Emma Slack
@mucosalimmunology.bsky.social
Professor for Mucosal Immunology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford, UK. We work on novel oral vaccines, AMR, and microbiome function. Making science fairer, kinder and more equitable 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Views are my own.
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🧵 New members wanted — Join the SYIS Board! 🇨🇭
Are you a young scientist passionate about immunology and community building?
We’re looking for new board members to start in March 2026. Three exciting roles are open 👇
Are you a young scientist passionate about immunology and community building?
We’re looking for new board members to start in March 2026. Three exciting roles are open 👇
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🧵 New members wanted — Join the SYIS Board! 🇨🇭
Are you a young scientist passionate about immunology and community building?
We’re looking for new board members to start in March 2026. Three exciting roles are open 👇
Are you a young scientist passionate about immunology and community building?
We’re looking for new board members to start in March 2026. Three exciting roles are open 👇
1 week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Switzerland doing awesome mucosal immunology. See below for details! Please re-post to spread the word!
We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in my group at the Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. The project is aimed at developing novel mucosal adjuvants for application in oral vaccines. Deadline to apply 16.11.25! Please re-post 🔬🧬
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Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants in Zürich (published: 30.10.2025). Apply now or check the ...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
1 week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Switzerland doing awesome mucosal immunology. See below for details! Please re-post to spread the word!
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Every time the grifting classes try to terrify you into thinking "the UK is lost" or that the country these days is nothing more than a "murderer's playground", I always remember this graph.
When did immigration and multiculturalism turn the UK into a murderous hellscape where no one is safe?
When did immigration and multiculturalism turn the UK into a murderous hellscape where no one is safe?
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Every time the grifting classes try to terrify you into thinking "the UK is lost" or that the country these days is nothing more than a "murderer's playground", I always remember this graph.
When did immigration and multiculturalism turn the UK into a murderous hellscape where no one is safe?
When did immigration and multiculturalism turn the UK into a murderous hellscape where no one is safe?
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in my group at the Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. The project is aimed at developing novel mucosal adjuvants for application in oral vaccines. Deadline to apply 16.11.25! Please re-post 🔬🧬
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Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants in Zürich (published: 30.10.2025). Apply now or check the ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in my group at the Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. The project is aimed at developing novel mucosal adjuvants for application in oral vaccines. Deadline to apply 16.11.25! Please re-post 🔬🧬
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#Measles can cause serious illness & vaccination is the best protection 🛡
Our measles infographic answers common questions & highlights the importance of the #MMR #Vaccine! #CelebrateVaccines
Find out more here 🔗 bit.ly/3PE5kbW
Our measles infographic answers common questions & highlights the importance of the #MMR #Vaccine! #CelebrateVaccines
Find out more here 🔗 bit.ly/3PE5kbW
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#Measles can cause serious illness & vaccination is the best protection 🛡
Our measles infographic answers common questions & highlights the importance of the #MMR #Vaccine! #CelebrateVaccines
Find out more here 🔗 bit.ly/3PE5kbW
Our measles infographic answers common questions & highlights the importance of the #MMR #Vaccine! #CelebrateVaccines
Find out more here 🔗 bit.ly/3PE5kbW
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Interested in joining the Powrie Lab? We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the neutralisation capacity of human anti-IL-10 autoantibodies. You’ll be part of our new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!🧫🦠
Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Interested in joining the Powrie Lab? We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the neutralisation capacity of human anti-IL-10 autoantibodies. You’ll be part of our new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!🧫🦠
Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
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Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
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Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group in Zürich (published: 29.10.2025). Apply now or check the other available...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
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Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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If you can make it to Rush Hospital in Aurora, IL, an ICE patroller got pulled out of her car, assaulted and pepper sprayed by agents. She's in the hospital and nobody except ICE is allowed to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you can make it to Rush Hospital in Aurora, IL, an ICE patroller got pulled out of her car, assaulted and pepper sprayed by agents. She's in the hospital and nobody except ICE is allowed to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
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Trump and his family have amassed over a billion dollars in cryptocurrency since he took office. Can everyday Americans say the same?
President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled by the administration’s own crypto-friendly policies.
Trump’s Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab
The president’s son said the true total is “probably more.”
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October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump and his family have amassed over a billion dollars in cryptocurrency since he took office. Can everyday Americans say the same?
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Google has decided to stop funding Full Fact, which has been building some of the best global fact-checking tools. You can donate to them here:
donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask
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Donate
Donate to Full Fact – the UK’s independent fact checking organisation
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October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Google has decided to stop funding Full Fact, which has been building some of the best global fact-checking tools. You can donate to them here:
donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask
donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask
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If you are a scientist and not out in the street Saturday, you are
jeopardizing your own future. Join us! We have power when we band together
jeopardizing your own future. Join us! We have power when we band together
And if this bothers you as much as it bothers me, please find the nearest #NoKings protest and join in solidarity.
We are meant to have checks on the power of the president and if Congress and the Court won't do it, the people must: www.nokings.org
We are meant to have checks on the power of the president and if Congress and the Court won't do it, the people must: www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you are a scientist and not out in the street Saturday, you are
jeopardizing your own future. Join us! We have power when we band together
jeopardizing your own future. Join us! We have power when we band together
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Fellow scientists — I want to see you all in the street on the 18th!!
This is existential. Keep up the fight for science, democracy, and truth.
No Kings!
This is existential. Keep up the fight for science, democracy, and truth.
No Kings!
And if this bothers you as much as it bothers me, please find the nearest #NoKings protest and join in solidarity.
We are meant to have checks on the power of the president and if Congress and the Court won't do it, the people must: www.nokings.org
We are meant to have checks on the power of the president and if Congress and the Court won't do it, the people must: www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fellow scientists — I want to see you all in the street on the 18th!!
This is existential. Keep up the fight for science, democracy, and truth.
No Kings!
This is existential. Keep up the fight for science, democracy, and truth.
No Kings!
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Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025
the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data
www.ft.com/content/5392...
the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data
www.ft.com/content/5392...
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025
the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data
www.ft.com/content/5392...
the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data
www.ft.com/content/5392...
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🚨 RFK Jr hired anti-vaccine activist Mark Blaxill as a senior advisor at CDC. Not a doctor or scientist, Blaxill has spent decades pushing the debunked myth that vaccines cause autism.
⚠️ Bottom line: a man who believes “every child is injured by vaccines” is now advising the CDC.
⚠️ Bottom line: a man who believes “every child is injured by vaccines” is now advising the CDC.
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 RFK Jr hired anti-vaccine activist Mark Blaxill as a senior advisor at CDC. Not a doctor or scientist, Blaxill has spent decades pushing the debunked myth that vaccines cause autism.
⚠️ Bottom line: a man who believes “every child is injured by vaccines” is now advising the CDC.
⚠️ Bottom line: a man who believes “every child is injured by vaccines” is now advising the CDC.
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Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...
October 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...
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University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."
Also university administration:
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You wouldn't believe the number of morons on Twitter pretending that a temporary exhibition of vinyl stickers at Canterbury Cathedral is permanent graffiti, just so they can feel outraged. Then JD Vance joins in, because clearly this is an international crisis.
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
You wouldn't believe the number of morons on Twitter pretending that a temporary exhibition of vinyl stickers at Canterbury Cathedral is permanent graffiti, just so they can feel outraged. Then JD Vance joins in, because clearly this is an international crisis.
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"self-deport" was a term created by far-right parties to sanitize the idea of making people so miserable that they have to flee the country. I hate that I am seeing it in otherwise sympathetic news articles.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"self-deport" was a term created by far-right parties to sanitize the idea of making people so miserable that they have to flee the country. I hate that I am seeing it in otherwise sympathetic news articles.
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New from @jeremymberg.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New from @jeremymberg.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
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Yes, see, if we get rid of the immigrants, then Americans will win all the Nobel Prizes
OH WAIT
OH WAIT
Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Yes, see, if we get rid of the immigrants, then Americans will win all the Nobel Prizes
OH WAIT
OH WAIT
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Congress continues to fail to check Trump’s authoritarian power.
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Congress continues to fail to check Trump’s authoritarian power.