Our newest paper is out today in Nature showing how sensitive children’s immune responses are to bias from past immunity.
https://t.co/pyYAtPAVTz
https://t.co/Hjjirx9xve
Gut of newborns has unique bacteria that produce serotonin and promote the development of immune cells that may prevent allergic reactions to food and beneficial gut microbes, according to a preclinical study from @WCMpeds.
https://t.co/3fnTZy14ZD
Great job Josh! This was a "hunch" project that turned out to be so interesting once Josh dug in.
In a nutshell: How do you balance the need for maximum antibody diversity and adaptability with the requirement for maintaining the ability of an antibody to express well?
Most recent work from the lab just out @Nature. By combining ancient DNA work, population genomics, and in vitro infections we show that the Black Death shaped the evolution of immune genes. Kuddos to co-first authors @TaurVil and Jennifer Klunk. https://t.co/y4crzKFMpv
A curated set of human immunoglobulin germline genes/alleles for better annotation of sequences encoding antibodies and antibody repertoires. It has potential to solve annotation problems you have not been aware of! #antibody#AIRRseq#repertoire
https://t.co/NfiJLfejsB
Antibodies are the product of evolution on two timescales: over millions of years in vertebrate populations, and within weeks of infection or 💉 in populations of B cells. We ask how those timescales interact in our paper out in @PLOSPathogens 🧵 1/n https://t.co/vRdGYYQwsU
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Many thanks to the thoughtful and comprehensive commentary from @ShivPillai4 on our paper led by @SirirukCh about broadly protective mAbs against SARS-CoV-2, both out today in the JCI:
Comment:https://t.co/VlVfhaHjRU
Paper:https://t.co/6vjkn52trk
Somatic mutations accumulate in “normal” non-cancerous tissues (blood, skin, liver). But why are mutant clones selected? Do they merely proliferate more, selfishly? Or can clones adapt to disease? Could they protect tissues? We shed light on this: https://t.co/Vu1d4U3stc 1/10
@florian_krammer I need a playlist for this because I just can’t decide but going with my current favorite as camping season starts:
Peaceful easy feeling
Hotel California
Desperado