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Carl Pierce, MD, PhD
@carlpierce.bsky.social
Physician scientist.

Background in HSV-2, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and the immune responses thereto.

PGY1, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, University of Rochester.
Good morning, Rochester
January 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You will never convince me that bedside rounds are a net benefit for patient care.
January 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Hard to see how the NYU MSTP recovers from the reputational hit of pausing admissions and rescinding prior acceptances, especially at this point in the cycle.

Absolutely bizarre and callous move by the leadership.
January 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Merry CRISPRmas to all
December 24, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Snowy Rochester
December 21, 2024 at 2:55 AM
You love to see it (from a division chief no less)
December 13, 2024 at 12:42 AM
"... teplizumab promotes operational tolerance in [Type 1 Diabetes], involving activation followed by
exhaustion and regulation, and prevents expansion of autoreactive T cells."

www.jci.org/articles/vie...
JCI - Teplizumab induces persistent changes in the antigen-specific repertoire in individuals at risk for type 1 diabetes
www.jci.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Let’s play: is it craft beer or hemolyzed lipemic serum?
December 4, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Cat
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Reposted by Carl Pierce, MD, PhD
After falling for decades, the childhood mortality rate has started to rise.

What’s killing kids? Trauma, drugs and firearms.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...
November 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Rochester
November 17, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Update: @petterbrodin.bsky.social is here now
November 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Washed my cells with diH20 instead of PBS
🧪🧫
Scientist friends, as we are building community here, I have a question to get to know you:

What is a mistake that you made in the lab?
November 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
It's almost the end of the year, so what's your current leader for personal favorite article of the year? Here's mine from Petter Brodin, who as yet has not escaped the hellsite:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ImmunoSky #MedSky
Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment - Nature
Examination of immunological changes in transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming testosterone treatment reveals sex hormone-regulated pathways in humans and explains sex-divergent responses...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Super cool stuff
👨‍🔬🎉Kicking off my bluesky presence by posting our lab's achievement! Our lab's first study is now out in Cell ! We show that IFN-λ induces ZBP1/CASP-8/GSDMC-dependent pyroptosis in gut epithelial cells impairing tissue repair post-colitis.#IBD #Immunology 🧵https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1k2OAL7PXqSL5
November 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward.
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The Bronx doesn't need more warehouses and logistics centers. It needs more grocery stores (and higher quality ones at that), like the one this will replace.

www.commercialsearch.com/news/simone-...
From Supermarket Site to Logistics Center in NYC
Simone Development Cos. has acquired a vacant retail property in NYC’s Bronx borough, with plans to convert the asset into industrial space.
www.commercialsearch.com
December 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM
I am once again asking Snapchat to stop suggesting I add my deceased former colleague as a friend
December 7, 2023 at 10:15 PM
"How can we, as scientists, become more effective at communicating specific scientific issues in a timely manner?"
Communicating science effectively in times of crisis: time for reflection - Nature Reviews Immunolog...
Gary Koretzky, who was president of the American Association of Immunologists from 2021 to 2022, shares his thoughts on the responsibility of scientists to make science more accessible to a broad publ...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2023 at 1:59 PM
“We should not assume the College Board is acting in the country’s best interest by lobbying for the expansion of this,” Mr. Cohen said. “What are the other things you could be doing if you weren’t investing money in expanding access to A.P.?”
Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Reposted by Carl Pierce, MD, PhD
Congratulations to Ned Blackhawk and to the guy jumping up and down in excitement for Ned Blackhawk
November 16, 2023 at 2:50 AM
The seventh straight rainy weekend in NYS
October 21, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Not the Bronx
October 13, 2023 at 8:29 PM