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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 3h

We're seeking 2️⃣ research associates to join Professor
@andresfloto.bsky.social's lab @vpd-hlri.bsky.social. You'll be part of a multidisciplinary team exploring antibiotic uptake, efflux & metabolism across multiple bacterial pathogens.

Apply before 27 October: buff.ly/SqfTX3A

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VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute @vpd-hlri.bsky.social · 1d

📣 The November edition of the VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar Series is here:

🗓 17 November 2025, 4pm

📍 VPD-HLRI, Room 88/89

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 1d

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Dr Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social, @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ndorms.bsky.social

📢"Outside the brain: how glial cells orchestrate tissue immunity"
📅 4:30-5:30PM, Thur 16 October
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

buff.ly/IPj6StT

#CITIID

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 5d

We're #hiring!

Course Coordinator to help deliver and managed our new MPhil in Translational Medical Research, which aims to train future leaders who translate research outputs into real-world clinical advances.

📅 Apply by 30 October: buff.ly/e88j5Zp

@cam.ac.uk

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 Congratulations to our CaRM section lead, Professor Martin Bennett from @vpd-hlri.bsky.social, on receiving @ukri.org funding for their innovative work at the intersection of #AI and cardiovascular medicine.

Read more: www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/univers...

@cam.ac.uk

University of Cambridge projects awarded funding as part of UKRI’s new proof of concept programme

Four Cambridge research projects receive UKRI funding to develop inclusive, sustainable and health-focused innovations.

www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 7d

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 9d

New in Science Advances @aaas.org 👇

Read more: www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/news/new-stu...

Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 16d

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Dr Stacey Kigar @staceykigar.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social

📢"Chronic stress-mediated effects on the immune system: links to mental health"
📅 1-2PM, Thur 2 October
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

buff.ly/ggnAwDO

#CITIID #MedSky #ImmunoSky 🧪

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VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute @vpd-hlri.bsky.social · 16d

Join us today for the VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar 🫀

📅 Mon 29 Sept, 4pm
📍 Room 88/89, VPD-HLRI, Cambridge

Speakers:

🔹 Steven Niederer – Building a digital heart
🔹 Tian Zhao – Immune modulation in atherosclerosis

Free & open to all!

#Cambridge #HeartResearch #HLRI

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VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute @vpd-hlri.bsky.social · 19d

Fantastic to play our part in this year’s Cambridge Alumni Festival - welcoming visitors for talks and tours of the VPD-HLRI.
@charlottesummers.bsky.social
@lukeflower.bsky.social

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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 19d

Read ‘Pre and Post antibiotic epoch: the historical spread of antimicrobial resistance’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk, @ukhsa.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org and others in @science.org, here ⤵️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance

Plasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati...

www.science.org

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 22d

We had a fantastic morning at #BSICambridge25 with talks on single-cell signalling, immune cell navigation, and tissue remodelling, followed by lively discussion and networking. Plenty more ahead this afternoon🔜

@britsocimm.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 23d

Last Friday, our Department came together at our Annual Research Day 2025 to share discoveries, spark new ideas, and build the collaborations that will carry us forward.

Discover the highlights ➡️ buff.ly/wDaHWGC

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay
@vpd-hlri.bsky.social

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

In Session 4 led by Matthew Hoare, we heard from @aydencase.bsky.social, Tetsuo Hasegawa, David Thomas & Emma Hodson. Talks spanned interleukin-2 and atherosclerosis, immune defences at the joint barrier, NK cell biology, and hypoxia in development.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

[email protected], Eckhart De Bie & Rowena Jones.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay
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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Led by Andrew Conway-Morris, Session 3 covers key topics from brain injury biomarkers to airway biology and pulmonary arterial hypertension. This session brought together Dennis Wang, Leah Hurst, Daniel Whitehouse...

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay
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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

⚡Flash Talks are kicking off, featuring presentations from our researchers on innovative projects and emerging findings across all of our sections.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Time for lunch! Don't forget to check out what our wonderful exhibitors have to offer at their stands⬇️

Cambridge Enterprise | @lifearc.bsky.social | @milnerinst.bsky.social Flagship
Pioneering partnership

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay @vpd-hlri.bsky.social

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Hana Lango Allen from @cuhpartners.bsky.social presents on building collaborations and leveraging the healthcare data infrastructure across East of England to transform research.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Sarah Teichmann @teichlab.bsky.social delivered today's keynote: Translating the Human Atlas.

In response to public health emergency, Sarah highlighted how @humancellatlas.org enables data sharing that transforms our understanding of biology & disease.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Session 1, led by @pedicordlab.bsky.social, features Eoin McKinney, Delphine Cuchet-Lourenco, Joe Joiner & Maire Roder. Amazing insights into autoimmunity and immune mechanisms, setting the tone for an exciting start to the day🔬

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Our Head of Department of Medicine, Professor Duncan Richards, opens the day with reflections on the excellence of our research while unveiling our new MPhil programme in Translational Medical Research.

@medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 26d

Good morning from @robinsoncollege.bsky.social!

We’re kicking off our Annual Research Day 2025 with a full programme of inspiring talks, poster sessions and discussions as we celebrate our research community.

Stay tuned for updates! @medcambridge.bsky.social #ResearchDay

@vpd-hlri.bsky.social

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 28d

Professor Menna Clatworthy and colleagues at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk & @cam.ac.uk used innovative imaging to understand the significant role of lymphatic vessels in kidney transplant rejection.

Now available in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social 👇

Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 28d

New research shows the kidney’s “plumbing system” – its lymphatic vessels – undergoes dramatic changes during transplant rejection.

These findings challenge long-held assumptions and could open the door to new treatments.

Read more here ⤵️
sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ki...

Kidney transplant rejection associated with changes in the lymphatic vessels, research shows

Researchers challenge preconceived ideas about the processes that fuel kidney transplant rejection.

sanger.ac.uk

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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Meet #BSICambridge25 speaker: @regisjoulia.bsky.social

Dr Régis Joulia, @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded Group Leader @imperialnhli.bsky.social, will be speaking on mast cells in the lungs at the 2025 Cambridge Immunology Forum.

🎟️ Register now: buff.ly/jhoEQJ0

@britsocimm.bsky.social

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