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Josh Waterfall

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Inserm researcher and group leader at Institut Curie. Linking cancer immunity, immunotherapy, transcription, and AI/ML. https://institut-curie.org/team/waterfall

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The deadline is approaching for this fantastic course!
Apply now! Free to attend!

01.07.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Twice in one day I find myself without words...

25.06.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

So glad to have played a small part in this story. Great work @manellab.bsky.social !

02.06.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

PhD opportunity in a great lab at a great institute !

20.05.2025 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral position in Computational Biology open !

Our Lab is trying to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in establishing intestinal immune homeostasis and how a breakdown of these mechanisms may lead to diseases

More info πŸ‘‡ :

lnkd.in/dQZq55nv

lnkd.in/d6sbw59P

09.05.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Great talks by @belkaidlab.bsky.social @petterbrodin.bsky.social @florentginhoux.bsky.social and more !

30.04.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder to join us June 5/6 in Paris if you're interested in pediatric immunity and cancer development ! @institutcurie.bsky.social @gustaveroussy.fr @hopitalnecker.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social

30.04.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cornell’s new homepage:
RESEARCH MATTERS
πŸ”¬πŸ”­πŸ§ͺβš—οΈπŸ§¬πŸ’ͺ😍
www.cornell.edu

16.04.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Study Immunology in Paris!

πŸ“š Join this International Master’s Program focused on Inflammation & Inflammatory Diseases

🌍 Open to international students – 🏠 Housing & πŸ‡«πŸ‡· French lessons included!

✨ Don’t miss out!

#Immunology #StudyInParis #yEFIS

@efis-immunology.bsky.social

14.04.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ”΄ Dans un entretien Γ  @lexpress.bsky.social, Yasmine Belkaid DG @pasteur.fr, Bana Jabri DG @institutimagine.bsky.social et Alain Puisieux, Pdt du Directoire de l’Institut Curie, lancent un appel pour dΓ©fendre la #science face aux menaces qui pΓ¨sent sur elle.

➑️ www.lexpress.fr/sciences-san...

08.04.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Toulouse Welcomes U.S. Researchers Facing Unprecedented Challenges | CommunautΓ© d'universitΓ©s et Γ©tablissements de Toulouse In response to the targeted and drastic budget cuts threatening scientific research in the United States, the Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host researchers whose work is a...

For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.

en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...

08.04.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 808    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 37
LDNQImmuno Β· April 10th

Two days to go until the 3rd LDN Q-Immuno Day at UCL! We are looking forward to welcome you on Thursday for an incredible line-up of speakers. Full schedule now available here: qimmuno.com/ldnday/

08.04.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

13 chair positions open @inserm.fr to lead a junior research group in France covering #neuroscience, #immunology, #bioinformatics, #bioengineering, #biotherapy, #public health pro.inserm.fr/rubriques/co... πŸ§ͺπŸ”¬

24.03.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Permanent research engineer position as Head of Hub Algorithmics & AI pole - Research The Hub of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics provides analytical support to research units and platforms at the Institut Pasteur. The Hub is committed to this mission through:Β  As head of the Algorithm...

πŸ“’ permanent research engineer position as leader of the Hub Algorithmics & AI pole at the Institut Pasteur. Come and join us!
More details on research.pasteur.fr/en/job/perma...

24.03.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025 - Institut Curie Find Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025. The Institut Curie is the leading center for research and the fight against cancer in France.

Remember to join us June 5,6 for the first #ParisKidsCancer symposium on #pediatric #immunity and #childhoodcancer Registration open now ! institut-curie.org/symposium-pa...

20.03.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are days in life that shake you.

I’m shattered πŸ’” to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧡

18.03.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2021    πŸ” 847    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 96
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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...

DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (government press release) www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...

07.03.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 37
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Paris #standupforscience @standupforscifr.bsky.social #solidarity

07.03.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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La recherche "dans un moment orwellien" aux Etats-Unis, regrettent plusieurs scientifiques franΓ§ais Les scientifiques franΓ§ais ValΓ©rie Masson-Delmotte, Olivier BernΓ© et Alain Fisher Γ©voquent le contexte de la recherche amΓ©ricaine, dont les budgets sont en train d'Γͺtre rabotΓ©s et les sujets de travai...

L'Europe a "un rΓ΄le Γ  jouer pour proposer une vision alternative, fondΓ©e sur le savoir et les connaissances, pour proposer un avenir Γ©mancipateur"

www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

05.03.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sessions on ontogeny of the immune system, host/microbiota interactions, and cancer immunity

05.03.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great #immuno speakers including @belkaidlab.bsky.social @petterbrodin.bsky.social @florentginhoux.bsky.social Arndt Borkhardt, Melanie Conrad, Sonia Garel, Sylvain Latour, Johnny Ludvigsson, Bernard Malissen, Mihai Netea, Anindita Roy and Chenqu Suo

05.03.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025 - Institut Curie Find Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025. The Institut Curie is the leading center for research and the fight against cancer in France.

Interested in the relationship between the developing immune system and pediatric cancer ? Come join us for the first Paris Kids Cancer symposium June 5/6 institut-curie.org/symposium-pa... @institutcurie.bsky.social @aphp.bsky.social @gustaveroussy.fr @institutimagine.bsky.social

05.03.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Stand Up For Science France | Le 7 mars, nous dΓ©fendons les sciences – parce que les sciences sont un bien commun.

Stand Up for Science France protest this Friday March 7.
Numerous actions throughout France including a protest march in Paris starting at Jussieu 13h30 by @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social

πŸ‘‰ standupforscience.fr #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScienceFrance

04.03.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Congrats Santiago !

28.02.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great resource, eager to test out the updates !

28.02.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
stitchr β€” stitchr documentation

Dear TCR researchers of #immunosky, you may be interested to know that our tool Stitchr - for the automated production of full-length T cell receptor sequences - has just had a nice little update:

jamieheather.github.io/stitchr/

25.02.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
List of Science impacts: one month of Trump 2.0

20 January: Trump’s Day 1 executive orders
21 January: NIH activities suspended
27 January: Freeze on all federal grants
31 January: CDC databases disappear and papers are censored
2 February: NSF unfreezes funds, scrutinizes grants
6 February: Global health efforts imperiled
7 February: Cuts to NIH research overhead funding announced 
14 February: Layoffs at US science agencies begin

List of Science impacts: one month of Trump 2.0 20 January: Trump’s Day 1 executive orders 21 January: NIH activities suspended 27 January: Freeze on all federal grants 31 January: CDC databases disappear and papers are censored 2 February: NSF unfreezes funds, scrutinizes grants 6 February: Global health efforts imperiled 7 February: Cuts to NIH research overhead funding announced 14 February: Layoffs at US science agencies begin

A truly depressing article in #Nature listing of all the damage done to #science in the US by the Trump administration in just one month

πŸ’” for so many friends and colleagues there

#solidarityforscience πŸ§ͺ

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

20.02.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

18.02.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 591    πŸ” 462    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)

I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine

1/n

16.02.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 808    πŸ” 401    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 52

"Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity."

15.02.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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