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Ollie Harrison @harrison-lab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We've been quiet, but we've been busy! Delighted to share that in recent weeks we have received 3 NIH R01s to continue our studies of adaptive immunity in the gut! As such, we are recruiting post-docs with strong interests and expertise in mucosal immunology and antigen-specific T and B cell 1/3

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Time is running out to register for the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology! Generous (1k) travel grants available! www.surveymonkey.com/r/intro25fun... Join me and other expert faculty in LA from July 8-13. I will be lecturing on my favorite topic: Type 2 immunity! www.aai.org/Education/Co....

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The American Association of Immunologists - Introductory Course

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Thank you to all the NIH Staff who are standing up for all of us with this powerful statement: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

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Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In light of policies to defund biomedical research, and with judicial hearings happening today, we hope to highlight the many ways biomedical research improves people's lives, and to convey how damaging the proposed cuts would be... not just for us researchers, but for everyone.

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Patrick Mitchell (@psmitchej.bsky.social), Thornton Thompson and I wrote an OpEd, with support from 650+ biomedical researchers across Washington State (450+ at time of submission). www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm... List: www.moltkelab.com/s/NIH-OpEd-S...

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Comment: Pending cuts to medical research would harm all in state | HeraldNet.com

As UW medical scientists, we urge Washingtonians to defend the NIH’s life-saving research funding.

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This footnote in Sassoon's resignation letter...

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

From a recent UW email: "The [indirect] rates are based on federally audited cost studies. The audits show, time and again, that the total cost to the university is actually higher than the negotiated rate — the university is already subsidizing federal grants and contracts on the admin side."

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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

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Direct Economic Contributions

NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This sure looks like "obeying in advance". So disappointing from HHMI, one of the few organizations with the resources to stand up to the Trump administration's attacks. www.science.org/content/arti...

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HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education

“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

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Marion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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.

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I love this on so many levels...

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Mary Fontana @maryfontanawrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

A poem I wrote is now out in Bluestem Magazine along with some other real beauties. Check them out!

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We're hiring! Funded postdoctoral position available in the Moltke Lab. 79k starting salary and access to a fellowship program in the Institute for Translational Immunology that offers both academic and industry training tracks. Details here: jobrxiv.org/job/universi...

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Moltke Lab

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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Andrew Oberst @drewoberst.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hey I know some of those experts! Sen. Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov visited our dept. today to talk with @marionpepper.bsky.social about the importance of immunology and vaccine research. We are lucky to have these leaders advocating for us in uncertain times! #immunosky #immunology

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Just registered for the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at Asilomar - one of my favorite locations and gathering of friends and colleagues. Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social and Gretchen Diehl have put together an awesome program. Hope to see you there! midwconfimmunol.org #ImmunoSky

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Midwinter Conference of Immunologists

The Midwinter Conference of Immunologists was founded in 1961 by a small group of Immunologists, among them Drs. Dan Campbell and Ray Owen. The goal of the Midwinter Conference is to provide a forum w...

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Andrew Oberst @drewoberst.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

OK, #immunology Bluesky LFG! If, like me, you're trying to reconstruct the vibrant scientific network we had at the other place, these starter packs are a great start: go.bsky.app/2bqX3T7 go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD go.bsky.app/AjNpW2h go.bsky.app/SinqoJU go.bsky.app/DmphBCT

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Igor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The NIH is an engine of economic growth. Cutting funding to NIH will consequently cut economic growth and have long-lasting impacts on US competitiveness at the cutting edge of biomedical discovery

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Midwinter Conference of Immunologists @midwinter-immun.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Early bird registration for Midwinter Conference of Immunologists extended until 11/22. Best immunology conference of the year! New website here: web.cvent.com/event/793d94... Abstract deadline remains 12/13

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63rd Midwinter Conference of Immunologists. Online registration by Cvent

California Immunology Conference

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

>150 new followers in the last few days! Would be a small consolation if this election reconstitutes the Sci Twitter community here on bsky. We're going to need to stick together these next four years. I'm afraid there are unprecedented attacks on science and objective truth on the horizon.

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

The final version of Tyler Billipp's graduate school work is now published! Tyler uncovered an epithelium-intrinsic response unit that couples tuft cell sensing of the lumen to Cl-/fluid secretion from neighboring enterocytes via acetylcholine signaling. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

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Tuft cell-derived acetylcholine promotes epithelial chloride secretion and intestinal helminth clearance

Epithelial tuft cells serve as intestinal immune sentinels, but why they secrete acetylcholine remains unknown. Billipp et al. show that tuft cell chemosensing leads to acetylcholine release, which in...

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Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Absolutely delightful figure: "cheeses were cut into small pieces and put into gentleMACS M-tubes (Miltenyi Biotec) containing 3 ml of 1× PBS buffer." In all seriousness though, the whole paper is excellent: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Looking forward to #2023NDiSTEM in Portland! Visit us at University of Washington booths 542 (Department of Microbiology and Department of Immunology) and 701 (Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program) to learn more about our programs and departments.

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