Opening Pandora´s box. I tried to connect: the papers I’ve read over the past five years, academic and industrial experience, and passion for digesting immunology.
When I first opened Janeway’s Immunobiology, I cried. My first attempt at self-learning immunology in Spring 2021, while starting my scientific journey in Germany with cardiovascular master’s, felt impossible. Through these 100 days, I learned persistence and discipline. My life often felt torturous: my daily job and ´100 Days of Immunology´. I wasn’t advancing my career in conventional ways, nor was I resting.
1. People need this knowledge and learning is a two-way dialogue.
2. I made mistakes, and promptly corrected them:
Julie told me there is 7th FDA-approved CAR-T therapy,
Rania pointed out IgE binding through the Fc segment to FcεRI on mast cells.
I’ve learned how increasing complexity in CAR-T design may complicate QC analysis.
3. To my surprise, my colleagues from different departments told me that they secretly enjoy the 100 Days of Immunology series and encouraged me to keep going.
4. I received many DMs suggesting I should write a book, a course, or launch a website.
That was incredibly validating, it stopped feeling like I was pushing my own agenda. Many voices reached me, from students to professors, industry professionals. I might not have a linear career path, but I have an authentic researcher voice. Even successful professionals struggle to position themselves.
5. Looking at the audience, see patterns: Postdocs love novel mechanistic concepts; professors engage most with high-tech, integrative approaches; research assistants and technicians respond strongly to practical lab tips. Interestingly, posts on immunotherapy, clinical trials, and translational research have even attracted CXO-level professionals.
6. This journey taught me about a gift I have – to be given to the world, placed in an environment to be rewarded, potentiated, and further developed. We all have gifts – some ensure smooth operations through authority, some execute flawlessly without independent thinking, and some are meant to teach, synthesize, pioneer, and rewrite systems for upcoming generations.
I sincerely thank everyone who read, commented, corrected, questioned, and engaged along the way – and I keep this space open for continued dialogue. Science does not advance in silence.
Documenting this journey was about building a legacy. If I am not given space to grow and develop, if I am not granted a formal or authoritative role to teach – then I do it myself. Some of us do not wait to be placed, but command our place.
Stay tuned for 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝟬: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁
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