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Robert de Vries @rpdevrieslab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I have a PhD position open in my lab! viruses and glycans... who does not love that combo😉. Please share!. #glycotime #lovevirology www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

PhD Position in Virus-Glycan Interactions

If you're ready to solve virus-glycan interaction puzzles and shape the future of novel in vitro models, join us!

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I mean hiring freeze for faculty positions.

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Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Was it officially announced by all universities? I recently applied for a position at UCB, but I haven't heard anything back.

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Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Granyzmes from CD8+ T cells activate complement through a previously unknown mechanism. #complementtime

Granzyme K activates the entire complement cascade - Nature

Nature - Granzyme K activates the entire complement cascade

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Alice Ting @aliceyting.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Tetanus on demand! (not for bioweapons, but for neuroscience research) Tetanus toxin induces paralysis by using a protease to cleave VAMP2, a protein required for synaptic vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release. To harness this toxicity and use it as a beneficial tool for neuroscience,

Painting by Sir Charles Bell depicting opisthotonos, which can be caused by tetanus (1809)

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Huge loss to the carbohydrate community as well...

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

RIP Legend...

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo... In person mutation of avian influenza A virus shows binding to a2-6 sialic acid.

Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana

CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was

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Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Always happy to be connected with immunology folks 😊

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Congrats, Rob!

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Martina Delbianco @delbiancom.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#PhDposition available in my group at the @mpici.bsky.social! Join us to develop new #carbohydratematerials #chemistryjobs #researchjobs #glycotime jobs.mpikg.mpg.de/jobposting/a...

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PhD position to develop synthetic carbohydrate materials

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Me! Me!

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Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Wow!

A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors

In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A jaw dropping paper! Sorry, PAGER.

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Complement guy @complement.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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