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B cell biologist studying the mechanism of spontaneous germinal center response in systematic autoimmunity (SLE). Professor of Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Any update on the court hearing about the NIH indirect cost?

Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon! Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!! standupforscience2025.org

Are you guys following the news of all study section canceled this week?

What do clinicians who voted for Trump think now that RFK is confirmed and guts 600 employees from NIH infectious disease research section?

Project 2025 Is Gutting Medical Funding That Helped Russell Vought’s Own Kid Its architect’s daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a “miracle drug” backed by an agency he’s attacking. Terrible. www.motherjones.com/... 1/3

Eagles!!

Go Birds!

Womp womp

Do not underestimate the role of Irf7 in systemic autoimmunity.

IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.04.636277v1

What coping mechanisms should we employ to get through this difficult time?

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I have never used TikTok. Can someone tell me why it was banned in the first place?

Repost this and spread the word.👇

We should just start calling Elon Musk the president!

Going for a movie after submitting the grant to take a break from work!

Submitted the grant 90 minutes before the deadline. Was little nervous as I would like a submit a couple of days earlier than the deadline!

All journals should give free access to the readers, especially when they already charge us so much to publish!!