Javi Ibarrondo
@jibarrondo.bsky.social
Researcher at UCLA. PhD. Immunology, HIV. I love science, music, books and friends. Hate lies, authoritarianism and bad people. I block trolls: no debate, no comment.
Mechanism for evolution of diverse autologous antibodies upon broadly neutralizing antibody therapy of people with HIV: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🧪
Mechanism for evolution of diverse autologous antibodies upon broadly neutralizing antibody therapy of people with HIV
Kannan et al. use computational modeling to show how passive administration of broadly
neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) when some virus is present can induce a polyclonal
host antibody response that ta...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mechanism for evolution of diverse autologous antibodies upon broadly neutralizing antibody therapy of people with HIV: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🧪
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Immunocompromised people have long known tattoos f w/yr immune system. Now science is catching up:
Study on “immune responses to tattoo ink accumulating in the lymph nodes… tattoo ink commonly reaches & persists in this organ in most tattooed subjects, often lifelong.”
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Study on “immune responses to tattoo ink accumulating in the lymph nodes… tattoo ink commonly reaches & persists in this organ in most tattooed subjects, often lifelong.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination | PNAS
Despite safety concerns regarding the toxicity of tattoo ink, no studies have reported
the consequences of tattooing on the immune response. In thi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Immunocompromised people have long known tattoos f w/yr immune system. Now science is catching up:
Study on “immune responses to tattoo ink accumulating in the lymph nodes… tattoo ink commonly reaches & persists in this organ in most tattooed subjects, often lifelong.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Study on “immune responses to tattoo ink accumulating in the lymph nodes… tattoo ink commonly reaches & persists in this organ in most tattooed subjects, often lifelong.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Ethical oversight in impact evaluations: External advisory committees to assess programming risks | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Ethical oversight in impact evaluations: External advisory committees to assess programming risks | PNAS
Social scientists not only conduct impact evaluations but also participate in the
design and implementation of the programs being evaluated. While ...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ethical oversight in impact evaluations: External advisory committees to assess programming risks | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Love practically makes these birds go blind | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Love practically makes these birds go blind
Unusually obstructive plumage compromises the vision of two types of pheasants—a first in birds
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Love practically makes these birds go blind | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimer’s trials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimer’s trials
The studies may still hold clues to the powers and limits of GLP-1 drugs
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November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimer’s trials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
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November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Neural predictors of hidden, persistent psychological states at work | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Neural predictors of hidden, persistent psychological states at work | PNAS
Common workplace challenges such as feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or disengaged
often remain hidden due to fear of judgment or social norms, con...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Neural predictors of hidden, persistent psychological states at work | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
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November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Airplane contrails may not be the climate villain once feared | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Airplane contrails may not be the climate villain once feared
Studies raise questions about the benefits of adjusting flight paths to minimize heat-trapping clouds
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November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Airplane contrails may not be the climate villain once feared | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline
With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Can a smaller U.S. National Academies remain relevant? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Can a smaller U.S. National Academies remain relevant?
Loss of federal support leads to staff layoffs and fewer committees of outside experts
www.science.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Can a smaller U.S. National Academies remain relevant? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Without evidence, CDC changes messaging on vaccines and autism www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... 🧪
Without evidence, CDC changes messaging on vaccines and autism
On Wednesday, the CDC reversed its long-held position that there's no link between vaccines and autism. "This is the day CDC died," a former agency official said.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Without evidence, CDC changes messaging on vaccines and autism www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... 🧪
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
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November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an entirely new way | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an entirely new way
Specialized hair cells pick electric currents induced by magnetism
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November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an entirely new way | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
In red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolve | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
In red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolve
State-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities
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November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolve | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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In related news, Secretary Whiskey Pete has un-cancelled his tattoo coverup appointment.
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In related news, Secretary Whiskey Pete has un-cancelled his tattoo coverup appointment.
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Still think we’re not there yet?
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Still think we’re not there yet?
What enables human language? A biocultural framework | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What enables human language? A biocultural framework | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation
Macrophage-toxic bacteria from patients with ulcerative colitis worsen gut inflammation in mice
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November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
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Study finds that women’s names filled just 23% of author slots in 900 retracted articles published in medical journals (2008 - 2017). One possible explanation: women are more detail oriented & know they will be subject to scrutiny; thus are more careful.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why?
In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Study finds that women’s names filled just 23% of author slots in 900 retracted articles published in medical journals (2008 - 2017). One possible explanation: women are more detail oriented & know they will be subject to scrutiny; thus are more careful.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing
Number of new grants fell by 20%, but got larger, as funder braced for potential budget cut
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November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪