Michela Locci
@michelalocci.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Immunologist studying T cells and B cells in vaccination and viral infection
The Locci Lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate germinal center responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Long COVID. Reach out to me if interested!
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Locci Lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate germinal center responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Long COVID. Reach out to me if interested!
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Last I checked it was 2025.
Cod liver oil and Vit A????
Cod liver oil and Vit A????
March 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Last I checked it was 2025.
Cod liver oil and Vit A????
Cod liver oil and Vit A????
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This is the first movement from Sen. Fetterman, please fill out immediately if you have been impacted. Please circulate Penn, Pitt, PSU, Temple etc @cbartman.bsky.social
🚨PA colleagues:
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is the first movement from Sen. Fetterman, please fill out immediately if you have been impacted. Please circulate Penn, Pitt, PSU, Temple etc @cbartman.bsky.social
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I expect that most academic biomedical researchers have considered leaving the US—if only in theory for now. What a colossal mess! Our representatives need to hear this. Please amplify so they know this matters. @levin.house.gov @repscottpeters.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
“For the last 75 yrs, the NIH has been the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world. Most advances in medicine were seeded by NIH funding. When we became scientists, we just bought into this system. This is how it works. — @tuthill.bsky.social 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US
President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I expect that most academic biomedical researchers have considered leaving the US—if only in theory for now. What a colossal mess! Our representatives need to hear this. Please amplify so they know this matters. @levin.house.gov @repscottpeters.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
Yes, this is happening. I should have received year 4 R01 funds at the end of January but didn’t. No explanation given.
98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule
February 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yes, this is happening. I should have received year 4 R01 funds at the end of January but didn’t. No explanation given.
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Long COVID is a debilitating disease state affecting millions of people globally. Researchers outline key considerations informing design, implementation, and interpretation of trials in this growing field. @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social, et al @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID
There are no approved treatments for post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID),
a debilitating disease state following SARS-CoV-2 infection that is estimated to affect
tens of millions of peo...
www.thelancet.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Long COVID is a debilitating disease state affecting millions of people globally. Researchers outline key considerations informing design, implementation, and interpretation of trials in this growing field. @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social, et al @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Per an NIH source:
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
January 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Per an NIH source:
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
It was a pleasure to write a News & Views article on this very important study. @katyely.bsky.social is a rising star. Watch out for her if you have an open faculty search!!
Fantastic News & Views article Nature Portfolio by @michelalocci.bsky.social & @sapostolidis.bsky.social, highlighting our recent study on mRNA vaccines and SLE, its findings, and the key questions to address next!
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#immunosky #SLE #mRNA #Bcells 🦠 👩🔬 💉
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#immunosky #SLE #mRNA #Bcells 🦠 👩🔬 💉
SLE B cells take an extrafollicular detour after mRNA vaccination
Nature Immunology - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with considerable clinical heterogeneity and diverse treatment options. A study now shows that heightened...
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December 28, 2024 at 3:36 PM
It was a pleasure to write a News & Views article on this very important study. @katyely.bsky.social is a rising star. Watch out for her if you have an open faculty search!!
I totally agree!
Such a great and important paper @katyely.bsky.social and the whole Sanz group! With far-reaching implications for patients with #SLE, patients on immunosuppression, and vaccine responses in vulnerable populations! Congrats!! 🎉
December 28, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I totally agree!
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My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻