Reposted by Neil McCarthyAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Me and my grunge friends would’ve killed A.I. with hammers I can tell you that much 321351161
Reposted by Neil McCarthyBritish Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Have you voted for the next BSI immune cell badge yet?! #BSI26 🦠 The winning design will become the latest addition to our collection and will be available at BSI Congress 2026. Take a look at the options and cast your vote in the poll here: vist.ly/5hsf7 132
Reposted by Neil McCarthyPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836011429
Neil McCarthy @neilemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026*NEW* PhD project available in my lab at The Blizard Institute, QMUL. Fully funded and starting this autumn, we'll be using cool 3D-printed models of human intestine to study how immune-fungal interactions drive gut fibrosis in IBD 🍄 Apply here by Fri 17th July! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comUnderstanding how host-fungal interactions drive gut fibrosis in Crohn’s disease at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Understanding how host-fungal interactions drive gut fibrosis in Crohn’s disease at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com 010
Reposted by Neil McCarthyNPR @npr.org · 21/10/2025A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result. n.pr/4o3hKJOn.prReversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers sayA decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result. 15502114
Reposted by Neil McCarthyThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2025'All three awards (...) honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. Some experts interpret the selections by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as representing the importance of slow, basic science, work pursued out of a desire to better understand the world.'nytimes.comNobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science 03614
Neil McCarthy @neilemccarthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2025📚 NEW #gdT-cell PAPER from our team @QMUL.bsky.social! 🥳 'Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells' out now on @biorxiv-immuno www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here's my first attempt at a 'Bluetorial'... 🧵 1/10 #gastrosky #IBDskybiorxiv.orgBacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cellsGut symbionts condition mucosal immunity to resist infection by enteropathogens, but the specific microbes and mechanisms involved differ significantly between host species. In higher primates, bacter... 2205
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEdelblum 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 🧵...sciencedirect.comMicrobiota promote enhanced CD39 expression in γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes through the activation of TCR and IL-15 signalingIntraepithelial lymphocytes expressing the γδ T cell receptor (γδ IEL) provide continuous surveillance of the intestinal epithelium. We report that mi… 22211
Reposted by Neil McCarthybioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 074
Reposted by Neil McCarthyThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 14/09/2025The “publish or perish” culture in academia creates its own kind of evolutionary pressure. A scholar who studies human behavior through a cultural evolutionary lens explains how the relentless drive to publish can shape – and sometimes undermine – the quality of research. buff.ly/SqnFR4gbuff.ly‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worseScientists write papers to share their results – and gain prestige and advance their careers. In this competitive field, selection can favor AI-written papers, citation cartels, paper mills and more. 0104
Reposted by Neil McCarthyBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/09/2025What happens to US public health without a fully functioning CDC? Americans will get a taste this upcoming cold and flu season.bloom.bgHow RFK Jr. Is Pushing the CDC to the BrinkA small but vocal contingent has long been demanding changes at the agency. With an ally in RFK Jr., it’s finally getting what it wants—to the horror of the scientists he’s sidelined. 147235
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEberl Lab 👨🏻🔬👩🏽💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The perfect end to a great #gammadeltatoronto conference: our latest review has just been published in Advances in Immunology! "Modulation of humoral immunity by γδ T cells: A potential adjuvant strategy for vaccination" 👉🏼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8ltErwXf... #gdTcells @forum-gd.bsky.social 13013
Reposted by Neil McCarthyDr. Nazila Kamaly @nazilakamaly.bsky.social · 28/03/2025🎉huge congratulations to Jake Samuel for passing his PhD viva with flying colours today! Big thanks to the examiners @neilemccarthy.bsky.social and @nickbrooks22.bsky.social 🥳 and @cesiboy.bsky.social for Co-supervision! Looking forward to Dr Samuel’s gut-lymphatics-on-a-chip papers next! 🚀 041
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEdelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2025#Bluetorial: In our latest paper on #gdTcells and #IBD in #ScienceImmunology we found that γδ IEL number and regulatory function are severely compromised BEFORE ileal inflammation occurs, suggesting that γδ IELs may maintain IEL homeostasis in response to a pro-inflammatory microenvironment. 1/nmedia.tenor.comtwo men are riding a bicycle with a basket on it .ALT: two men are riding a bicycle with a basket on it . 44216
Reposted by Neil McCarthyThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 08/03/2025In keeping with his decades-long crusade against vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., initially downplayed the West Texas measles outbreak. Now he’s found himself tasked with the job of doing something about it.newyorker.comThe Dangers of R.F.K. Jr.’s Measles ResponseThe H.H.S. Secretary has touted over-the-counter remedies and stressed that the decision to vaccinate is “personal.” 4124667
Reposted by Neil McCarthyWest Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 27/02/2025As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration’s firings of federal scientists and other actions will undermine efforts to track the virus and protect Americans, reports @nhassanein.bsky.social.buff.lyAs bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data 72313
Reposted by Neil McCarthyCNN @cnn.com · 26/02/2025An unvaccinated, school-age child has died in West Texas. It's the first known death from an outbreak that's infected more than 120 people.cnn.comFirst measles death reported in the West Texas outbreak is school-aged child | CNNThe first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child. 68405148
Reposted by Neil McCarthyWIRED @wired.com · 21/02/2025After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.wired.comThis New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its RolloutLenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threa... 17790311
Reposted by Neil McCarthyWHO @who.int · 11/02/2025Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 5647221866
Reposted by Neil McCarthyScience Magazine @science.org · 11/02/2025When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: scim.ag/4hOUuvx 10717178
Reposted by Neil McCarthyMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...globalnews.caHow a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.caIn 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. 11264858712423
Reposted by Neil McCarthySeth Coffelt @coffeltlab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025#hiring #postdoc We are looking for a postdoc to work on anti-tumor gamma delta T cells in breast cancer metastasis mouse models. Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...gla.ac.ukUniversity of Glasgow - Explore - Jobs at Glasgow - Appointments - Research Associate (Breast Cancer Now) [164192]Search iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3 01923
Reposted by Neil McCarthyγδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Highly recommended - the topic, the location and the supervisor! #gdTcells #jobs @tcddublin.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Neil McCarthyAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 22/01/2025They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research. 24748871910
Reposted by Neil McCarthyPeter Cook @drpetercook.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Completely agree @profandrewmac.bsky.social! A pleasure to work with wonderful colleagues at several institutions including @mrccmm.bsky.social, @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social and @uoe-eid.bsky.social. Fungi are major causes of asthma but why our immune cells do this is poorly understood. 3138
Reposted by Neil McCarthyProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Today is a tough day for lots of people so will try and fill my timeline with good things to cheer/distract! I will kick off with this fabulous story of little “saunas” that help frogs fight off a deadly fungal infection 🧪theguardian.com‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study findsAustralian scientists create brick refuges in greenhouses to help green and golden bell frogs survive infection 519750
Reposted by Neil McCarthyFishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday 189131893727
Reposted by Neil McCarthyAdrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...wellcomeopenresearch.org 718489
Reposted by Neil McCarthyAdam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025In the latest development in the raw milk saga, X is now unpasteurized. 825073
Reposted by Neil McCarthyMatthew Sinton 🏳️🌈 @mcsinton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Delighted to have had the opportunity to write this spotlight with @juanquintana.bsky.social and the lab, on the recent @lydialynch.bsky.social paper, showing rhythmicity of IL-17 expression in adipose! Fascinating paper, which raises loads of cool questions #immunosky www.cell.com/immunity/ful...cell.comInterleukin-17 and fat: Timing is everythingInterleukin-17 plays a major role in controlling adipose tissue homeostasis. In a recent study published in Nature, Douglas et al. demonstrate that time-of-day-dependent expression of interleukin-17 b... 59725
Reposted by Neil McCarthyγδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Today is your last chance to save on registration rates for the upcoming 11th International γδ T Cell Conference! Visit www.gammadeltatoronto.ca and register before 11:59 pm ET today! #gdTcells #gd2025 #BestConferenceEver 011
Reposted by Neil McCarthySeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025🎉aa.com.trOver 60 German universities quit social media platform XPlatform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı 768255234916
Reposted by Neil McCarthyAdrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The single best career advice that I give PhDs is that there are multiple different pathways to success. It is the detours that make your insights unique. This is why @immunolcellbiol.bsky.social made #PathwaysToSuccess - get inspired from different journeys! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> is the flagship journal of the ASI, focusing on the general functioning of the immune system, with particular emphasis on its cell biology. 15924
Reposted by Neil McCarthyAnne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft. 1394640671
Reposted by Neil McCarthyLena Boehme @lenamboehme.bsky.social · 06/01/2025✨ New year, new opportunities: Come join our team for some exciting projects on human γδ T cell development using single cell and spatial multiomics! We're looking for PhD students and postdocs with interest/experience in computational biology. 👩🔬👨💻 Reach out for more info!ugent.bePhD Student 041
Neil McCarthy @neilemccarthy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025A good start to 2025! We found that IsoDGR protein damage promotes lung inflammation in old mice, but can be successfully treated using antibody therapy? Might the same approach also work in humans? 👀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @emmaschambers.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comImmunotherapeutic targeting of aging‐associated isoDGR motif in chronic lung inflammationAccumulation of isoDGR-damaged proteins in aged lung tissues leads to macrophage infiltration and chronic inflammation. Anti-isoDGR antibodies treatment clears isoDGR proteins and reduces inflammatio... 0102
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEmma Houlder @emmahoulder.bsky.social · 20/12/2024FIRST POST! Fungi drive asthma, but does this require germination? We show A. fumigatus spores activate DCs after 3hrs of swelling, promoting airway allergy. Antifungal itraconazole limits swelling & reduces allergic inflammation. Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... @drpetercook.bsky.social 👩🔬 1164
Reposted by Neil McCarthyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2024Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024theguardian.comToadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction From a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to photosynthesise, a weird and wonderful… 37316
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEdelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Recently finished your PhD or plan to in early 2025 and love #Tcell biology, particularly #gdTcells? We're recruiting a #NIDDK-funded #postdoc @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social! We'd love to have an #immunologist with expertise in #GIsky or #IBDsky join our team. bit.ly/4izpZLj #Immunoskybit.lyPostdoctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-049 in New York, NY | Mount Sinai Health SystemsMount Sinai is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-049 in New York, NY. Review all of the job details and apply today! 24330
Reposted by Neil McCarthySarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Fantastic bioinformatics PhD opportunities in the DRIVE Health CDT at KCL. Including two exciting projects on (epi-)genomics in ALS supervised by Ahmad Al Khleifat and me. Apply by 30 January 👇 drive-health.org.uk/projectpages... www.drive-health.org.uk/projectpages...drive-health.org.ukKing's EPSRC DRIVE-Health Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Driven HealthThe King's College London EPSRC DRIVE-Health Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Driven Health (DRIVE-Health) is training the next generation of PhD health data scientists to become the innovation le... 076
Reposted by Neil McCarthyPayal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is a superb compilation review of up to date #GDTcell based clinical trials from Marta Barisa et al. at UCL. @forum-gd.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comγδ T cells for cancer immunotherapy: A 2024 comprehensive systematic review of clinical trialsDespite a substantial increase in funding, activity, and interest, the overall picture regarding outcomes of γδ T cell immunotherapeutic trials for ca… 1113
Reposted by Neil McCarthyBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024This is something we really don't think about enough: Victorian novels are full of children dying. FULL of them. Full of diseases that we can now prevent with sanitation and pasteurization and vaccines! And we wanna go back WHY? theconversation.com/infectious-d...theconversation.comInfectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health todayBetween 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child. 510529
Neil McCarthy @neilemccarthy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Nothing more Christmassy than being asked to declare whether your lab owns any chemical weapon precursors 🤗 #DecemberTraditions 010
Reposted by Neil McCarthyEdelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 30/11/2024#Writing = #thinking. Rewriting = rethinking. The ability to write or convey one’s ideas clearly is a skill that is practiced and formulated over time and with repetition. Writing skills are being lost with #AI viewed as a shortcut, but shortcuts on thinking won’t serve you or your science well. 0141
Reposted by Neil McCarthyPeter Cook @drpetercook.bsky.social · 25/11/2024First 🦋 post (great to join everyone here) about our paper that's been published in JACI: www.jacionline.org/article/S009... Check it out if you have ever wondered how fungal spore growth controls how dendritic cells (clearly THE best immune cell) trigger inflammation that causes asthma...jacionline.orgDEFINE_ME 44015
Reposted by Neil McCarthyBarral Lab @barrallab.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Our first 🦋 post! Very happy to share our latest paper just out in Cell Reports, exploring the crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells in the gut. Check it out! @vivianlilab.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comIFN-γ-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis by NKT cellsThe crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells is vital to maintain intestinal homeostasis. Lebrusant-Fernandez et al. identify NKT cells in the small intestine as key regulators of epithelial biol... 520457
Reposted by Neil McCarthyγδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Please join us for our November #GDTcellclub #gdTcells webinar with talks by Drs. Pamela Ohashi and Anna Ruta. Nov 21 @ 12pm (New York) | 5pm (London) mit.zoom.us/j/9351906959... Zoom ID: 935 1906 9595 Passcode: 292773 2179
Reposted by Neil McCarthyWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 18/11/2024For those going the extra mile to relocate after the recent election, a review: Challenges for the human immune system after leaving Earth www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2183
Reposted by Neil McCarthyMucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Find all the latest Mucosal Immunology research in our latest issue, online now: www.mucosalimmunology.org/current 0137