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Emily Condiff
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Microscopy/image analysis | Super Resolution, Confocal, High multiplex imaging | Immunologist | PhD from Medzhitov lab @Yale Immunobiology now in Somerville, MA
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"In more than two dozen interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieced together the story of the bloodiest day in Rio’s modern history" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Rio’s bloodiest day: the untold story of Brazil’s most deadly police raid
In interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieces together how an operation targeting a criminal gang left 122 people dead last October
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology

@helenajambor.bsky.social addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️

#DataVis #BioVis

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Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology - the Node
or, Why all biologists needs data visualization Biology probes form and function of Life. Form is easy to grasp: cells under a microscope, subcellular
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February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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cheuserloy.bsky.social
An excellent Sunday read, thought-provoking as ever: Ruslan Medzhitov on the balance of data and conceptualization. Well worth keeping in mind as we design new projects and interpret results. 📑💡
February 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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insidenflnews.bsky.social
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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erturklab.bsky.social
A new preprint introduces aDISCO, a DISCO-based clearing approach that makes whole archival FFPE human tissues transparent and antibody-compatible, enabling true 3D light-sheet histology across brain & multiple organs at cellular resolution. Aguzzi & Helmchen teams.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals:
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Homeland Security Spies on Reddit Users
Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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deniswirtz.bsky.social
In spatial omic, using standard 2D sections undersamples 3D tumors and tissues, always.

We asked how many slides or cores of a TMA are needed to capture the variations in tissue composition in a single 3D tumor?

A lot!

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Three-dimensional assessments are necessary to determine the true, spatially resolved composition of tissues
Methods for spatially resolved cellular profiling of tissue sections enable in-depth study of inter- and intra-sample heterogeneity but often profile …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
econdiff.bsky.social
Got my first paper copy of @theonion.com after receiving a subscription for christmas. It’s brilliant- even the ads. Go subscribe if you haven’t already
Front page of the paper copy of the Onion for Jan-Feb 2026. Top headlines are “340 Million Americans Killed in Botched Training Exercise” and “US Reaches Trade Deal with Pedotopia” Advertisement for the U.S. Postal Service showing a picture of a mail delivery truck with the red slogan “You can’t send anthrax in an email” Opinion section from The Onion with an article titled “Anyone else have those weird dreams where sobbing future generations beg you to change course?” By Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Article in The Onion with the headline “Biologists Confirm Not much Evolution Happened Today”
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Ulcerative colitis induces stem- and effector-like γδ T cell subsets influencing therapeutic response @sciimmunology.bsky.social
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February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Nature research paper: Environmentally driven immune imprinting protects against allergy

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Environmentally driven immune imprinting protects against allergy - Nature
In a mouse model, environmental immunostimulation in early life led to cross-reactive adaptive immune memory and reduced type II immune responses to allergens, indicating a mechanistic relationship between environmental antigen exposure and subsequent allergy.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground in Minnesota

Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now

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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 01/27/2026 · 57m
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January 27, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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margaret.bsky.social
I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.

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January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
Tools
'To address this knowledge gap, we developed “cytokine cellular locating platforms” (CyCLoPs), a reporter system that translates cytokine receptor engagement into a genetically traceable signal.'
#Immunology
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
In vivo detection of immune responses via cytokine activity labeling
Cytokine receptor dimerization, induced by the binding of cytokines, can be converted into a genetically traceable fluorescent signal and engineered into reporter mouse lines to visualize processes in...
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February 1, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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somershade.bsky.social
Great piece by councilor and candidate Matt McLaughlin about the terrible problems with how ICE is prosecuting their mission on US soil. Very much worth a read.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/31/o...
I fought in a war zone. ICE isn’t following the rules. - The Boston Globe
As an Army veteran, I was trained to show restraint and respect civilians — standards ICE agents now ignore in American neighborhoods.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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“You can’t judge people for trying to fundraise from a convicted pedophile” yes you can idiot. I’m doing it right now with my big powerful scientist brain. It’s literally part of my lab rules
Lab culture 1. Give the work, and each other, 100%. 2. Do work that makes better things possible. 3. Treat the subjects of the work with respect. 4. Treat data with care. 5. Primary research before reviews. 6. Write, speak, and work in specifics. 7. Never stop reading. 8. Chop lettuce once a month. 9. Don't fight your work. 10. Ask for help when you need it! (And be respectful of your teammates' time) 11. Only start what you can finish. 12. Take ownership, give credit. 13. Be honest with the public. 14. Computers don't do your thinking. 15. No money from bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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From Kilian Wistuba-Hamprecht lab
Vδ1 T-cell subset appears to be responsive to PD-1 blockade therapy and is associated with survival in melanoma
Background Although most studies of anticancer T-cell immunity focus on αβ T cells, γδ T cells are attracting increasing attention due to their involvement in antitumor immune responses in various can...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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unlikelywords.bsky.social
OK. We got a ton of snow and the fire hydrants around town have to be cleared ASAP to keep the city safe. Go out and clear the fire hydrant by your house, take a picture, and then come in for your free ice cream cone and high five. Redeemable this week. Just show the picture to the person working.
A fire hydrant covered in snow
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Councilor seeks snow angels for shoveling; will reward them with free ice cream
www.universalhub.com/2026/council...

#Boston #Roslindale #HydePark #Mattapan #snow
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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If you live in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont save these numbers for the various ICE watch hotlines
Did you see ICE? Remember ALERTA. Be ready to report Activity, Location, Equipment, Requests for Aid, Time/Date of incident, and their physical Appearances. Vermont Migrant Justice: 802-881-7229 NH Solidarity Network Hotline for Raids 978-219-7586 Mt. Washington Valley Rapid Response Team 603-726-6680 Maine Immigrant's Rights 207-544-9989 Coalition LUCE Immigrant Justice 617-370-5023
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Vδ1 T-cell subset appears to be responsive to PD-1 blockade therapy and is associated with survival in melanoma

#gdTcells @sitcancer.bsky.social
Vδ1 T-cell subset appears to be responsive to PD-1 blockade therapy and is associated with survival in melanoma
Background Although most studies of anticancer T-cell immunity focus on αβ T cells, γδ T cells are attracting increasing attention due to their involvement in antitumor immune responses in various can...
jitc.bmj.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM