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Dan Davis

3 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

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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2 years

This — by @gezmedinger & @Daltmann10 — is brilliant and vital! (Also, what a fantastic cover)

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Dan Davis

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4 years

Brilliant — From Rutger Bergman’s HUMANKIND.

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Dan Davis

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5 years

No more boring tube racks for our lab: we need Millennium Falcon Tube Holders.

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Dan Davis

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2 years

‘Prime and Spike’ nasal vaccine strategy helps combat COVID - by @VirusesImmunity and team

‘Prime and Spike’ nasal vaccine strategy helps combat COVID

The Yale-developed vaccine approach is designed to jumpstart immune response in the respiratory system — the first part of the body to be infected by the virus.

news.yale.edu

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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 Davis

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4 years

This TV program with @xandvt and @DoctorChrisVT is hugely powerful, emotional and important. Totally recommended.

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Dan Davis

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4 years

@matthaig1 you can say no if you want to

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

AZ offers its vaccine at no profit while Modena expects $18bn and Pfizer $15bn - so why is AZ on the back foot?

How the AstraZeneca vaccine became a political football – and a PR disaster

Newly accused of data manipulation by the US, AstraZeneca has faced unprecedented scrutiny over the past six months

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Davis

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2 years

FIVE new Faculty posts now available in Life Sciences, Imperial College London @imperialcollege - Pls apply, tell friends, RT

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Dan Davis

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7 years

. @edsheeran on relating to a moment in @rickygervais 's movie - so he hit the road (in today's @guardian )

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Dan Davis

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5 years

TOM HIDDLESTON & me

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

This is the cover for my new book.

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

5 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

4 years

Somehow, today I am 50. So it’s cake for breakfast.

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

Here's my review of IMMUNE by PHILIPP DETTMER @Kurz_Gesagt in @ScienceMagazine : 'the feast we have been waiting for'!

Immunology meets the masses

A YouTuber’s vividly illustrated immune system explainer delights and informs

www.science.org

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

6 years

A lovely message to all immunologists (posted with permission)

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

4 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

2 years

My ‘big idea’ article in The Guardian - means a lot to me, please RT

The big idea: how much do we really want to know about our genes?

Genetic data will soon be accessible like never before. The implications for our health are huge

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Davis

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2 years

new job for me

Professor Dan Davis appointed Head of Department for Life Sciences | Imperial News | Imperial...

PROFESSOR DAN DAVIS - Immunology expert Professor Dan Davis has joined Imperial as the new Head of Life Sciences.

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

I'm pretty sure we have a vaccine because of international co-operation in science more than Brexit.

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

2 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

10 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

9 months

Our new paper is out today, on understanding when blocking inhibitory receptors in immune cells works well for treating cancer - led by @JonathanWorboys

TIGIT can inhibit T cell activation via ligation-induced nanoclusters, independent of CD226...

Nature Communications - CD226 provides a co-stimulatory signal to the T cell receptor during activation, and TIGIT is believed to inhibit this process by competing for the CD226 ligand CD155. Here...

www.nature.com

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

9 months

Me, starting my own lab in 1999, in same place I work now

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Dan Davis

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6 years

All the reviews: Guardian: Observer: The Times: The Sunday Times: The Telegraph: New Scientist: New Statesman:

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

The Beautiful Cure sets the stage for a coming revolution in immunology, with fascinating stories of how researchers solved puzzles they didn’t know existed

www.newscientist.com

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Dan Davis

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4 years

‘What if one day we get to write Batman’ @JamesTheFourth @Ssnyder1835 #NYCC

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

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4 years

The government should appoint a top #scicomm person/committee to help. The UK is good at #scicomm and it is so important now and in the coming months.

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

Thought Book of The Year in the @thesundaytimes is @matthewcobb

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Dan Davis

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5 years

The wonderful BILL BRYSON popped into our lab today!

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

Me and @matthaig1 in @Waterstones window!!!

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

7 years

Hurray!! By @stephenfry - as premiered at @hayfestival (with @neilhimself )

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

2 years

My article in today’s Guardian

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Dan Davis

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3 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

First copy arrived - thanks @PenguinEditor

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

6 years

Hurray! 103 episodes of @themonkeycage & finally @robinince & @ProfBrianCox get onto THE IMMUNE SYSTEM! With the brill Steve Jones & @ShappiKhorsandi

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 18, Immune System

Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at our amazingly complex and clever immune system.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

1 year

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

3 years

The important data on vaccination is how we’re doing globally.

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

4 years

Hi @BorisJohnson , Please read a book about how the immune system works

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

6 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

4 years

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:

Nick Read

@NickReadMFIG

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Stumbled across this and it really resonated with me. Wise words for living.

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

5 years

Wow! @jesswade featured in this week’s @NatureNews as one of ten people who mastered this year!

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Dan Davis

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2 years

‘I’m an optimist, who worries a lot’ — @HillaryClinton , quoting Madeleine Albright, at @hayfestival #hayfestival2022

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Dan Davis

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4 years

I’m in a suit!

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Dan Davis

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2 years

Wonderful talk by @devisridhar at @hayfestival — and huge applause for her heartfelt praise of GPs and all NHS staff.

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Dan Davis

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9 years

Wow - amazing pics of @amandapalmer (and @neilhimself ) in New York

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Dan Davis

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4 years

There’s so much going on here — rarely is a book so carefully researched and fascinating #amreading @matthewcobb

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Dan Davis

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8 months

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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Dan Davis

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6 years

Best question at @MCMComicCon , from a small girl to @wongrel : If you’re here, who’s looking after the Sanctum?

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Dan Davis

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2 years

All of @bluedotfestival seems to be outside a tent trying to hear @robinince - amazing!

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Dan Davis

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1 year

Totally brilliant in every way! 1000% recommended! Thanks @NationalTheatre @The_Lowry @neilhimself

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Dan Davis

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3 years

A new review of my book on amazon, bit frustrating:

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Dan Davis

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7 years

Capitalism makes 60-70% of the world's population redundant: @rustyrockets 's new podcast with Brad Evans

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Dan Davis

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5 years

Hurray, in today’s @thetimes science BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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4 years

Our new paper — Diversity of blood human NK cells — is out today in @BloodAdvances @BloodJournal @ASH_hematology

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

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6 years

The @SundayBrunchC4 team are awesome! And thanks for having me on it to chat about immunity!

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Dan Davis

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4 years

We must fund more research into #LongCovid - I haven't heard that this is happening. Is it? @BorisJohnson @Keir_Starmer ?

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Dan Davis

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4 years

This - by @bealelab - is clear: understanding immunity to respiratory viruses is really difficult.

‘Herd immunity’ is impossible without a vaccine

My great-grandfather did not fight in the war. He wasn’t a conscientious objector — he was a scientist helping to develop radar. It’s tempting to imagine family history repeating itself. I’m not...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

2 years

Here's our new paper, led by brilliant PhD student Karoliina Tuomela, about NK cells and cancer therapy (in PNAS) #nkcell #immune #cancer

Radiotherapy transiently reduces the sensitivity of cancer cells to lymphocyte cytotoxicity |...

The impact of radiotherapy on the interaction between immune cells and cancer cells is important not least because radiotherapy can be used alongsi...

www.pnas.org

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

4 years

Just watched this about @lemnsissay . Hugely powerful, emotional and totally recommended.

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Dan Davis

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1 year

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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Dan Davis

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4 years

@jk_rowling Dogs just follow orders - Cats are real critics.

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Dan Davis

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11 months

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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Dan Davis

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4 years

Today only, my book about the immune system is 99p! (Please RT, thanks!)

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Dan Davis

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4 years

I’m sure the government is talking to lots of experts about #coronavirus — But I hope this includes some immunologists.

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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8 years

Benedict Cumberbatch at @letterslive @hayfestival

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

Finally out in the USA!

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Dan Davis

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4 years

Channel 5 news! Get more immunology on TV!

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Dan Davis

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3 years

Finally arrived! (Properly out in 2 weeks)

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Dan Davis

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4 years

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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Dan Davis

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3 years

The full jacket. Out very soon.

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Dan Davis

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3 years

Brilliant - from @carlorovelli ’s Helgoland, quoting Douglas Adams

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Dan Davis

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2 years

My lab has arrived in London.

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Dan Davis

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3 years

@matthaig1 Klara and the sun - totally brilliant (I know you prob know that already)

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Dan Davis

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2 years

Happy anniversary to us. 22 years.

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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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Dan Davis

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9 years

. @piersmorgan 1 in 5 people have depression and maybe 1 in a billion people have crashed a plane - so you can't equate them, got it?

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Dan Davis

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4 years

Ooh, very clever - the 80% accurate machine causes problems! @FryRsquared #XmasLectures @standupmaths

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Dan Davis

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8 years

So moving, so inspirational, nothing else like it @letterslive at @hayfestival

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Dan Davis

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4 years

I know there are many bigger things going on but also this is the worst hayfever season since whenever.

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Dan Davis

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2 years

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

The Defenders: Three Books on the Science of Immunity

The body has a complex system to block invaders. Scientists have learned how to join the fight.

www.wsj.com

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Dan Davis

@dandavis101

2 years

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!