @acpimphysicians.bsky.social, and a coalition of 34 leading scientific and medical organizations have issued a joint statement to affirm vaccine safety amid rising misinformation and declining trust. Read the full statement: ow.ly/xtoP50VjT02.

Well worth a read. Not because of the content - it's total horseshit - but because it's a prime example of what happens when you mix anti-science, conspiracism, arrogance, and a total lack of expertise. Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷‍♂️. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid (Gift Article)

The same dangerous mistakes. The same lack of candor.

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Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social

Interested in germinal center regulation? Should we coddle our immune system? Two more weeks to apply! 3 year funding

the worst thing you can do for your immune system is to coddle it ..

ALT: the worst thing you can do for your immune system is to coddle it ..

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Balthasar Heesters@heesters.gitlab.io · last yr.

We have an exciting postdoc position for 3-years! www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Apply or sent me a message if you have any questions. Work @uuuips.bsky.social with wonderful colleagues such as @luckrimp.bsky.social and others without bluesky ;) More information: heesters.gitlab.io/postdoc_hire/

Very excited our work out in @jem.org “Transient inhibition of type I interferon enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection” @wehi-research.bsky.social led by talented (and determined) PhD student @benjbroom.bsky.social Thread below.

Journal of Experimental Medicine@jem.org · last yr.

@benjbroom.bsky.social et al. @groomlab.bsky.social show that early type I interferon blockade alters CXCR3 chemokine regulation & cell location to promote an antigen-dependent CD8+ T cell transition of precursor of exhausted T cells to stem cell–like memory CD8+ T cells rupress.org/jem/article/...