Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Only 3 days left to apply for a Summer Internship in the Yewdell Lab. Don't miss out on the chance to gain exposure to what a job in "industry" actually looks like, and get a leg up towards advancing your career. Apply now! roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE... 011
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The Yewdell Lab at Genentech is seeking a summer intern for 2026!! An excellent opportunity to learn how we combine fundamental, basic research with drug discovery to create novel therapeutics, and to see what biotech is all about. Apply now! roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com2026 Summer Intern - Immunology Discovery2026 Summer Intern - Immunology Discovery Department Summary An internship position is available for a highly motivated and independent scientist to join the Yewdell Lab in the Department of Immunolog... 031
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026The OG Yewdell lab at NIAID is recruiting a postdoc to study MHC class I antigen processing and presentation and/or influenza A virus immunobiology, deets below. Outstanding track record of trainees getting faculty positions + Jon will play you in ping pong in lab at any time 075
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Don't forget to sign up for the B cell-T cell/plasma cell Joint Keystone meeting - short talk abstracts due 11/13 - hope to see you there! 010
Reposted by Teddy YewdellChrysothemis Brown @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Excited to share our study describing a role for a subset of Thetis cells, TC IV, in tolerance to food antigens. A team effort led by Vanja Cabric and Yollanda Parisotto www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgA wave of Thetis cells imparts tolerance to food antigens early in lifeWithin the intestine, peripherally-induced regulatory T (pTreg) cells play an essential role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food proteins. However, the identity of antigen-presenting cells (... 2378
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025“We all said to each other, ‘This is the most significant thing we have ever done.” An amazing story, and yet one that does not happen without federally funded basic research www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...nytimes.com 010
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Andor is really freaking me out - impeccable timing! 010
Reposted by Teddy YewdellThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 14/05/2025'I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos (...) this would normally result in a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was revoked & I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, where I have spent the past 3 months with roughly 100 other women. We share one room w dormitory-style beds'nytimes.comOpinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention. 24018
Reposted by Teddy YewdellBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem. 41091062498
Reposted by Teddy YewdellKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This is what scientific leadership and courage looks like: www.harvard.eduharvard.eduHarvard UniversityHarvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally. 414129
Reposted by Teddy YewdellArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/04/2025Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...cnn.comNobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNNDr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted... 15893488
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Love this, and also kinda sad we are done with strollers… I’m not crying, you’re crying!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...nytimes.comThe Brooklyn Stroll Club Has Brought Together Fathers in Search of FriendshipFor fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. 020
Reposted by Teddy YewdellPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health securitynytimes.comOpinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States. 18473299
Reposted by Teddy YewdellMichelle Linterman @linterman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Great to have our paper out in @pnas.org showing that lung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation. @smguillaume.bsky.social @wsfoster.bsky.social @sanmarti92.bsky.social @emae-watson.bsky.social Silvia Innocentin, Grant Kennedy & Alice Denton. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...doi.orgLung B cells in ectopic germinal centers undergo affinity maturation | PNASThe lungs are constantly exposed to the external environment and a myriad of antigenic challenges within the air. Chronic exposure to allergens and... 37019
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I remember seejng this as a preprint a while ago, incredibly clever analysis, and profound inplications. So much biology to discover in the neuroimmune domain!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - NatureUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of... 030
Reposted by Teddy YewdellCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 01/04/2025Call to arms by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social for biopharma to mobilize in support of the engines that power them - federally supported biomedical research and drug evaluation 29935
Reposted by Teddy YewdellThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“Internet, vaccines, anything you can think of, were originally developed by publicly funded research programmes, and nobody at the time could have foreseen what would come out of them.” @marialep.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...irishtimes.comIrrational view of science under Trump not reflected beyond US, says EU research funderProf Maria Leptin rejects view ‘this is a big opportunity to snatch back our colleagues’ 0104
Reposted by Teddy YewdellTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment." -- Senator Cory Booker, today 121119911990
Reposted by Teddy YewdellMarion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Thank you, Cory Booker for defending scientific research. Speaking out against the mindless, tragic loss of economic benefit, our global scientific competitive edge and hope for so many families in health crises so clearly after standing there for 24 hrs is remarkable. 115118
Reposted by Teddy YewdellCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 01/04/2025People/organizations with means and a vision for the future of biomedical science - we need an “Arc Institute” equivalent in the DMV area to sponge up all the incredible talent, opportunity of a lifetime for a visionary entrepreneur, I will help! @mcuban.bsky.social 38720
Reposted by Teddy YewdellCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 01/04/2025"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?nature.com‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffsIn shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts. 401563652
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Go, @booker.senate.gov , Go!!! We need more like this from our leaders NOW. 010
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Too good! www.threads.net/@dillongeyse...threads.netDillon Geyselaers (@dillongeyselaers) on ThreadsYour outie likes to drink alcohol and once sent top secret war plans to a journalist by mistake 020
Reposted by Teddy YewdellCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/03/20251. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all. 382585927
Teddy Yewdell @tyewdell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025‘If a VC firm measured efficiency purely by how little money it spent, rather than by the returns it generated, it wouldn’t last long. We invest in scientific research because we want returns — in knowledge, in lifesaving drugs, in technological capability.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for ScienceWe need less administrative bloat in science. 020
Reposted by Teddy YewdellTcellogic (Sue Kaech) @tcellogic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Pls read and share with family members. Thank you AAI for speaking up!! 073
Reposted by Teddy YewdellKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Well worth a read. Not because of the content - it's total horseshit - but because it's a prime example of what happens when you mix anti-science, conspiracism, arrogance, and a total lack of expertise. Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid (Gift Article)The same dangerous mistakes. The same lack of candor. 27582154
Reposted by Teddy YewdellEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social 9897210
Reposted by Teddy YewdellBalthasar Heesters @heesters.gitlab.io · 13/03/2025Interested in germinal center regulation? Should we coddle our immune system? Two more weeks to apply! 3 year fundingmedia.tenor.comthe worst thing you can do for your immune system is to coddle it ..ALT: the worst thing you can do for your immune system is to coddle it .. 036
Reposted by Teddy YewdellJoanna Groom @groomlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Very 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. 25622
Reposted by Teddy YewdellMatthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 04/03/2025A reminder that mRNA vaccines are among the greatest scientific and medical breakthroughs ever, with almost unlimited potential against infectious diseases and many different types of cancer. 03510
Reposted by Teddy YewdellMike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social 7762180
Reposted by Teddy YewdellIgor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025media.tenor.coma baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .ALT: a baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium . 217434