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Damian Maseda

@dmaseda.bsky.social
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Dad, immunologist, and aikidoka. Assay Hub Lead at the Snow Centre for Immune Health | WEHI share.google/6EGMNR9k8dlqZHdCe -Personal account-

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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Immunopaedia @immunopaedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Global Immunotalks – Free Virtual Immunology Seminars Link for more: ow.ly/bRXH50ZSuc8 #GlobalImmunotalks #Immunology #ImmunologyResearch #ScienceCommunication #GlobalHealth #AfricanScience #ResearchCommunity #Immunopaedia
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Who would you love to see at Global Immunotalks? Nominate your favorite speakers for our 2027 First Semester program! Please nominate here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1KOa...
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GLOBAL IMMUNOTALKS: invitation to nominate speakers
We invite the #GlobalImmuno community to suggest speakers for future Global Immunotalks. Nominations will be reviewed by the Global Immunotalks organizers before each semester’s schedule is finalized....
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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New 📄 🚨! #CellBio is teeming with simulations comprising an extraordinarily high number of components. We argue that model complexity will not automatically lead to a better understanding of biological systems & discuss how modeling practices could be repurposed: arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998 #philsci
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Simulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biology
In cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/08/2026
If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Civil rights advocates have said these prosecutions, even when unsuccessful, are part of an effort to criminalize lawful community organizing, weaken movements opposing deportations and turn the lives of activists upside down.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives
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Damian Maseda @dmaseda.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The path of scientific funding options in the USA is taking interesting twists......
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Nominations for the 2026 John Maddox Prize close Aug 2. It recognizes researchers who've stood up for science and evidence in public debate, often against real opposition. Two categories: main prize and Early Career Award. Self-nominations welcome. loom.ly/mA9OARo #ImmunologyWithoutBorders
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Rosy Favicchio @rosyf.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A collection of protocols covering a wide range of immunological-based assays and methods adapted for immunological research published @natprot.nature.com 🧪 #medsky #immunosky Take a look:
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Protocols for immunological research
A collection of protocols covering a range of techniques for isolating, profiling, identifying and characterizing immune cells and biomarkers
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Soyon Hong @soyonhonglab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thrilled to share: we show that neuronal hyperactivity drives C1q-mediated synapse loss via brain-recruited B cell/IgM, revealing unexpected neuroimmune crosstalk in the adult brain. Congrats to Gerard Crowley who led this w/ resilience & creativity & our whole team! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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C1q and immunoglobulins mediate activity-dependent synapse loss in the adult brain
Complement component 1q (C1q), the initiator of the classical complement cascade, mediates synaptic elimination in development and disease, yet the triggers for its deposition on synapses remain uncle...
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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
1/🧵 With this paper finally published, I want to talk about the worst peer review experience of my career as a non-native English speaker, early-career researcher, and solo author, and why I think it matters. #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #EvoSky
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 03/07/2026
Immune cells exist as continuous clouds, not discrete categories. In this Perspective, @tal-shay.bsky.social &co reframe immune identity through systems biology, and propose that immunotherapies should aim at dynamics of the cell cloud. 🧪 #AcademicSky #immunology plos.io/4oWuoLG
The cell cloud model. (a) Historically, discrete cell types were defined by histology or standard flow cytometry. (b) “Cell clouds” represent cells as the probability distribution of transcriptional states they occupy. Cell clouds serve as the empirical manifestation of attractor basins. Canalization produces tighter clouds, and cellular plasticity produces broader clouds. The panels in this Figure were generated with the assistance of Google Gemini.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Eduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This is one of the most exciting IBD papers of 2026 so far!!! 👇🏼 Every now and then, a study comes along that fundamentally changes how we think about disease mechanisms. This is one of them. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Interleukin-10 Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1*01:03 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | NEJM
Neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 can result in a phenocopy of monogenic defects of interleukin-10 signaling in children and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I've received advice like "if you do your best science, everything will turn out fine", which to a large extent is true in the past, when science has strong bipartisan support for decades. Nowadays, we can't just do science, but we also have to advocate for science.
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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"I'm one of those scientists who's less inclined to impose order on the living world and more inclined to try and interpret the order that is there." 🧪 💡1998 Lasker Laureate Paul Nurse discusses the role of intuition in making scientific decisions. Cancer Research UK
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We Ask a Scientist: Paul Nurse on Intuition
"I'm one of those scientists who's less inclined to impose order on the living world and more inclined to try and interpret the order that is there." 1998 Lasker Laureate Paul Nurse discusses the role of intuition in making scientific decisions.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/2026
"The increasing involvement of technology companies in mathematical research raises the risk that research questions may come to be prioritized because of their amenability to automated mathematics, rather than expert judgment of their deeper significance."
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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/05/2026
This is North Korea level bullshit, and a total fucking disaster for science and for the United States alike. It doesn't matter whether it fails to pass; this kind of thinking is already penetrating NIH, NSF, NASA, etc and causing severe harm. NASEM, AAAS, AAUP, etc must condemn unequivocally.
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Lawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborations
Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/05/2026
In the coming months, the weaknesses of America’s patchwork railway system will be exposed across all 11 U.S. sites of World Cup matches—and it won't be pretty, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes.
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Here’s Another Way America Will Choke at the World Cup
The nation’s railway system is destined to lose.
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
🧬 Working on #leukocyte biology? #SLB2026 (“Leukocytes, it’s all about location”) takes place Sept 14–17, 2026, in Columbus, OH. Learn more! loom.ly/F4V-D4w #ImmunologyWithoutBorders #Leukocytes #SLB2026 #GlobalImmunology
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/05/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Atmospheric CO₂ of 340 ppm
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 & 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide & fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to health — have been slashed by 50% & 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Bike-lanes make better cities. #UrbanTruth
Paris protected bike-lane filled with people riding bikes…
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
From discovery to 👉 clinical reality. 👏 FOCIS brings this year’s theme into focus through the #DayofImmunology video campaign. Tregs and Foxp3 reshaped immune tolerance. Now they’re moving into clinical trials. 🧬 🔗 loom.ly/yWRSIP0 #DOI2026 #ImmunologyWithoutBorders
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
One of the most telling pics of the year ... so far.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/04/2026
WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.
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Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%
A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We have an exciting new story out at @science.org's Science Immunology! It is all about using #AAV-mediated cytokine delivery to change the lung environment. We can boost #lung #Tregs or delivery anti-inflammatory #cytokines, preventing fatal respiratory collapse www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
France is switching from Microsoft to Linux "We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
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WHO @who.int · 07/04/2026
More than 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. That is health and science in action. This #WorldHealthDay, Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙
Over 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974.

Together for health. Stand with science.

Image shows a group of schoolchildren with an adult, smiling.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.
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A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall
Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. projects.propublica.... 1/3
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
“Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” That’s a better return on investment than some direct health treatments…”
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Bike lanes are a sound public health investment
Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a ne...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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Damian Maseda @dmaseda.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Ruin a book or band name with one letter: Glade Runner
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Joel Babdor @joelbabdor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Even among healthy people, immune systems operate at different baseline levels. In our new Cell paper, we show that these immune states are stable over time and are associated with the gut microbiome. 🧵 @cp-cell.bsky.social #Immunology #SystemsImmunology
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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
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John P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world. We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/02/2026
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/02/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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