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The BOU/@IBIS_journal is an international society for ornithologists all around the world. We have members on all continents researching on every topic of avian science and conservation. Join us and be part of our global #ornithology network bou.org.uk/join/
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Via our Equality & Diversity Working Group we strive to improve as a society in making #ornithology more equal, equitable, diverse and inclusive bou.org.uk/about-the-bou/…
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Discrimination, racism and prejudice exists within society and sadly within #ornithology too. We stand with those against all forms of racism and where and when we can we will strive to make avian science more inclusive and diverse bou.org.uk/blog-black-liv…
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The BOU/@IBIS_journal is an international society for ornithologists all around the world. We have members on all continents researching on every topic of avian science and conservation. Join us and be part of our global #ornithology network bou.org.uk/join/
#BOU2022
#BOU2022
Via our Equality & Diversity Working Group we strive to improve as a society in making #ornithology more equal, equitable, diverse and inclusive bou.org.uk/about-the-bou/…
#BOU2022
#BOU2022
Discrimination, racism and prejudice exists within society and sadly within #ornithology too. We stand with those against all forms of racism and where and when we can, we will strive to make avian science more inclusive and diverse bou.org.uk/blog-black-liv…
#BOU2022
#BOU2022
Really chuffed to share our latest work from Sanjana Lab out in @nature today (nature.com/articles/s4158…).
We tested >12,000 genes to find positive regulators of T cell proliferation to be used for next-gen #immunotherapies.
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We tested >12,000 genes to find positive regulators of T cell proliferation to be used for next-gen #immunotherapies.
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(2/28) T cell therapies have shown the potential to cure patients from #cancer – but even in B cell cancers, relapses outnumber cures… One of the problems is limited T cell persistence. #celltherapy #CARTcell
(3/28) We wanted to find new genes (including genes never expressed in T cells) that could improve T cell persistence. Now, the question was: should we use #crispr activation or directly deliver target genes on a #lentivirus?
Yesterday, I learned of the passing of Dr. Rob Lue. Like thousands of others who studied life sciences at Harvard, he was my first professor in a course called LS1a. But Dr. Lue did so much more than just teach a life science class. (1/15)
In one unit, we were talking about enzymes, and he showed us a 3-D model of HIV-1 protease, which he dubbed the "butterfly of death". As our discussion of HIV ended, in the last minutes of class, (2/15)
he pulled out a letter that a friend had written him while they were both in college. The letter was about their friendship, and how his friend wanted so dearly to live longer. He was dying of HIV/AIDS. I remember Dr. Lue telling us how his friend was a gifted swimmer. (3/15)
