Katia Faliti

What I told my students about the threats to evolutionary science I was floored by the question, but it matters. With U.S. funding crashing, what will happen to the future of the field?

'In short, human genetics has become an evolutionary science in a way that can’t be undone. You cannot meaningfully study how humans function or differ from one another without understanding how evolution has shaped us.'
www.johnhawks.net/p/what-i-tol...

Looking forward to #AAI2025 science and connections!

#AAI2025 #ImmunoSky

Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 The findings of this study highlight the widespread burden posed by URIs and otitis media across all age groups and both sexes. There is a continued need for surveillance, prevention, and management t...

#Medsky🧪 #pedsky #immunosky #IDsky #publichealth Children under the age of five have an average incidence of 4 to 6 viral respiratory infections per year, which increases the risk of developing acute bacterial sinusitis or mastoiditis.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social

Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses - Nature Neonatal antibiotic use is shown to reduce immune response to infant vaccines, accompanied by reduced abundance of Bifidobacteria in the gut microbiota, with experiments in mice indicating that probio...

Delighted our study (7+ years in the making) is out today in Nature. In a nutshell, 48 hours of antibiotics in week 1 led to impaired vaccine responses up to 15 months later in infants. We show (in-vivo) a probiotic can fix it #microbiome #science #immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

tell me about it :)

How have I never thought about living in a tent in LJ??? :) but these are cool videos! Good job guys!

YouTube video by Audiommunity Episode 36 - Mice touching grass

Letting mice experience the "wild" alters their immune system, especially their B-cells! Also, we talk to an organizer of the Atlanta #standupforscience2025 about his experience 🧪

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Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...

'The scale of disruption to science funding in the USA is unprecedented. At the NIH, study sections, funding councils and project meetings have been cancelled. Without these, new grants cannot be funded or renewed. Fellowship programs have been cancelled.'
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

So, not to diminish that this is a good thing but... we still don't know who they'll nominate in his place.

‘One last thing’: Trudeau posts message to Canadians on final day as prime minister Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians are great and shouldn’t change, in a final message posted from his office on his last day in it.

‘One last thing’: Trudeau posts message to Canadians on final day as prime minister #Canada #cdnpoli #ThankYouPMTrudeau 🍁💪🏻

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

I refuse to accept a post-truth reality where knowledge and humanity no longer matter. Stand up for Science!! #standupforscience

Yeah, this 100%

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.

Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Differential roles of human CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells in controlling self-reactive immune responses - Nature Immunology Here the authors use a tonsil organoid culture model system to investigate the roles of human CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells in controlling self-reactive immune responses. CD4+ regulatory T cells we...

Cool paper from the Davis lab using human tonsil organoids to study CD4 and CD8 Tregs. Even though subjects with autoimmunity were excluded, organoids derived from female donors had higher autoreactivity, providing an ex vivo system to study sex differences in response to self antigens. #ImmunoSky 🧪

Darkest of times... #ImmunoSky

We have to fight now for research that we know benefits all of humanity, we have to stand up for our colleagues at the NIH, we can’t lie down and take it, we stand against this madness #standupforscience2025

@katherinejwu.com getting straight to the ❤️ of the crisis. This current attack on science must be stopped to protect all Americans.

My weekend with immunologists devising new strategies to treat cancer, allergy, Alzheimer’s, autoimmunity and infection. The WH has just paused peer-reviewed NIH funding that pays for these studies. If you care about human life, write your representatives. Demand that NIH funding is restored asap.

Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants The freeze’s effect on research is still unclear, but scientists fear ‘incalculable’ damage.

I got interviewed by @nature.com 🙃🧪

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

Talk to your department chairs and research offices! 🧪

Thank you
@emoryuniversity.bsky.social
for highlighting our recent study in NI! @natureportfolio.bsky.social (we did not make it to cover selection, but I love it anyway) #immunoSky
Links url:https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/01/er_lupus_and_mrna_15_01_2025/story.html
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Congrats!! Great work!

Congrats @kevbonham.bsky.social! Great news! They are lucky to have you! Looking forward for exciting collaborations :) #immunoSky

I will!! I have data to send :P Good luck with the starting of the lab!

Wooow!! Congratsssss :) This is great news!

GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

New! @jenncoughlan.bsky.social kindly shared their MIRA NIH award with our github repo. If you have a successful grant app you're willing to share, please contribute! github.com/RILAB/statem...

I love the title :D

Thanks Michela! I loved reading the piece, so brilliantly written and a great summary of the key points and the next to do :)

Thanks so much! I really enjoyed reading your perspective in the News&Views! (and loved the title!) :)

SLE B cells take an extrafollicular detour after mRNA vaccination Nature Immunology - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with considerable clinical heterogeneity and diverse treatment options. A study now shows that heightened...

Fantastic News & Views article Nature Portfolio by @michelalocci.bsky.social & @sapostolidis.bsky.social, highlighting our recent study on mRNA vaccines and SLE, its findings, and the key questions to address next!

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#immunosky #SLE #mRNA #Bcells 🦠 👩‍🔬 💉