Dimitry Krementsov
@dimitry-krementsov.bsky.social
Immunologist and educator; faculty at UVM. Dad; foodie; lover of music.
Proud to share this story highlighting the awesome work of a postdoc fellow in my lab, Theresa Montgomery! "Gut Instincts: Decoding the Microbiome’s Role in Multiple Sclerosis" www.uvm.edu/cnhs/news/gu...
Gut Instincts: Decoding the Microbiome’s Role in Multiple Sclerosis | College of Nursing and Health Sciences | The University of Vermont
Postdoctoral researcher Theresa Montgomery’s work is advancing science and sparking new collaborations, with potential to transform MS treatment.
www.uvm.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Proud to share this story highlighting the awesome work of a postdoc fellow in my lab, Theresa Montgomery! "Gut Instincts: Decoding the Microbiome’s Role in Multiple Sclerosis" www.uvm.edu/cnhs/news/gu...
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SCIENCE ON THE MOVE!
The march has reached HHS, where stacks of petitions are piling up!
FOLLOW ALONG ➡️
www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...
The march has reached HHS, where stacks of petitions are piling up!
FOLLOW ALONG ➡️
www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
SCIENCE ON THE MOVE!
The march has reached HHS, where stacks of petitions are piling up!
FOLLOW ALONG ➡️
www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...
The march has reached HHS, where stacks of petitions are piling up!
FOLLOW ALONG ➡️
www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...
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See you in a few hours! 8pm 👇
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 11/05/25 8 pm ET
Join Vincent Racaniello for Office Hours to answer your questions about viruses - including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox virus, poliovirus, influenza virus, and more - on this livestream on Wednesday 11/05/25 at ...
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
See you in a few hours! 8pm 👇
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![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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In this week's episode, we review the seminal study from Dr. Sakaguchi that led to his recent #NobelPrize!
It shows that a population of T cells expressing the IL-2 receptor α chain acts to maintain self-tolerance by suppressing other T cells.
📃: https://bit.ly/49f551F
🎧: https://bit.ly/3LlRCeo
It shows that a population of T cells expressing the IL-2 receptor α chain acts to maintain self-tolerance by suppressing other T cells.
📃: https://bit.ly/49f551F
🎧: https://bit.ly/3LlRCeo
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In this week's episode, we review the seminal study from Dr. Sakaguchi that led to his recent #NobelPrize!
It shows that a population of T cells expressing the IL-2 receptor α chain acts to maintain self-tolerance by suppressing other T cells.
📃: https://bit.ly/49f551F
🎧: https://bit.ly/3LlRCeo
It shows that a population of T cells expressing the IL-2 receptor α chain acts to maintain self-tolerance by suppressing other T cells.
📃: https://bit.ly/49f551F
🎧: https://bit.ly/3LlRCeo
Excited to have @pcalabresi.bsky.social as a new colleague! National Academy of Medicine Announces Election of (newly) UVM's Dr. Peter Calabresi as New Member www.uvm.edu/larnermed/me...
National Academy of Medicine Announces Election of Larner’s Dr. Peter Calabresi as New Member | Office of Medical Communications | The University of Vermont
www.uvm.edu
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excited to have @pcalabresi.bsky.social as a new colleague! National Academy of Medicine Announces Election of (newly) UVM's Dr. Peter Calabresi as New Member www.uvm.edu/larnermed/me...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
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It's Hands Off Day!
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's Hands Off Day!
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Awesome time in Virginia - grateful to my colleagues for the invite. What a great group here at UVA BIG center!
UVA BIG Center retreat with @tajieharris.bsky.social, @lukensjohnr.bsky.social, Alban Gaultier, and our invited speaker @dimitry-krementsov.bsky.social. Happy to have him out here in beautiful VA!
March 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Awesome time in Virginia - grateful to my colleagues for the invite. What a great group here at UVA BIG center!
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We continue working on the plans for the "Woodstock of Bioloy 2 & Night science in Prague" meeting and if you don't sign up you're totally crazy. A once in a life time opportunity and it'll be sold out soon. Go to the website and sign up now before it's too late!
March 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We continue working on the plans for the "Woodstock of Bioloy 2 & Night science in Prague" meeting and if you don't sign up you're totally crazy. A once in a life time opportunity and it'll be sold out soon. Go to the website and sign up now before it's too late!
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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On March 7th we will Stand Up For Science! You can use the link to find the protest location in your city.
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
On March 7th we will Stand Up For Science! You can use the link to find the protest location in your city.
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Despair not (yet)
"If a control experiment fails, does that mean that the entire experiment is poorly designed and you must restart from scratch? Often, yes— but not always. I present five examples where failed control experiments triggered entirely new fields of research."
"If a control experiment fails, does that mean that the entire experiment is poorly designed and you must restart from scratch? Often, yes— but not always. I present five examples where failed control experiments triggered entirely new fields of research."
The controls that got out of control: How failed control experiments paved the way to transformative discoveries: EMBO reports: Vol 0, No 0
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
January 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Despair not (yet)
"If a control experiment fails, does that mean that the entire experiment is poorly designed and you must restart from scratch? Often, yes— but not always. I present five examples where failed control experiments triggered entirely new fields of research."
"If a control experiment fails, does that mean that the entire experiment is poorly designed and you must restart from scratch? Often, yes— but not always. I present five examples where failed control experiments triggered entirely new fields of research."
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
January 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
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Bizarre tumor immunology accident. Surgeon injures hand while resecting malignant histiocytoma and finds an inflamed mass at the site of prior injury. Tumor cells transplanted, patient & surgeon HLA mismatched causing intense yet insufficient host-vs-graft response: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Genetic Analysis of a Sarcoma Accidentally Transplanted from a Patient to a Surgeon | NEJM
Modern concepts of cancer immunology originated from the classic observations by Jensen,
Loeb, Tyzzer, and Little in the early years of the 20th century of the rejection of
transplanted allogeneic ...
www.nejm.org
January 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Bizarre tumor immunology accident. Surgeon injures hand while resecting malignant histiocytoma and finds an inflamed mass at the site of prior injury. Tumor cells transplanted, patient & surgeon HLA mismatched causing intense yet insufficient host-vs-graft response: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Starting a new lab?! The most important factors for choosing the university/institute/company are: the colleagues, students & postdocs, the leadership, equipment, the lab space and start-up funds; IN THAT ORDER.
January 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Starting a new lab?! The most important factors for choosing the university/institute/company are: the colleagues, students & postdocs, the leadership, equipment, the lab space and start-up funds; IN THAT ORDER.
Excited to join the rest of the Twitter exodus here on Bluesky!
January 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excited to join the rest of the Twitter exodus here on Bluesky!