Rama Dhenni
@ramadhenni.bsky.social
Immunobiologist at the Burnet Institute | PhD at Garvan Institute + UNSW Sydney
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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How to recognize shoddy studies that claim to link vaccines and autism. Essay by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3UUNrIp
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How to recognize shoddy studies that claim to link vaccines and autism. Essay by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3UUNrIp
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Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel. The world must stop him | Nimer Sultany
Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel. The world must stop him | Nimer Sultany
This outrageous landgrab is ethnic cleansing in plain sight, says Nimer Sultany of Soas University of London, a Palestinian citizen of Israel
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel. The world must stop him | Nimer Sultany
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The Precision Immunology and Immune Biotherapies Programs at the Garvan Institute are looking for new Faculty members. Come join us and work with amazing scientists in an amazing place @labphan.bsky.social @garvaninstitute.bsky.social
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Garvan Faculty Member - Sydney (LGA), New South Wales (AU) job with The Garvan Institute | 12841341
The Garvan Institute invites applicants for Faculty-level positions in the Immune Biotherapies and Precision Immunology Programs.
www.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Precision Immunology and Immune Biotherapies Programs at the Garvan Institute are looking for new Faculty members. Come join us and work with amazing scientists in an amazing place @labphan.bsky.social @garvaninstitute.bsky.social
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Very excited at the chance to work with new people with new ideas in immunology! Really keen to hear from people from diverse backgrounds with different ways of thinking. International applicants seeking freedom to pursue BlueSky projects welcome. Come for the science. Stay for the vibe!
#immunosky
#immunosky
July 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Very excited at the chance to work with new people with new ideas in immunology! Really keen to hear from people from diverse backgrounds with different ways of thinking. International applicants seeking freedom to pursue BlueSky projects welcome. Come for the science. Stay for the vibe!
#immunosky
#immunosky
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This is barbaric.
It has been more than 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza — no food, fuel or even medicine.
91% of the population analyzed by the UN is estimated to be facing “food insecurity,” with most enduring “emergency” or “catastrophic” levels.
It has been more than 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza — no food, fuel or even medicine.
91% of the population analyzed by the UN is estimated to be facing “food insecurity,” with most enduring “emergency” or “catastrophic” levels.
Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say
The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is barbaric.
It has been more than 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza — no food, fuel or even medicine.
91% of the population analyzed by the UN is estimated to be facing “food insecurity,” with most enduring “emergency” or “catastrophic” levels.
It has been more than 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza — no food, fuel or even medicine.
91% of the population analyzed by the UN is estimated to be facing “food insecurity,” with most enduring “emergency” or “catastrophic” levels.
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Learn about your body's very own "immune cell school" and why it matters which arm you get your booster vaccine in.
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This could change the arm you get vaccinated - ABC listen
When going to get vaccinated, you're often asked which arm you'd prefer to be jabbed.
Most people pick their least dominant arm so the pain from the injection site bothers them less.
A new finding...
www.abc.net.au
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Learn about your body's very own "immune cell school" and why it matters which arm you get your booster vaccine in.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
@garvaninstitute.bsky.social @labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
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@garvaninstitute.bsky.social @labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
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Now online! Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination
Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination
Subcapsular sinus macrophages in the draining lymph node help retain resident memory B cells in the subcapsular niche and promote their re-entry into secondary germinal centers. Boosting vaccines in the same arm leads to more rapid secretion of broadly neutralizing antibodies.
dlvr.it
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Now online! Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination
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Why does the arm you choose for a vaccine matter? 🩹
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
April 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Why does the arm you choose for a vaccine matter? 🩹
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
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#LocationLocationLocation! @labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social Hoppé &co show @cp-cell.bsky.social that subcapsular sinus macrophages interact with memory B cells, positioning them in a subcapsular niche that favors their rientry in germinal centers & more rapid antibody responses!
Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination
Vaccines generate long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells (Bmems) that may re-enter secondary germinal centers (GCs) to further mutate their B cell…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#LocationLocationLocation! @labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social Hoppé &co show @cp-cell.bsky.social that subcapsular sinus macrophages interact with memory B cells, positioning them in a subcapsular niche that favors their rientry in germinal centers & more rapid antibody responses!
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Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination @cellcellpress.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social @immunodealex.bsky.social
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
April 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination @cellcellpress.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social @immunodealex.bsky.social
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Happy #DayofImmunology! Congrats @ramadhenni.bsky.social & Alexandra Carey Hoppé it's out (finally!) @cp-cell.bsky.social! Incredibly grateful to co-leads @mlmunier.bsky.social, Vanessa Venturi & Tony Kelleher & all brilliant folks @garvaninstitute.bsky.social & Kirby Inst. for fantastic collab! 🧵
Macrophages direct location-dependent recall of B cell memory to vaccination
Vaccines generate long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells (Bmems) that may re-enter secondary germinal centers (GCs) to further mutate their B cell…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Happy #DayofImmunology! Congrats @ramadhenni.bsky.social & Alexandra Carey Hoppé it's out (finally!) @cp-cell.bsky.social! Incredibly grateful to co-leads @mlmunier.bsky.social, Vanessa Venturi & Tony Kelleher & all brilliant folks @garvaninstitute.bsky.social & Kirby Inst. for fantastic collab! 🧵
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Check out this brilliant work coming out of our #PrecisionImmunologyProgram! Published in Cell today on the International Day of Immunology 🎉
@labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
@labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
Why does the arm you choose for a vaccine matter? 🩹
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
New research from Garvan and the Kirby Institute shows that receiving a booster in the same arm as the initial dose can lead to a quicker, stronger immune response.
ow.ly/HbA150VJmWl
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Check out this brilliant work coming out of our #PrecisionImmunologyProgram! Published in Cell today on the International Day of Immunology 🎉
@labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
@labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social
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"On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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As health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the agencies he leads have taken far-reaching steps to undermine confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety.
The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines
The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
As health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the agencies he leads have taken far-reaching steps to undermine confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety.
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Chevron made 8bn profit off Australian gas last year- $17bn in the last 3y. In that time it’s paid $0 in petroleum resources rent tax.
We let multinationals sell our gas overseas for free while we struggle with a cost-of-living crisis.
I’ll keep pushing for fair tax reform.
We let multinationals sell our gas overseas for free while we struggle with a cost-of-living crisis.
I’ll keep pushing for fair tax reform.
Chevron reveals massive profit from Aussie gas operations
Australia is still delivering for Chevron despite the company’s concerns about the country’s investment credentials, powering the gas giant to an $8 billion profit last year.
thewest.com.au
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Chevron made 8bn profit off Australian gas last year- $17bn in the last 3y. In that time it’s paid $0 in petroleum resources rent tax.
We let multinationals sell our gas overseas for free while we struggle with a cost-of-living crisis.
I’ll keep pushing for fair tax reform.
We let multinationals sell our gas overseas for free while we struggle with a cost-of-living crisis.
I’ll keep pushing for fair tax reform.
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this is what genocide looks like www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Renewed Israeli Strikes Deepen Gaza’s Displacement Crisis
The United Nations estimates that 280,000 Gazans have been displaced since the collapse of the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel on March 18. The New York Times examined one strike that destroy...
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
this is what genocide looks like www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Excited to offer 2 fully funded PhD projects with Peter Croucher @garvaninstitute.bsky.social using intravital microscopy to track osteoclast/osteomorphs dynamics using novel mitochondrial reporters. Domestic & int'l students from diverse bkg welcome! Please share!
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
Tracking the origin and fate of osteomorphs
www.unsw.edu.au
December 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Excited to offer 2 fully funded PhD projects with Peter Croucher @garvaninstitute.bsky.social using intravital microscopy to track osteoclast/osteomorphs dynamics using novel mitochondrial reporters. Domestic & int'l students from diverse bkg welcome! Please share!
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...
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B CELL FUN FACT: Secrets of the GC #2
There are 300 billion B cells with total mass of 60g in the human body. That is 3 times the number of stars in the Milky Way! Naïve B cell express >10 million unique antibodies to protect us from this universe of possible antigens!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
There are 300 billion B cells with total mass of 60g in the human body. That is 3 times the number of stars in the Milky Way! Naïve B cell express >10 million unique antibodies to protect us from this universe of possible antigens!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The total mass, number, and distribution of immune cells in the human body | PNAS
The immune system is a complex network of cells with critical functions in health
and disease. However, a comprehensive census of the cells compris...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
B CELL FUN FACT: Secrets of the GC #2
There are 300 billion B cells with total mass of 60g in the human body. That is 3 times the number of stars in the Milky Way! Naïve B cell express >10 million unique antibodies to protect us from this universe of possible antigens!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
There are 300 billion B cells with total mass of 60g in the human body. That is 3 times the number of stars in the Milky Way! Naïve B cell express >10 million unique antibodies to protect us from this universe of possible antigens!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...