Dr Emma S Chambers
@emmaschambers.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Immunology based at Blizard Institute, QMUL. My research focussed on life course immunology and the influence of age and sex, and life-course events such as menopause on the immune system in health and disease.
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Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🧬 How do we move immunosenescence research forward?
Join us in Guildford this May to explore next generation technologies for studying immune ageing.
The event is taking place on 20 and 21 May 2026. Submit an abstract and be part of the discussion! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
Join us in Guildford this May to explore next generation technologies for studying immune ageing.
The event is taking place on 20 and 21 May 2026. Submit an abstract and be part of the discussion! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🧬 How do we move immunosenescence research forward?
Join us in Guildford this May to explore next generation technologies for studying immune ageing.
The event is taking place on 20 and 21 May 2026. Submit an abstract and be part of the discussion! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
Join us in Guildford this May to explore next generation technologies for studying immune ageing.
The event is taking place on 20 and 21 May 2026. Submit an abstract and be part of the discussion! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
I am delighted to introduce the 'ImmunoPause' consortium. This is a collection of immunologists who are working on understanding how the immune system changes during the menopause. An important yet understudied research area.
immunopause.my.canva.site#home
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February 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I am delighted to introduce the 'ImmunoPause' consortium. This is a collection of immunologists who are working on understanding how the immune system changes during the menopause. An important yet understudied research area.
immunopause.my.canva.site#home
immunopause.my.canva.site#home
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At a time when the UK should be capitalising on its global reputation as a great place to do science, this is an enormous own goal. I am so sorry for all those who jobs are going to be impacted.
Both MRC and BBSRC responsive modes now withdrawn until further notice. Existing applications unlikely to succeed (late 2025 round expecting 1-5% success rate).
Listen, I get that UKRI wants to pivot. But killing both at once is devastating.
Let's hope at least one opens by summer... #AcademicSky
Listen, I get that UKRI wants to pivot. But killing both at once is devastating.
Let's hope at least one opens by summer... #AcademicSky
MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates - Research Professional News
Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
At a time when the UK should be capitalising on its global reputation as a great place to do science, this is an enormous own goal. I am so sorry for all those who jobs are going to be impacted.
Delighted to have contributed to this very cool monocyte resolution paper. Do take a look :)
Have a read of the latest paper from our HoD Prof Gilroy’s lab and first author @oliviabracken.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com about the role of epoxyoxylipids in human monocyte biology and the resolution of inflammation doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Epoxy-oxylipins direct monocyte fate in inflammatory resolution in humans - Nature Communications
Here they demonstrate a therapeutic intervention elevating levels of CYP450-derived lipids to control the expansion of intermediate monocytes in tissue and peripheral blood, presenting a first in clas...
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Delighted to have contributed to this very cool monocyte resolution paper. Do take a look :)
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Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes. From @hlpeks.bsky.social, @emmaschambers.bsky.social, @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Ciurtin et al. 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...
📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...
📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes. From @hlpeks.bsky.social, @emmaschambers.bsky.social, @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Ciurtin et al. 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...
📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...
📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...
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How do we better measure and target immune ageing?
Registrations are now open for 'New technologies to advance immunosenescence research'. Join us on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Surrey to hear from experts in immune ageing and next generation technologies 🔬
https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
Registrations are now open for 'New technologies to advance immunosenescence research'. Join us on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Surrey to hear from experts in immune ageing and next generation technologies 🔬
https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How do we better measure and target immune ageing?
Registrations are now open for 'New technologies to advance immunosenescence research'. Join us on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Surrey to hear from experts in immune ageing and next generation technologies 🔬
https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
Registrations are now open for 'New technologies to advance immunosenescence research'. Join us on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Surrey to hear from experts in immune ageing and next generation technologies 🔬
https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW
Interested in developing an asthma organ-on-a-chip model? Then your luck is in! As I have a funded PhD as part of the COaCT PhD programme www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/projects...
PhD Projects 2026: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models
The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM) represents multidisciplinary research focusing on the development and use of predictive in vitro models at Queen Mary University of London. This incorpo...
www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Interested in developing an asthma organ-on-a-chip model? Then your luck is in! As I have a funded PhD as part of the COaCT PhD programme www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/projects...
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Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system:
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system:
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
I am off to the @britsocimm.bsky.social Congress this week. I will be speaking about menopause and monocytes in the sex differences nsession on Tuesday and chairing the skin session on Thursday. Looking forward to seeing all my immunology friends :) #BSI25
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am off to the @britsocimm.bsky.social Congress this week. I will be speaking about menopause and monocytes in the sex differences nsession on Tuesday and chairing the skin session on Thursday. Looking forward to seeing all my immunology friends :) #BSI25
An exciting programme of talks today. Come and see my poster (17) about menopause as an immune ageing event.
Today we meet face to face for the first time!
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
An exciting programme of talks today. Come and see my poster (17) about menopause as an immune ageing event.
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This #WorldMenopauseDay we're proud to talk about how we supported innovative research into menopause and women's immunity - led by @emmaschambers.bsky.social at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/492IYeG
@qmul.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/492IYeG
Hormone replacement therapy may help restore immunity in menopausal women
https://www.qmul.ac.uk
www.qmul.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This #WorldMenopauseDay we're proud to talk about how we supported innovative research into menopause and women's immunity - led by @emmaschambers.bsky.social at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/492IYeG
@qmul.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/492IYeG
Happy World Menopause Day. Reminder that as well as the impact of menopause on physical and mental wellbeing. Menopause also seems to be an immune-ageing event www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Hormone replacement therapy may help restore immunity in menopausal women
www.qmul.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy World Menopause Day. Reminder that as well as the impact of menopause on physical and mental wellbeing. Menopause also seems to be an immune-ageing event www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
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Surprisingly, it is not yet obvious to all researchers and funding agencies that sex and gender matter in research, and should be recorded and addressed properly. So we wrote it authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxSmbah1w...
authors.elsevier.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Surprisingly, it is not yet obvious to all researchers and funding agencies that sex and gender matter in research, and should be recorded and addressed properly. So we wrote it authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxSmbah1w...
Reposted by Dr Emma S Chambers
Hormone replacement therapy helps restore immune function in menopausal women, reducing inflammaging and preserving monocyte function. open-access
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hormone replacement therapy helps restore immune function in menopausal women, reducing inflammaging and preserving monocyte function. open-access
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...
Reposted by Dr Emma S Chambers
New paper alert #immunosky 🚨
What happens to our immune systems as we get older? What happens after the menopause? Turns out monocytes are actually quite important in their own right!
Check out our paper in Aging Cell now:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What happens to our immune systems as we get older? What happens after the menopause? Turns out monocytes are actually quite important in their own right!
Check out our paper in Aging Cell now:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New paper alert #immunosky 🚨
What happens to our immune systems as we get older? What happens after the menopause? Turns out monocytes are actually quite important in their own right!
Check out our paper in Aging Cell now:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What happens to our immune systems as we get older? What happens after the menopause? Turns out monocytes are actually quite important in their own right!
Check out our paper in Aging Cell now:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This afternoon I am speaking at @emds2025.bsky.social. Chatting monocytes, ageing and menopause :) Looking forward to an exciting meeting
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This afternoon I am speaking at @emds2025.bsky.social. Chatting monocytes, ageing and menopause :) Looking forward to an exciting meeting
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📣 Abstract submissions for #BSI25 are CLOSING SOON!
Don't miss your chance to share your research — submit today.
🗓️Deadline: Midnight, Weds 3 Sept
🔗Submit here: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
Don't miss your chance to share your research — submit today.
🗓️Deadline: Midnight, Weds 3 Sept
🔗Submit here: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
September 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣 Abstract submissions for #BSI25 are CLOSING SOON!
Don't miss your chance to share your research — submit today.
🗓️Deadline: Midnight, Weds 3 Sept
🔗Submit here: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
Don't miss your chance to share your research — submit today.
🗓️Deadline: Midnight, Weds 3 Sept
🔗Submit here: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
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I am recruiting for a postdoc that wants to work on an exciting project on gut macrophages, TGFb signalling, and colon cancer! Please see the link for details - elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join the Shaw lab to investigate identify the regulatory function of NRROS/LRRC33 in gastrointestinal macrophage development a...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am recruiting for a postdoc that wants to work on an exciting project on gut macrophages, TGFb signalling, and colon cancer! Please see the link for details - elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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New output from the CELLO Network. Article highlighting how metabolic dysfunction underpins ageing and disease.
Read the full open-access article 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Ageing #Metabolism #CellBiology #SystemsBiology
Read the full open-access article 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Ageing #Metabolism #CellBiology #SystemsBiology
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New output from the CELLO Network. Article highlighting how metabolic dysfunction underpins ageing and disease.
Read the full open-access article 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Ageing #Metabolism #CellBiology #SystemsBiology
Read the full open-access article 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Ageing #Metabolism #CellBiology #SystemsBiology
You get to listen to me talk about menopause and immunity :)
🚨 Early bird registration for our annual meeting ends this Wednesday - grab your tickets NOW! 🐦🎟️
Join us for: 'Diversity in Immunology'
🗓️ 11th July
📍Holiday Inn - Brentford Lock (new venue!)
Link to register: www.immunology.org/events/diver...
& check out our final speakers line-up! 🤩
#LIG2025
Join us for: 'Diversity in Immunology'
🗓️ 11th July
📍Holiday Inn - Brentford Lock (new venue!)
Link to register: www.immunology.org/events/diver...
& check out our final speakers line-up! 🤩
#LIG2025
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You get to listen to me talk about menopause and immunity :)
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GET YOUR APPLICATION IN NOW! Couldn’t recommend this lab more #sciencebffs ♥️
🚨 The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc!
Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases
@ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases
@ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
GET YOUR APPLICATION IN NOW! Couldn’t recommend this lab more #sciencebffs ♥️
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Come join us this fall in Paris
Join the 1st EFIS Sex Differences in Immunity Congress – October 23, 2025 @pasteur.fr @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social Registration link lnkd.in/emerimQc abstracts welcome from all researchers, scientists, clinicians #immunosky
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Come join us this fall in Paris
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Who's ready for another @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Seminar Series? If you haven't seen these before, we invite LGBTQ+ immunologists to present online to the wider immunology community. If you'd like to present or attend, please drop a mention below #immunosky 🧪 #academicsky
April 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Who's ready for another @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Seminar Series? If you haven't seen these before, we invite LGBTQ+ immunologists to present online to the wider immunology community. If you'd like to present or attend, please drop a mention below #immunosky 🧪 #academicsky