Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
Thiago Carvalho
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The Nation published a damning story about the depth of Harvard's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-harvard-summers/
I have no doubt that almost all of it is true.
However, there's an egregious lapse in fact-checking that does a serious injustice to Stephen Jay Gould. In the story, Alan Dershowitz claims that Gould was a regular at Program for Evolutionary Dynamics events at One Brattle Square.
Gould died in 2002. Nowak came to Harvard and opened the One Brattle Square facility in 2003.
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Senior Scientist, Proteomics Chemical Biology at Pfizer in Cambridge, MA 02139 | Black Enterprise https://jobs.blackenterprise.com/jobs/senior-scientist-proteomics-chemical-biology-cambridge-ma-02139-135152175-d #proteomics
'Prof Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London, said: “JCVI have done their calculation in favour of a very limited vaccine offer for the elderly and immunosuppressed, leaving the bulk of the population way out from their last dose and poorly protected.”
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'The National Institutes of Health is releasing a comprehensive dataset that standardizes genomic, proteomic, imaging, and clinical data from individual studies of more than 1,000 tumors across 10 cancer types.'
Thiago Carvalho
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Personalized RNA #vaccines for #melanoma advance to phase III trials (in combination with anti-PD1).
My latest Clinical Pipeline column for @NatureMedicine #Immunology #Immunotherapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00072-0
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"If #OpenAI is found to have violated any #copyrights in this process, #FederalLaw allows for the infringing articles to be destroyed at the end of the case. In other words, if a federal judge finds that OpenAI illegally copied The Times' articles to train its #AI model, the court could order the company to destroy #ChatGPT's dataset. " #AILaw #GenerativeAI
#NewYorkTimes considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194202562/new-york-times-considers-legal-action-against-openai-as-copyright-tensions-swirl
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Hi there!
We are looking for a #linux #sysadmin to join our effort in streamlining #openscience practices across #microscopy platforms in France
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UAR3556-PERGIL-003/Default.aspx
(job add is in French but English would work too)
Join us in Nantes! Ok for beginners willing to learn :)
'In August 1948 Francisco Franco’s Guardia Civil exacted a cruel and unusual punishment on every man, woman and child by summarily ordering them out of the pueblo in eastern Andalucía. Given no time to prepare, the 250 villagers fled on mules or on foot, leaving their belongings behind. Already poor and struggling to survive, many had nowhere to go.'
'As a child, I was taken to see an animated film version of George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm.” Much too young to understand that I was watching an allegory about Stalinism, I assumed that Orwell was a sort of downbeat Disney, making scary kids’ cartoons featuring brutal, dictatorial pigs and overworked horses sent to slaughter.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/16/orwell-animal-farm-wife-biography/
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A messy attempt to squeeze those aspects of Aristotle's philosophy that played a role in the history of physics into a blog post
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/from-τὰ-φυσικά-ta-physika-to-physics-iv/
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#introduction Hi, I’m new here, but I’m giving this Mastodon thing a try! I’m an ecologist by training, currently teaching intro bio to undergrads. I’m an #insect enthusiast with particular love for #bees, #wasps and other garden critters. I have a chaotic good #vegetablegarden and plant lots of #nativeplants for the yard critters. I’m also a #twinmom and #vegetarian #cook. Don’t have a #dog yet but I love to see photos of your #dogs. What are you #reading right now?
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“One of the benefits of Twitter was how it created a sense of community for scientists, particularly for those from under-represented groups.”
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty…”
The preclinical work on CD47, which binds SIRPα to deliver a 'don't eat me signal', was very compelling. But as a druggable target it's had a bumpy ride in clinical development.
'Pfizer executives were bullish during a second quarter earnings call Thursday that its two CD47 meds would not face the same setbacks seen from rivals Gilead and others. As a result, the New York pharma is staying the course.'
(HT Michael Tomasson)
#Immunology #immunotherapy #InnateImmunity
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/pfizer-undeterred-cd47-plans-competitors-face-pitfalls
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Among over 4.2 million people, Covid was associated with a significant increased risk of developing multiple types of autoimmune diseases compared with uninfected, and vaccination provided protection
https://thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext
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"Covid vaccines should be available to buy privately in UK, scientists say"
It would be better if everyone who wants a jab can get one.
Pushing it into private means people on low incomes won't, and their health may be at risk as a result.
It's as if killing off the poor is gubmint policy. #Covid
'The National Institutes of Health is releasing a comprehensive dataset that standardizes genomic, proteomic, imaging, and clinical data from individual studies of more than 1,000 tumors across 10 cancer types.'
Personalized RNA #vaccines for #melanoma advance to phase III trials (in combination with anti-PD1).
My latest Clinical Pipeline column for @NatureMedicine #Immunology #Immunotherapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00072-0
Thiago Carvalho
boosted
The IBRO-Dana Brain Awareness Week Grants cycle opens September 1 with increased opportunities for funding! Eligibility for organizers in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the US/Canada. Learn more at https://ibro.org/expansion-ibro-dana-baw/
'Of note, CD20+ T cells are enriched in individuals with MS and in mice with experimental central nervous system (CNS) inflammation, and they have a highly activated phenotype2,3. In a recent publication, we provide evidence that these CD20+ T cells develop by an undirected transfer of B cell membrane termed trogocytosis, which takes place when B cells activate T cells during antigen presentation'
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-023-00920-7?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Thiago Carvalho
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I love it when people claim our founding fathers would be against vaccination, when there's so much evidence otherwise. Just released from the American Society for Microbiology archives: Thomas Jefferson from 1826, establishing a public clinic at the University of Virginia providing medical advice, smallpox vaccines (free!), and surgery to all peoples.
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
