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immunology and irony for the times, Associate Prof @ Pitt_Path
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8918-7005



sharpest bulb
June 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
uncanny!
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
nonplussed
May 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
finally, a win for the fidgeters.
May 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Indeed. we all deserve time off the page.
May 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Indefinite Tenure - has a nice ring to it!
May 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
big Wodehouse fan too! re-reading Something Fresh and just purchased Uneasy Money!
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
q: why do pigeons make sub-par managers?
a: all they do is wing it.
May 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
yes - fear kills the "but, what if?"
May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
behind that mask: nerves of steel. thank you for letting us in.
May 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
snail mail?
May 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I hear you. or committee meetings.
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
therapist - when did this start?
patient (standing) - around the 5th back-to-back zoom meeting
May 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
that's brilliant!
May 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
4. T cells are as important as B cells
May 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
sanity left the building a while ago. last seen crossing into Canada.
May 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
agree. while an elegant bioethics term for "we already know too much to pretend otherwise" how about the placebo cruelty line: cross it if ignorance is your strategy.
May 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Placebo recipients get a sticker that says ‘I helped validate the efficacy of science by getting infected". Science.
May 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
yes, he is confusing scientific rigor with rigor mortis
May 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In a bold gambit to impress the review committee, she ran the gamut of her research achievements while braving the gauntlet/gantlet of tough questions with unnerving poise. aka story of my life.
May 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM