We study antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis. #COVID19 #longCOVID #vaccines @HHMINEWS @YaleIBIO @YaleMed @YaleCII
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To all aspiring young #WomenInSTEM:
Mentee: Should I avoid being pregnant while trying to secure a faculty position?
Me: Be pregnant & go on interviews. If they don’t welcome you with open arms and offer childcare options, they don’t deserve you. #KnowYourWorth
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Grateful to @NPR for the chance to talk about how stress and infections like COVID can stir dormant viruses in our bodies, and what that may mean for our immune system. Still much to learn, and I’m thankful to my team and colleagues for their work 🎧 npr.org/2026/10/23/nx-s1-598…
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“Researchers often compare it to Russian roulette: Any infection could be the one that leads to #LongCovid.
‘Every time there’s a wave, there’s another wave that’s going to follow with patients developing new onset long Covid’”— @VirusesImmunity
ALT NY TIMES Long Covid as Russian Roulette Doctors tend to be more concerned about the chance that someone will develop long Covid from repeated infections than they are that a person will get very sick in the acute phase of the illness. Covid can cause long-term damage to nearly every part of the body and repeated cases can compound those harms. A number of studies have shown that each time someone contracts Covid introduces an opportunity to develop long-term symptoms. Researchers often compare it to Russian roulette: Any infection could be the one that leads to long Covid. “Every time there’s a wave, there’s another wave that’s going to follow with patients developing new onset long Covid,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University.
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NYT: 'How Bad Is Another Case of Covid?'
“Every time there’s a wave, there’s another wave that’s going to follow with patients developing new onset long Covid,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University
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Our study on virus-specific T cell activation in Long COVID (LC) is up on bioRxiv! We identify a subset of people with LC with persistently elevated activation of CD8 T cells targeting spike and/or EBV lytic antigens, consistent with viral persistence.
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Grateful to see the announcement of FLINTLOCK Phase 2 RCT with VYD2311 (monoclonal antibody against spike) in Long COVID and post-COVID vaccination syndrome. It will help us learn whether spike-directed therapies are helpful and for which patient subset
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日経新聞「My Story」で、これまでの歩みと今の研究について紹介していただきました。患者さんの声に耳を澄ますことが、私たちの研究の原点です。このような機会をいただき、ありがとうございます🙏🏼 @nikkei nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOSG0…
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Didn't get a chance to chat with @meighanstone after her talk at this event, but she made a crucial point not to approach life with a zero-sum scarcity mindset. Don't think that long COVID folks will suffer more if scientists are also looking at other post-infection syndromes
Very much looking forward to our annual @YaleCII symposium featuring fantastic speakers 🤩
Please register and submit an abstract. Everyone is invited! (Zoom link will become available closer to the date)
medicine.yale.edu/event/yale…
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Great funding opportunity for PhD students, early-career and returning investigators, and collaborative teams to move research forward on ME/CFS @PlzSolveCFS 👇🏼
Solve’s Ramsay Research Grant Program is open for submissions! Visit our website for more information about the types and amounts of awards and how to apply by the November 13 deadline.
solvecfs.org/research/ramsay…
Please share this news with your network!
ALT Announcement for Solve M.E.'s Ramsay Research Grant Program open for submissions with a November 13 deadline.
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Everyone is invited to join this great symposium! Online participation is also available, and it's free. Just register using the link in the main post.
Very much looking forward to our annual @YaleCII symposium featuring fantastic speakers 🤩
Please register and submit an abstract. Everyone is invited! (Zoom link will become available closer to the date)
medicine.yale.edu/event/yale…
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Very much looking forward to our annual @YaleCII symposium featuring fantastic speakers 🤩
Please register and submit an abstract. Everyone is invited! (Zoom link will become available closer to the date)
medicine.yale.edu/event/yale…
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Thank you for everything you do for your patients and for research, @WesElyMD !
Big H/T to @VirusesImmunity and @MichaelPelusoMD
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Exciting opportunity at Yale 📢 We are seeking a Medical Director for the Yale New Haven Hospital Multi-Specialty Long COVID Care Center. Pls spread the word!
Interested candidates should contact @LisaSandersMD.
#LongCOVID #Medicine #InternalMedicine #PostAcuteInfectionSyndrome
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Why do some patients develop chronic conditions after a #ViralInfection? Scientists interested in post-infection disorders are now joining forces to find out.
“Many collaborations are happening, starting from long-COVID researchers reaching out to people who’ve been doing ME/CFS research for decades,” says Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity) from @YaleMed.
😷 go.nature.com/4xQ9otQ
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Great opportunity for colleagues in North America/Canada to lead an important clinical/research program at @Yale
Exciting opportunity at Yale 📢 We are seeking a Medical Director for the Yale New Haven Hospital Multi-Specialty Long COVID Care Center. Pls spread the word!
Interested candidates should contact @LisaSandersMD.
#LongCOVID #Medicine #InternalMedicine #PostAcuteInfectionSyndrome
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Exciting opportunity at Yale 📢 We are seeking a Medical Director for the Yale New Haven Hospital Multi-Specialty Long COVID Care Center. Pls spread the word!
Interested candidates should contact @LisaSandersMD.
#LongCOVID #Medicine #InternalMedicine #PostAcuteInfectionSyndrome
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This physician leader will direct a highly effective multidisciplinary clinic that cares for patients with Long COVID while helping shape the future of post-acute infection syndrome care. (3/)
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We are so grateful to the legendary @LisaSandersmd, the inaugural director of the @YNHH Long COVID Care Center, for making it such a success. We wish her the very best in her retirement later this year. Also grateful to @YNHH and @YaleMed for continuing to support the Center 🙏🏼
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Sharing for those here in the Bay: @ChronicleBioAI is looking for ME/CFS patients to enroll in their biobank study who are able to give a blood sample at their Menlo Park lab. They are currently looking at specific biomarkers and immune cells.
connect.chroniclebio.com/sig…
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#ISLCPAIS2026 abstract review.
My thoughts on abstract 2
One of my fav studies which basically replicates @VirusesImmunity bigger studies in transfer of IgG from
patients with #longcovid to mice.
This study provides further evidence for an immune-mediated mechanism of pain in Long COVID, showing that patient-derived IgG targets peripheral sensory neurons in vivo and ex vivo. These findings strengthen the rationale for testing immunomodulatory approaches such as IVIG in carefully designed clinical trials.
Importantly, funding strategies should not focus exclusively on viral persistence: the growing evidence for pathogenic autoantibodies and immune-mediated neuronal dysfunction makes immunomodulation a parallel, high-priority therapeutic avenue that warrants properly powered clinical trials. I’m surprised this is still not on the priority list
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