It's the genetic susceptibility to MS that's the missing piece. If you don't have the genetic risk, it doesn't matter if you get EBV. Hence the HLA-DR paper above. :)
Distinct components of mRNA vaccines cooperate to instruct efficient germinal center responses: Cell
@devdoot.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Proud to share this story highlighting the awesome work of a postdoc fellow in my lab, Theresa Montgomery! "Gut Instincts: Decoding the Microbiomeβs Role in Multiple Sclerosis" www.uvm.edu/cnhs/news/gu...
SCIENCE ON THE MOVE!
The march has reached HHS, where stacks of petitions are piling up!
FOLLOW ALONG β‘οΈ
www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...
![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making βclick clickβ noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that thereβs an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone elseβ¦ PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know thereβs more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
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Repair Video
xkcd.com/3163/
In this week's episode, we review the seminal study from Dr. Sakaguchi that led to his recent #NobelPrize!
It shows that a population of T cells expressing the IL-2 receptor Ξ± chain acts to maintain self-tolerance by suppressing other T cells.
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Excited to have @pcalabresi.bsky.social as a new colleague! National Academy of Medicine Announces Election of (newly) UVM's Dr. Peter Calabresi as New Member www.uvm.edu/larnermed/me...
This!!! I hope someone in Washington is listening
www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans donβt know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Hands off our science protests today across the country
It's Hands Off Day!
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Awesome time in Virginia - grateful to my colleagues for the invite. What a great group here at UVA BIG center!
We continue working on the plans for the "Woodstock of Bioloy 2 & Night science in Prague" meeting and if you don't sign up you're totally crazy. A once in a life time opportunity and it'll be sold out soon. Go to the website and sign up now before it's too late!
graph of NIH basisfor new drugs
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
On March 7th we will Stand Up For Science! You can use the link to find the protest location in your city.
standupforscience2025.org
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that π)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Despair not (yet)
"If a control experiment fails, does that mean that the entire experiment is poorly designed and you must restart from scratch? Often, yesβ but not always. I present five examples where failed control experiments triggered entirely new fields of research."
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Itβs official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
Bizarre tumor immunology accident. Surgeon injures hand while resecting malignant histiocytoma and finds an inflamed mass at the site of prior injury. Tumor cells transplanted, patient & surgeon HLA mismatched causing intense yet insufficient host-vs-graft response: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Starting a new lab?! The most important factors for choosing the university/institute/company are: the colleagues, students & postdocs, the leadership, equipment, the lab space and start-up funds; IN THAT ORDER.
Excited to join the rest of the Twitter exodus here on Bluesky!
