Back at home after two days of great science in the 18 Mini Herpesvirus Workshop and 1st and only HHV-65 Symposium, celebrating Harmut Hengel’s birthday. @lucasmendesm.bsky.social and @ninaplueckebaum.bsky.social presented exciting results showing how herpesviruses modulate the immune response
Tile reading "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Read our related articles" Cell Press braned with a NObel Prize medal diplayed on the right hand side.
Congratulations to the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine winners Drs. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, & Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
View their related research published in #CellPress journals: spkl.io/63325AVK2R
Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.
New in @natbiotech.nature.com: a team led by scientists at MSK and University of Toronto have developed a new platform to facilitate the study of RNA-biding proteins (RBPs) across hundreds of species of plants, insects, and animals.
In the last day of the #IHW2025 Josi Schenk funded by @resist-cluster.bsky.social gave a great explanation on how VZV modulates One Carbon metabolism in epithelial cells. Inhibition of this pathway blocked VZV, HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection, providing novel ways to target these viruses
Nina Plückebaum gave a great talk at the #IHW2025 showing the results of a bindings screen performed with the RL11 protein family of #human_cytomegalovirus and 80% of all human single transmembrane proteins revealing a novel viral strategy to modulate natural killer cell activity
Today there were many interesting talks at #IHW2025, including one from Nadine Brückner who gave a great talk in the VZV Satellite Workshop exploring how VZV is repressed during infection of neuron-like cells.
On my way to the #IHW2025 in Berlin. Looking forward to meeting many friends and colleagues and to learn more about herpesviruses
Last Sunday we went hiking in the Deister, nice hills close to Hannover. It was a very nice day despite the heat.
Don't forget 📆 Abstract deadline for poster or oral presentations is June 18. Please repost to your network to spread the word! More info or register at seattle.cytokinesociety.org
It was a great experience to participate and present our data in the last GRC viruses and cells conference organized by @sesmalab.bsky.social. Looking forward to more exciting science and collaborations!
Wonderful news! This will allow @resist-cluster.bsky.social to better understand why some individuals are highly susceptible to infectious diseases while others aren’t. Thanks to everyone involved in the application and evaluation process!
Don’t miss the @resist-cluster.bsky.social seminar by @richstanton.bsky.social this coming Thursday!
We are very much looking forward to the two lectures on Wednesday (!), 14 May from 12.30 pm by Prof. Donna Neumann and Prof. Robert Kaletja, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Come in large numbers to lecture hall Q at the MHH! We will offer snacks at 12.00 PM
www.resist-cluster.de/en/veranstal...
Thanks @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social for your kind words. It was a great experience talking about SPR in the “How to…” seminar series organized by the ACHIEVE Academy of the @gesvirologie.bsky.social. I especially enjoyed the discussion part of the event
A graphic entitled "so long, farewell". It reads: "Many of the 1608 respondents who answered the question below in a Nature survey said that the election of Donald Trump as president had affected their future plans." It then shows the question: "Are you a US researcher who is considering leaving the country following disruptions to science prompted by the Trump administration?" An orange bar shows 75.3% respondents said yes. A blue bar shows 24.7% respondents said no.
"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now"
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3QS4TLC
An immigration crackdown in the United States is rattling the global research community, with high-profile detentions and deportations of academics stoking fears even for travellers with valid entry documents.
https://go.nature.com/3FG63rf
'Among those NIH-funded projects are more than 100 clinical trials that now may be forced to halt abruptly, agency officials told me. And those officials expect further orders to cancel hundreds more.'
🧪 A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury
https://go.nature.com/4jaZ3RB
The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
At least 95% vaccine coverage of 2 doses is needed to stop measles outbreaks.
At least 95% measles vaccine coverage is needed in all communities to prevent #measles and stop outbreaks.
The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine.
Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!
Terrible news today of a powerful Myanmar earthquake that shook communities across Southeast Asia.
Our staff working in Myanmar and Thailand are safe and accounted for.
Swift and unhindered access to the affected areas is critical. More here: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-r...
No food or supplies have been allowed into Gaza in over three weeks
We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.
A measles outbreak in the United States is growing, with no end in sight. We asked specialists how bad things could get.
https://go.nature.com/4kOtwXe
This broke my heart when I entered the bookstore. I was compelled to take a photo because I can’t believe we’re here. Thank you Barnes & Noble in Wareham, Massachusetts for placing it as first table when you walk in.
It is essential to keep funding the NIH
Discussions on bird flu in the US. 🤨
If it’s not human and animal health for you, if it’s not ethics for you, it’s at least economics. 🤷🏻♀️
