@statfourwork

Immunologist trying to make IU a little less immunodeficient. Nicole Brown Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

 Indianapolis, IN
Joined August 2019
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Yeung Lab@Yeung_Lab
Sep 4
Replying to @statfourwork
@statfourwork am I a cool kid now?! @ImmunologyAAI @ImmunoHorizons
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This is your friendly reminder to call your senators today, wherever you are, and urge them to prevent this multi-year funding scheme. The future of my lab, and so many others, rely on this 🙏🙏
Kevin Hall
@KevinH_PhD
29 Jul 2025
“The new policy means that the number of grants that can be funded this year will drop dramatically. And that will decimate US biomedical science labs across the country, and set back medical research and cures for disease by years.” “Sources inside NIH say that this rigid and sweeping multi-year funding policy did not come from NIH, but instead from political appointees at HHS or the White House.” open.substack.com/pub/donmoy…
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An editorial by Editor-in-Chief, Gail Bishop, Ph.D., discusses the negative pressures that early-career scientists face to publish their work in journals with high impact factors, both to achieve career metrics and to support grant applications. 🔗 ow.ly/HTKW50WbYX3
On the left is a headshot of Gail A. Bishop, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology. On the right, the title reads "The negative impacts of 'impact'". Below it, a description states: "Recent articles in several scientific journals highlight the troubling upsurge in retractions and data manipulation impacting the integrity of peer-reviewed scientific literature. A variety of proposals have been advanced to counter this trend. The majority involve increased detection efforts, mostly by scientific publishers, to ferret out invalid data whenever it has appeared." A "READ MORE" button with a double arrow icon is present. At the bottom, the logos for "The Journal of Immunology" and "American Association of Immunologists" are displayed.

ALT On the left is a headshot of Gail A. Bishop, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology. On the right, the title reads "The negative impacts of 'impact'". Below it, a description states: "Recent articles in several scientific journals highlight the troubling upsurge in retractions and data manipulation impacting the integrity of peer-reviewed scientific literature. A variety of proposals have been advanced to counter this trend. The majority involve increased detection efforts, mostly by scientific publishers, to ferret out invalid data whenever it has appeared." A "READ MORE" button with a double arrow icon is present. At the bottom, the logos for "The Journal of Immunology" and "American Association of Immunologists" are displayed.

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This is very accurate youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?si=BRou…

RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the budget and staffing cuts being made to pu...

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My latest post on the fear in academia. Capitol Punishment open.substack.com/pub/profka…
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Have you ever met a scientist? Get to know a scientist in my latest post. What does a scientist want? open.substack.com/pub/profka…
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Fantastic work from @Jie_Immunology Proud to be a small part or this outstanding work.
Jie Sun
@Jie_Immunology
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We @WXQ_Micro are thrilled to share our new manuscript @ScienceMagazine , in which we uncovers a critical role for macrophage peroxisomes in lung repair after viral infection. Could targeting peroxisomes be the key to mitigating long COVID?! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae

Peroxisomes are vital but often overlooked metabolic organelles. We found that excessive interferon signaling remodeled macrophage peroxisomes. This loss of peroxisomes impaired inflammation resolu...

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Recognizing the rising antipathy towards scientists in my latest post profkap.substack.com/p/bewar…
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Some thoughts on making Canadians angry. The Angry Canadian open.substack.com/pub/profka…
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Some thoughts on changes in NIH indirect costs. profkap.substack.com/p/nih-b…
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Some thoughts on some of the proposed changes at NIH. profkap.substack.com/p/nih-b…
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Institutional emails can be annoying because you have to stretch your finger all the way over to the delete button. I did a tally of how many we get in a two week period. Join me on the perilous journey to my inbox. open.substack.com/pub/profka…
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Was trying to fly @AmericanAir yesterday but flight was cancelled. Problems happen but the app did not help me rebook. They supplied a hotel and transport but spent almost a half hour on the phone with a rep to confirm the ticket and still can’t check in online. The app sucks!
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Dogs sleeping with cats in the sand. Sign of the Armageddon or just super cute?
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“Diversifying assets” sounds a little too much like DEI. So does “biodiversity.” Please try to refrain from anything that sounds like you are promoting diversity in your teaching and research.
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My last editorial in @ImmunoHorizons the little @ImmunologyAAI journal that could. In this commentary I try to highlight some of the challenges facing academia. academic.oup.com/immunohoriz…

Give the grant-writing monkeys another banana

You’re probably familiar with the concept that if you had a million monkeys typing on a million computers for a million years, you would eventually get Sha

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My latest post discusses the mystery of faculty meetings and how I lost my faculty meeting virginity. open.substack.com/pub/profka…
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.@OestreichLab @OSUWexMed pinpoints transcription factor Aiolos as a high-priority therapeutic target for manipulating TH1 immune responses and provides mechanistic insight into Aiolos-dependent CD4+ T cell subsets– findings have the potential to inform novel immunotherapeutic treatments. insight.jci.org/articles/vie…
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Your computer is working fine. To protect the network, we put in safeguards that keep you from doing anything that might look like data analysis or transfer.
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Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell will step down as @NCIDirector, effective Monday, January 20. Read Dr. Rathmell’s thoughts in her announcement below.
A letter with a header featuring the National Cancer Institute logo. The letter text reads, "Dear Colleagues, When I first set foot on the NIH campus as NCI director, I was struck by the mission focus of the NCI staff throughout the organization, and of the people who work every day to reduce the burden of cancer, across the U.S. and the world. This will be the aspect of my time in public service that I will carry with me and cherish as I step down from my position, effective Monday, January 20. It has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life to have the opportunity this past year to work alongside you—the most dedicated, curious, and engaged group of people—all united in the effort to reduce the burden of cancer. Sincerely, W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D.

ALT A letter with a header featuring the National Cancer Institute logo. The letter text reads, "Dear Colleagues, When I first set foot on the NIH campus as NCI director, I was struck by the mission focus of the NCI staff throughout the organization, and of the people who work every day to reduce the burden of cancer, across the U.S. and the world. This will be the aspect of my time in public service that I will carry with me and cherish as I step down from my position, effective Monday, January 20. It has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life to have the opportunity this past year to work alongside you—the most dedicated, curious, and engaged group of people—all united in the effort to reduce the burden of cancer. Sincerely, W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D.

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