Akshat Sharma, MS, PhD.
@akshatsharma.bsky.social
Immunologist who leapfrogged from the private sector back to academia. Still hunting down TCRs for TCR-T therapy for cancer and autoimmunity.
Actor by night.
Lifter, also by night.
GO BADGERS!
Actor by night.
Lifter, also by night.
GO BADGERS!
Also writing a chapter. Also at risk of being committed. However, will clearly be in exalted company in the grippy socks room.
Typing a chapter. Pause to think of how I want to phrase something. Look out the window for a bit. Stand up from the desk, turn around after a few steps and stop. Stand there for a minute, nodding to myself. Sit back down and type the line out.
If anyone saw that, they'd have me committed.
If anyone saw that, they'd have me committed.
July 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Also writing a chapter. Also at risk of being committed. However, will clearly be in exalted company in the grippy socks room.
Back in business! Let's hope it was temporary! Phew!
Uh, gang, is PubMed working for y'all?
July 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Back in business! Let's hope it was temporary! Phew!
Uh, gang, is PubMed working for y'all?
July 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Uh, gang, is PubMed working for y'all?
Immunodominant epitope.
May 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Immunodominant epitope.
BUT I DID ALL THE STEPS! WTF!
I was home for 5 days! 5 days; 5 steps!
What do you mean "non-linear?" Can repeat? CAN REPEAT? Are you shitting me?!
I was home for 5 days! 5 days; 5 steps!
What do you mean "non-linear?" Can repeat? CAN REPEAT? Are you shitting me?!
May 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
BUT I DID ALL THE STEPS! WTF!
I was home for 5 days! 5 days; 5 steps!
What do you mean "non-linear?" Can repeat? CAN REPEAT? Are you shitting me?!
I was home for 5 days! 5 days; 5 steps!
What do you mean "non-linear?" Can repeat? CAN REPEAT? Are you shitting me?!
What's an NK cell's cocktail of choice?
A KIR Royale.
A KIR Royale.
May 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What's an NK cell's cocktail of choice?
A KIR Royale.
A KIR Royale.
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month.
May 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month.
Reposted by Akshat Sharma, MS, PhD.
Reposted with Alt-text
April 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted with Alt-text
تمہاری بے رخی اک دن ہماری جان لے لے گی۔ قسم تم کو زرا سوچو کے دستور وفا کیا ہے۔ غم دنیا سے گھبرا کر تمہے دل نے پکارا ہے۔ کہاں ہو تم۔۔۔؟
April 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
تمہاری بے رخی اک دن ہماری جان لے لے گی۔ قسم تم کو زرا سوچو کے دستور وفا کیا ہے۔ غم دنیا سے گھبرا کر تمہے دل نے پکارا ہے۔ کہاں ہو تم۔۔۔؟
But I was so looking forward to the inevitable documentary...
The Fyre Festival brand is up for sale, its promoter announces, a week after organizers postponed Fyre Festival 2 with no new date set.
Fyre sale: After Fyre Festival 2 is postponed, promoter announces brand is up for grabs
Billy McFarland said he was selling the brand because it has become “bigger than any one person and bigger than what I’m able to lead on my own.”
nbcnews.to
April 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
But I was so looking forward to the inevitable documentary...
But, truly, a lovely paper with interesting implications for the role of the CHAC1-Notch axis in health and disease.
April 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
But, truly, a lovely paper with interesting implications for the role of the CHAC1-Notch axis in health and disease.
I just stared long and hard at the word "homogenous" in a grant I'm very slowly working on
You never know these days: it could come back with "Dear Dr. Sharma: no homo."
You never know these days: it could come back with "Dear Dr. Sharma: no homo."
April 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I just stared long and hard at the word "homogenous" in a grant I'm very slowly working on
You never know these days: it could come back with "Dear Dr. Sharma: no homo."
You never know these days: it could come back with "Dear Dr. Sharma: no homo."
Friends, if you or your colleagues are working on innate-like T cells, please consider submitting a manuscript or review to this special issue of Cells that I'm guest-editing:
www.mdpi.com/journal/cell...
www.mdpi.com/journal/cell...
www.mdpi.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Friends, if you or your colleagues are working on innate-like T cells, please consider submitting a manuscript or review to this special issue of Cells that I'm guest-editing:
www.mdpi.com/journal/cell...
www.mdpi.com/journal/cell...
The one sempiternal thing about scientists is that we always come with receipts. You'll typically find them under a section titled "References."
It has quotes from Senators talking about the value of research.
2/n
2/n
April 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The one sempiternal thing about scientists is that we always come with receipts. You'll typically find them under a section titled "References."
Sadboi hours, empty weight room, Rockpile Athletics.
April 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sadboi hours, empty weight room, Rockpile Athletics.
Meal prep pump. Evidently aggressive stirring will do it.
April 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Meal prep pump. Evidently aggressive stirring will do it.
I curled 40lbs and am parched for attention.
April 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I curled 40lbs and am parched for attention.
Such an improvement over Kr*st*e N**m's macabre selfies.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Such an improvement over Kr*st*e N**m's macabre selfies.
Reposted by Akshat Sharma, MS, PhD.
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
Guys, I just want to do LFA-1 things and pull out TCRs. But it's, like, hard with, you know, everything...
April 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Guys, I just want to do LFA-1 things and pull out TCRs. But it's, like, hard with, you know, everything...
Hilarious, obviously, but apparently Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has a restaurant in Palo Alto!
Another (presumably AI-generated) message from Elon Musk in Palo Alto via TikTok.
There’s another video from a different user on Twitter, suggesting this isn’t just some prank by the TikTok creator.
There’s another video from a different user on Twitter, suggesting this isn’t just some prank by the TikTok creator.
April 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hilarious, obviously, but apparently Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has a restaurant in Palo Alto!
I'm viscerally disgusted by how many "self portraits" I produce. But, hey, man, the lighting was good...
There's an urgency these days to get it all done. Get the grant, write the novella, find the fella, LFA-1...
I'm worried I'm gonna die young.
And, hey, man, the lighting was good...
There's an urgency these days to get it all done. Get the grant, write the novella, find the fella, LFA-1...
I'm worried I'm gonna die young.
And, hey, man, the lighting was good...
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm viscerally disgusted by how many "self portraits" I produce. But, hey, man, the lighting was good...
There's an urgency these days to get it all done. Get the grant, write the novella, find the fella, LFA-1...
I'm worried I'm gonna die young.
And, hey, man, the lighting was good...
There's an urgency these days to get it all done. Get the grant, write the novella, find the fella, LFA-1...
I'm worried I'm gonna die young.
And, hey, man, the lighting was good...
Biomedical research. No-one's doing it like America.
Would be cool if everyone said one good thing about America.
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Biomedical research. No-one's doing it like America.
A friend told me to try Scruff and also another app that had a militaristic name, and it was very upsetting. Why? I'll tell you why...
April 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A friend told me to try Scruff and also another app that had a militaristic name, and it was very upsetting. Why? I'll tell you why...