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Björn Rissiek

@brissiek.bsky.social

Immunologist at the Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany. Does Nanobody Discovery, interested in neuroinflammation and purinergic signalling. My opinion are my own.

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Engineered mucus-tethering bispecific nanobodies enhance mucosal immunity against respiratory pathogens - Nature Nanotechnology Engineered mucus-tethering bispecific nanobodies neutralize and entrap viruses to enhance mucosal immunity, preventing influenza infection and limiting SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#medsky

22.01.2026 02:11 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We’re excited to introduce the new Hamburg #HertieNetwork fellows for the 3rd funding period: @felixfischbach.bsky.social, Märit Jensen, @brissiek.bsky.social & @janasonner.bsky.social. Looking forward to inspiring projects, discussions & collaboration across sites! #UKEHamburg #HertieStiftung

19.01.2026 08:34 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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NAADP production in activated T cells is stimulated by Ca2+ and two distinct protein kinases
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

13.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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To conclude: a huge thank you to my fantastic team and to everyone who contributed to this project. Special thanks for support go to Florian Schmidt from the Nanobody Core Facility at the UK Bonn! Finally, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to our funder, the T. von Zastrow Foundation.

31.12.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Over the summer, we were able to launch our first immunization campaigns and completed this intensive setup and implementation phase right on schedule by early December. In early 2026, “the big search” for the top clones against our target antigens will begin!

31.12.2025 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a stable and pasture, as well as establishing immunization protocols (protein, cDNA via gene gun). In parallel, a dedicated sample-processing container was installed, allowing us to process blood samples at the end of the immunization phase on site – from PBMC isolation all the way to cDNA synthesis

31.12.2025 17:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Last year, my group launched a project funded by the T. von Zastrow Foundation that truly took all of us into new territory: the establishment of our own #Nanobody Discovery Platform. We genuinely started from scratch – including setting up our own alpaca facility with five female alpacas…

31.12.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Guys, it is great what you are doing! But please: check your AI generated images, e.g three finger kid on the left

30.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yesterday, our first immunization campaign finished. We started late (and finished at 2:00 am 🤯) but everything went well. Lots of PBMCs and good RNA yield 🥳. Big thx to our campaign front runners Gaby 🦙 and Justy 🦙

25.11.2025 07:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What happened to the left hand of the poor girl on the very right? 😉

24.11.2025 16:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Purinergic adipocyte-macrophage crosstalk promotes degeneration of thermogenic brown adipose tissue | EMBO reports imageimageStressed brown adipocytes release extracellular ATP, which acts as a paracrine signal via P2X4 and P2X7 receptors on macrophages, initiating BAT inflammatory remodeling and degeneration. Blocking this purinergic signaling axis prevents ...

Fantastic study by Michelle Jäckstein and Jörg Heeren of #SFB1328. Only the inhibition of both - #P2X7 and #P2X4 - protects from BAT inflammation!!! It was a pleasure to collaborate! Hope this inspires others to check P2X4/P2X7 double inhibition in their models! www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

19.11.2025 21:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If only one device is messed up and pings the wrong PW your ACC is blocked and you have to run to the IT department to unlock it and start over again => the week of horror

30.10.2025 07:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been there…we have the “two weeks of horror” when we have to change or work PW (twice a year). If you do not manage to do it properly on all your devices you are doomed. Strategy: switch off all affected devices (6 in total in my case) and sequentially restart them with the new PW… so I feel you!

30.10.2025 07:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hey #IUIS2025 participants, check out our poster on Wednesday, August 20, 12:15 - 13:45 | Poster Area (Hall X5) #neuroimmunology. We brought data from our new "BrEndO" mouse model for cerebral vasculitis #CD8 #Tcells #immunology

19.08.2025 07:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pretty certain running a lab is mostly about making signs to avoid inconveniences & minor catastrophes. 😊

10.08.2025 02:34 — 👍 52    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Today, our blood sample preparation container arrived. Still needs to be filled with equipment 😊 then we are ready for the first blood samples in October #nanobodies #vhh #antibodies #immunology

29.07.2025 16:14 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Boost #1 of Campaign #1: done 🦙😊

24.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
BLACK SABBATH  - "War Pigs" from 'The End' (Live Video)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH - "War Pigs" from 'The End' (Live Video)

Rest in peace Ozzy 🥲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5n... one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs

22.07.2025 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#HotFromThePress !!

What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?

@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease

Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬

18.07.2025 13:14 — 👍 34    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 2
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Wissenschaftweltschmerz! If you're a scientist, it's what you're feeling.

It’s hard being a scientist these days and I’ve captured that indescribable feeling that we are all facing in a new word!!

open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

14.07.2025 02:48 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Today, we startet our first #nanobody discovery campaign by immunizing two of our alpacas, one by s.c. protein injection and one by gene gun. Crossing our fingers for a good HcAb response 🤞🏻💪🏻

10.07.2025 21:10 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A warm welcome to our newest #nanobody discovery team member! “Occi” arrived this weekend and smothly joined the herd. Soon, she will help us generating new #nanobodies against antigen targets used in research and/or for medical application

06.07.2025 19:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Should I check this #alpaca for #nanobodies conferring resistance to electric shock? … or should I first check the electric fence energiser 😆 #vhh #antibody

24.06.2025 06:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our alpaca mares have their summer coat since yesterday. Ethics are approved, antigen production is ongoing, and we hope to start the first round of immunization in July. Super excited!!! 🦙🧬🔬👨‍🔬

31.05.2025 17:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention

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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

13.05.2025 12:56 — 👍 73    🔁 21    💬 8    📌 14
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I have a particular set of skills The first step to using them is saying “I don’t know”

What does a science PhD really teach you? The ability to say “I don’t know, but I can find out.”
open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

28.04.2025 03:59 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life. Immunization for all is humanly possible.

Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life. Immunization for all is humanly possible.

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork

bit.ly/wiw2025

27.04.2025 13:46 — 👍 457    🔁 131    💬 5    📌 7

And here is the editor @pchoern.bsky.social Welcome to bluesky

16.04.2025 05:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It is always a pleasure to get young students enthusiastic about science! A few days ago we had a whole class in our department, showcasing #Nanobody research. What can I say - it was fun! Hope to see some of you around on campus some time! #sfb1328

14.04.2025 11:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flow Cytometric Analysis of Mouse Brain CD8+ T Cell Activation Cytotoxic CD8+ T cell lymphocytes are pivotal for fighting infections with intracellular pathogens, e.g., viruses. Moreover, recent studies have elucidated the role of CD8+ T cells in various neuroinf...

I am happy to report that our chapter on "Flow Cytometric Analysis of Mouse Brain CD8+ T Cell Activation" is out now! It is part of a book on "T cell activation" curated and edited by Björn-Philipp Diercks of #sfb1328
link.springer.com/protocol/10....

14.04.2025 11:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0