Assoc Professor @ Univ Virginia. Microfluidics | Bioanalytical Chem | Ex vivo models of immunity | Organs-on-chip | Vaccines | @pompanolab.bsky.social
Charlottesville, VA
Joined January 2015
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Rebecca Pompano retweeted
This question is an amazing question - absolutely brilliant.
It is one of the *central problems* of the covid response puzzle.
I addressed it about two years ago, but can't find the thread, so here's another go...
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Grateful to Dr. Rebecca @PompanoLab for highlighting our human immune organoid & lymphoid-on-chip work in @NatureMaterials. Her "News & Views" outstandingly captures the critical need & efficacy of mini immune organs, predicting response in healthy & immunodeficient individuals.
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Join our science advocacy campaign to protect @NIH and stop @RobertKennedyJr substack.com/home/post/p-155…
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Rebecca Pompano retweeted
In an interview with TIME, Trump said he would have a "big discussion" with RFK about ending childhood vaccination programs. He suggested that they could get rid of some vaccinations if he thinks they're "dangerous." This is reckless and will kill people. reuters.com/world/us/trump-d…
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Coming from biodefense, it's absolutely staggering to me that not very long ago if H5N1 (until very recently a Select Agent) had been found in retail raw milk, the response from the government would have been fast and aggressive. Now the response is 'don't drink raw milk'.
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Since we're talking about funding of absurd research by NIH and other federal agencies, the funded scientists:
- watching flies fuck
- giving rats massages
- spending years digging into why jellyfish glow
- tracking penguin poop from space
- using horseshoe crab blood
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
"Human Immune Organoids & Organs-on-Chip" - Excited to share our new work @NatureMaterials! Congrats to PhD student @MonicaZhong5 for leading this breakthrough work & to all authors!👏🏽Immense thanks to @WellcomeLeap & @NIAIDFunding, @theNCI + for support!🙏🏽nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Read @RebeccaSolnit and absorb that hope is not a bird in the sky you hope lands near you, it’s an active orientation. You find it in the care for someone else or something else outside of yourself. It’s bigger than you. It’s an act of cultivation. Rub two sticks together.
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
The fantasy of some kind of complete victory looms so large and it is so destructive. In the end, the whole time, it’s always been this, as she put it: “The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.”
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Calling all faculty candidates (postdocs, Asst Profs, senior grad students) - Apply to @UWBioE! Job ad at link below. If you are considering applying and have questions on the ad, please email or DM me. Come join us, UW is amazing! apply.interfolio.com/155240
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
"Literally one day I was well and the next day I wasn't"
"Anyone can get Long Covid"
This video from @CanCovSoc is really really good, and really worth sharing.
**Everyone should watch this**
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
We are excited to announce our new partnership with microTAStic - a monthly limited webinar series!
David Weitz (@hseas) will be giving a talk on Droplet Microfluidics for Biophysics and Biotechnology
Be sure to register soon: stanforduniversity.qualtrics…
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Persistence of spike proteins in our neural tissues may have some serious long term implications & responsible for the neurological effects of #LongCovid
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Come be our colleague! We have just posted a search for an assistant professor in small molecule drug discovery! #chemjobs #facultychemjobs
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Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Are you a #biochemist looking for a #tenuretrack #facultyjob? My colleague @GrilloAnthonyS and I are co-chairing the search & we are looking for an excellent colleague to join our growing and thriving department @UcChem @uofcincy @UC_ArtSci #Chemjobs
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Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Dear friends who write NSF GRFP rec letters, this year rec letters are due BEFORE the applications, so about 10 days earlier than normal on Oct. 11. Please don't let NSF's deadline change on rec letters screw over the applicants in your lives.
Rebecca Pompano retweeted
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Rebecca Pompano retweeted
Immunity in transgender men illuminates role of testosterone: Researchers are learning more about how the hormone affects the immune system. cen.acs.org/biological-chemi… .
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“When individual denial scales up to the collective level, it fuels widespread inaction and worsens public health crises.
Throughout modern medical history, Americans have repeatedly underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats.” forbes.com/sites/robertpearl…