Laura Mezzanotte

@ERC_Research A lottery system would above a certain threshold be fairer than biased AI used by the evaluators and the applicants.

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what this mean for applicants. link.europa.eu/xF7kjc

@MichaelLinLab Oh like in Europe…

Just submitted my 15th grant proposal of 2025. 2 hits and 5 rejections already, for a 29% hit rate. NIH funding rate this year will be under 5%; otherwise would have skipped most of the smaller ones. But applying for grants every 2-3 weeks is not preferable, to put it mildly.

"Laura has an engaging way of presenting materials, so lectures are never boring. Even for students that did not pass related subjects like genetics, the material was explained again, so very nice” oh student you made my day!

showme.missouri.edu/2025/mizzou-re…. My lab is developing a tool that will have impact on how we treat Glioblastoma! Fruitful collaboration with Elena Goun from Mizzou!

academic.oup.com/jimmunol/advan…. We still believe mouse models can give relevant answers to immunological research questions so we collaborated to generate a mouse to track T cell exhaustion using bioluminescence!

We are going to discountinue our activities on X and move our main social media presence to LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/esmi-s… - be invited to follow us there.

THANKS for sharing your excellent science, for your vibrant and open-minded commitment – simply for choosing the ESMI as home for your research. We can’t wait to welcome you next spring in Bilbao for the #EMIM2025 and celebrate the ESMI’s 20th anniversary.

@AdrianoAguzzi Oh no… I just paid for my seats last month. Thanks for info.

Just in case … 3h left to submit you abstract for EMIM2025 in Bilbao!

HURRY 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️! Only one week left to submit your abstract for the #EMIM2025 in Bilbao. Submission deadline is Tuesday 19 November - with no extension ☝️. Submission, registration, and so much more via emim.eu. It’s your society and the home 🏡 for your research.

Hey Erasmus ?tue.nl/en/news-and-ev…

Celebrating Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week! #molecularimaging #nuclearmedicine #precisionmedicine #imagingforhealth #innovationinhealthcare #healthtech #medicalimaging #healthcareinnovation #radiology#molecularbiology #wmis #wimin

@Caroline_Bartma @vineethvengayil pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29358938/ this is exactly what my colleague studies.

@John_A_Ronald The cells are allogenic just corrected for 5 genes and CAR is chimeric too and it works! I was so intrigued , one of the authors says they do not know what happens to the cells once in the body but it seems they disappear in few weeks. We can help here! 😉

nature.com/articles/d4158……. While we are still debating about immunogenicity of reporter genes…people receive allogenic CAR-T cells with multiple gene knock outs using Crispr/ cas technology.

📢 #EMIM2025 abstracts can now be submitted until 19 Nov. 2024! Don't miss out to present your work in Bilbao 🇪🇸 next spring 🌷. Let's make another EMIM a flagship for collaboration and scientific excellence and proceed to emim.eu in joyful anticipation!

Celebrating the last day of Roisin in the lab, soon to graduate!✈️

mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/1… …

mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/1… The first lab paper using radiation thanks to collaboration with Radiochemistry and Radiotracer groups.

dutchnews.nl/2024/07/dutch-…. The time of lean cows starts again…