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alans9.bsky.social

Immunologist/professor interested in viral and mycobacterial lung infectious diseases. Family man. Bike rider. Storm & train chaser. You're going to get a lot of exposure to science, art, photography, weather, and bikes on this feed. My opinions are Mine.

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In 2016 MN Police killed a Black man named Philando Castile despite him disclosing he had a legal firearm. Yesterday MN Police released a white woman named Jenny Boelter despite her car full of cash, firearms, & passports hours after her husband mass murdered people & was on the run from police.

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oh hey… just like human abusers. neato! archive.is/202506131530...

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Dr. Barbara McClintock | Cytogeneticist, born #OTD in 1902 She won a #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1983) for her study of corn chromosomes--revolutionizing the field of cytogenetics. The only woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in this category. #WomenInSTEM

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2:43 PM vs 2:51 PM, taken from St. Anthony Falls Lab

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Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph

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Busy preparing slides today for Foundations of Immunology for @britsocimm.bsky.social - if you have ever had burning questions about immunology-this course is accessible to all and designed to give a bit of a basic in immunology! I think there may be some spaces left so do sign up!

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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

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Mikey Heller. timetrabble.com

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😮 SHOCK: Climate Change RELEGATED From The News Agenda? ⬇️ Watch and share this #BrokenNews League Table Special to find out what’s going on. youtu.be/9iliETR1krk

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Unsurprisingly, Cuomo’s car has been ticketed for speeding in a school zone four times in a month howsmydrivingny.nyc/h97qmnh0

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My article has been on the front page of Hacker News all day. Some of the comments from survivors, parents, and friends of children with leukemia, are very moving news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428...

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Who would like to see an ultra challenge that involved riding to every Dunkin in New England?

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Finally out as reprint!!! "Alveolar epithelial cell plasticity & injury memory in human pulmonary fibrosis". Glad to share the results of our single nuc-seq & single cell ATAC-seq analyses of human IPF & PCLS before peer review - see the key findings in 🧵👇🏽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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“a $20 billion reduction in biomedical research will reduce economic output throughout the US by $51 billion” (h/t @meganranney.bsky.social) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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We haven’t even heard one thing Cuomo likes about the city. Contrast that with Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani who have made the symbols of New York part of their campaigns, from the Cyclone to the Subway.

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I remember watching Ananda on MTV. She died at 52 from a preventable & treatable form of cancer bc she worried mammogram radiation would give her cancer. She then declined treatment when diagnosed, which she regretted when it was too late. The “wellness” industry is literally scaring people to death

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Atul Butte died yesterday. The world lost a giant. A big bear of a man. With a huge smile. With love for everyone. With energy that could power a room. I loved everything about Atul. I loved how he was always happy. I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

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If you think there can be any kind of valid justification for deporting a child with cancer, with none of their meds, and interrupting their treatment through the chaos and trauma of that experience- I am begging you to reflect on where your humanity has gone because at some point you parted with it

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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.

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A female peregrine falcon parent feeding her young fledgling mid-flight (though it doesn’t end how you expect… 🧵 ⬇️) #birds #raptors

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I feel like DOGE could have thrown a shitty parade for way less than 50 million dollars

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This makes me wonder if he puffed up his resume in order to serve on that government board (though I don't know if it had any particular qualifications). Clearly, treat him as an untrustworthy narrator

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Leonard Nimoy with son Adam on the set of STAR TREK. #FathersDay

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NIH APPLICANTS: Your application will be WITHDRAWN BEFORE REVIEW if you have an international collaboration and do not include a Foreign Justification. Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE. You have been warned.

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Thank you for your attention to this matter! #NoKings

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He smells like shit and has no pants on. Sir, get out of my house.

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Possibly the last time camping at Blue Mountain. Got a rainbow, many flowers, a jackalope (out of focus unfortunately), and a very concerned mama antelope squawking at us (never saw where the baby was)....

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I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

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