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Priya Devarajan

@priyadevarajan.bsky.social
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#newPI | www.thedevarajanlab.com | Immunologist Asst Prof, Stony Brook Medicine (Previously - Postdoc, Susan Swain Lab, UMass Med Sch)

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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Registration and abstract submission officially open for the 51st New England Immunology Conference (NEIC 2026), November 14–15 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA! Submit your abstract and register early! www.newenglandimmunology.org (Please RT!) @bsheridanlab.bsky.social
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Patrick R. Secor @prsecor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’ll soon be #Hiring a postdoc to join the Secor Lab at Montana State University. This NIH-funded position will investigate phage biology in Lyme disease spirochetes. The official ad will be available soon. Please share with anyone who might be interested! #MicroSky #PhageSky 🔬🦠🧪🧫
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Dmitri Kotov @dmitrikotov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My lab recently got an NIH grant, so my lab is hiring a postdoc with cellular immunology experience interested in studying the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. No previous BSL3 experience required! wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Infectious Diseases
Location SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110 Position Summary In support of a recently funded NIH DP2 award, we are looking for a cellular immunologist to join the Kotov lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. We...
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
People always ask us nasal immunologists: Why doesn't FluMist work as well in adults as kids?@hannahdstacey.bsky.social @profshanecrotty.bsky.social @lji.org show adults can respond locally! Read our highlight: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... & the full paper: doi.org/10.1126/scit... @science.org
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Mist-ical memory: The airway defenses induced by FluMist vaccination in adults
Longitudinal nasopharyngeal swabs sample and reveal upper airway humoral memory generated after intranasal FluMist vaccination.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Growing up in India, I saw poor polio ridden, crippled kids because their parents didn't have access to vaccines. We are so privileged that we have forgotten how life was without vaccines. We have access to these vaccines whenever we want. 🧪 archive.today/p4RTd
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I’ve seen what life is like without vaccines. Americans need to understand what they save us from
“The ability to prevent a deadly infectious disease is an extraordinary privilege,” writes infectious disease physician Krutika Kuppalli.
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James Konopka @jkonopka.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The 2026 Molecular Mycology Course #MOMY is off to a great start. Richard Bennett kicked things off with a terrific presentation - the “Jack Edwards and Aaron Mitchell KeyNote Address”. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis | Marine Biological Laboratory
This course addresses the need for more research in the area of fungal diseases as our understanding of the basic pathophysiology of fungal disease lags far behind our understanding of many common bac...
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Mucin degradation by Akkermansia muciniphila promotes Alistipes-dependent tryptophan metabolism and Th17-driven autoimmunity www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
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Susan Wardle @susanwardle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very excited to start my lab in NY this August as an Assistant Professor in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience & Simons Empire Faculty Fellow at the University at Albany – SUNY. My lab will focus on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying real-world visual cognition (perception & memory).
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ThePatrick&WatsonLabs @thepwlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨🚨 Faculty search! Spread the word! 🚨🚨 The Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Department at Vanderbilt is hiring! Special consideration will be given to faculty working with Risk Group 3 pathogens (so you can join us in our brand new state-of-the-art BSL3!) apply.interfolio.com/188545
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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Application deadline: August 15, 2026 Come be my colleague!
Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan

Application deadline: August 15, 2026

Applicants are requested to send
1) A cover letter (up to 1 page)
2) A CV
3) A description of research interests and goals (up to 2 pages)
4) A description of teaching experience and philosophy (up to 1 page)
5) Contact information including email to solicit 3 letters of recommendation.
Application materials should be combined into one PDF and addressed to the department chair, Dr. Bethany Moore, and sent via email to Sheryl Smith - sherylhs@umich.edu
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Dear microbiome enthusiasts: I'm excited to be moving my lab to New York University this fall (& the NYU Institute for Engineering Health); with joint-appointment @isbscience.org I'm hiring a postdoc @ NYU to look at diet-driven evolution in the gut: apply.interfolio.com/189980 Please share! 🦠🤓
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Highly recommend 👇👇👇
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PeopleCanBeMoreThanOneThing @stephrstephr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
newborns who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding. In many cases, there are no warning signs. The babies are healthy and happy just days and sometimes hours before they suffer catastrophic bleeding.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Aging researchers and the removal of retirement policies yield decreased disruptive innovation in science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org
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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Devarajan Lab is off to #AAI2026 #IMMUOLOGY2026! Let's catch up if you are around! @wendolainesc.bsky.social @cnorthhopper.bsky.social
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Had a wonderful time visiting University of New Mexico to give a talk at their research retreat. Loved learning so much cool evolutionary immunology @drsalinaslab.bsky.social Felt like an excited kid touring one of their museum with @msbbirds.bsky.social Haven't had such fun nerding out in so long!
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jie-immunology.bsky.social @jie-immunology.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We are happy to share our new paper @cellpress.bsky.social We find that patients previously hospitalized with severe COVID-19 have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth
Severe COVID-19 is associated with an increased subsequent risk of lung cancer. Viral pneumonia induces durable lung epigenetic imprinting that promotes tumor-supportive neutrophils and impairs T cell...
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hi immuno blue sky! Does anyone have an example R03 that proposed generation of a mouse model, that they can share with me? Please RT for reach!
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Chris Zimmerman @czimmerman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📢📢 My lab at @utah.edu is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning & memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share! 🧠🏔️🏜️ Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions
University of Utah Health Campus at sunset. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.
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Carolyn King @immunologyking.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
New paper out: HIF-1α+ CD4+ T cells coordinate a tissue-resident immune cell network in the lung www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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HIF-1α+ CD4+ T cells coordinate a tissue-resident immune cell network in the lung
A deeper understanding of how tissue-localized immune cells arise and function is critical for developing mucosal vaccines. Currently, there are no mu…
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Dr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!
Poster of the 2026 CSHA meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Antibody cocktails derived from pediatricians cooperatively neutralize and protect rodents against RSV and hMPV by targeting conserved epitopes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Kim Good-Jacobson @kimljacobson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Poster deadline is approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #BCells & #PlasmaCells : Fundamental & Translational Biology, this March in Keystone! keysym.us/KSBCells26 #KSBCells26
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B Cells and Plasma Cells: Fundamental and Translational Biology | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on B Cells and Plasma Cells: Fundamental and Translational Biology, March 2026, in Keystone, with field leaders!
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!
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Sri Narasimhan @snarasimhan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Cell is hiring! Do you have a background in #neuroscience or #immunology? Better still, #neuroimmunology? Cell has an opening for a full-time scientific editor. Role will be based out of any one of our offices in Medford, MA, UK, Spain, Netherlands, China tinyurl.com/4ma236xn @cp-cell.bsky.social
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Scientific Editor, Cell
Cell has an opening for a full-time scientific editor. If you are a passionate, mission-driven team player who loves thinking broadly about science and wants to have a positive impact, we invite you t...
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Dana Shaw @shawlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠 Full job description is linked below. Come join us on the Palouse!
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Just a few months ago, a child in the US developed the most feared complication of measles (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis) from an infection they had years ago when they were too young to be vaccinated. I hate to think about what is being unleashed by this virus as a future tragedy.
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Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained
Why falling vaccination rates put vulnerable children at risk.
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Edelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It’s a #gdTcell flavored #MucosalMonday! @saraalonsomera.bsky.social & I chat about the magic of our favorite cell type and our recent paper elucidating the role of the microbiota in driving gd IEL regulatory function on this month’s @societymucosalimm.bsky.social podcast. @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social
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James Konopka @jkonopka.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Interested in how fungi respond to reactive oxygen species? Read our lab’s new review article recently published in MMBR: A Roadmap to Chemically Reactive Species: how diverse oxidants affect Candida albicans and other fungi. doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...
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A roadmap to chemically reactive species: how diverse oxidants affect Candida albicans and other fungi | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
SUMMARYFungal pathogens cause widespread disease in humans, plants, and animals. Surviving in diverse environments requires fungi to resist attack by a wide range of reactive chemicals, including reac...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 24/10/2025
Women in STEM becoming independent: Put science and discovery ahead of your ego. #WomenInSTEM series featuring @priyadevarajan.bsky.social, @rzappasodi.bsky.social, Novalia Pishesha, Jui-Hsia Weng, Katherine Alexander, Yadira Soto-Feliciano, & @kedmiranit.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Joao Pereira @jdpereira.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We’ve developed a really cool model of human diabetic neuropathy with demyelination, and have now gotten data showing we can prevent it. Opinions welcomed: - we’re doing small drug screens - trying to find funding (where??) - anyone interested in collaborating?
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ALT: a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .
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Lucie Van Emmenis @lucie-jexpmed.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Another excellent #Viewpoint! Thank you to our contributors @priyadevarajan.bsky.social, @rzappasodi.bsky.social, Novalia Pishesha, Jui-Hsia Weng, Kate Alexander, Yadira Soto-Feliciano, and @kedmiranit.bsky.social ✨
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Immunominutes @cindyleifer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Do you love #immunology? Do you live near NYC? Come see MicrobeTV.tv’s live recording of the 100th episode of Immune! With @stephanielangel.bsky.social @bioprofbarker.bsky.social and special guests @drshrutinaik.bsky.social and Gretchen Diehl
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Amidst the quietness of a Diwali weekend this year, one that refuses to become familiar despite 15 years away from home, I remember my first one as an immigrant Ph.D. student. 🪔
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 17/10/2025
Latest in our #WomenInSTEM series from researchers discussing their science and the process of setting up a lab as an independent researcher, as well as the unique challenges they face as women scientists in their respective scientific environments: rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Alissa Rothchild @alissarothchild.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨Job posting! #UMassAmherst Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hiring a TT faculty member in #Immunology. Both fundamental and translational areas considered. Please spread the word! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Details - Assistant Professor - Immunology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further
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Anna Salamero Boix @asalboix.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My only regret is that we didn't go with the title "One buffer to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them", although "Squeaky clean staining" was a pretty good options too!
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Veronika Horn @veronika-horn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This looks like an amazing fix and I will definitely try. The overnight transcription factor staining protocol was already a game changer and I recommend it to everyone.
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Anna Salamero Boix @asalboix.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Thank you to @natneuro.nature.com for allowing us, @openboxscience.bsky.social , to discuss about the importance of scientific exchange and about platforms to make it happen. nature.com/articles/s41...
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Globally accessible platforms for the exchange of research findings and career development - Nature Neuroscience
Researchers’ access to scientific research findings remains inequitable owing to financial and geographical barriers, highlighting the need for more sustainable and inclusive modes of communication to...
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Priya Devarajan @priyadevarajan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We are hiring for 3 positions again! I have loved working in this department as I started my new lab last year, it is a well funded department with very nice colleagues who make science-ing so much fun. See below for links
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Yosuke Kumamoto @ykumamoto.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Happy to share this mini review on IL-2 in type 2 immunity. IL-2 may be an old cytokine but there's still a lot to learn!! www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Frontiers | The role of IL-2 in type 2 immunity
Type 2 immune responses are essential for protective immunity against helminth parasites and for promoting tissue repair, but they can also drive allergic in...
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The Lund Lab @thelundlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Led by then graduate student Taylor Heim with help in revision from Ochapa Ibrahim! CXCR6 is on all of our TRM...why?? We think because it plays an important role in managing antigen encounters in tissue and successful transition to memory.
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Pobezinsky Lab @pobezinskylab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
A Dapl1+ subpopulation of naïve CD8 T cells is enriched for memory-lineage precursors | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Our new story just came out in Science Advances! So proud of Adam Lynch and the rest of our team.
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A Dapl1+ subpopulation of naïve CD8 T cells is enriched for memory-lineage precursors
Thymic-derived naïve Dapl1+ CD8 T cells contain a subset preprogrammed to form memory-like cells upon activation.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
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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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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
For life to emerge on Earth, peptides must first have formed without the aid of enzymes — but how? Reactions of sulfur-containing molecules might have been key @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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