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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈

@yeungadventures.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Immunology Immunology | Infectious Disease | Neurobiology | Public Health | Policy | he/him |#firstgen | #URM | opinions my own

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 16h
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am mostly sadden that I have failed my student that trusted me enough to join my lab.
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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NIH Funding rate of Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 2025 was a major drop. 2026 will be worse.
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Got some sad news…
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why does the same virus kill one host and spare another? The key is lung imprinting from a previous parasitic infection. Our new study @nature.com offers answers + critical mechanisms! Immense thanks to @KamalmKhanna and our collaborators. 🧵 #Diseasetolerance #NAMs www.nature.com/articles/s41...:
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing study from the Cuadrado Lab lead by Yonina Bykov utilizing APMV4 as an oncolytic viral vector to induce tumor regression in primary & distal tumor & complete regression w/anti-CTLA4 @theaacr.bsky.social @aai.org #onoclyticvirus #immunotherapy #cancer jitc.bmj.com/content/14/9...
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In situ APMV-4 vaccination primes systemic response to subtherapeutic dosing of aCTLA-4 in colorectal carcinoma
Background Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is frequently typified by chronic inflammation and high levels of immunosuppression that render it resistant to immunotherapy. The multimodal immunostimulatory me...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Work is so bad I’m going to pick up smoking again….
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can you explain to me why I have to justify needing my 1) MilliQ system repaired, 2) TC hood certified, 3) pipettes calibrated, 4) centrifuges functional, etc to be able to do my research? Been going on 2 years and nothing…. Help please!
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What platform does everyone use for their lab website?
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My friend is fundraising to run the NYC marathon. Please consider donating. Link below fundraisers.hakuapp.com/BPwilliam-po...
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Fundraising Page for William Podaras for NYC Marathon
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I think I may apply for HHMI early career 🫣
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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hrmanifesto on Instagram: "✨Throwback time! ✨@hrmanifesto turns 5 on June 3rd 2026 and I’m celebrating by sharing some of my favorite reels from over the last…"
✨Throwback time! ✨@hrmanifesto turns 5 on June 3rd 2026 and I’m celebrating by sharing some of my favorite reels from over the last 12 monthsDid you like this one too? 🥹THANK YOU for following @hrmanifesto 🥰#5yearsold #hrmanifesto #hr #anniversary #thankful
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Help!
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Follow @yeunglab.bsky.social :-)
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Anyone wanna donate a 4 degree/-20 freezer combo to my lab. Please :-)
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Lab X profile is @Yeung_Lab. Follow it
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
First R01…..”Not Discussed”
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in STEM | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in STEM
“I have long believed that genius is evenly distributed across society,” this professor writes
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Been overwhelmed/stressed/feeling hopeless. help! im back at crying in my office when i get to work. #newPI
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Crowd sourcing: I need help. I am 1 year as a tenure track Assistant Professor. Still have no funds. Anyone want to donate micropipettes, vortex, micro-centrifuges, 4 degrees fridge, -20, LN2, -80 to me? :-/ #newPI #URM #help
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Im open abt #mentalhealth #sexuality &myself. #depression #anxiety can be overwhelming but #therapy &meds help butnot 100%. At 35 I take 10 meds for #mentalheath #sexualhealth & #chronicpain; it’s a pause not my end. #stopstigma #lgbtinstem @trevorproject.bsky.social @projectsemicolon.bsky.social
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Anyone want to donate a 4 degree fridge and -20 degree freezer to my lab please :-( Not having fridge and freezers kinda make doing science difficult... #NewPI #NoStartUp #HELP #Academia #LGBTinSTEM
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I was making much less as a PhD student & budgeting helped me pay rent, eat, pay my student loans, save, and still go out with friends. I appreciate my parents teaching me the value of a dollar during elementary school. Five important financial moves for PhD students www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Five important financial moves for PhD students
Students and a financial planner give their advice on budgeting, saving and investing during doctoral studies.
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#Immunologist interested in Public Policy? #SciencePolicy? Federal Legislative Actions? Advocate for Science Funding?Apply to the @aai.org Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP). A year long program to learn about Science Policy & advocate for #Science to our lawmakers! Also making life long friends!
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Good productive day. Got a bunch done. Started and finished 7 experiments, planned 3 to complete tomorrow, 4 others to start and complete this weekend, and 5 others to start and complete Monday and Tuesday and updated half my lab notebook hahaha #newPI #LGBTinSTEM #stillatthebench #needfunding
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Michael Schotsaert @mschotsaert.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congrats to Lauren A. Chang to bring this home and thanks to all the coauthors Brett T. Webb @yeungadventures.bsky.social T. Yeung (master of 🔬 ) Moataz Noureddine Prajakta Warang Gagandeep Singh Eleanor Burgess for their support and wonderful collaboration. More to come soon!
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Transient lung eosinophilia during breakthrough influenza infection in vaccinated mice is associated with protective and balanced Type 1/2 immune responses | Journal of Virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Transient lung eosinophilia during breakthrough influenza infection in vaccinated mice is associated with protective and balanced Type 1/2 immune responses | Journal of Virology
Our findings reveal that eosinophilic recruitment during influenza breakthrough infection is non-pathological and represents a balanced immune response, distinct from highly inflammatory environments ...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Calling all #NewPI #biologist #academics #phd #scientist #healthcare #STEM can we rally together to help those that rely on SNAP? Donations? Food drives? Etc! Ask your universities for space? #costco #amazon #wholefoods #samsclub #target
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The frequency of spontaneous nose bleeds are getting concerning
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day? Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info. Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org #ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science
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Understand how your immune system works with clear, science-backed insights. We empower you to make informed decisions and feel confident about your health.
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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Exciting study from @diehllab-mskcc.bsky.social E. coli-activated cellular circuit restrains intestinal inflammatory microbiota-specific T cells and protects against colitis: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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E. coli-activated cellular circuit restrains intestinal inflammatory microbiota-specific T cells and protects against colitis
Kim et al. show that colonization with a single E. coli strain limits microbiota-directed T cell inflammation. Colonization promotes CX3CR1+ APC IL-10 production, restricting colitogenic Th1 cell resp...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An immune-competent lung-on-a-chip for modelling the human severe influenza infection response - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A lung-on-a-chip device containing immune cells and stromal cells mimics the small airways, recapitulating human immune response to severe H1N1 infection.
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
@sfn.org @aai.org @amersocvirology.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @aaas.org do any scientific societies/organizations offer undergraduate research fellowships/travel awards? #URM #FirstGen #UndergraduateResearch #NextGeninSTEM
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Join us now to hear from Dr Daniel Inácio about the molecular control of gd T cell subset differentiation and effector function.
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Please join us for the upcoming September #GDTcellclub Virtual talks by Drs. Daniel P. Inacio and Octavio A. Gonzalez on Sept 18 at 12pm NY/5pm Lisbon Bookmark for up-to-date announcements 👇 payalyokota.com/gamma-delta-... Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/j/9589051706... @forum-gd.bsky.social
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Glad to finally have this out. NHP microscopy was not easy with having to validate antibodies. Altered distribution of tissue galectins correlates with mucosal dysregulation in SIV infection url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... #NewPI @aai.org @jimmunol.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social
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Altered distribution of tissue galectins correlates with mucosal dysregulation in SIV infection
Abstract. The intestinal mucosa in individuals with chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains a site of viral persistence and immune dys
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Cotton rats replicate human respiratory syncytial virus infection at the genomic and single-cell level, underscoring their utility as a preclinical model for RSV infection www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Anyone have intro to immuno slides they are willing to share with me? I have undergrads joining my lab with no background in Immunology so planning to teach them a little at a time during weekly lab meeting. #NewPI #undergraduateeducation #FirstGen @aai.org
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀 Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities. Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Nerve-associated macrophages control adipose homeostasis across lifespan and restrain age-related inflammation - Nature Aging
Gonzalez-Hurtado, Leveau and colleagues characterize adipose resident tissue macrophages across lifespan in mice, finding that nerve-associated macrophages, which mitigate inflammation and control lip...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Vagal TRPV1+ sensory neurons protect against influenza virus infection by regulating lung myeloid cell dynamics | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Vagal TRPV1+ sensory neurons protect against influenza virus infection by regulating lung myeloid cell dynamics
TRPV1+ neurons facilitate host survival from flu infection by controlling viral spread, myeloid cell responses, and immunopathology.
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Protect transgender scientists | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Continue working on the bus to DC! #NewPI #LGBTinSTEM #GayScientist #Pride2025
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Taking care of my babies before heading down to #WorldPride2025 in #WashingtonDC! #Pride2025 #LGBTQinSTEM #GayScientist #NewPI
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Help support the next generation of scientist and engineers! @engineers.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org app.schoolfundr.org/fund/bishopa...
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Hello! I'm raising funds for the Bishop Amat Robotics Team and would love your support. You can click here to make your donation - thank you!
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Thank you for highlighting this preview of our work by Drs. Rothlin and Ghosh at @yalesph.bsky.social. What a delight to see this.. 🥹 @khannakm.bsky.social @yeungadventures.bsky.social
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Was informed they don’t provide feminine hygiene products at work so the Yeung Lab will provide as much as I can. Let me know if I am missing anything I should be providing. #hygiene #womeninSTEM #tampons #tampax #midol #bodyform
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Stephen T Yeung, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @yeungadventures.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
CONGRATS TO THE 2025-2026 #PPFP Fellows #Immunology2025 #AAI2025 @aai.org
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