Scottish Cytokine Immunoparasitologist @KingOfPathogens.bsky.social
Joined November 2019
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6 Jan 2020
See bronchial Beaker cell from @IHeartHisto - I will provide an appropriate bounty for the best (or any) Gritty cell.
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18 Dec 2025
IL-27 promotes Treg cell expression of CD122 and fitness at homeostasis @PNASNews @KingOfPathogens @zachlanzar
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8 Oct 2025
Cryptosporidium genetics really works! Latest cross explains why tb drug failed in crypto clinical trial. Widespread genomic heterogeneity at the type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase locus predisposes Cryptosporidium to clofazimine resistance @millseba biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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25 Sep 2025
Early GRAD STUDENT $
Hertz Fellowship-- applied science including applied biology in the US. First years, college seniors, and gap year students eligible. 5 yr, $250k. Limited list of applicant institutions but you can ask them to consider adding yours.
tinyurl.com/y36knabp
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24 Sep 2025
One of the greatest trick plays in NFL history in one of the biggest moments.
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25 Sep 2025
The Chairman of the FCC might lose his freedom of speech.
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26 Aug 2025
Blood, sweat, and beers: investigating mosquito biting preferences amidst noise and intoxication in a cross-sectional cohort study at a large music festival biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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20 Aug 2025
Cool approach to use bi-specifics to target cell surface receptors for therapy: ALK1-BMPRII agonism by clustering bispecific antibodies treats hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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13 Aug 2025
Thrilled to share the next chapter in my career — I’ve been named the inaugural Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Mass General Brigham (MGB).
It’s an incredible honor to lead such an accomplished, innovative team—arguably the most forward-thinking in our field.
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13 Aug 2025
For those of you paying attention - I do not think an open letter entitled "The Great Barrington Declaration" reeks of humility.
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12 Aug 2025
This has a thoughtful response that highlights a lack of critical thinking from our current leadership. statnews.com/2025/08/11/mrna… via @statnews
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21 Jul 2025
For those with an interest in enteric infections (or if you have had Beaver Fever) - this commentary summarizes recent studies on the potential benefits of Giardia. Public offering of shares in ParasitesAreUs to come.... rdcu.be/ew8nk
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ChrisHunter retweeted
25 Jun 2025
Subscribe on the PATH website to get details of upcoming general information Zooms ahead of the letter of intent deadline.
23 Jun 2025
BWF PATH Letter of Intent Deadline is coming soon!
Just think of the possibilities!
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ChrisHunter retweeted
20 Jun 2025
New in @SciImmunology!
@EmilyAunins, Dr. Anthony Phan, and their colleagues in the @WeissmanLab and Hunter Lab (@KingOfPathogens) used lipid nanoparticles encoding IL-12 to boost CD8 T cell responses to mRNA vaccines.
📃 bit.ly/3G24jZL
🎧 bit.ly/4n7qA96
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What a week: I was lucky enough to get an ERC Advanced Grant, a Wellcome Trust Discovery award, and my fab colleagues at Inflammazoom nominated me for this BSI award. Thank you so much x.com/britsocimm/status/1935…
18 Jun 2025
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 BSI Outstanding Leadership Award, sponsored by @CEIjournal… Professor Clare Bryant, @ClareBryant13 !
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19 Jun 2025
Improving T-cell responses to vaccines ft. @emilyaunins (@CAMBUPenn), @KingOfPathogens, Anthony Phan (@PennVet), Susan Domchek (@PennCancer), @WeissmanLab (@PennMedicine), @MgAlameh (@PennPathLabMed) & @SCOTTeHENSLEY (@PennMicro) @SciImmunology tinyurl.com/2p8xztbz
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17 Jun 2025
ITCH revolutionized veterinary medicine and what is considered a BLOCKBUSTER drug and a major indication.
Apoquel (JAK inhibitor) was approved in 2013 for canines and literally sold like hotcakes.
Itch in dogs is now a $multiBILLION dollar market: 🧵
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17 Jun 2025
Drawing attention to our senior immunology student Mark Maynes who published his MRI and spectral flow cytometry methods to measure neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in dementia models. Nice job Mark! @markmaynes_
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ChrisHunter retweeted
16 Jun 2025
Get your proposal together for BWF PATH's 2026 awards!
Letter of Intent deadline is July 17, 2025
Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 17 @ 3pm ET.
More information here:
buff.ly/iSu3v60
#bwfpath #GrantOpportunity
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16 Jun 2025
The last week has seen a convergence of studies looking at how to use IL-12 and approaches to overcome toxicity. Just a brief recap for @CytokineSociety @NatRevImmunol Single doses of the mRNA encoding IL-12 enhances mRNA vaccine induced CD8 T cells science.org/doi/10.1126/scii…
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16 Jun 2025
Other groups were concerned about IL-12 toxicity associated with repeat treatments with IL-12 mRNA and took a clever approach to reduce toxicity. rupress.org/jem/article-abst…
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16 Jun 2025
Here, grad student Zach Lanzar and @synthekine used engineered IL-12 protein to understand how IL-12 causes toxicity (its not just NK cells) and how variants that bypass NK cells can be used. cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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