Darragh Duffy

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/):

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

This analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs, reaching 40% for some subcorpora

We’re hiring for a major role in the US, an investigative journalist to cover what’s happening with science in the US and beyond. This is extremely important territory for us. 🧪

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter

There's no 'new normal' until we stop burning fossil fuels - it just keeps getting worse & worse.

Congrats Adrian to you and all the team !

Delighted to be in beautiful Tartu sharing our experience studying immune variability in @milieuinterieur.bsky.social with SySAge & University Tartu

« neural-network models were outperformed by linear regression models for both genetic-only and genetic+environmental input scenarios »

UK cancer survival rate doubles since 1970s amid ‘golden age’, report says Half of those diagnosed will now survive for 10 years or more after advances in diagnosis and treatment

This is what the science machine does. No massive breakthrough. No single cure. Just lots and lots of cumulative knowledge that makes things better…

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

« this comparison shows the value of genotype information fell by more than two orders of magnitude within a decade »

Calling diagnostics developers.

If you know any companies in your network that can develop portable readers for RDTs, please check out the following request for proposals coordinated by FIND.

Can include standalone readers or mobile-phone based systems.

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⚡⚡ Don't miss this! 👇

The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants offer $150,000 💰 to support early career researchers in immunology-related fields.

Apply by June 22, 2025 🗓️
More info ℹ️:
www.michelsonmedicalresearch.org/michelson-pr...

#Immunology #Grants #EarlyCareerResearchers

Poster for EFIS sex Differences in Immunity Congress on 23 October at Institut Pasteur Paris

Join the 1st EFIS Sex Differences in Immunity Congress – October 23, 2025 @pasteur.fr @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social Registration link lnkd.in/emerimQc abstracts welcome from all researchers, scientists, clinicians #immunosky

Congrats Bryan !

The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics.
gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...

Mark your calendars for this year's Day of Immunology on April 29th, 2025! This year's theme is "Brain and Immunity: Immunological insights into neurologic disorders".

Be sure to register for our webinar from 15:00-18:00 CEST at: loom.ly/gMqUDLs !

Our second online seminar will take place next week:

🗓 Date: Friday, April 25th 2025
🕒 Time: 14:00 CET
💻 Location: Online

1/ One of the most intriguing enigmas of the #COVID19 pandemic was the sudden and unprecedented outbreak of chilblains that accompanied the early waves of #SARSCoV2 infections. Our new study in @jem.org uncovers the underlying immunological mechanism

rupress.org/jem/article/...

Chilblains were reported in #SARSCoV2–exposed individuals without PCR- or serologically defined #COVID19. Saidoune, Gilliet , @ahmad-yatim.bsky.social et al. show that excessive TLR7 responses to SARS-CoV-2 by pDCs are linked to I-IFN–driven chilblain development. rupress.org/jem/article/...

Cool! Who did the artwork?

Excellent programme d'exposés scientifiques in Paris @pintofscience.fr

Including talks in English from Elizabeth Maloney @pasteur.fr & Laura Finn @institutcochin.bsky.social on a topic we care strongly about - sex differences in #immunity & disease May 21 at Les Marquises

Saying thanks to chatgpt now saves you later in life from the AI overlords

this seems apt ..

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