Natalia Sampaio
@drnatsampaio.bsky.social
Researcher - innate immunity, RNA sensors, viruses, inflammation, autoimmunity. Hudson Institute, Monash Uni, Melbourne.
Mum, T1D, tomato-grower, she/her
https://www.hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/natalia-sampaio/
Mum, T1D, tomato-grower, she/her
https://www.hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/natalia-sampaio/
Pinned
It’s kind of shocking that this is the amount of (mostly) landfill waste generated for one insulin pump refill (2x per week) and one CGM replacement (every 10 days)… #T1D #CGM #dexcom #tandemslim #plasticwaste #insulinpump #diabetes 😳😔
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It’s kind of shocking that this is the amount of (mostly) landfill waste generated for one insulin pump refill (2x per week) and one CGM replacement (every 10 days)… #T1D #CGM #dexcom #tandemslim #plasticwaste #insulinpump #diabetes 😳😔
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🚨 Postdoc position in my lab!
A project on protein binder discovery for K6-linked #ubiquitin to investigate their role in infection is available.
📍 DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark
⏰ Deadline: 18 December 2025
Apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
A project on protein binder discovery for K6-linked #ubiquitin to investigate their role in infection is available.
📍 DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark
⏰ Deadline: 18 December 2025
Apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨 Postdoc position in my lab!
A project on protein binder discovery for K6-linked #ubiquitin to investigate their role in infection is available.
📍 DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark
⏰ Deadline: 18 December 2025
Apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
A project on protein binder discovery for K6-linked #ubiquitin to investigate their role in infection is available.
📍 DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark
⏰ Deadline: 18 December 2025
Apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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We are #hiring a postdoctoral fellow! Please share!
Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay.
Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/...
#BYourCell
Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay.
Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/...
#BYourCell
Careers | Emory University | Atlanta GA
faculty-emory.icims.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We are #hiring a postdoctoral fellow! Please share!
Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay.
Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/...
#BYourCell
Join our B-cell team @Emory to lead NIH-funded projects on human neuro-immunology and autoimmunity in a co-mentorship and collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Grace Gombolay.
Please apply here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/156609/...
#BYourCell
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Tis the season (for letters of rec!) Remember, avoid gender bias with a few simple checks:
advance.lehigh.edu/content/gend...
advance.lehigh.edu/content/gend...
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Tis the season (for letters of rec!) Remember, avoid gender bias with a few simple checks:
advance.lehigh.edu/content/gend...
advance.lehigh.edu/content/gend...
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Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Australian Medical researchers - this post is for you!
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Half the Funding. Half the Future. - AAMRI
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) was designed to deliver $1 billion each year in new, lifesaving funding for medical research. We know through financial modelling that the full amount can be re...
aamri.org.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Australian Medical researchers - this post is for you!
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
This is so cute. Viruses do make perfect snowflakes! 🦠❄️
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is so cute. Viruses do make perfect snowflakes! 🦠❄️
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WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
🚨 Preprint Alert 🚨
We discovered a new regulator of RIG-I-like receptors #MDA5 #RIG-I, which are critical innate immune sensors of #RNA that detect #viral infection.
Check out our #biorxiv #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
tl;dr 🙃 thread below
We discovered a new regulator of RIG-I-like receptors #MDA5 #RIG-I, which are critical innate immune sensors of #RNA that detect #viral infection.
Check out our #biorxiv #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
tl;dr 🙃 thread below
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Australian Medical researchers - this post is for you!
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Half the Funding. Half the Future. - AAMRI
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) was designed to deliver $1 billion each year in new, lifesaving funding for medical research. We know through financial modelling that the full amount can be re...
aamri.org.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Australian Medical researchers - this post is for you!
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Get behind the the AAMRI campaign to release funds from the #MRFF. They have made an easy tool to email your local MP, it takes 1 minute!
#releasethefullmrff
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Looking forward to seeing all the exciting #infection and #immunology research from the #EMCRs in Victoria! A really great event to be a part of ☺️🧪🦠🧬🧫
Ready for an inspiring day of infection and immunology presentations!! Can't wait to hear from our young investigators #YoungVIIN2025 #VIINYIS
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Looking forward to seeing all the exciting #infection and #immunology research from the #EMCRs in Victoria! A really great event to be a part of ☺️🧪🦠🧬🧫
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To clarify, the QBI Director need not be focused on Dementia, this just happens to be one of the sites where the recruiter has posted….
Here’s the posting. Please reach out if you have any questions about the QBI or life in Brisbane.
Director: Queensland Brain Institute www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/director...
Director: Queensland Brain Institute www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/director...
Director: Queensland Brain Institute - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
The University of Queensland, Australia. Seeks a Director for the Queensland Brain Institute to lead world-class neuroscience research and global collaboration.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
To clarify, the QBI Director need not be focused on Dementia, this just happens to be one of the sites where the recruiter has posted….
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Jo in our team - we are looking for a PhD student, postdoc or lab manager!
More information and links to job portal for application submission:
lnkd.in/dcU2Vg7W
lnkd.in/dgVKTARV
Please share widely 🙏🏼
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @syis-ecr.bsky.social
More information and links to job portal for application submission:
lnkd.in/dcU2Vg7W
lnkd.in/dgVKTARV
Please share widely 🙏🏼
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @syis-ecr.bsky.social
Postdoc or PhD student position in molecular dissection of cellular crosstalk in the intestinal mucosa
lnkd.in
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Jo in our team - we are looking for a PhD student, postdoc or lab manager!
More information and links to job portal for application submission:
lnkd.in/dcU2Vg7W
lnkd.in/dgVKTARV
Please share widely 🙏🏼
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @syis-ecr.bsky.social
More information and links to job portal for application submission:
lnkd.in/dcU2Vg7W
lnkd.in/dgVKTARV
Please share widely 🙏🏼
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @syis-ecr.bsky.social
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A small 🧵 encouraging people to publish protocols.
Our #AutoSpectral release has made me reflect on how much the community tends to appreciate protocol papers. People rarely present protocols as their main achievements, but they are often the most impactful work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our #AutoSpectral release has made me reflect on how much the community tends to appreciate protocol papers. People rarely present protocols as their main achievements, but they are often the most impactful work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
AutoSpectral improves spectral flow cytometry accuracy through optimised spectral unmixing and autofluorescence-matching at the cellular level
The advent of spectral flow cytometry has seen a rapid rise in the complexity of flow cytometry experiments, allowing the construction of assays with at least 50 fluorescent parameters. To correctly d...
www.biorxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A small 🧵 encouraging people to publish protocols.
Our #AutoSpectral release has made me reflect on how much the community tends to appreciate protocol papers. People rarely present protocols as their main achievements, but they are often the most impactful work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our #AutoSpectral release has made me reflect on how much the community tends to appreciate protocol papers. People rarely present protocols as their main achievements, but they are often the most impactful work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
LOL
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
LOL
This was a nice skeetorial to read over morning coffee. It prompted a conversation with my husband (not scientist) about #mitochondia and all its ancient bacterial craziness.
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with the @edreznik.bsky.social lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, where we describe functionally dominant mitochondrial DNA mutations in patient tumors. So, what is functional dominance in mitochondrial genetics, I hear you ask?
rdcu.be/eN1jm
rdcu.be/eN1jm
Functionally dominant hotspot mutations of mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes in cancer
Nature Genetics - Analysis of 14,106 tumor genomes highlights recurrent mutations in mitochondrial ribosomal RNA encoded within the mitochondrial genome. Mutations occur at hotspot positions and...
rdcu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This was a nice skeetorial to read over morning coffee. It prompted a conversation with my husband (not scientist) about #mitochondia and all its ancient bacterial craziness.
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We are hiring an immunologist. This is a hard money position. We have a very robust research infrastructure. Rowan is rapidly growing, with 20,000+ undergrads, two med schools, and a vet school. Contact me for more details. jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
Rowan HR - Details - Open-Rank Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty, Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences (CMSRU)Job Postings | Human Resources | Rowan University
Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified national doctoral research institution dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education.
jobs.rowan.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We are hiring an immunologist. This is a hard money position. We have a very robust research infrastructure. Rowan is rapidly growing, with 20,000+ undergrads, two med schools, and a vet school. Contact me for more details. jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/50...
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We were honoured to welcome Minister Danny Pearson to showcase a major breakthrough in #Lupus treatment – an RNA-based topical drug developed right here in Clayton.
Read more in today's Herald Sun, and here: https://bit.ly/43EVn4X
Read more in today's Herald Sun, and here: https://bit.ly/43EVn4X
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We were honoured to welcome Minister Danny Pearson to showcase a major breakthrough in #Lupus treatment – an RNA-based topical drug developed right here in Clayton.
Read more in today's Herald Sun, and here: https://bit.ly/43EVn4X
Read more in today's Herald Sun, and here: https://bit.ly/43EVn4X
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🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
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Hoping for someone interested in early development (prenatal through age 3 years), especially keen on asking about neuroplasticity serving sensory/language development and/or how early experiences/exposures/caregiving shape early brain development
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hoping for someone interested in early development (prenatal through age 3 years), especially keen on asking about neuroplasticity serving sensory/language development and/or how early experiences/exposures/caregiving shape early brain development
*screaming* 😱😱😱
A previously healthy man presented with a 10-day history of blood dripping from one nostril. Twenty days earlier, he had washed his face with mountain spring water. A leech was found on nasal endoscopy (shown in a video). Read the full case details: nej.md/3J6IZUD
#MedSky #Otolaryngology
#MedSky #Otolaryngology
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
*screaming* 😱😱😱
Whoever did this at @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social I am SO MAD!!!! @jamiahemphill.bsky.social I’m looking at you!!!! #trickortreat #halloween #fooled #sosad 😩😢🤬
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Whoever did this at @ciiid-hudson.bsky.social I am SO MAD!!!! @jamiahemphill.bsky.social I’m looking at you!!!! #trickortreat #halloween #fooled #sosad 😩😢🤬