Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski Lab
@kajastelab.bsky.social
We study host-virus interactions & innate immunity in gene therapy & autoimmunity. From 🇫🇮/🇺🇦 via 🇫🇷 in 🇮🇹. Views are my own.
Dept. of Biology & Biochemistry , University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Dept. of Biology & Biochemistry , University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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AAV vectors trigger DNA damage response-dependent pro-inflammatory signalling in human iPSC-derived CNS models and mouse brain
Nature Communications - Costa-Verdera et. al describe a mechanism by which AAV vector genomes activate P53-mediated signalling in CNS cells involving downstream STING activation and...
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We are super excited to share our work on #InnateImmune sensing of #AAV 🦠🧬 in the 🧠, just out in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🤩
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Calling aspiring group leaders! We've just opened applications for group leader fellowship sponsorship to start a lab in UCL NPP. Deadline 5 Jan. @uclnpp.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3h33dvev
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Calling aspiring group leaders! We've just opened applications for group leader fellowship sponsorship to start a lab in UCL NPP. Deadline 5 Jan. @uclnpp.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3h33dvev
Congratulations for this wonderful work! More proof of how wrong the view that we are superior is just because we do not understand other codes of communication (sounds, gestures, ferohormones…). A narrative to legitimate the destruction&disrespect that distingishes us as a species. Homo Horribilis
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Congratulations for this wonderful work! More proof of how wrong the view that we are superior is just because we do not understand other codes of communication (sounds, gestures, ferohormones…). A narrative to legitimate the destruction&disrespect that distingishes us as a species. Homo Horribilis
Excited to be co-organizing this @embo.org Workshop on #Pathogen #Immunity and #Signalling next June 8-12 2026 in Leiden! 🥳🥳🥳 #Savethedate
Join us for this exciting meeting! @embo.org Workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling", 8-12 June, 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excited to be co-organizing this @embo.org Workshop on #Pathogen #Immunity and #Signalling next June 8-12 2026 in Leiden! 🥳🥳🥳 #Savethedate
Yesterday we took a break from the lab to hike in the autumn hills above Lago Maggiore and enjoy lunch in the small village of Fosseno 🍂🍁🌰 beautiful views, so many chestnuts (!) and refreshing outdoor time together 🥰
October 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Yesterday we took a break from the lab to hike in the autumn hills above Lago Maggiore and enjoy lunch in the small village of Fosseno 🍂🍁🌰 beautiful views, so many chestnuts (!) and refreshing outdoor time together 🥰
Super excited to have Carolina Petrillo rejoin us @unipv.bsky.social as a #MSCA postdoctoral fellow after her first postdoc @columbiauniversity.bsky.social 🥳
Honored and grateful to have you onboard again for more great science together! 🙏🏻
Honored and grateful to have you onboard again for more great science together! 🙏🏻
September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Super excited to have Carolina Petrillo rejoin us @unipv.bsky.social as a #MSCA postdoctoral fellow after her first postdoc @columbiauniversity.bsky.social 🥳
Honored and grateful to have you onboard again for more great science together! 🙏🏻
Honored and grateful to have you onboard again for more great science together! 🙏🏻
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David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Sixty Years of Discovery | Annual Reviews
Each of us is a story. Mine is a story of doing science for 60 years, and I am honored to be asked to tell it. Even though this autobiography was written for the Annual Review of Immunology, I have ch...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Exciting FULL PROFESSORSHIP at the Vienna BioCenter - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Mechanisms: www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/news/open-po... Come be our colleague!
Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
The Max Perutz Labs - one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences - invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. We are seeking outst...
www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Exciting FULL PROFESSORSHIP at the Vienna BioCenter - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Mechanisms: www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/news/open-po... Come be our colleague!
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Attending #Cytokines2025? Are you a grad student or an early career postdoc? Don't miss the opportunity to apply to the @jem.org Early Career Travel Award!
More here👉 hubs.la/Q03yQFLq0
More here👉 hubs.la/Q03yQFLq0
July 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Attending #Cytokines2025? Are you a grad student or an early career postdoc? Don't miss the opportunity to apply to the @jem.org Early Career Travel Award!
More here👉 hubs.la/Q03yQFLq0
More here👉 hubs.la/Q03yQFLq0
It was really great to visit! Thank you so much for having me @pluchinolab.bsky.social Looking forward to collaborating together 🤓🤩
Great seminar by @kajastelab.bsky.social on innate anti-viral immunity, inflammation & next-gen gene therapies! Implications for understanding cell function in new treatments for degenerative conditions like #progressiveMS
#multiplesclerosis #geneTherapy #immunology @camneurodept.bsky.social
#multiplesclerosis #geneTherapy #immunology @camneurodept.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It was really great to visit! Thank you so much for having me @pluchinolab.bsky.social Looking forward to collaborating together 🤓🤩
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Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home....
More details for how to apply are here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More details for how to apply are here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home....
More details for how to apply are here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More details for how to apply are here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Loving the visit so far @cam.ac.uk Always nice to catch up with friends @guipap.bsky.social & meet new ones @prudentlab.bsky.social The #PhD VIVA went well, looking forward to my seminar and more interactions @camneurodept.bsky.social tomorrow. Thank you @pluchinolab.bsky.social for the invitation!
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Loving the visit so far @cam.ac.uk Always nice to catch up with friends @guipap.bsky.social & meet new ones @prudentlab.bsky.social The #PhD VIVA went well, looking forward to my seminar and more interactions @camneurodept.bsky.social tomorrow. Thank you @pluchinolab.bsky.social for the invitation!
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Join us at the Perutz, part of the Vienna Biocenter!
Opening for a full professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 👇🏻
@maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
Opening for a full professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 👇🏻
@maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/3yn883b8
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us at the Perutz, part of the Vienna Biocenter!
Opening for a full professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 👇🏻
@maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
Opening for a full professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease 👇🏻
@maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
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📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
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Calling all early-career researchers! 📢
Apply now for the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Course on Neuroimmunology in Bordeaux! 🧠🫀
Expert lectures & hands-on training in cutting-edge techniques.
Deadline: July 21, 2025! ➡️[https://lnkd.in/euvtVmDk]
Apply now for the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Course on Neuroimmunology in Bordeaux! 🧠🫀
Expert lectures & hands-on training in cutting-edge techniques.
Deadline: July 21, 2025! ➡️[https://lnkd.in/euvtVmDk]
July 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Calling all early-career researchers! 📢
Apply now for the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Course on Neuroimmunology in Bordeaux! 🧠🫀
Expert lectures & hands-on training in cutting-edge techniques.
Deadline: July 21, 2025! ➡️[https://lnkd.in/euvtVmDk]
Apply now for the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Course on Neuroimmunology in Bordeaux! 🧠🫀
Expert lectures & hands-on training in cutting-edge techniques.
Deadline: July 21, 2025! ➡️[https://lnkd.in/euvtVmDk]
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
Had a wonderful time meeting old and new friends at the #SIICA2025 meeting in #Perugia @sciumelab.bsky.social @kallikourdis.bsky.social
@iannaconelab.bsky.social @mirelakuka.bsky.social and many more 😎
Thank you for the kind invitation! 🤩
@iannaconelab.bsky.social @mirelakuka.bsky.social and many more 😎
Thank you for the kind invitation! 🤩
June 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Had a wonderful time meeting old and new friends at the #SIICA2025 meeting in #Perugia @sciumelab.bsky.social @kallikourdis.bsky.social
@iannaconelab.bsky.social @mirelakuka.bsky.social and many more 😎
Thank you for the kind invitation! 🤩
@iannaconelab.bsky.social @mirelakuka.bsky.social and many more 😎
Thank you for the kind invitation! 🤩
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Are you an established PI that studies the human immune system and looking for a change of location? If the answer is yes, #McGill has an amazing opportunity to provide long-term funding at a world class institution. Apply now!!!! Please repost!!! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Canadian Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Human Immunology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Are you an established PI that studies the human immune system and looking for a change of location? If the answer is yes, #McGill has an amazing opportunity to provide long-term funding at a world class institution. Apply now!!!! Please repost!!! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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The Center for Cancer #Immunotherapy & Immunobiology at Kyoto University is recruiting at the Associate & Assistant Professor level.
For details, consult the PDF doc 👇
#Immunology #ScienceJobs
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/manager/wp-c...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
For details, consult the PDF doc 👇
#Immunology #ScienceJobs
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/manager/wp-c...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
Open Positions｜Careers｜Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology
Open Positions
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May 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Center for Cancer #Immunotherapy & Immunobiology at Kyoto University is recruiting at the Associate & Assistant Professor level.
For details, consult the PDF doc 👇
#Immunology #ScienceJobs
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/manager/wp-c...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
For details, consult the PDF doc 👇
#Immunology #ScienceJobs
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/manager/wp-c...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
Ready for day 1 of great science. Really looking forward to this! Thank you @civia-aarhus.bsky.social for inviting and organizing 🤩 #CiViAsymposium
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ready for day 1 of great science. Really looking forward to this! Thank you @civia-aarhus.bsky.social for inviting and organizing 🤩 #CiViAsymposium
Gorgeous scenery 🌳☀️🌊 and great company @carogoujon.bsky.social today in anticipation of the 1st #CiViA
« Defense against #viral infections » symposium starting tomorrow at Vejle 🇩🇰 Looking forward to some great science and friends 🤩
« Defense against #viral infections » symposium starting tomorrow at Vejle 🇩🇰 Looking forward to some great science and friends 🤩
May 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Gorgeous scenery 🌳☀️🌊 and great company @carogoujon.bsky.social today in anticipation of the 1st #CiViA
« Defense against #viral infections » symposium starting tomorrow at Vejle 🇩🇰 Looking forward to some great science and friends 🤩
« Defense against #viral infections » symposium starting tomorrow at Vejle 🇩🇰 Looking forward to some great science and friends 🤩
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A great day at the University of Pavia presenting on new directions in #targetedproteindegradation. Vibrant environment and discussions with colleagues and friends @kajastelab.bsky.social
Thanks @fmagnani.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to connect with this scientific community
Thanks @fmagnani.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to connect with this scientific community
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A great day at the University of Pavia presenting on new directions in #targetedproteindegradation. Vibrant environment and discussions with colleagues and friends @kajastelab.bsky.social
Thanks @fmagnani.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to connect with this scientific community
Thanks @fmagnani.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the opportunity to connect with this scientific community
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Exciting PhD project available in our lab (time sensitive)! 👇
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Exciting PhD project available in our lab (time sensitive)! 👇
Looking forward! 🤩
The Genome Integrity Webinar Series continues on Tuesday, May 6th at 5PM (Rome) / 11AM (New York) with an exciting discussion on DNA damage response and repair @kajastelab.bsky.social
Join via Zoom: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
Join via Zoom: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Looking forward! 🤩
Great opportunity below! Do not hesitate to apply 👍🏻
April 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Great opportunity below! Do not hesitate to apply 👍🏻