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Mucosal Immunology lab in Montreal studying helminths, intestinal physiology and the microbiome: www.king-lab.com 🏳️‍🌈

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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Helminths hijack the TGFβ receptor to promote a pro-regenerative program in the intestinal stem cell compartment in this #BriefReport from Danielle Karo-Atar, Irah King @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social, and colleagues: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
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Kathryn Knoop, PhD @kknoop.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#ICMI2026 kicks off tonight! If you’re in Montreal, please find me and say hi!
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The latest MI Podcast episode is out - get excited for #ICMI2026 with @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social, learn about IL-36 with @ryanthwaites.bsky.social, and more! www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
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King Lab at McGill University @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Have you registered for #ICMI2026 yet? This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the global community shaping the future of mucosal immunology. Register before May 11 and save with early bird rates: 👉 www.societymi.org/page/ICMI_2026 #MucosalImmunology #Immunology
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ICMI 2026 - The International Congress of Mucosal Immunology
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John Greally @greally.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I finally got around to putting together a quick overview of what my book is all about. youtu.be/xPt1xy4_i-o?... #epigenetics #epigeneticsbook #epigenome
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Epigenetics: History, Molecules, and Diseases -- Book overview
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J Magarian Blander @magarianblander.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
@drjonlim.bsky.social & @reisesousalab.bsky.social show cDC1s & DNGR1 favor "tethered" neoantigens from F-actin proteins, trapping them in necrotic debris for better cross-presentation! Calls for prioritizing these neoantigens for cancer vaccine design #Immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cross-presentation of dead cell-associated antigens shapes the neoantigenic landscape of tumor immunity - Nature Immunology
Here the authors show DNGR-1 expressed by cDC1s promotes CD8⁺ T cell priming to cytoskeletal neoantigens from dying tumor cells, thereby shaping cancer immune visibility and tumor evolution through im...
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My main PhD paper is finally out! 🎉 After ~5 years, it’s published today in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. @natimmunol.nature.com It all started with an unexpected observation 🔍: 👉 Mice lacking the dendritic cell receptor DNGR-1 developed tumours earlier ⏩ and more frequently 📈 than wild-type mice. 1/11 🧵
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/12/2025
The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14
Portrait of Marina Vance, a scientist, sitting in a Colorado grassland.
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Lawrence Kazak @kazaklab.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Incredible $10M opportunity for investigators to move to Canada. www.mcgill.ca/research/res...
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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Competition
McGill University, a world-renowned research intensive institution, invites applications for the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (Impact+) Program, open to the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The ...
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Need more info before signing petition for state-backed research institute? Get the full behind-the-scenes 🎞️ of how the Empire Biomedical Research Institute proposal came to be, what’s needed to move it forward, and how other states can follow suit: keypoint.keystonesymposia.org/home/shruti-...
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Leadership Spotlight on SAB member Dr. Shruti Naik: Re-envisioning the Funding Ecosystem
Keystone Symposia Scientific Advisory Board Member Dr. Shruti Naik leads in innovative effort to reshape the funding ecosystem in the State of New York to ensure the future of science and scientists i...
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King Lab at McGill University @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Was a great year for our Centre and very much looking forward to developing new microbiome projects and collaborations in 2026!
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Reaching maturity: Thymic γδ T cell differentiation in mice and humans #gdTcells
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Reaching maturity: Thymic γδ T cell differentiation in mice and humans
γδ T cell differentiation into specialized effector subsets during both early life and adulthood is reviewed.
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Andres Hidalgo @drusqui.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Today, we see the fruit of 5+ years of teamwork. We have built a map of the neutrophil compartment (mostly in mice - but also humans). It provides a biological structure that focuses on a single immune cell lineage to discover the many ways in which neutrophils "interpret" physiology.
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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Stroke scientists gather more evidence for presence of ‘gut-brain axis’
Research on mice by scientists at The University of Manchester has shed new light on why the guts’ immune system changes after a stroke and how it might contribute to gastro-intestinal problems.Publis...
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
NYC Postdocs: Join us for our next Postdoc Night Science session to practice how to get new ideas using "puzzle-switching"! This time we're in Columbia U. on Dec 3 at 5pm. Free registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1onf... @stearnslab.bsky.social @kelseymonson.bsky.social @jaeseunghahn.bsky.social
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Another banger from the @harriswang.bsky.social Lab this month! “Fecal exfoliome sequencing captures immune dynamics of the healthy and inflamed gut” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fecal exfoliome sequencing captures immune dynamics of the healthy and inflamed gut - Nature Biotechnology
Profiling host RNA shed in feces reveals disease states in the gut.
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micheleardolino.bsky.social @micheleardolino.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
So so grateful to all donors and to the fantastic TFRI team!
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Emmanuel Saliba @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚨 A fantastic opportunity to join HIRI to start your research group on RNA Biology 👇 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Junior Group Leader for RNA-Biology, RNA-Technology or RNA-Medicine (f/m/d) - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Helmholtz-Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) | 12844907
#RNAexcellence Junior Group Leader Positions (f/m/d) Job advertisement no.:   089/2025 Starting date:                  As soon as possible. The con...
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Edelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📚NEW #gdTcell PAPER ALERT! 'Microbiota promote enhanced CD39 expression in γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes through the activation of TCR and IL-15 signaling' is now out in @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social! #gastrosky #GIsky #IBDsky Join us for a Bluetorial 🧵...
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Microbiota promote enhanced CD39 expression in γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes through the activation of TCR and IL-15 signaling
Intraepithelial lymphocytes expressing the γδ T cell receptor (γδ IEL) provide continuous surveillance of the intestinal epithelium. We report that mi…
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Ranit Kedmi @kedmiranit.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Chrysothemis Brown @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Excited to share our review on Thetis cells and dendritic cells, and their roles in mucosal immunity and tolerance @natimmunol.nature.com rdcu.be/eLtB1
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Antigen-presenting cells as arbiters of mucosal tolerance and immunity
Nature Immunology - Brown and colleagues review the heterogeneity of mucosal antigen-presenting cells that orchestrate T cell immunity to intestinal antigens.
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Rachel Zwick @rkzwick.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The Zwick Lab website is live! 🔬🌀🌈
Check out our research and team at www.zwicklab.org
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Home - Zwick Lab
Our organs don’t just grow once – they grow with us. While some are more adaptable than others, many remodel throughout life to meet the body’s changing needs, from daily challenges to the extraordina...
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Group 3 innate lymphoid cell-derived CSF2 tunes homeostasis of tissue macrophages and neutrophils from @sltai.bsky.social @theonlylabever.bsky.social and colleagues: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
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Group 3 innate lymphoid cell-derived CSF2 tunes homeostasis of tissue macrophages and neutrophils
Mucosal surfaces are complex ecosystems that rely on continuous communication between host and the inhabiting microbiota to sustain immune balance and health. The vast complexity of microbial communit...
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Ling Ling @sltai.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Happy to share that my first first-authored paper is finally out in @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social in time for the long weekend! This work would not have been possible without the current and past members of @theonlylabever.bsky.social Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dr. Lisa Reynolds @drlarey.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In our latest work we've explored associations between the fecal bile acid pool and helminth infection status in school aged children in Uganda. Have a read and see what we found!
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Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda
Scientific Reports - Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda
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Natasha Norton @natashajnorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Delighted to share my latest publication as a PhD candidate in @drlarey.bsky.social’s lab at @uvicscience.bsky.social! With our international collaborators we’re excited to share our findings on the associations between #helminths and fecal bile acids! 🪱 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda
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STAT @statnews.com · 15/10/2025
Immunotherapy researcher Miriam Merad from Icahn Mount Sinai says the reason that cancer research has slowed is because of funding issues, which is something taxpayers don’t have to accept. “We fight for patients, we fight for science, and we have to fight for progress.” #STATSummit
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Marcel Behr @mbehr-mcgill.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Excited to see the PhD work led by Sarah Danchuk published today. Virulence hierarchies within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Thanks to all the authors and collaborators, and especially kudos to Sarah: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
SMI member Valerie Abadie reviews gut mucosal immune responses and their implications for celiac disease and food allergy at Seminars in Immunology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SMIMemberPaper #MucosalImmunology #Immunology
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Gut mucosal immune responses – Implications for celiac disease and food allergy
The intestinal mucosa employs a diverse set of defense mechanisms—from mucosal barrier regulation to immunoregulatory pathways—to maintain homeostasis…
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King Lab at McGill University @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Very cool paper from @cadwelllab.bsky.social showing a trade off between host defense and susceptibility to Crohn’s disease Heterozygosity for Crohn’s disease risk allele of ATG16L1 promotes unique protein interactions and protects against bacterial infection: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Heterozygosity for Crohn’s disease risk allele of ATG16L1 promotes unique protein interactions and protects against bacterial infection
ATG16L1T300A is associated with Crohn’s disease and causes immune dysfunction in mouse models, yet a plurality of humans are heterozygous carriers. Yao, Rudensky, et al. find that the ATG16L1 disease ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Microbial metabolism of food allergens determines the severity of IgE-mediated anaphylaxis @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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King Lab at McGill University @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Do you have expertise in stem cell biology and interesting in pulmonary health? Apply to our tenure-track position at McGill University in beautiful Montreal and join us!!! See below for the link: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine (L000066)
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Beautiful talk by @ikinglab.bsky.social today @nyulangone.bsky.social talking IFNg, type 2, parasites, disease tolerance and gut:stroma axis. gorgeous microscopy and insightful new Frontiers in Hpb infections. 👏👏
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McGill Centre for Microbiome Research @mcgill-microbiome.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The McGill Centre for Microbiome Research is hosting a mini-symposium Oct 21! Microbiome and Pain: Unraveling the Gut-Brain connection. Sign up for a great morning of student talks, networking and a keynote from Dr. David Bulmer! www.eventbrite.ca/e/microbiome...
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Microbiome and Pain: Unraveling the Gut-Brain connection
Join us for this co-hosted half-day seminar with the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain. Keynote speaker: Dr David Bulmer.
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We are looking to hire post-docs to work on T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection using murine and NHP models. If you know T cells and wanna work on the top global infectious killer check us out. BSL3 experience not required. The NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD is an amazing place!
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Shruti Naik @drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
@governor.ny.gov @lizkrueger.bsky.social New York’s biomedical economy is at a tipping point! Investment in science pay off! For heath, for jobs, and for the economy!
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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road
Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Legend David Baltimore died yesterday. He understood the way things should work: "the real contribution of MIT is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It takes ideas seriously, but the people are relatively informal. They are not self-aggrandizing the way academics can be."
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years. I beg to differ. Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
Screenshot of graphic showing that the HPV vaccine has reduced cervical cancer incidence by 90%.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Junctional plakoglobin in the intestinal epithelium, which is lost in #Crohns patients, modulates a crosstalk between intestinal epithelium and the immune system: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚀 Today we're launching the 'Night Science Institute', a non-for-profit organization to lead a cultural shift in science! You may say we're dreamers 😉, but we think we're not the only ones. Perhaps today you will join us to make the Day Science and Night Science parts of the process live as one!
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Check our new website – night-science.org – and consider also helping us to launch the Night Science Institute!
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Rodney DeKoter @rdekoter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Animal testing is still vital to advancing medicine: torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2816...
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King Lab at McGill University @kinglabmcgill.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o... Please repost!!
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Great opportunity to send a "QUACK-O-GRAM" to your Congress critter. @standupforscience.bsky.social act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
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many yellow rubber ducks with red beaks are floating in a blue pool
ALT: many yellow rubber ducks with red beaks are floating in a blue pool
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 22! Friends and Family Friday! Recruit THREE (3) people to send Quack-o-Grams to their House Reps! 🐥DUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT!🐥 act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/... #31doa #impeachthequack #DUCKAROUNDANDFINDOUT
DUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT
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