@kerryjl
T cell immunologist, and erstwhile comparative immunologist, making the best of it. My NCBI: https://tinyurl.com/2uexwh74 #Scottish #FirstGen #WomanInSTEM “Think of what is and don’t let what might have been distract you” — Robin Hobb
A woman holding onto twin babies. She is securing one in her legs while the other is attempting escape!
Oldie but goodie popped up in my memories 💕💕. Such a metaphor on my life!! #wrangling
My lab is seeking to co-hire another postdoctoral fellow with the @shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
😮 where did you spot this beauty?
Screenshot of the Miriam-Webster dictionary GIF telling me MY word for 2026 is “enfeebled”. Fabulous, just fabulous! 🤭
Oh dear…
Explore the structure and impact of the IDCRC VTEU network in this new CID supplement. Essential reading for clinicians, researchers, and public health experts.
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There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
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Welcome to Seattle!
This is interesting for a number of reasons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Woman, making a scary jesture, standing in a large open coffin. The coffin is lined with what looks like red velvet. I shall neither confirm nor deny that this person is me!!
Happy Halloween!! 👻 🧛 🎃🦇🧙♀️
Amazing to see data from the Sette group that may help in the fight against ALS; a disease that my mum lost her battle with nearly 4 years ago. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our little herpes vaccine study got published. Thanks to coauthors and study sites and volunteers. Also, thanks to the reviewers for appreciating the scientific contributions despite the limitations of a small trial. 🧪💉https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X25011181
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
🧬 Sharing an exciting new pre-print from the team! We stimulated healthy blood cells with 11 different treatments used in immunology research & created single-cell profiles to compare responses. Hopefully an invaluable resource for immunology/disease researchers 📖 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Few hours left!!! Cytokines 2025: Submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation by June 30th! Student and post-doctoral travel grants are still available. Don’t miss out!
seattle.cytokinesociety.org
#Cytokines #Immunology #innate #adaptive #conferences #Seattle
A colleague, a friend and a brilliant scientist. The US lost a trusted vaccine expert to an anti-science purge at #ACIP
Americans should be outraged.
Except when you are in a zoom meeting. That zoom meeting window seems to be the universal sign for “keep talking to me no matter how many indicators of I can’t talk right now I point out”!
Beach rocks stacked to look like two cartoonish people; one big, one small. The rocks used as heads each has a pair of barnacles that make it look like the rocks have eyes. The rock people—not in an AC/DC way, by-the-way—are standing on a rocky beach with a wee bit of dried seaweed in the foreground. 🤘🏼🗿
Just a couple of rock heads hanging out at the beach #beachart
Information from the National Weather Service- Seattle. Severe Thunderstorm Outlook valid for Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Hazard Risks Up to 15-29% chance of severe hail (greater than 1" in diameter) for the Bellevue/Seattle area 5-14% chance of severe wind gusts (greater than 58 mph) 2-4% chance of a tornado What should you do? Monitor the latest forecasts Follow a trusted weather source and check back frequently Have a plan in case a warning issued for your area
NWS Seattle is noting an unusual risk of severe thunderstorms today, primarily in the late afternoon through the evening. The primary hazards are:
⛈️ Hail in excess of 1" diameter
🍃 Wind gusts in excess of 58mph
🌪️ Possible isolated tornado
Well said Tad Williams, well said: “A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.” #reading
They’re killing off PEPFAR, one of the most successful global health programs *ever*, which prevents HIV & keeps those living with HIV healthy & non-infectious. Killing PEPFAR means a lot more HIV-related death & many more new infections globally.
How sad and incredibly shocking. I remember Fiona well. Gone far too soon.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
#standupforscience
Many, many thanks to all who attended, the speakers, and to the incredible @sufsseattle.bsky.social organizers!!!
I post this, not just because my career and livelihood are on the line with the illegal cuts and chaos of the current administration and DOGE, but because the cessation of science will impact the nation as a whole. (2)
Great article that highlights the Stand up for Science rally that many of us supported yesterday, and our colleague Chetan spoke at. The cuts to science impact us all. (1)
Over 100 people have gathered for the Stand Up for Science rally outside of the Mural Amphitheater at the Seattle Center. The rally is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m..
Updates on the event will be provided on this thread.
Photo via @emorudphoto.bsky.social
Bob Ferguson at a Stand Up for Science podium
Washington governor Bob Ferguson speaking at the Seattle Stand Up for Science rally. Just bragged about his 58-3 record of suing the last Trump admin as AG and promising to keep it going #standupforscience
Ah yes. Free EMBOSS tools in there a fabulous.
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...
NIH indirects case update:
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
I am a scientist, in large part, because of an REU experience that changed the course of my college experience. I dropped my pre-med focus once I realized what grad school was and how it could open doors to careers I didn’t know existed. This would be a massive loss to STEM workforce development.