Dan Davis
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Head of Life Sci, Imperial College, Author: Beautiful Cure, Secret Body
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My new book is out today! THE SECRET BODY. The cover has wonderful comments from Bill Bryson,
@ProfBrianCox
@theAliceRoberts
@DoctorChrisVT
and Venki Ramakrishnan. Please do check it out!
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Hi
@BBCNews
, when you have Sunetra Gupta on saying lockdowns aren’t effective, as you did just now, I think you need another scientist too, to balance the argument.
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This — by
@gezmedinger
&
@Daltmann10
— is brilliant and vital! (Also, what a fantastic cover)
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No more boring tube racks for our lab: we need Millennium Falcon Tube Holders.
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‘Prime and Spike’ nasal vaccine strategy helps combat COVID - by
@VirusesImmunity
and team
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Special tips to stay sane on
#BrexitDay
(
@matthaig1
-style)
1. Read a poem
2. Write a poem
3. Listen to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
4. Read a science book
5. Catch up with some Desert Island Discs
6. Go to a museum or art gallery
7. Be extra kind
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Dan, can the department pay for a scientific event for postdocs ? Yes, I say. Then I see the advert in our lifts:
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This TV program with
@xandvt
and
@DoctorChrisVT
is hugely powerful, emotional and important. Totally recommended.
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After 9.5 yrs at Univ. of Manchester, I'm moving to
@imperialcollege
in Sept, relocating my lab and to be head of life sciences. Come and join! Pls RT!
Research Fellow post:
PhD studentship:
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3 vaccines and covid a few months ago — and now again! My immune system needs to read my book on what it’s supposed to do.
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AZ offers its vaccine at no profit while Modena expects $18bn and Pfizer $15bn - so why is AZ on the back foot?
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FIVE new Faculty posts now available in Life Sciences, Imperial College London
@imperialcollege
- Pls apply, tell friends, RT
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Sarah Gilbert, me,
@DoctorChrisVT
,
@robinince
&
@ProfBrianCox
— at the BBC, recording the Infinite Monkey Cage. Huge privilege for me! Broadcasts in November on
@BBCRadio4
@themonkeycage
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.
@edsheeran
on relating to a moment in
@rickygervais
's movie - so he hit the road (in today's
@guardian
)
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Population of UK, Germany, Greece is 70m, 80m and 10m. Deaths from
#COVID19
: 38k, 8k, 175. Genuinely shocking. We must admit this and be far better at this from now. (Cummings is a silly distraction)
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One of the most beautiful and powerful theatrical things I’ve seen. Emilia Clarke in Echo at the
@royalcourt
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In Oxfam, by Manchester University, opposite Costa, there is now a complete set of
@neilhimself
’s epic Sandman series available. Should make someone happy?
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Here's my review of IMMUNE by PHILIPP DETTMER
@Kurz_Gesagt
in
@ScienceMagazine
: 'the feast we have been waiting for'!
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There’s nothing in that speech which couldn’t have been said 2 days ago (so that schools wouldn’t have opened then closed)
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My ‘big idea’ article in The Guardian - means a lot to me, please RT
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A lovely message to all immunologists (posted with permission)
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Feels strange to leave the University of Manchester just now. Will miss many super people. We’re moving the lab to Imperial College, South Kensington. (And trying my luck as head of life sciences from Oct)
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Here's
@lizziemannlab
@HussellTracy
&
@MadhviM
in the lab today, trying to understand the immune response to
#COVID19
at
@OfficialUoM
!
#coronavirus
@LydiaBeckerIII
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I'm pretty sure we have a vaccine because of international co-operation in science more than Brexit.
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Our new paper is out today, on understanding when blocking inhibitory receptors in immune cells works well for treating cancer - led by
@JonathanWorboys
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Authors in ALL bookshops on Oct 11th with
@booksaremybag
New bag by Tracey Emin. Supported by
@neilhimself
& everyone
http://t.co/L9Q8dONLzO
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All the reviews:
Guardian:
Observer:
The Times:
The Sunday Times:
The Telegraph:
New Scientist:
New Statesman:
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I’m on my way to visit no 10 and meet Boris Johnson! My message will be more science! In every way. (And I’m wearing a suit!)
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You may have heard about this (it’s already sold 25 billion copies) - but in case not, this is totally BRILLIANT! Congrats
@DoctorChrisVT
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I’m reading something which emphasises the importance of competition in science. I’m a scientist and for the record, competition usually makes me feel sick.
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Hurray! 103 episodes of
@themonkeycage
& finally
@robinince
&
@ProfBrianCox
get onto THE IMMUNE SYSTEM! With the brill Steve Jones &
@ShappiKhorsandi
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Nick Read sadly passed away recently. He was a wonderful man. His office was a few doors down from mine. This is something he once tweeted:
Stumbled across this and it really resonated with me. Wise words for living.
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The important data on vaccination is how we’re doing globally.
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Wonderful talk by
@devisridhar
at
@hayfestival
— and huge applause for her heartfelt praise of GPs and all NHS staff.
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‘I’m an optimist, who worries a lot’ —
@HillaryClinton
, quoting Madeleine Albright, at
@hayfestival
#hayfestival2022
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Our new paper is just out - on secretion by human NK cells - by
@ash_ambrose
, Khodor Hazime,
@JonathanWorboys
& Olatz Niembro-Vivanco.
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What a moment! ASHLEY MOFFET, age 75, wins the
#nk2023
poster prize, summarising over 40 years of her work!
@SNI_NKMeeting
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Wow!
@jesswade
featured in this week’s
@NatureNews
as one of ten people who mastered this year!
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I'm so thrilled with these comments on my new book (from people whose work I admire so much). Thank you
@stephenfry
, Bill Bryson,
@RogerHighfield
, Steve Jones & Martin Rees.
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Our new paper — Diversity of blood human NK cells — is out today in
@BloodAdvances
@BloodJournal
@ASH_hematology
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There’s so much going on here — rarely is a book so carefully researched and fascinating
#amreading
@matthewcobb
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I hope tomorrow’s Nobel prize for medicine is given for an aspect of understanding immunity - this is the right time to celebrate and think about immunology.
@NobelPrize
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My new paperback is out today! Check it out if you like! (There are lovely quotes on the cover from Bill Bryson,
@theAliceRoberts
@ProfBrianCox
&
@timspector
)
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We must fund more research into
#LongCovid
- I haven't heard that this is happening. Is it?
@BorisJohnson
@Keir_Starmer
?
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This - by
@bealelab
- is clear: understanding immunity to respiratory viruses is really difficult.
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The
@SundayBrunchC4
team are awesome! And thanks for having me on it to chat about immunity!
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When
@ProfBrianCox
was asked to give a talk at
@imperialcollege
celebrating Abdus Salam, he replied in one second to say yes - and finally it was today, with Salam’s family in attendance, brilliant!
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I’m thrilled to let you know that we have just recruited a new professor to join our department: Prof. Mariagrazia Pizza. She is one of the world’s most accomplished researchers in vaccine development.
@ImperialSci
@ImperialLifeSci
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This is me and my dad. A family-famous photo at a Wimbledon tennis final, once published in The Times. He passed away last week. Much loved by many.
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Capitalism makes 60-70% of the world's population redundant:
@rustyrockets
's new podcast with Brad Evans
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My new science paperback is out this week — on new human biology. Pls do have a look if you like. (There are lovely quotes from Bill Bryson,
@theAliceRoberts
@ProfBrianCox
@timspector
@DoctorChrisVT
& Venki Ramakrishnan)
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Today only, my book about the immune system is 99p! (Please RT, thanks!)
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Best question at
@MCMComicCon
, from a small girl to
@wongrel
: If you’re here, who’s looking after the Sanctum?
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From now, 'The Davis Lab' has shut down. We are all analysing, writing, thinking and planning. And hopefully keeping ourselves and others safe. Take care everyone.
#coronavirus
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Here’s our new paper — On genetic diversity in the human immune system — five years of research, led by postdoc
@pippa_kennedy
, and many collaborators. In
@scisignal
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I’m sure the government is talking to lots of experts about
#coronavirus
— But I hope this includes some immunologists.
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Super-happy we got an MRC program grant, and so I’m recruiting a technician and postdocs to my new London lab! Proper adverts out soon!
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Ooh, very clever - the 80% accurate machine causes problems!
@FryRsquared
#XmasLectures
@standupmaths
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IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOKS in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL!
@DrTregoning
's Infectious,
@Kurz_Gesagt
's Immune and The Secret Body by me, all reviewed together via
@WSJBooks
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I’m energised by seeing
@robinince
again - this time on the nature of reality (‘see other comedians for jokes’). He gets the best audience too (incl.
@matthewcobb
). Will be on
@BBCRadio4
in July!
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It’s always liberating and stimulating to see a
@robinince
show. He almost started without a cardigan but thankfully realised just in time.
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A 90% windfall tax on excess profits made from the pandemic would raise $430 billion (as just mentioned on
@IndependentSage
with
@theAliceRoberts
)
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Peter Openshaw’s
@p_openshaw
interview on
#marr
was clear and authoritative on what we know and don’t know about
#covid
#unlocking
. Brilliant.
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Calling all scientists and artists, the
@wellcometrust
Photography Prize is seeking entries now: £20k in prizes & London exhibition. Judged by me and many others. Go:
#WPP19
#OpenCall
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