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Lauren Howson

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WEHI Senior Research Officer @wehi-research.bsky.social Interested in unconventional T cells and immune disorders #immunology #immunosky @ox.ac.uk University of Oxford DPhil | @utas.edu.au University of Tasmania BMedRes

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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited about the upcoming 12th #GDTcell conf in Wrocław (May, 2027) hosted by Grzegorz Chodaczek. Pls RT! Yours truly will serve again as part of the Sci Committee. 🔖 12gammadelta.port.org.pl. Updates here, #GDTcellclub series, @forum-gd.bsky.social. @clairemci.bsky.social @eberlmat.bsky.social
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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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Ajith Vasanthakumar @ajithvasanthan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I’m excited to share our latest study, published today in @natimmunol.nature.com. It is long known that pregnancy reduces the risk of developing breast cancer, yet the biological mechanisms underlying this protection have remained largely unknown. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pregnancy-induced tissue-resident memory-like T cells contribute to tumor control in breast cancer - Nature Immunology
Here the authors identify an abundance of a tissue-resident memory-like T cell population in the breasts of women who have given birth. These cells can contribute to tumor control and may thereby prov...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Oligoclonal expansion of atypical Vδ2− γδ T cells in Good’s Syndrome @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Murad Mamedov, Ph.D. @muradmamedov.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Mamedov Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow to apply CRISPR screening and functional genomics to a long-standing mystery in cancer immunology with high translational potential: how do human γδ T cells recognize stressed and cancerous cells? #gdTcells www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Post-Doctoral Fellow – Mamedov Lab - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US) job with The Wistar Institute | 12860872
The laboratory of Dr. Murad Mamedov at The Wistar Institute is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow.
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Just saying.
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Oligoclonal expansion of atypical Vδ2− γδ T cells in Good’s Syndrome #gdTcells @natcomms.nature.com
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Oligoclonal expansion of atypical Vδ2− γδ T cells in Good’s Syndrome - Nature Communications
Good’s syndrome is a rare adult-onset immunodeficiency, characterized by B-cell lymphopenia, T-cell dysfunction and thymomas. Here the authors examine how the severely disrupted conventional T and B c...
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The first official announcement is out! The 12th International γδ T Cell Conference will take place in Wrocław, 18-21 May 2027. Please share widely across your networks. #gd2027
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Wrocław to Host the 12th International γδ T Cell Conference - Łukasiewicz – PORT
From May 18 to 21, 2027, Wrocław will host the 12th International γδ T Cell Conference, a leading global meeting for researchers studying γδ T cells – immune cells with tremendous therapeutic potentia...
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Check out our new paper now available early access in @natcomms.nature.com! Led by Esther Bandala-Sanchez, we've uncovered an expansion of atypical Vδ2⁻ γδ T cells in Good's syndrome (a rare thymoma-associated immunodeficiency). A true international effort 🇦🇺🇳🇱🇪🇸
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Oligoclonal expansion of atypical Vδ2− γδ T cells in Good’s Syndrome - Nature Communications
Good’s syndrome is a rare adult-onset immunodeficiency, characterized by B-cell lymphopenia, T-cell dysfunction and thymomas. Here the authors examine how the severely disrupted conventional T and B c...
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Rhys Allan @rhyscienceallan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🧬🧬💥💥 I am excited to share a new preprint from our lab “Multi-omic gene regulatory networks informed by 3D chromatin architecture reveal insights into hematopoietic stem cell ageing”. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... This is a labour of love by Quinn Stacpoole as part of his PhD.
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Jarrod Dudakov @dudakov-lab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Wow. Multiple papers showing clinical relevance of thymus function for lifelong health and immunotherapy outcomes. Like music to my ears! www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thymus health is a predictor of lifelong well-being and immunotherapy effectiveness
It was thought that the thymus serves its purpose for the immune system early in life. Insights about the organ in adults reveal its importance for later well-being.
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Happy to share my 2025 research highlights article on γδ T cells published in @immunolcellbiol.bsky.social today! We saw some important advances in the field of γδ T cells last year with their mercurial nature on full display driving context-dependent responses to a range of disease states.
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<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Key highights from studies of γδ T cells in 2025 reveal new insights into their role in infection, inflammation and allergy and the impact of cellular and metabolic stress on γδ T cells. Created in B....
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
More than 60% of Australian medical researchers left active research roles between 2019 & 2024 because they could not make ends meet - while my costings from the PBO suggest the govt could more than double annual spending from the MRFF without any effect on its base level of funding.
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Up to $1.4 billion in medical research remains unused under government cap
Researchers say securing funding has become increasingly tough, with many left with no choice but to spend a disproportionate amount of time applying for grants.
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Jason Trubiano @trubianojason.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
💊Drug Hypesensitivity Symposium 2026 - #DHS2026 Registrations are now open for our amazing 3-day #drugallergy & #antibioticallergy program in Melbourne 23-25th October 2026. Stellar international🌏speaker lineup. @allergy-eaaci.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social ➡️https://dhs2026.org/
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
⁉️The ARC has delayed outcomes of ALL grants 1–4 months & increased scheduled outcome windows from 2 weeks to 3 months! This reverses 4 years of progress in providing greater certainty & ability to plan for researchers, their families & unis. Their excuse? Security checks under new ARC legislation👇
Black text on white background. Screenshot of ARC’s Network Message regarding delays to grant announcements because of new security arrangements.
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 08/01/2026
THREAD The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web. We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
My name is Jeff meme with Altmetric replaced. Channing Tatum with his clothes on.
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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Big cheers to our 12 researchers awarded $14M in NHMRC Ideas Grants! Funding will drive pioneering research into #Parkinson’s, #coeliac disease, #cancer and more, shaping the future of health. 🧵1/2
L-R 1st row:Dr Cindy Audiger, Dr Kira Behrens, Dr Sylvie Callegari, Dr Wing Fuk (Luke) Chan
L-R 2nd row: Dr Melinda Hardy, Dr Miles Horton, Professor David Huang, Dr Andre Samson
L-R 3rd row: Professor Kate Sutherland, Dr Tom Weber, Dr Clare Weeden and Professor Ian Wicks
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Hey "Friends" The 2025 edition of our #AwkwardLabPhoto celebrates an incredible year of growth, publications, promotions, PhD submissions and grads I feel immensely proud and grateful to be part of this team
@brigetteduckworth.bsky.social @benjbroom.bsky.social @raymondqin.bsky.social @taylahjbennett.bsky.social @chinweetan.bsky.social
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎉🥂 our @jem.org paper “Transient inhibition of type I interferon enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection” is in the 2025 Best of JEM collection This work was led by @benjbroom.bsky.social @wehi-research.bsky.social check out the original thread.. bsky.app/profile/groo...
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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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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
WEHI scientists led by @groomlab.bsky.social‬ @chinweetan.bsky.social map how Tfh cells tailor instructions based on infection type. A step toward smarter vaccines and therapies. 📄 In @natimmunol.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔗 Read more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/unlocki...
Yellow Tfh cells activate magenta B cells to produce protective antibodies during parasite infection.
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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Big news! The Snow Centre for Immune Health welcomes our new Director, globally renowned coeliac research leader, Associate Professor Jason Tye-Din. Learn more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/new-dir... #ImmuneHealth #MedicalResearch #Leadership #SnowCentre #WEHI #RMH
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thrilled to have our latest research @wehi-research.bsky.social published in @natimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... This work was an outstanding partnership between talented PhD student Len Dalit (now postdoc, no 🦋) and bioinformatician @chinweetan.bsky.social Thread below...
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Divergent cytokine and transcriptional signatures control functional T follicular helper cell heterogeneity - Nature Immunology
Dalit, Tan and colleagues provide a multiomic profile of T follicular helper (TFH) cells responses to diverse pathogens, revealing a blueprint for transcriptional flexibility and new tools to interrog...
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Edelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
👀 We're on the lookout for a talented immunologist to join us for a postdoc at Mount Sinai! If you are a recent PhD graduate, love spectral flow and want to join our γδ T cell crew, apply below! Livable wage + subsidized housing + Central Park. Help us spread the word! #gdTcells #Immunosky #GISky
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Post Doctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-003 in New York, NY | Mount Sinai Health Systems
Mount Sinai is hiring a Post Doctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-003 in New York, NY. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
PINK1 Parkinson's Disease Research Team @wehi-research.bsky.social is a finalist in the @unsw.edu.au Eureka Prize for Scientific Research. Learn more: youtu.be/senXARXzO20 #EurekaPrizes @komanderlab.bsky.social @zhongyangan.bsky.social @sylviecallegari.bsky.social @nskirk.bsky.social
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Congratulations and very well deserved @trubianojason.bsky.social!! 👏👏👏
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Was a pleasure to present at the ASI VIC/TAS Branch meeting last week, where I shared our most recently published work on two patients with IFN-γR1 deficiency! @wehi-research.bsky.social #IEI #immunosky Photo credit @graslab.bsky.social
Lauren giving her presentation (standing at lectern with an overview slide on IFNgR1 deficiency)
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Zach Walsh @zwalsh96.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Thrilled to re-share our tweetorial on Bluesky: now out in @cp-cell.bsky.social (🔗 tinyurl.com/3a55tsky) - we present a framework to accelerate variant classification, diagnosis & treatment of inborn errors of immunity. A dream MD/PhD project, which has already led to the treatment of a patient.
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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A new blood test could revolutionise the way coeliac disease is diagnosed after detecting the condition in patients, even when they weren’t eating gluten. Brilliant study led by Assoc Prof Jason Tye-Din and Olivia Moscatelli, now published in Gastroenterology. www.wehi.edu.au/news/landmar...
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Cyril Seillet, PhD @seilletlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🎓 PhD positions available @MonashUni Join our lab to explore how neurons and immune cells shape gut immunity! 🧬 Single-cell RNAseq 🔬 3D imaging 🧠 Neuro-immune interactions 👥 Great mentoring & collaborations Apply now 👉 tinyurl.com/Seilletlab
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Understanding the neuroimmune regulation of innate immunity | Supervisor Connect
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Marnie Blewitt @marnieblewitt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Reposting - please consider applying for a lab head role @wehi-research.bsky.social in Australia. It is a wonderful place to work, in a great country and with lovely colleagues. Clearly I’m biased on all of those counts. Please repost and/or apply!
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Had a fabulous time presenting on day 1 of the #gdtcell conference in Toronto! Was a fantastic poster session with lots of discussion and interest! @forum-gd.bsky.social
Lauren standing in front of her poster on γδ T cells in CVID.
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Excited to have our latest research published in @jem.org this week and also highlighted by @natrevimmunol.nature.com @wehi-research.bsky.social @benjbroom.bsky.social
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Brief blockade of type I IFN increases CD8+ T cell memory - Nature Reviews Immunology
A study shows that transient blockade of type I interferon signalling during T cell priming enhances the generation of stem cell-like memory CD8+ T cells after viral infection and mRNA vaccination.
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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Future vaccines a step closer. Research from @groomlab.bsky.social, @benjbroom.bsky.social and team use novel approach and mRNA tech to boost stem cell-like memory CD8+ T cells after vaccination. Published in @jem.org www.wehi.edu.au/news/vaccine...
A visualisation of immune cells, with headline "Long-lasting vaccines of the future a step closer"
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Journal of Clinical Investigation @jci.org · 30/04/2025
IFNGR1 gene errors cause susceptibility to mycobacterial disease. @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social & team @wehi-research.bsky.social describe an autosomal dominant IFNGR1 variant that reveals the ubiquitous nature of IFNγR1 expression & its ability to sequester IFNγ on cell surface: buff.ly/5eqJ2yR
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jazziie.bsky.social @jazziie.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
What a way to start the Easter break! Congrats Samantha Chan and @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social on this wonderful publication. Look forward to more amazing discoveries from both of you and the team!
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share our latest research out today in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social! This work is another great outcome of my amazing clinical research partnership with first author Samantha Chan and RMH. @wehi-research.bsky.social #immunology #research #JCI
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JCI - A dominant-negative IFNGR1 variant reveals broad immune cell sequestering of IFN-γ
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Joanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Very excited our work out in @jem.org “Transient inhibition of type I interferon enhances CD8+ T cell stemness and vaccine protection” @wehi-research.bsky.social led by talented (and determined) PhD student @benjbroom.bsky.social Thread below.
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Great to see this work published! Congrats to Wael, Jamie and coauthors 🎉
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Amazing opportunity for a postdoc to join the awesome team that is the Groom lab!
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The program for the 11th International γδ T Cell Conference is now live! Visit www.gammadeltatoronto.ca and register before the early bird deadline (Jan 13). #gdTcells #gd2025 #BestConferenceEver
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Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Delighted to share our paper on adipose gd T cells making IL-17 every night for homeostasis, coordinating lipid metabolism after eating @natureportfolio.bsky.social Huge effort by whole team and collaborators to work this out. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Article Metrics - Rhythmic IL-17 production by γδ T cells maintains adipose de novo lipogenesis | Nature
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Proud supervisor day! Best way to commemorate my PhD student’s final completion seminar - whipping up a batch of celebratory macarons!!
Image showing me holding a batch of macarons
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Shalin H. Naik @shalinhnaik.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢 World-leading Immunologists. The Nossal Endowed Chair of Immunology has just been announced @wehi-research.bsky.social. This is your chance to move (or return) to Australia to do ground-breaking research and join a thriving environment for discovery and translation.
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WEHI - The Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology - Alumni Global
The Professor will lead transformative research into the complexities of the immune system, building on Sir Gustav Nossal’s pioneering work. By fostering a culture of scientific excellence and innovat...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 28/11/2024
🚀 Big news coming to Altmetric! We’re expanding our attention sources to include a platform that’s all about decentralized, user-driven conversations. Sound familiar? 🌐 Stay tuned for a more comprehensive way to track your research impact—launching soon! 👀 #AcademicSky #Altmetrics #HigherEd
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Kim Good-Jacobson @kimljacobson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
It's great to see this out in Immunity today! Masato Ogishi, Koji Kitaoka, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Stuart Tangye on memory B cells in patients with PD-1 immunodeficiency Also stoked to contribute unpublished recall response data from my postdoc a very long time ago 🙂 www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The biggest barrier to productivity when working from home 😼 #WFH #immunosky
Benson the cat lying in front of computer keyboard
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
If you want to be added to this list please reply below! #gdTcells go.bsky.app/C7HsYnT
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Lauren Howson @lauren-j-howson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Was time to make the move to a better platform, and it’s a welcome surprise to see an #immunology community already thriving here! Hi 👋 I’m Lauren and I research unconventional T cells and immune disorders. I also love baking and hanging out with my WFH colleague/cat Benson 😊
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