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Luke O’Neill

@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social

Immunologist

895 Followers  |  170 Following  |  21 Posts  |  Joined: 26.11.2024  |  1.8981

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Measles, Misinformation & RFK Jr: The Vaccine Hesitancy Effect | Newstalk This week, the United States reported its highest number of measles cases in 33 years. Across Eur...

The incredible @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social tells the truth about measles and vaccines- listen up @rfk-junior.bsky.social www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

14.07.2025 21:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Debunked: Deepfakes of Brendan Gleeson, Luke O’Neill, and Sharon Tobin appear in hoax medicine ads The AI-generated celebs tout a miracle cure which they claim has been banned in Ireland.

This describes a scam video of me which seeks money. Please resend.

www.thejournal.ie/debunked-sca...

16.07.2025 17:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Big thanks to Ruth Driver, St Kevin’s Community College, Dunlavin, County Wicklow and her students who did projects based on my Podcast ‘Show Me the Science’. Well done to the winners- great art and science!

15.05.2025 13:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The global fight for science in the face of Trump’s attacks As Trump takes aim at science and institutions, other nations double down on research and innovation

Great interview with Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, who recently visited Dublin

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

17.04.2025 16:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Some memories of last week's Dublin visit of President of the European Research Council @erc.europa.eu, Prof Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social

The keynote speaker at an ERC Impact Forum hosted by Research Ireland, Prof. Leptin also held a series of engagements with research and political leaders.

07.04.2025 13:34 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

Very productive visit from ERC President Maria Leptin - on the same page as our Taoiseach and Minister for Science when it comes to the need for increased funding for science in Ireland and Europe and ERC independence

02.04.2025 08:09 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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The latest ERC Magazine is packed with insights on public engagement in science!

ERC Scientific Council member @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social shares why it matters, plus get tips from 2024 PERA winners on how to make your research heard.

👉 t.co/NcU1qMdlSp

#SciComm #FrontierResearch #ERCengage 🧪

27.03.2025 09:12 — 👍 35    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
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With the great Leo Enright, Irish science champion, at a lunch where I spoke about the importance of the European Research Council for European science and competitiveness to the Irish branch of the Association of European journalists ahead of President Leptin’s visit next week.

26.03.2025 18:27 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1
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Mobile Music Machine rocks on-played in The Residence City West this week- @geraldperegrine @niamhkavanagh93 @SandraOman1
@NiallTrumpet Drazen Derek,
Tnx to @TBanotti Creative Ireland for support. Immense health benefits from live music- long may this continue!

14.02.2025 17:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Support Go Johnnie Go! Raising Funds for Canc on iDonate.ie Go Johnnie Go! Raising Funds for Cancer Clinical Research Trust for Cancer Clinical Research Trust (CCRT) - The Caroline Foundation, created by Johnnie Go Go Go | iDonate.ie


On 1st Mar 2025 77 year old Johnnie will race the LUAS in Dublin to raise funds for the Cancer Clinical Research Trust. In 2023 Johnnie received immunotherapy for cancer from the Oncology Team at St Vincent's hospital- support greatly appreciated.

idonate.ie/fundraiser/G...

04.02.2025 11:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Love Me Too SMO · Love Me Too · Song · 2025

In need of a tune? Better Call Smo. ‘Love me too’ out today.

SMO

open.spotify.com/track/73mLjm...

31.01.2025 14:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Did a bit of science and music tourism in Soho, London today- the pump which John Snow showed was the source of the 1854 cholera outbreak and Trident studios where Bowie recorded Space Oddity and Beatles Hey Jude.

08.01.2025 19:43 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tune in at 7pm tonight to Dublin City FM Resonate Christmas special - the most unusual collection of Christmas songs you’ll hear! 103.2 or online - dublincityfm.ie
Merry Christmas!

25.12.2024 01:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ImmunoTea Episode 24 - Innate Immunity and Immunometabolism ImmunoTea: Your Immunology Podcast · Episode

Had great fun talking all things immunological to Lara and Vyanka on their ImmunoTea Podcast.

open.spotify.com/episode/2YqS...

16.12.2024 12:20 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The 2025 EMBL Annual Poster, listing all of the courses and conferences taking place in 2025 at EMBL

The 2025 EMBL Annual Poster, listing all of the courses and conferences taking place in 2025 at EMBL

Hi Bluesky community! 👋

Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀

We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look!

➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl

#EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining

13.12.2024 09:06 — 👍 181    🔁 122    💬 1    📌 7
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If you’re at a loose end on this cold wet Sunday come and get warm with the Metabollix tonight in Walter’s Dun Laoghaire to celebrate the hard work of nurses from St James’s hospital and raise money for Operation Childlife - Irish surgeons in Africa/Asia helping sickest kids.

08.12.2024 12:08 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Because we enjoyed the last one so much, The Metabollix will be in Walter’s Dun Laoghaire this Sunday Dec 8th, playing a gig in honor of the nurses of St James’s hospital and also for Operation Childlife. All welcome-Get your Christmas off to a rockin start.

06.12.2024 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With the great Peter Doherty on our way to the Burnet Oration dinner of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology, Sydney harbour

01.12.2024 01:33 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Luke O’Neill: Grumpy old folk? Nonsense. We actually get happier as we age Pete Townshend of The Who wrote the song My Generation with its memorable line of “I hope I die before I get old”. He’s now the ripe old age of 79 and guess what? He’s probably happier than ever.

The fascinating U bend of happiness
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm... Luke O’Neill: Grumpy old folk? Nonsense. We actually get happier as we age

29.11.2024 23:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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192. The Science Of Heart Attacks Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill · Episode

My latest Podcast on fascinating study on monocytes, the brain, sleep and heart attacks. open.spotify.com/episode/0VWm...

29.11.2024 23:39 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Great to see the Corrs and the Script coming to Sydney

29.11.2024 02:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In Sydney at the superb Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology meeting. Great science and great laughs at the Lafferty debate on whether the US is the best place to do a postdoc.

29.11.2024 02:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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