Chris Sundling
@chrissundling.bsky.social
Research group leader @Karolinskainst, working with immunoregulation in infectious diseases. B cells have a special place in my heart
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Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #Tuberculosis: Understanding Disease Across Scales, March 2026 in Cape Town! keysym.us/KSTB26 #KSTB26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Tuberculosis: Understanding the Disease Across Scales | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Tuberculosis: Understanding the Disease Across Scales, March 2026, in Cape Town, with field leaders!
keysym.us
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #Tuberculosis: Understanding Disease Across Scales, March 2026 in Cape Town! keysym.us/KSTB26 #KSTB26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Henry Reider, his mother Isatu, and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social were invited to speak at the Union World Conference on Lung Health last week! However, much like Henry's struggle with TB, Henry and Isatu's path to get to the conference was not an easy one #WCLH2025 #TBSky
Poverty Is Expensive
In which John tells a story about Henry and Isatu Reider's attempt to visit Denmark for a tuberculosis conference.
Henry's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Tuberculosis-l1jSurvivorHenry
Isatu's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MrsIsatureider
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November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Henry Reider, his mother Isatu, and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social were invited to speak at the Union World Conference on Lung Health last week! However, much like Henry's struggle with TB, Henry and Isatu's path to get to the conference was not an easy one #WCLH2025 #TBSky
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New review to read from @lji.org! T cell–macrophage interactions in #tuberculosis.
➡️ Developing new TB vaccination strategies will require a better understanding of the crosstalk between T cells and infected pulmonary macrophages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70028
#TB #vaccination
➡️ Developing new TB vaccination strategies will require a better understanding of the crosstalk between T cells and infected pulmonary macrophages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70028
#TB #vaccination
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New review to read from @lji.org! T cell–macrophage interactions in #tuberculosis.
➡️ Developing new TB vaccination strategies will require a better understanding of the crosstalk between T cells and infected pulmonary macrophages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70028
#TB #vaccination
➡️ Developing new TB vaccination strategies will require a better understanding of the crosstalk between T cells and infected pulmonary macrophages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70028
#TB #vaccination
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if you are interested in a PhD in tuberculosis drug discovery, check out our opportunities 🧪🦠 #Tuberculosis lstm.ac/PhD
PhD opportunities
lstm.ac
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
if you are interested in a PhD in tuberculosis drug discovery, check out our opportunities 🧪🦠 #Tuberculosis lstm.ac/PhD
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Asia-Pacific communities and civil society commend the renewed commitments to global health solidarity and leadership despite challenges.
#MoreNowThanEver the momentum must continue to #EndAIDS #EndTB and #EndMalaria for good and safeguard a healthier future together⭐
#GlobalFund #8thReplenishment
#MoreNowThanEver the momentum must continue to #EndAIDS #EndTB and #EndMalaria for good and safeguard a healthier future together⭐
#GlobalFund #8thReplenishment
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Asia-Pacific communities and civil society commend the renewed commitments to global health solidarity and leadership despite challenges.
#MoreNowThanEver the momentum must continue to #EndAIDS #EndTB and #EndMalaria for good and safeguard a healthier future together⭐
#GlobalFund #8thReplenishment
#MoreNowThanEver the momentum must continue to #EndAIDS #EndTB and #EndMalaria for good and safeguard a healthier future together⭐
#GlobalFund #8thReplenishment
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The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is trying to raise $18 billion for its work in a challenging climate for global health funding that has seen many big donors retreat following an aid overhaul in the United States.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is trying to raise $18 billion for its work in a challenging climate for global health funding that has seen many big donors retreat following an aid overhaul in the United States.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Watch @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's inspiring opening keynote at the @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpM...
Opening Session - Union World Conference on Lung Health 2025
YouTube video by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Watch @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's inspiring opening keynote at the @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpM...
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After the most repeated and celebrated secret for weeks 🤭, it’s official:
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
After the most repeated and celebrated secret for weeks 🤭, it’s official:
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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📢 Early-Career TB Researchers: Submit short talk abstracts & scholarship apps by Nov. 24! Join us Mar 23-26, 2026 in Cape Town for cutting-edge TB & global health. 🎥Highlights: youtu.be/YcKVeGWqXSM
Submit: keysym.us/KSTB26
@maxgg.bsky.social @breealdridge.bsky.social #KSTB26 #tuberculosis #TB
Submit: keysym.us/KSTB26
@maxgg.bsky.social @breealdridge.bsky.social #KSTB26 #tuberculosis #TB
Tuberculosis Meeting Promo
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📢 Early-Career TB Researchers: Submit short talk abstracts & scholarship apps by Nov. 24! Join us Mar 23-26, 2026 in Cape Town for cutting-edge TB & global health. 🎥Highlights: youtu.be/YcKVeGWqXSM
Submit: keysym.us/KSTB26
@maxgg.bsky.social @breealdridge.bsky.social #KSTB26 #tuberculosis #TB
Submit: keysym.us/KSTB26
@maxgg.bsky.social @breealdridge.bsky.social #KSTB26 #tuberculosis #TB
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❓ Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
YouTube video by Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
❓ Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
I realise the link did not work. Here is the correct link: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A multiplex Mtb-specific FluoroSpot assay measuring IFNγ, IL-2, and TNF-secreting cells can improve accuracy and differentiation across the tuberculosis spectrum | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Accurate diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection remains a cornerstone in tuberculosis (TB) control. Current interferon-gamma
release assays (IGRAs) lack the ability to distinguish bet...
journals.asm.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Mission accomplished!!
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mission accomplished!!
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We managed to get @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social to come to our @theunion.org conference on tuberculosis, where he will give the opening keynote!
Thanks John!!
Do read my review of his book “Everything is Tuberculosis” 👇🏾
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🔊The immunology research group Leukocyte Traffic and the Immune Response at Research group of Professor Marko Salmi invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions at the University of Turku, Finland. 📅Apply by 24 November 2025!
#ImmunoSky #MedSky
#ImmunoSky #MedSky
Two Postdoctoral Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine to Study the Initiation and Modulation of Immune Responses
The immunology research group “Leukocyte Traffic and the Immune Response”, led by Professor Marko Salmi, invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions at the [Faculty of Medicine](https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-medicine), University of Turku. The positions are funded by the Research Council of Finland and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. Our group focuses on understanding how protective and pathogenic innate and adaptive immune responses are initiated during inflammation, cancer, and vaccination ([Salmilab](https://sites.utu.fi/salmilab/)). Key...
ats.talentadore.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🔊The immunology research group Leukocyte Traffic and the Immune Response at Research group of Professor Marko Salmi invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions at the University of Turku, Finland. 📅Apply by 24 November 2025!
#ImmunoSky #MedSky
#ImmunoSky #MedSky
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Happy to share our latest publication in collaboration with @mcampomd.bsky.social, Kim Dill-McFarland, and Tom Hawn, where we perform a cross-species analysis of human and murine AM and MDM responses to Mtb!
academic.oup.com/immunohorizo...
#TBsky #Immunosky (1/5)
academic.oup.com/immunohorizo...
#TBsky #Immunosky (1/5)
Shared and distinct responses of human and murine alveolar macrophages and monocyte-derived macrophages to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Abstract. Macrophages are important sites of bacterial replication and host immune responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection with distinc
academic.oup.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy to share our latest publication in collaboration with @mcampomd.bsky.social, Kim Dill-McFarland, and Tom Hawn, where we perform a cross-species analysis of human and murine AM and MDM responses to Mtb!
academic.oup.com/immunohorizo...
#TBsky #Immunosky (1/5)
academic.oup.com/immunohorizo...
#TBsky #Immunosky (1/5)
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Whoah
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells to promote pathogenic antinuclear T and B cell responses in lupus.
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whoah
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
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Our libraries are cutting staff so that Elsevier can have its 32% profit margin
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Our libraries are cutting staff so that Elsevier can have its 32% profit margin
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“Critically assessing the literature, we found it beset by conceptual & methodological flaws & limitations, undermining claims that the gut microbiome is causally involved in etiology/pathophysiology of autism”
Crucial PSA from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social🧪
Crucial PSA from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social🧪
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Critically assessing the literature, we found it beset by conceptual & methodological flaws & limitations, undermining claims that the gut microbiome is causally involved in etiology/pathophysiology of autism”
Crucial PSA from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social🧪
Crucial PSA from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social🧪
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📣 We’re thrilled to announce the 5th Scottish Immunology Groups Network symposium! #SIGNET26
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📣 We’re thrilled to announce the 5th Scottish Immunology Groups Network symposium! #SIGNET26
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
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We are hiring a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to work in the Reed Lab @uclapathology.bsky.social on an exciting project dissecting impact of immunosuppression at the single cell level! Please reach out with any questions! @domucla.bsky.social #academicjobs #immunology recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10679
Postdoctoral Position in Infectious Diseases-Schaenman (PI) 2025-2026
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We are hiring a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to work in the Reed Lab @uclapathology.bsky.social on an exciting project dissecting impact of immunosuppression at the single cell level! Please reach out with any questions! @domucla.bsky.social #academicjobs #immunology recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10679
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🧪 Meeting will be in Keystone, CO March 16-20. Come for the skiing and the science!
#bcells #antibodies #immunosky #immunology
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
#bcells #antibodies #immunosky #immunology
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
🧪 Meeting will be in Keystone, CO March 16-20. Come for the skiing and the science!
#bcells #antibodies #immunosky #immunology
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
#bcells #antibodies #immunosky #immunology
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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IL-23 is a highly targeted cytokine vs autoimmune disease.
But here with an oral agent!
@nejm.org #ImmunoSky #MedSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
But here with an oral agent!
@nejm.org #ImmunoSky #MedSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Oral Icotrokinra for Plaque Psoriasis in Adults and Adolescents | NEJM
Icotrokinra, a targeted oral peptide that selectively binds the interleukin-23 receptor, is under investigation for the treatment of plaque psoriasis. We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, randomiz...
www.nejm.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
IL-23 is a highly targeted cytokine vs autoimmune disease.
But here with an oral agent!
@nejm.org #ImmunoSky #MedSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
But here with an oral agent!
@nejm.org #ImmunoSky #MedSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
New paper on detection of Mtb-specific T cell responses in TB infection and disease using a multiplex FluoroSpot (quantifying IFNg, IL2, and TNF).
journals.asm.org/eprint/CIH3C...
journals.asm.org/eprint/CIH3C...
journals.asm.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New paper on detection of Mtb-specific T cell responses in TB infection and disease using a multiplex FluoroSpot (quantifying IFNg, IL2, and TNF).
journals.asm.org/eprint/CIH3C...
journals.asm.org/eprint/CIH3C...
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#Openpositions #ImmunoSky #MedSky #wearehiring
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in immunology research and/or a related field? Come and work with us in Finland!
👉Read more: bit.ly/43C68Fd
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in immunology research and/or a related field? Come and work with us in Finland!
👉Read more: bit.ly/43C68Fd
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#Openpositions #ImmunoSky #MedSky #wearehiring
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in immunology research and/or a related field? Come and work with us in Finland!
👉Read more: bit.ly/43C68Fd
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in immunology research and/or a related field? Come and work with us in Finland!
👉Read more: bit.ly/43C68Fd
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Last week in #Science #Immunology: two papers from Bill Schief, Facundo Batista, @profshanecrotty.bsky.social, & al. provide evidence that simultaneous #immunization with multiple #bnAb #immunogens could be a viable #HIV #vaccine strategy!
Xie & al.
scim.ag/3W7wfQl
Sutton & al.
scim.ag/4ofvKQa
Xie & al.
scim.ag/3W7wfQl
Sutton & al.
scim.ag/4ofvKQa
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Last week in #Science #Immunology: two papers from Bill Schief, Facundo Batista, @profshanecrotty.bsky.social, & al. provide evidence that simultaneous #immunization with multiple #bnAb #immunogens could be a viable #HIV #vaccine strategy!
Xie & al.
scim.ag/3W7wfQl
Sutton & al.
scim.ag/4ofvKQa
Xie & al.
scim.ag/3W7wfQl
Sutton & al.
scim.ag/4ofvKQa