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Prof Kate Schroder's lab @ IMB-UQ studies inflammasomes in health, infection & disease. www.inflammasomelab.com UQ Ally🏳️‍🌈. Opinions=own.

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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, the Toll-like Receptors reveal a new mechanism of signal transduction: Receptor-Free Signal Transduction. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TRAM promotes Toll-like-receptor-free myddosome signal transduction - Nature
TRAM is a regulator of myddosome assembly through dissociating MyD88 from the TLR–TIRAP complex to enable myddosome maturation and durable downstream signal transduction.
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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(1/3) 📣Join us for the Australian Inflammation Centres 2026 Annual Symposium! The 2026 AIC Symposium returns for its sixth year, bringing together the inflammation, innate immunity and cell death research communities for a two-day national showcase at Melbourne Dental School. See flyer below:
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Specific or feasible? Right now, #inflammasome biomarkers struggle to be both — and that’s a bottleneck for inflammasome inhibitors in the clinic. New review by Jared Coombs, @s-burgener.bsky.social and myself in J Mol Biol: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nUeG54HFd...
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Just finished building our new lab website - enjoy! inflammasomelab.com
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The Inflammasome Lab, led by Prof Kate Schroder at IMB, University of Queensland — uncovering the molecular machines that drive inflammation, and turning that knowledge into new medicines.
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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 09/06/2026
Despite a long history of world-leading discoveries, Australia's science system is going backwards – at the very moment the rest of the world is moving forward, fast. That's why we've launched BACK AUSTRALIA'S ABILITY, a call to every Australian to do exactly that.
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#InfectiousDisease #WheelOfFortune - how have I not discovered this game until now? Castle games at Château de Chillon #Switzerland
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Fantastic opportunity for a PhD in beautiful Lisbon with the amazing @danielhfisch.bsky.social !
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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📣 Applications Now Open: 2026 ACDS Professional Development Award 📣 (1/6) ACDS members are invited to apply for the 2026 ACDS Professional Development Award, designed to support early-career researchers in taking part in professional development opportunities and advancing their career!
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Malvina Pizzuto @malvinapiz.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I will start my own research group at @ipblncsic.bsky.social, and I am already available to support fellowship applications!! A dream come true thanks to my mentors' continuous support: J-M Ruysschaert, @ppelegrin.bsky.social, Kate @inflammasomelab.bsky.social, @clarebryant.bsky.social Thank you!
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What a fabulous lab motto from lab alumnus, @dave_boucher (Twitter). Dave is all of these things, to the max 😀. Well said, Dave!
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Looking forward to @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on Innate Immunity - starts tonight! 🤗🎉
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Beyond excited that two of my brilliant students, Kirsten and Manasa, submitted their PhD theses in the last few weeks! Congratulations ladies! The future of science is in great hands. #inflammasomes #PhDone #ProudPI
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Poster deadline is approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #InnateImmunity: Diversity in #HostDefense & Disease, this March in Banff! See scholarship, abstract and registration: keysym.us/KSInnateImmune26 #KSInnateImmune26 @jkagan1.bsky.social @brozlab.bsky.social
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Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease, March 2026, in Banff, with field leaders!
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
It's shaping up to be an amazing line up at the Gordon Cell Death meeting! Register now! www.grc.org/cell-death-c...
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2026 Cell Death Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Cell Death will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
#MysterySolved! Fantastic @cp-immunity.bsky.social by @brozlab.bsky.social, Began &co showing that GBP1 is essential for non-canonical #inflammasome activation during infections & acts as a mechanoenzime that fragments LPS micelles allowing Caspase-4 activity! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Caspase-4 binds to LPS membranes with positive curvature for non-canonical inflammasome activation
The non-canonical inflammasome, comprising caspase-4 in humans, initiates pyroptosis upon sensing cytosolic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negativ…
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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
💫 You’re invited - our first event of 2026 is just around the corner! 💫 (1/6) 💡Join us for an exciting morning of insightful talks from leading experts and invaluable conversations with members of the cell death community
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Michael Gantier @gantierlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I am delighted to share our characterisation of natural antagonism of TLR7/8 in Nature Immunology. We propose a model where 2’O-Methyl RNA fragments keep TLR7/8 in check, preventing autoimmunity. > www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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2′-O-Methyl-guanosine RNA fragments antagonize TLR7 and TLR8 to limit autoimmunity | Nature Immunology
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A fantastic innate immunity conference coming soon. Join us! youtu.be/xmQv36uYm7s?...
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #InnateImmunity : Diversity in #HostDefense & Disease, this March in Banff! See key dates: keysym.us/KSInnateImmune26 #KSInnateImmune26
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Is there a gasdermin-shaped hole in your life that needs filling? Join us for the SMART Symposium on #Pyroptosis & #Gasdermin Biology in September! Amazing biology & speakers, organised by the wonderful Vishva Dixit, @v-hornung.bsky.social, Feng Shao & Hao Wu! symposia.smart.org.cn/sym/event/Fu...
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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The IMB at the University of Queensland is looking for a new Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager. See details below. Closing date 13th of February. uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
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Mass Spectrometry Platform Manager
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Full-time (100%), permanent position Base salary will be in the range $117,958.12 - $132,247.57+ 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 8) Based at our St Lucia Campus About ...
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Ben Hogan @benjhogan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We’re delighted to see this out today! Latest work from the lab reveals insights into the evolution of brain immunity and the developmental and evolutionary plasticity of lymphatic endothelial cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Convergent evolution of scavenger cell development at brain borders - Nature
Transcription factor osr2 is identified as a specific marker and regulator of mural lymphatic endothelial cell (muLEC) differentiation and maintenance, and muLECs and border-associated macrophages sha...
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
#ARCschedule Jan26 update ARC announced huge delays & 3-month announcement windows (used to be 2 weeks). Delay in months per scheme: 🔹LP25: 1–4 🔹IC/IH26: 1–4 🔹FT26: 1–3 🔹LP26: 2.5–5.5 🔹LE27: 2–5 🔹DE27: 1.5–4.5 🔹DP27: 3–6 Just … appalling. Unworkable. Data ▶️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ARC grant scheme timetable, including open, close and anticipated outcome announcement dates for Expressions Of Interest and full applications, plus rejoinder periods and selection meeting dates.
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Sharad Kumar @molregulation.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Caspase-2 deficiency drives pathogenic liver polyploidy and increases age-associated hepatocellular carcinoma in mice | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Caspase-2 deficiency drives pathogenic liver polyploidy and increases age-associated hepatocellular carcinoma in mice
Caspase-2 inactivation promotes pathogenic hepatocyte polyploidy and age-related liver cancer.
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Working with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #InnateImmunity : Diversity in #HostDefense & Disease, this March! Join us to explore emerging research in Banff! keysym.us/KSInnateImmune26 #KSInnateImmune26
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Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease, March 2026, in Banff, with field leaders!
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Join us for an all-star line up for the 2026 #KeystoneSymposia on #InnateImmunity, co-organised by @jkagan1.bsky.social & @brozlab.bsky.social A joint meeting with joint meeting with the Keystone Aging Symposium in beautiful Banff, Canada. Register now! #inflammasomes, #TLRs, #myeloid, #epithelia
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
What do David Bowie, Queen & #inflammasomes have in common? Read our new review to find out! Deep dive into #NLRP1, #Inflammasomes, and innate immunity — covering activation, regulation & disease links. Great work from lab members Jeremy Yap & Kinga Duszyc! authors.elsevier.com/a/1ly0C3vVUP...
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Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Cracking the #CellDeath code! What has the field recently discovered, and what is on the horizon? Delighted to contribute to this article in #NatureStructuralMolecularBiology! #Immunology #NatureSMB #Inflammasomes rdcu.be/eG1Nm
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Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Cell death contributes to tissue homeostasis and plays critical roles in inflammation and host defense. Our increasing understanding of the physiological...
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Alexandra Boegli @alexandraboegli.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Happy to announce that our paper is finally out! Thanks to @brozlab.bsky.social and co-authors @elliottbernard.bsky.social @ehartenian.bsky.social 🥳 the NLRP6 inflammasome is activated by sterile- or pathogen-induced endolysosomal damage @embojournal.org
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Who wants to discuss innate immunity and host defense? Join us in Banff to share your exciting research. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease, March 2026, in Banff, with field leaders!
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Proteases and Innate immunity lab @ York @protinnimmunity.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New story from the lab by PhD student Seb Grant. Started as a summer project and developed into an interesting story. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Evolutionary convergence of a Pyroptosis-Apoptosis crosstalk drives non-canonical inflammasome signalling.
The coordination of efficient immune responses to infections is essential to enable pathogen clearance and host survival. Cell death modalities are a crucial component of the innate immune system and ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Review @cp-molcell.bsky.social @inflammasomelab.bsky.social NLRP1 under pressure: An overview of the NLRP1 inflammasome as a sensor of cellular stress www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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JelenaBezbradicaLab @jelenalab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#InflammaZoom free Webinar is back on Monday October 20th! With James Murphy (WEHI, Melbourne, Australia) @pseudokinase.bsky.social and Jonathan Maelfait (VIB-UGent, Ghent, Belgium) Register now: bit.ly/4iXGqjw
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Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS) @auscelldeathsoc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
(1/2) 🎉 The 2025 ACDS Prize for Outstanding ECRs is now open! Recognising an ECR who’s advanced the Australasian cell death community. 🏆 Winner gets a cash prize, medal & invited talk. Apply by 7 Nov 2025 (5 pm AEDT) → australasiancelldeathsociety.com/acds-awards
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Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Dear Everyone, I've read the #NHMRC draft strategy and I have notes ... So I'm going to...🧵🤔🧵😱🧵😵‍💫🧵🙏🧵🧵🧵 This is a repost from X because you all need to know! #NHMRCdraftStratergy #Ihavenotes #ValueFundamentalScience @nhmrc.bsky.social
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Nature @nature.com · 20/09/2025
Nature research paper: Myeloperoxidase transforms chromatin into neutrophil extracellular traps go.nature.com/4pxKgV6
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Myeloperoxidase transforms chromatin into neutrophil extracellular traps - Nature
Myeloperoxidase, a highly expressed neutrophil protein, disassembles nucleosomes, facilitating neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation, and binds stably to NETs extracellularly.
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 09/09/2025
Discovery of potent and selective inhibitors of human #NLRP3 with a novel mechanism of action. New study from Kevin Wilhelmsen (BioAge Labs), Rebecca Coll @colllab.bsky.social @wwiem-qub.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jem/article/... #Inflammasome #Inflammation
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Sabrina Sofia Burgener @s-burgener.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🌟 I am truly honoured to be named a finalist for the Rose-Anne Kelso Commemorative Award from Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ). A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.
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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🧵In collaboration with Caroline Puente-Lelievre, Ed Moody, Rosie Cater, and Tom Williams we just submitted a new paper describing the prokaryotic origins of the COMMD protein family. @cpuentelelievre.bsky.social‬, ‪@rosemaryjcater.bsky.social‬. @kmichie.bsky.social‬. 1/n
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The prokaryotic origins of the COMMD protein family involved in eukaryotic membrane trafficking
The ten eukaryotic COMMD proteins are core components of the Commander complex, with central roles in endosomal membrane trafficking and signalling. Each protein has an α-helical N-terminal (HN) domai...
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Dr Rebecca Coll @colllab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
So excited that this study is now online! It's been a pleasure to work with BioAge Labs and our collaborators on this story. We characterise a new class of #NLRP3 inhibitors with translational potential for so many inflammatory diseases.
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 02/09/2025
#NLRP3 is a target for antiinflammatory therapies & can be inhibited by the tool compound MCC950. Wilhelmsen, @colllab.bsky.social et al characterize new small-molecule inhibitors, BAL-0028 & BAL-0598, that have a distinct mechanism of action & binding site. rupress.org/jem/article/... #Inflammasome
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Malvina Pizzuto @malvinapiz.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨It’s out @embojournal.org 🚨 Cardiolipin inhibits Caspase-4/11! Huge thanks to my brilliant supervisors Kate & Pablo, to @s-burgener.bsky.social & Mercedes and all the @inflammasomelab.bsky.social, it was a joy working and laughing with you, and to @brozlab.bsky.social & Si Ming lab.
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Broz Lab @brozlab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Congrats to @malvinapiz.bsky.social and @inflammasomelab.bsky.social on their new paper on the role of cardiolipin in non canonical inflammasome activation. We’re happy to have contributed to the story 🎉🦠!! www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Cardiolipin inhibits the non-canonical inflammasome by preventing LPS binding to caspase-4/11 | The EMBO Journal
imageimageAvailable caspase-4/11 (CASP4/11) inhibitors also block the activity of caspase-1 (CASP1), which complicates interpretation of results in functional studies and limits their clinical potenti...
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Sabrina Sofia Burgener @s-burgener.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
‼️ Congratulations to @malvinapiz.bsky.social on her cool work published today @embopress.org on Cardiolipin inhibiting Casp4 non-canonical inflammasome signaling outputs 👻 a lot of fun to work with Malvina and Mercedes @inflammasomelab.bsky.social on this project www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Cardiolipin inhibits the non-canonical inflammasome by preventing LPS binding to caspase-4/11 | The EMBO Journal
imageimageAvailable caspase-4/11 (CASP4/11) inhibitors also block the activity of caspase-1 (CASP1), which complicates interpretation of results in functional studies and limits their clinical potenti...
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John Dwyer @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
A joy of the job is sharing moments like this after years of working together. May I present Dr Julian Radford-Smith @jradford-smith.bsky.social, with special guests Barbara and Rosalind. Photos taken by the wonderful @lilydun.bsky.social
Two blokes dressed in gowns and ceremonial hats with two miniature schnauzers in front of the Goddard building at the University of Queensland, St Lucia campus.Two blokes dressed in gowns and ceremonial hats being dragged towards a bush by two miniature schnauzers in front of the Goddard building at the University of Queensland, St Lucia campus.
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Daniel Fisch @danielhfisch.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Thank you @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @s-burgener.bsky.social for the invitation to visit the IMB@UQ in Brisbane! I had a fantastic time presenting my postdoc work in the Kagan lab (@jkagan1.bsky.social) and talking science!
Sign of the University of Queensland, Brisbane
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Sabrina Sofia Burgener @s-burgener.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Join us at next week ACDS seminar - lineup of two fantastic speakers 🔊 all infos below 👇
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Sabrina Sofia Burgener @s-burgener.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It was a huge pleasure to write this spotlight commentary together with @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @JaredCoombs on the recent Cell paper of Xingbin Hu lab on spectosis in red blood cells! Congrats to all the authors for their novel and elegant study in discovery miniNLRP3 signaling in RBC 👇
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
In @science.org today my essay on predicting and preventing Alzheimer's disease (open-access) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Predicting and preventing Alzheimer’s disease
With all the advances in both the science of aging and artificial intelligence (AI), we are in a propitious position to accurately and precisely determine who is at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
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Hunter Meeting Australia @huntermeetingoz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The Hunter Meeting has made it to the blue place! 🔵 If you are joining us in the beautiful #HunterValley 2-5 June 2025 - please tag us or search #HunterMeetingOz to follow along. #STEM #CellBiology #DevBio #SpatialOmics @anzscdb.bsky.social #AustralianMeeting
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