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Kateryna Shkarina

@kshkarina.bsky.social
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PostDoc in Eicke Latz lab @iii Bonn (previously - PhD @brozlab.bsky.social) working on inflammasomes and cell death and their role in inflammation and tissue repair. Passionate about all things #microscopy, #optogenetics and #cycling 🔬🚴🏼‍♀️.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social IFN-κ directs antiviral immunity in human skin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @virulentmind.bsky.social @umasschan.bsky.social
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Leonie Anton @leonieanton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am excited to share that I will start my group @embl.org in Grenoble in February 2027, where we will investigate host-pathogen interactions using in situ cryo electron microscopy🦠❄️🔬! I am recruiting PhD students through the current open call of the EMBL PhD Program: www.embl.org/about/info/e...
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Anton Group – Cellular structural biology of host-pathogen interactions
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Rebsamen Lab @UNIL @rebsamenlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 Join our lab - we are #hiring a postdoctoral fellow in "Pathogen sensing, innate immunity and autoimmunity"! @dib-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social Deadline for application: 20.09.2026 Starting date: from 1.01.2027 #PostdocJobs More info and applications: l1nq.com/cai1vy7 Please share
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Two post-doc positions available in our lab! It is a supportive environment and on which boosts careers! Historically, of our ~30 post-docs 27% have gone on to tenure-track positions, 27% did another post-doc, and 42% have gone on to positions in biotech or pharma.
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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wow! Only Good Antibodies has developed a new tool that lets you see, directly in a paper, which antibodies were tested and validated. A tool that comes at the right time, given all the issues surrounding antibody validation. Definitively a tool to get onlygoodantibodies.co.uk/extension/
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Browser Extension — Only Good Antibodies
A free browser extension that marks antibodies cited in a paper with their knockout-controlled validation status, for the application they were used in.
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vincentholst.bsky.social @vincentholst.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As promised, we now share some details why it took 32 months to get this Matters Arising published, and, since many asked, share some comments on the reply to our critique. All details can be found in this small FAQ vincentholst.github.io/the_curious_.... Below is a summary 🧵
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The Curious Case of the Declining Disruption’s Disappearance
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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 10/08/2026
Ready for the next step in your scientific career? Apply now for a fully funded Biozentrum PhD Fellowship and explore a wide range of research fields before choosing your PhD lab. 🧪 Applications for the current call are open until October 18, 2026. More information 👇
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Biozentrum PhD Fellowships
Share your passion for life sciences. If you are talented and highly motivated, want to broaden your horizons and are interested in a wide range of research topics, apply for one of the sought after B...
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Cornelia Schwayer @cschwayer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looking for a PhD? Applications are now open for PhD positions at the Max Delbrück Center. 🧵 www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
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PhD Positions (m/f/d) in Biomedical Research
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Matti Pronker @mfpronker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We have a PhD position at Sanquin Research in Amsterdam involving protein engineering, de novo design and antibody development related to bleeding disorders. Please share this with anybody to whom this may be relevant! 🩸 🧬 🧪 🧫 www.sanquin.nl/en/working-a... www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Sanquin hiring PhD Candidate: Antibody Therapy for Bleeding Disorders in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | LinkedIn
Posted 10:24:43 AM. The Division of Research and Lab Services of Sanquin is home to 250 researchers, including over 60…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A new PAMP, a new innate immunity principle and a new preclinical application. I am so pleased to share our study on STING activation mechanisms in health and disease. Led by the fantastic Stephanie Ragland, follow the link below for a summary of all we learned. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Purine and pyrimidine-based bacterial cyclic dinucleotides egress the phagosome and activate the innate immune sensor STING
Innate immune recognition of bacteria is thought to center on cell-surface or endosomal pattern recognition receptors such as TLRs. Ragland et al. identify an intraphagosomal cyclic dinucleotide (CDN)...
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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📣 The Cluster for Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies is seeking three independent group leaders - one of the positions will be based at the LMU Gene Center🤗 Apply now! ▶️ www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Independent Group Leader at NUCLEATE Excellence Cluster - Munich or Würzburg job with NUCLEATE Cluster | 12861192
Independent Group Leader in Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies within the NUCLEATE Cluster at LMU Munich, TU Munich or JMU Würzburg.
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Magnus Palmblad @magnuspalmblad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tired of AI-generated figures? I asked our talented scientific illustrator Manon Zuurmond to draw some of the instruments and lab equipment we missed in NIH's otherwise fantastic BioArt resource. First batch now available as CC BY. Free for everyone to use in publications: github.com/Center-for-P...
Drawings of various laboratory equipment (liquid chromatography system, mass spectrometers and a centrifuge).
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Rune Busk Damgaard @rbdamgaard.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨New preprint!🚨 Lack of specific affinity reagents hinders studies of signalling mechanisms. We show that sdAbs provide a robust scaffold for making linkage-specific ubiquitin binders, exemplified by 2A6, a versatile reagent for M1-linked ubiquitin chains. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Small moments #PostdocLife
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Wow, that ain't great. #ResearchIntegrity concerns in ThermoFisher's validations of its own antibodies... Fraud by specific labs? That affects the lab, and to variable extents from "meh" to "eurgh", the field the lab published in. Fraud by companies selling reagents? #SciPub #FoSci
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 20/05/2026
Lots of cognitive dissonance from reading Nature today
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Uri Alon @urialonlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Identify. Attack. Resolve. The immune system follows a perfect defense program: ignore weak/self signals, attack true threats with force, then shut down to avoid damage. (1/2) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excitability as a design principle in the immune system
A simple pulse-and-rest circuit may explain how immune cells strike hard at threats yet avoid self-destruction.
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Max Gutierrez @maxgg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Really important and relevant study in TB from @danbarberphd.bsky.social and colleagues. We need to re-think many assumptions. Nitric oxide production in mice has been a confounding factor. #tuberculosis
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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 18/04/2026
"Although animals in natural environments accumulate a wide range of experiences that allow them to calibrate threat assessment, most behavioral studies of anxiety rely on laboratory animals housed in static, impoverished conditions." 🔥 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Transfer to a naturalistic setting restructures fear responses in laboratory mice
Zipple et al. show that transferring laboratory mice to naturalistic outdoor enclosures prevents and even reverses a canonical anxiety phenotype in rodents. The findings underscore the value of studyi...
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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
ICYMI: a quick calculation of transmembrane domain-containing proteins in a proteome. If you need to use this info: the code is in the post, or you can cite it since all quantixed posts have their own DOI courtesy of Rogue Scholar. doi.org/10.59350/0ah...
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My Domain: proteome-wide scanning of TMDs – quantixed
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I'm looking for #NewPIs (<3 years as lab heads) in the gene regulation/functional genomics space. If you are one or know one, please comment below! 🧪
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Sofia Jeppsson @jeppsson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41...? A researcher at Gothenburg U made up a skin problem caused by too much screentime, and uploaded a popular science piece and "preprints" online. Soon, LLMs would treat the condition as real, and the fake study cited in real medical papers.
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The beauty and value of studying non-model organisms:
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101
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Open Positions
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If we want to understand and treat human diseases, we need to have better and human-specific models. Many excellent talks and posters today at #BonnOrganiodSymposium2026 highlight new directions in #organoid, ex vivo tissue models and #organ-on-chip development and application:
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Want to know how cancer vaccines can keep you alive? Very pleased to join several luminaries in the field to offer a comprehensive review on this important topic. @harvardmed.bsky.social @bostonchildrens.bsky.social #cancer #vaccine www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Clinical development of cancer vaccines - Nature Medicine
This Review highlights insights from recent clinical trials and discusses critical factors for optimizing cancer vaccines, with a focus on proxies for vaccine efficacy, neoantigen selection, modular p...
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Broz Lab @brozlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We’re happy to share our updated manuscript on Ninj1, incorporating measurements of membrane tension, cellular assays of ninj1 and ninj2 dimer stability and MD simulations of ninj1 oligmers opening and forming (see below!). @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sunday read: An excellent review from my friend and virology expert Jen Wuerth and @fischmidtlab.bsky.social on everything you want to know about inflammasomes in antiviral immunity, and how to find them: www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I can only recommend...
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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
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Alexis A. Jourdain @jourdainlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our story on #FBXW7 and #biotin in #glutamine_addiction is now peer-reviewed and published in Molecular Cell! Heroic work led by the very first postdoc of the lab @miriamlisci.bsky.social. Have a look! www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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Functional nutrient-genetic profiling reveals biotin and FBXW7 are essential to bypass glutamine addiction
Lisci et al. present a unified model revealing how cells escape glutamine addiction, a metabolic vulnerability of several cancers. Combining systematic genetic and nutrient screens, they show that bio...
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Katrin Paeschke @paeschkelab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
You are interested in immunology and how nucleic acid structures contribute to their function and how this impacts disease development - Rayk Behrendt and myself have open PhD positions for a joint PhD program between Bonn and Osaka.
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Broz Lab @brozlab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We're thrilled to share the lab's latest publication demonstrating how caspase-4 and the non canonical inflammasome recognize cytosolic LPS by preferentially binding to the convex portions of membranes - both bacterial and micelles @cp-immunity.bsky.social 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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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Scientist's way of saying 'I ❤️ you' "I found this paper/preprint that made me think of your project." "I checked the mice/cells/plates already." "I just sent you the edits you requested." "I have a slide/diagram that will work for that." "I had that problem with [lab equipment], I have a fix."
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Preprint: fever is beneficial for antimicrobial defence by raising AMP activity towards bacteria while reducing mitochondrial damage when pathogens are absent www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8... @ucirvine.bsky.social
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Too much data, too little thinking. A important essay from Ruslan Medzhitov on the importance of understanding data, not just generating it. A must read. @Yale www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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On the balance of knowledge - Nature Reviews Immunology
Ruslan Medzhitov shares his thoughts on the balance between generating data and developing theories in immunology, with a focus on exploring the rules that govern complex systems.
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word. crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Cellular signalling and cytoskeletal function lab
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Does anyone have any experience with the Navinci Diagnostics Naveni PLA kits, especially in comparison with Duolink PLA reagents? I would extremely appreciate any information and feedback regarding the sensitivity and specificity
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EMBL @embl.org · 26/01/2026
Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! 🔎 Read more here: tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Methods should be used as widely as possible, so here is our detailed lipid imaging protocol, written with @martinba99.bsky.social and Chia-Yi (Christine) Chou authors.elsevier.com/a/1mU4XHRzCb... in Methods in Enzymology. Everything you need to know to do it yourself is in there -
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Mikel Haggadone, PhD @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m stoked to share my postdoc work with @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social, a collaborative effort with @metabailism.bsky.social & Brian Goldspiel, aided by many valued collaborators: Environmental Amino Acid Sensing Regulates the Rate of ASC Translation and NLRP3 Inflammasome Assembly. Some big takeaways:
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Florian I. Schmidt lab @fischmidtlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Ever wondered how you can specifically inhibit #AIM2 #inflammasomes? @y-m-tesfamariam.bsky.social generated inhibitory AIM2 #nanobodies to ‬dissect inflammasome responses to #poxvirus infections in human #PrimaryCells @unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Poxvirus dsDNA genomes differentially activate AIM2 or NLRP3 inflammasomes in human primary cells - The EMBO Journal
The innate immune system is known for its ability to recognize cytosolic DNA as evidence of infection, but detailed studies of this process have been mostly limited to mice and cell lines. To investig...
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
If you are looking to build your lab, take a listen to these interviews on @lonelypipette.bsky.social! www.buzzsprout.com/1356877/epis...
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Sam J Wilson @samjwilsonphd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Hi Bluesky! I’m a molecular virologist studying how innate immune defences restrict cross-species transmission and shape disease severity. I just joined, so reposts appreciated to help me reconnect with virology, immunology, and host–pathogen interaction folks. (whiteboard art from Zhuonan Li)
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We know that diet and lifestyle are strong modulators of inflammatory response, but the exact mechanisms are still elusive. Now the study below adds a piece to this puzzle:
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Alexis A. Jourdain @jourdainlab.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
10 days left to apply! 👇
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Does anybody here have a hands-on experience with SinoBiological antibodies, particularly in immunofluorescence/immunohistochemistry and/or WES/JESS?
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Kateryna Shkarina @kshkarina.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
We have an interesting observation (one data figure with several experiments) regarding one of the commonly used tools, which we believe might be important for the #CellDeath community. Which of cell death/immunology journals still publish article types such as "Correspondence", "Brief reports" etc?
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