Darragh Duffy

We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders!
We offer:
🔬 Core funding
💻 Access to world-leading infrastructure
👩🏽‍🔬A network of world-leading scientists
…and much more.
Apply by 11 April: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ResearchCareers #Bioinformatics @timcoorens.bsky.social @embl.org

Paper alert 📢: What drives variation in humoral responses to viruses? collab with @etienne-patin.bsky.social @darraghduffy.bsky.social @lquintanamurci.bsky.social we show that for ~98k viral epitopes immunodominance vary by genetics, sex and origin: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Demographic and genetic factors shape the epitope specificity of the human antibody repertoire against viruses - Nature Immunology Patin and colleagues present a mineable Resource database for identifying demographic and genetic factors that impact antiviral antibody repertoires in humans.

Happy to share our last study on how age, biological sex and genetics affect not only the extent of antibody responses against viruses but also the specific viral epitopes recognised. Thanks to Axel Olin @EtiennePatin @LabExMI @institutpasteur @cdf1530 @CNRS

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

We're #hiring for new non‑clinical Assistant Professors!

Keen to join us at the Department of Immunology and Inflammation?

Make sure to select ‘Immunology and Inflammation’ as your first preference when applying.

✍️Apply by 11 March 2026.

👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Scientist's way of saying 'I ❤️ you'

"I found this paper/preprint that made me think of your project."
"I checked the mice/cells/plates already."
"I just sent you the edits you requested."
"I have a slide/diagram that will work for that."
"I had that problem with [lab equipment], I have a fix."

Hi all, applications are still open for a PhD in the @mlcare.bsky.social doctoral network!

Milieu Intérieur is recruiting a Research Engineer in Immunology. For more information, please follow the link
#immunosky @pasteur.fr 🔬🧪💉

emploi.pasteur.fr/Pages/Offre/...

Human Immunology: Genes and Environment Wellcome Connecting Science hybrid conference Conference dates: 13-15 May 2026 Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online. Bursary deadline: 16 February Abstract deadline: 9 March In person deadline: 13 April Virtual deadline: 4 May

Register for #HumanImmuno26: Genes & Environment!

🗓️ 13-15 May 2026

Join researchers in #immunology, genetics, functional genomics, and physiology to exchange knowledge and explore solutions to key gaps in understanding human immune diversity.

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#ImmunoGenetics #ImmunoSky 🧪💉

Women's Health, Women in Health - Research Women’s health, Women in Health March 17th 2026 • Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Registration and Poster application Fill the form The Institut Pasteur is pleased to invite you to the symposium Women...

Women’s health, Women in Health 🚺

📅 March 17th 2026
📍Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Registration and Poster application ↘️ research.pasteur.fr/fr/event/wom...

📣 *Abstract submission by January 31st*

"Host adaptations to viral infections” International Meeting
May 10th-13th 2026
@cnrs.fr Station Biologique Roscoff, Brittany, France

Register & Join us +amazing international speakers!
#CNRS @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social #IRP

www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/evenement...

Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur

Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies

📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD

Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...

#JobOpportunity #Research

📢 20 postdoctoral positions (full-time, 4 years) for outstanding female scientists 👩‍🔬 🔬 @univie.ac.at

The E-STEEM programme call opens January 7th, 2026 and closes March 3rd, 2026.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

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Registration deadline is fast approaching for the "Host adaptations to viral infections” Meeting May 10th-13th, 2026, at the CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff, Brittany, France! JOIN US and the many amazing speakers! JOIN US!

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2026 is here! We’re excited to share Global Immunotalks first semester poster, featuring an outstanding lineup!

Please share and help us spread the word!

Uruguay built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. It produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources & created 50,000 new jobs. Customers pay at least 20% less than they did before the transition

🧬 New in @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵
1/ With @casanovalab.bsky.social , we propose a rethinking of monogenic disorders of immunity:
👉 common variants can matter — a lot.

“For three decades the goal of tech development has not been to improve our lives or serve the public good, but to maximize shareholder value & increase the power of the companies that control it..the root of so many of the social harms that the tech oligopoly have saddled us with”@parismarx.com

“I will never be able to look back on 2025 as anything other than a disaster. But I want to be able to look back on 2026 as when we started to turn things around.” @dereklowe.bsky.social

Completely agree we are there right now!

Looking forward !@drantonioriva.bsky.social

I guaranteed you, In time it will emerge that Elon was financially backed to dismantle a space that actually led to bad people being held accountable. It was purchased for billions just to be ran into the ground. It was worth spending that much money to destroy the accountability machine

🚨 1 week left to apply for the Pasteur-Paris University International PhD Program (PPU)!

Join an international community of scientists at the Institut Pasteur 🌍 Dedicated support, mentorship & world-class labs included.

📅Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
🎓Program start: October 2026

👉 Apply: bit.ly/CallPPU

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand – Trump and Musk are pushing both Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone

Brilliant and powerful column by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Altered DNA methylation of the ABO gene is associated with differential plasma levels of von willebrand factor and E‐selectin Background The ABO blood group system is associated with differential susceptibility to thrombotic vascular diseases. ABO is also known to be a strong trans-protein quantitative trait locus for plas...

Our latest study explains the link between the ABO blood type and its known associated differential susceptibility to thrombotic vascular diseases:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... lead by Tianai Lou @jamiesugrue.bsky.social with @darraghduffy.bsky.social & @clionaofarrelly.bsky.social

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪

From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...

Congrats Camila ! @consigliocr.bsky.social

Fever isn’t just a symptom, it's a window into immunity.

Maloney et al. show how temperature fluctuations, from tissues to T cell mitochondria, shape immune responses. Rising global temps make this research more critical than ever. 🔬🌡️

https://bit.ly/4cZ8gu7

🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets

The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):