Laura Lewandowski
@lupusdnadoc.bsky.social
Global lupologist, pediatrician, mother, avid reader. Writing good science and bad poetry. Citizen of earth. Runner. Seeking truth and excellent ice cream. Views are my own and do not reflect my employer
#Rheumsky
#Rheumsky
I mean, if you insist…
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I mean, if you insist…
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James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.
Reposted by Laura Lewandowski
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Great summary of 2025 ACR guidelines for SLE Treatment by the peerless @mithurheum.bsky.social
#SLE #lupus
#SLE #lupus
🆕 2025 ACR Guideline for Treatment of Systemic #Lupus Erythematosus 🦋
Just Released: Nov 3 #ACR25 🔥
🔸Review organ-specific treatment recommendations
🔸Steroid & HCQ Use Guidance
🔸Management of Comorbidities
➠ Read the Full Guideline here: acr.tw/47mkegj
#RheumSky #SLE #Rheumatology
Just Released: Nov 3 #ACR25 🔥
🔸Review organ-specific treatment recommendations
🔸Steroid & HCQ Use Guidance
🔸Management of Comorbidities
➠ Read the Full Guideline here: acr.tw/47mkegj
#RheumSky #SLE #Rheumatology
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Great summary of 2025 ACR guidelines for SLE Treatment by the peerless @mithurheum.bsky.social
#SLE #lupus
#SLE #lupus
Just completely in awe of the performance by Yesavage in Game 5 tonight!
Incredible talent and poise under pressure from the rookie!
Incredible talent and poise under pressure from the rookie!
It was simply a World Series masterpiece from Toronto Blue Jays rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage.
He tossed a seven-inning gem with 12 strikeouts as the Blue Jays win Game 5 of the World Series.
Highlights ➡️ tinyurl.com/yndpwb9n
#WANTITALL #BlueJays #TreyYesavage #MLB
He tossed a seven-inning gem with 12 strikeouts as the Blue Jays win Game 5 of the World Series.
Highlights ➡️ tinyurl.com/yndpwb9n
#WANTITALL #BlueJays #TreyYesavage #MLB
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Just completely in awe of the performance by Yesavage in Game 5 tonight!
Incredible talent and poise under pressure from the rookie!
Incredible talent and poise under pressure from the rookie!
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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#Melissa makes landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope as a powerful category 5 hurricane. For the latest updates visit hurricanes.gov
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🫶🏾🙏🏾🇯🇲
Prayers for all those in the Caribbean in the path of this storm 🙏🏽
#Melissa unfortunately is still intensifying. A 9am EDT Tropical Cyclone Update indicates that winds are up to 180 mph, with an estimated minimum pressure of 896 mb.
You can see how GLM lightning has 📈 in the past hour, encircling the eye, with eye WV temp still increasing!
You can see how GLM lightning has 📈 in the past hour, encircling the eye, with eye WV temp still increasing!
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Prayers for all those in the Caribbean in the path of this storm 🙏🏽
For anyone in need of food assistance:
Starting this week, Capital Area Food Bank is providing free food assistance to furloughed federal workers & contractors struggling to make ends meet because of the government shutdown. Simply show your government work I.D. & stock up on shelf-stable items & fresh produce.
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For anyone in need of food assistance:
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They should invent a way out that isn't through
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
They should invent a way out that isn't through
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R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️
October 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was just announced:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was just announced:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵
Congratulations to the 2025 Nobel in Medicine Winners!
And a great day for immunology nerds to tell everyone how cool T Regs are!
THEY ARE SO COOL 😎
And a great day for immunology nerds to tell everyone how cool T Regs are!
THEY ARE SO COOL 😎
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Congratulations to the 2025 Nobel in Medicine Winners!
And a great day for immunology nerds to tell everyone how cool T Regs are!
THEY ARE SO COOL 😎
And a great day for immunology nerds to tell everyone how cool T Regs are!
THEY ARE SO COOL 😎
Reposted by Laura Lewandowski
Reposted by Laura Lewandowski
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
October 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
Reposted by Laura Lewandowski
Today we mourn the loss of Jane Goodall, one of the most passionate animal advocates the world has ever known. Through her work, she showed that wild animals can be intelligent and sentient beings, worthy of our appreciation and protection. She will be greatly missed.
people.com/jane-goodall...
people.com/jane-goodall...
Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature
Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today we mourn the loss of Jane Goodall, one of the most passionate animal advocates the world has ever known. Through her work, she showed that wild animals can be intelligent and sentient beings, worthy of our appreciation and protection. She will be greatly missed.
people.com/jane-goodall...
people.com/jane-goodall...
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A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.
The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.
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The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.
buff.ly/8epl2QS
Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases
A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.
www.mississippifreepress.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💔 💔💔
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Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.
Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.
Hello. I am a person in a film or television drama. I never use the toilet.
July 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hello, I am a scientist in a film. All my liquids are brightly coloured. The time it takes to perform tests and experiments is dependent on plot requirements, not biology or chemistry. Also, my safety glasses are extremely stylish.
I’ve been trying to find the words to express my sadness at the loss of precious life in Texas, but there are none. My heart is with all the victims of the flood and those who love them 💔
July 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve been trying to find the words to express my sadness at the loss of precious life in Texas, but there are none. My heart is with all the victims of the flood and those who love them 💔
We are so excited to share our manuscript describing the genetic architecture in a diverse, international cohort of childhood-onset lupus patients.
-We found that cSLE patients have a high burden of BOTH common and rare SLE risk variants
🧬🔬🦋
#lupus #genomics #cSLE
lupus.bmj.com/content/12/1...
-We found that cSLE patients have a high burden of BOTH common and rare SLE risk variants
🧬🔬🦋
#lupus #genomics #cSLE
lupus.bmj.com/content/12/1...
Next generation sequencing analysis reveals complex genetic architecture of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Objectives Our current understanding of the genetic architecture of childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) is limited by a dearth of comprehensive genomic studies in cSLE. We have quantified the number of known r...
lupus.bmj.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We are so excited to share our manuscript describing the genetic architecture in a diverse, international cohort of childhood-onset lupus patients.
-We found that cSLE patients have a high burden of BOTH common and rare SLE risk variants
🧬🔬🦋
#lupus #genomics #cSLE
lupus.bmj.com/content/12/1...
-We found that cSLE patients have a high burden of BOTH common and rare SLE risk variants
🧬🔬🦋
#lupus #genomics #cSLE
lupus.bmj.com/content/12/1...
Congratulations to Dr Eve Smith for EULAR abstract award-Clinical Science for our collaboration in childhood-onset #lupus! Thankful to FOREUM-RRF for funding this exciting international collaboration to advance clinical research for cSLE! More great things ahead! #EULAR25 #lupus
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🩺🔬💻
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🩺🔬💻
June 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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June 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks @georgearobinson.bsky.social! Exciting times ahead indeed! 🧬🔬🙌🏼
Absolute powerhouse genetics session at #EULAR2025 with fantastic talks from @alexandrebelot.bsky.social, @carovinuesa.bsky.social, and @lupusdnadoc.bsky.social
Exciting times ahead! 🧬
Exciting times ahead! 🧬
June 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thanks @georgearobinson.bsky.social! Exciting times ahead indeed! 🧬🔬🙌🏼
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My hero, economist Claudia Goldin, doggedly using data to show that many women continue to be paid less than they deserve, like she’s been doing for the past 30 goddamn years #econsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Opinion | How Underpaid Are W.N.B.A. Players? It’s Embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My hero, economist Claudia Goldin, doggedly using data to show that many women continue to be paid less than they deserve, like she’s been doing for the past 30 goddamn years #econsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...