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Katia Faliti

@katyely.bsky.social
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Immunologist interested in B and T cells in the GC ( and around it) Human SLE, Autoimmunity and Vaccines Currently Instructor at Emory, in the Sanz Lab 🧑‍🔬💉🔬

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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pre-print alert 📰 🚨I’m very grateful and excited to share our new study : "Defective B cell tolerance in SLE lymph nodes underpins VH4-34 "clonal damnation" and PD-1+TOX+ autoreactive B cells expansion". doi: doi.org/10.64898/202... lnkd.in/eJwMTUEt
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
'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...
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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?
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Looking forward to #AAI2025 science and connections! #AAI2025 #ImmunoSky
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 23/04/2025
#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
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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...
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Feargal Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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...
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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...
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
tell me about it :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How have I never thought about living in a tent in LJ??? :) but these are cool videos! Good job guys!
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.com · 18/03/2025
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 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hgo...
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Episode 36 - Mice touching grass
YouTube video by Audiommunity
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
'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/...
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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...
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So, not to diminish that this is a good thing but... we still don't know who they'll nominate in his place.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
‘One last thing’: Trudeau posts message to Canadians on final day as prime minister #Canada #cdnpoli #ThankYouPMTrudeau 🍁💪🏻 www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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‘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.
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Marion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I refuse to accept a post-truth reality where knowledge and humanity no longer matter. Stand up for Science!! #standupforscience
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.com · 25/02/2025
Yeah, this 100%
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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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 🧪
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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...
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Darkest of times... #ImmunoSky
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Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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
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Marion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
@katherinejwu.com getting straight to the ❤️ of the crisis. This current attack on science must be stopped to protect all Americans.
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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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Jon Kuntz, PhD 🦈 @sharkeye.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I got interviewed by @nature.com 🙃🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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.
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Kelly L. Green, PhD @kellylgreenphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Talk to your department chairs and research offices! 🧪
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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 rdcu.be/dZWI9 rdcu.be/d4332
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Congrats!! Great work!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Congrats @kevbonham.bsky.social! Great news! They are lucky to have you! Looking forward for exciting collaborations :) #immunoSky
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I will!! I have data to send :P Good luck with the starting of the lab!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wooow!! Congratsssss :) This is great news!
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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...
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GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants
Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I love the title :D
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Thanks Michela! I loved reading the piece, so brilliantly written and a great summary of the key points and the next to do :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Thanks so much! I really enjoyed reading your perspective in the News&Views! (and loved the title!) :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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! rdcu.be/d4332 #immunosky #SLE #mRNA #Bcells 🦠 👩‍🔬 💉
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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...
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
@johnmlindner.bsky.social It was a pleasure hosting you at #Emory! Thanks for sharing your remarkable insights into the T-Finder discovery pipeline. Excited for the collaborations ahead in T cells, B cells, and to more adventures in Atlanta’s diners with you and @eliverghosn.bsky.social #immunosky
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Dr Kuchroo discussing the discovery and properties of TIM-3 and Tcf1 on T cells and beyond! @emoryuniversity.bsky.social #treg #dc #tim-3 #ImmunoSky
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Totally agree! Fantastic scientist and human being!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Absolutely agree! He is a fantastic scientist and even better ( if possible) human being !! I feel lucky and humble to meet him around at times.
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Cool work! Thanks :D
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ImmunoSketch @actuallypublished.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Like a photographer choosing between quick snapshots or careful portraits, our immune system balances fast action and precise antibody creation. @profshanecrotty @katyely.bsky.social @johnmlindner.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @emoryuniversity.bsky.social t.co/E2WUBinqCd #ImmunoSky 🧪
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Les 'Tour(s) the Force' sont vraies!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thanks for sharing!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thank you, Damian! I am enjoining keep learning a lot about all the aspects controlling immunity also outside the beloved "GC", and agree we do keep learning more and more about it, especially the contribution to antibody-mediated immunity, during vaccination and - my fav now- autoimmunity :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@johnmlindner.bsky.social your help was crucial!! So glad I had the opportunity to learn so much on B cell and molecular biology from you :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Huge thanks to all the amazing collaborators who made this possible! @lji @emoryuniversity.bsky.social @johnmlindner.bsky.social <- especially for the magic PCR :) and many more!
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
✨ Ever wondered why B cells are so fond of IL-2? Wonder no more! Our study is now published in Immunity @cellpress.bsky.social 🔍📑 A truly perfect Thanksgiving gift! 🧑‍🔬💉🔬https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1kAq43qNrUxuTR
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Definitely 2 !
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Florian Wimmers @therealimmunecell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hello BlueSky! 🌟 I am excited to be here and finally chat immunology, systems biology, and vaccines again. 🧪💡 Also, we’re growing our team in beautiful Tübingen (thanks to @ERC_Research) and looking for talent in #AI or #scRNAseq. There is still time to apply! 🚀 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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John Lindner @johnmlindner.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
As part of my role as Head of Research for US-based BioMed X teams: Alicia Cutler's Team CHM (based in New Haven, CT) is #recruiting an #immunology expert (postdoctoral fellow) to study the role of #inflammation in #vasculature using unique, complex, 3-D models: career.bio.mx/call/2024-NH...
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BioMed X Institute
BioMed X Application System
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
To be fair, the natural variety is not doing great on this front either. "Lack of internal deliberation abilities — thinking, in other words — has long been considered one of the main weaknesses of artificial intelligence." Yoshua Bengio on the FT www.ft.com/content/8946...
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AI can learn to think before it speaks
Advances in reasoning will lead to substantially improved capabilities in mathematics and science
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Steven Kleinstein @skleinstein.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Are you an Immcantation.org user or interested in B cell repertoire analysis? Register now for the 2025 Immcantation Users Group Meeting! The meeting will feature talks from users showcasing how they use Immcantation in their research. Info and registration at: immcantation.github.io/users-meetin...
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Immcantation: An Integrated Framework for Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Analysis
Immcantation: An Integrated Framework for Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Analysis
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Agreed! I personally enjoyed the read, as it sparked many thoughts about the differences in autoimmunity and lupus :)
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Katia Faliti @katyely.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Such a fantastic study from @petterbrodin.bsky.social and team with lots of insights and implications for gender-bias diseases and overall innovative medical personalized approaches. Congrats!
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