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No, I don’t think so. I see children being taught racism, not children being born racist

But then my philosophy is to never attribute to genes something that already has an established environmental cause, unless the data compels me to

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 22h

I see what you are saying, but I think the genetics analogy is most unhelpful. It plays into the narrative that it is the natural state of things, and also cannot be changed.

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Becher_lab @becherlab.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting new data from the lab - check it out!🔥

Jonas Schmid @joschmd.bsky.social · 4d

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) affects the central nervous system, but our new immunophenotyping data show that it also profoundly alters circulating immune cells.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Immunology #MOGAD #Autoimmunity #Neurology

Immune signatures link myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody–associated disease to other autoantibody-mediated conditions

Single-cell immunoprofiling uncovered systemic immune cell signatures of neurological MOG antibody–associated disease.

www.science.org

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Hashem Koohy @hkoohy.bsky.social · 5d

Highly motivated and talented candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 5d

Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology at University of Oxford

Discover Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 5d

Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology at University of Oxford

Discover Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 5d

You’re right! There was actually a ton of great pre-Foxp3 work going on, before Tregs went mainstream

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 5d

Enormous loss. Vale John Gurdon.

James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 5d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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Tuure Kinnunen @tuurekinnunen.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, Tregs finally getting the spotlight they deserve! 🙌

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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RyanLab_TCD @ryanlab.bsky.social · 6d

Check out a lovely bitesize historical perspective from Adrian below.

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 6d

Along with Sasha Rudensky, one of the other giants of the field, who did his key Treg work at UW! Seattle was at the epicentre of the Treg world!

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 6d

Yep! 2003 were the key papers. Things changed really fast!

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Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · 6d

Today's Nobel Prize announcement was a win for the field of genetics as well. Congrats to all involved!

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

In 2003, the key breakthrough happened - groups lead by Sakaguchi, Ramsdell and Sasha Rudensky all demonstrated that FOXP3, the IPEX gene, was also the master transcription factor that made Tregs immunosuppressive. Suddenly everyone could study Tregs and manipulate their genetics.

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Marinos Kallikourdis, PhD @kallikourdis.bsky.social · 6d

I've had Sakaguchi papers on my desk since '99, when I was warned against studying cells (Treg) that may not exist. 26 years on, we've shown you need them to reproduce and we may bring them to Heart clinics. A joyous overdue toast to Sakaguchi's steadfast building of the foundations of our science!

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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ImmuNinjas @immuninjas.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations! #NobelPrize #Tregi

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Jarrod Dudakov @dudakov-lab.bsky.social · 7d

Great primer. Also great to see peripheral tolerance recognized, but I will note you can’t get tregs without central tolerance and the thymus! Miller snubbed again!

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

The thymus needs its own Nobel Prize, not a shared one with Tregs!

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Jesse Garcia Castillo, PhD @jgcastillo.bsky.social · 7d

Great to see Tregs win a Nobel prize!!

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Maximilian Frosch @mfrosch.bsky.social · 7d

Great recap of the story and the breakthroughs behind the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! 🏅🏅🏅

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Oleg Ko @okolupaev.bsky.social · 7d

This summary is exactly what you need to know about todays Nobel prize winners and their contributions to our understanding of the immune system

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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