Otto Balsiger
@obalsiger.bsky.social
Director of Finance, Membership and Publishing at the British Society for Immunology (BSI), also Treasurer/Trustee of Applied Microbiology International (AMI). Dad who loves science and sports (especially #immunology and #taekwondo) All views are my own.
It is amazing we are able to support these BSI members
🎉 We’re excited to announce our November 2025 BSI #Career Enhancing Grant awardees!
Over £33,000 has been awarded to 8 outstanding members, supporting innovative research across #immunology. Congratulations to all!
See the projects we're supporting here: bit.ly/4ptQwMx
Over £33,000 has been awarded to 8 outstanding members, supporting innovative research across #immunology. Congratulations to all!
See the projects we're supporting here: bit.ly/4ptQwMx
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It is amazing we are able to support these BSI members
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🛡️ This #PublishingIntegrityWeek, BSI journals are tackling papermills, promoting AI transparency, DEI & accessibility, and supporting ethical research in immunology.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🛡️ This #PublishingIntegrityWeek, BSI journals are tackling papermills, promoting AI transparency, DEI & accessibility, and supporting ethical research in immunology.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
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🛡️ This #PublishingIntegrityWeek, BSI journals are tackling papermills, promoting AI transparency, DEI & accessibility, and supporting ethical research in immunology.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🛡️ This #PublishingIntegrityWeek, BSI journals are tackling papermills, promoting AI transparency, DEI & accessibility, and supporting ethical research in immunology.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ
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➡️ Inflammation in cancer
Discover how tumour genetics and epigenetics shape immune contexture and drive inflammation in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @bsi-tumourimm.bsky.social and @uigimmuno.bsky.social
Discover how tumour genetics and epigenetics shape immune contexture and drive inflammation in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @bsi-tumourimm.bsky.social and @uigimmuno.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
➡️ Inflammation in cancer
Discover how tumour genetics and epigenetics shape immune contexture and drive inflammation in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @bsi-tumourimm.bsky.social and @uigimmuno.bsky.social
Discover how tumour genetics and epigenetics shape immune contexture and drive inflammation in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @bsi-tumourimm.bsky.social and @uigimmuno.bsky.social
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New review by Blee et al. “Turning the Tide: Harnessing Vaccines & Viruses to Fight Cancer” 🚀
How advanced preclinical models can boost cancer vaccines & oncolytic viruses 👉 https://bit.ly/4oLO7Nk
##CancerResearch #Immunotherapy
How advanced preclinical models can boost cancer vaccines & oncolytic viruses 👉 https://bit.ly/4oLO7Nk
##CancerResearch #Immunotherapy
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
New review by Blee et al. “Turning the Tide: Harnessing Vaccines & Viruses to Fight Cancer” 🚀
How advanced preclinical models can boost cancer vaccines & oncolytic viruses 👉 https://bit.ly/4oLO7Nk
##CancerResearch #Immunotherapy
How advanced preclinical models can boost cancer vaccines & oncolytic viruses 👉 https://bit.ly/4oLO7Nk
##CancerResearch #Immunotherapy
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💭 What’s in a #vaccine?
Our infographic shows the ingredients in a #vaccine & helps explain this important question!
Download and share it here 👉 https://bit.ly/49hj0Ex
Our infographic shows the ingredients in a #vaccine & helps explain this important question!
Download and share it here 👉 https://bit.ly/49hj0Ex
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💭 What’s in a #vaccine?
Our infographic shows the ingredients in a #vaccine & helps explain this important question!
Download and share it here 👉 https://bit.ly/49hj0Ex
Our infographic shows the ingredients in a #vaccine & helps explain this important question!
Download and share it here 👉 https://bit.ly/49hj0Ex
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Dive into the molecular mechanisms of macrophage function in health and disease! From inflammation to phagocytosis, antigen presentation & innate–adaptive crosstalk, don’t miss this session with Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Prof Andrew Clark at #BSI25
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dive into the molecular mechanisms of macrophage function in health and disease! From inflammation to phagocytosis, antigen presentation & innate–adaptive crosstalk, don’t miss this session with Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Prof Andrew Clark at #BSI25
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1
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The BSI-CIPN continues to engage with national policy, putting forward the perspectives of its expert members.
Read our latest blog to learn about our recent consultation responses & the priorities we’ve highlighted for clinical immunology services.
🔗https://bit.ly/4o0DNQx
Read our latest blog to learn about our recent consultation responses & the priorities we’ve highlighted for clinical immunology services.
🔗https://bit.ly/4o0DNQx
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The BSI-CIPN continues to engage with national policy, putting forward the perspectives of its expert members.
Read our latest blog to learn about our recent consultation responses & the priorities we’ve highlighted for clinical immunology services.
🔗https://bit.ly/4o0DNQx
Read our latest blog to learn about our recent consultation responses & the priorities we’ve highlighted for clinical immunology services.
🔗https://bit.ly/4o0DNQx
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Sign up to our online #bioinformatics course to:
🔸Gain expert statistical analysis & #R skills
🔸Explore #omic datasets with many experimental groups & #ClinicalData in R
🔸Work on #proteomics, bulk RNA-seq & #GeoMx
Book onto the Feb 2026 course now: https://bit.ly/47kXFaC
🔸Gain expert statistical analysis & #R skills
🔸Explore #omic datasets with many experimental groups & #ClinicalData in R
🔸Work on #proteomics, bulk RNA-seq & #GeoMx
Book onto the Feb 2026 course now: https://bit.ly/47kXFaC
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Sign up to our online #bioinformatics course to:
🔸Gain expert statistical analysis & #R skills
🔸Explore #omic datasets with many experimental groups & #ClinicalData in R
🔸Work on #proteomics, bulk RNA-seq & #GeoMx
Book onto the Feb 2026 course now: https://bit.ly/47kXFaC
🔸Gain expert statistical analysis & #R skills
🔸Explore #omic datasets with many experimental groups & #ClinicalData in R
🔸Work on #proteomics, bulk RNA-seq & #GeoMx
Book onto the Feb 2026 course now: https://bit.ly/47kXFaC
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Misuse and overuse of antibiotics contribute to the rise and spread of drug-resistant infections, posing a growing challenge to global health.
For #WAAW, we want to highlight why using antibiotics wisely helps protect everyone.
##AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
For #WAAW, we want to highlight why using antibiotics wisely helps protect everyone.
##AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics contribute to the rise and spread of drug-resistant infections, posing a growing challenge to global health.
For #WAAW, we want to highlight why using antibiotics wisely helps protect everyone.
##AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
For #WAAW, we want to highlight why using antibiotics wisely helps protect everyone.
##AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
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📣 Registration is open for #SIGNET26! Join immunologists from across Scotland on 11 March 2026 for a full day of research talks, networking & collaboration.
Featuring keynotes from Prof Graham Anderson & Prof Tracy Hussell!
Sign up today 👉 https://bit.ly/49VL6FA
Featuring keynotes from Prof Graham Anderson & Prof Tracy Hussell!
Sign up today 👉 https://bit.ly/49VL6FA
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📣 Registration is open for #SIGNET26! Join immunologists from across Scotland on 11 March 2026 for a full day of research talks, networking & collaboration.
Featuring keynotes from Prof Graham Anderson & Prof Tracy Hussell!
Sign up today 👉 https://bit.ly/49VL6FA
Featuring keynotes from Prof Graham Anderson & Prof Tracy Hussell!
Sign up today 👉 https://bit.ly/49VL6FA
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⏳ Just a few weeks to go! Boost your #bioinformatics, data analysis & omics skills with our top-rated training course 🤩
“One of the best courses I’ve taken. I never thought R could be explained so clearly and simply!”
Starts Mon 8 December 👉 https://bit.ly/3LesjLm
“One of the best courses I’ve taken. I never thought R could be explained so clearly and simply!”
Starts Mon 8 December 👉 https://bit.ly/3LesjLm
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
⏳ Just a few weeks to go! Boost your #bioinformatics, data analysis & omics skills with our top-rated training course 🤩
“One of the best courses I’ve taken. I never thought R could be explained so clearly and simply!”
Starts Mon 8 December 👉 https://bit.ly/3LesjLm
“One of the best courses I’ve taken. I never thought R could be explained so clearly and simply!”
Starts Mon 8 December 👉 https://bit.ly/3LesjLm
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🧬 Therapeutic cancer vaccines are back in focus! Advances in neo-antigen T cells, dendritic cell biology, and mRNA tech are paving the way for next-gen immunotherapy.
Read the Open Access review: https://bit.ly/4cefxGm
#CancerVaccines #Immunotherapy #mRNA #Oncology
Read the Open Access review: https://bit.ly/4cefxGm
#CancerVaccines #Immunotherapy #mRNA #Oncology
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧬 Therapeutic cancer vaccines are back in focus! Advances in neo-antigen T cells, dendritic cell biology, and mRNA tech are paving the way for next-gen immunotherapy.
Read the Open Access review: https://bit.ly/4cefxGm
#CancerVaccines #Immunotherapy #mRNA #Oncology
Read the Open Access review: https://bit.ly/4cefxGm
#CancerVaccines #Immunotherapy #mRNA #Oncology
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💙 On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore new insights into immune regulation in childhood #T1D.
An Open Access study in Clinical & Experimental Immunology links Galectin-1 with inflammation & Treg cells in children with type 1 diabetes.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4r3C2Vw
An Open Access study in Clinical & Experimental Immunology links Galectin-1 with inflammation & Treg cells in children with type 1 diabetes.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4r3C2Vw
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
💙 On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore new insights into immune regulation in childhood #T1D.
An Open Access study in Clinical & Experimental Immunology links Galectin-1 with inflammation & Treg cells in children with type 1 diabetes.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4r3C2Vw
An Open Access study in Clinical & Experimental Immunology links Galectin-1 with inflammation & Treg cells in children with type 1 diabetes.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4r3C2Vw
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📢 Presenting your work at #BSI25?
Submit your paper to the Discovery Immunology Special Collection and showcase your research from BSI Congress 2025! Peer-reviewed and published together with other highlights.
Submit here: https://bit.ly/3WmPhl3
##Immunology #BSI25
Submit your paper to the Discovery Immunology Special Collection and showcase your research from BSI Congress 2025! Peer-reviewed and published together with other highlights.
Submit here: https://bit.ly/3WmPhl3
##Immunology #BSI25
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢 Presenting your work at #BSI25?
Submit your paper to the Discovery Immunology Special Collection and showcase your research from BSI Congress 2025! Peer-reviewed and published together with other highlights.
Submit here: https://bit.ly/3WmPhl3
##Immunology #BSI25
Submit your paper to the Discovery Immunology Special Collection and showcase your research from BSI Congress 2025! Peer-reviewed and published together with other highlights.
Submit here: https://bit.ly/3WmPhl3
##Immunology #BSI25
This is a session not to be missed at #BSI25 #Ecoimmunology and is sponsored by @discovimmunol.bsky.social the newest of the BSI journals
🌿 How does the immune system work in the real world? Join Prof Amy Pedersen & Prof Andrea Graham for Ecoimmunology: the immune system in context.
Sponsored by Discovery Immunology. #BSI25 #Ecoimmunology
Sponsored by Discovery Immunology. #BSI25 #Ecoimmunology
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a session not to be missed at #BSI25 #Ecoimmunology and is sponsored by @discovimmunol.bsky.social the newest of the BSI journals
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🧫How can spatial profiling reveal the hidden organisation of the immune system?
Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions!
Register here: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions!
Register here: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🧫How can spatial profiling reveal the hidden organisation of the immune system?
Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions!
Register here: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions!
Register here: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
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🤖 AI-driven insights into immune responses
Explore how machine learning & AI are transforming vaccine research, infection studies and disease modelling in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @london-immuno.bsky.social
Explore how machine learning & AI are transforming vaccine research, infection studies and disease modelling in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @london-immuno.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🤖 AI-driven insights into immune responses
Explore how machine learning & AI are transforming vaccine research, infection studies and disease modelling in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @london-immuno.bsky.social
Explore how machine learning & AI are transforming vaccine research, infection studies and disease modelling in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Organised by @london-immuno.bsky.social
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How is our understanding of antigen presentation evolving?
Join the 'Cell to cell communication in antigen presentation' session organised by @uigimmuno.bsky.social at #BSI25 to explore new regulators, in-vivo insights, therapeutic targets & computational approaches.
https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join the 'Cell to cell communication in antigen presentation' session organised by @uigimmuno.bsky.social at #BSI25 to explore new regulators, in-vivo insights, therapeutic targets & computational approaches.
https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How is our understanding of antigen presentation evolving?
Join the 'Cell to cell communication in antigen presentation' session organised by @uigimmuno.bsky.social at #BSI25 to explore new regulators, in-vivo insights, therapeutic targets & computational approaches.
https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join the 'Cell to cell communication in antigen presentation' session organised by @uigimmuno.bsky.social at #BSI25 to explore new regulators, in-vivo insights, therapeutic targets & computational approaches.
https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
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🌙 New study shows tiny tidal rhythms in the immune system of freshwater three-spined sticklebacks, hinting at a conserved lunar-linked clock beyond circadian cycles.
👉 https://bit.ly/4hMtCMm
##Immunology
👉 https://bit.ly/4hMtCMm
##Immunology
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌙 New study shows tiny tidal rhythms in the immune system of freshwater three-spined sticklebacks, hinting at a conserved lunar-linked clock beyond circadian cycles.
👉 https://bit.ly/4hMtCMm
##Immunology
👉 https://bit.ly/4hMtCMm
##Immunology
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🧫 Organoids reveal how gut epithelial diversity shapes host–pathogen interactions, enabling study of viruses, bacteria & parasites previously impossible in vitro.
👉 https://bit.ly/422Z96U
##Organoids #GutImmunology #Immunology
👉 https://bit.ly/422Z96U
##Organoids #GutImmunology #Immunology
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🧫 Organoids reveal how gut epithelial diversity shapes host–pathogen interactions, enabling study of viruses, bacteria & parasites previously impossible in vitro.
👉 https://bit.ly/422Z96U
##Organoids #GutImmunology #Immunology
👉 https://bit.ly/422Z96U
##Organoids #GutImmunology #Immunology
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🦠 DC3s in solid tumours can prime T cells and influence outcomes—boosting survival in some cancers, but promoting immunosuppression in others.
👉 https://bit.ly/3T2blRg
##Immunotherapy #CancerImmunology
👉 https://bit.ly/3T2blRg
##Immunotherapy #CancerImmunology
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🦠 DC3s in solid tumours can prime T cells and influence outcomes—boosting survival in some cancers, but promoting immunosuppression in others.
👉 https://bit.ly/3T2blRg
##Immunotherapy #CancerImmunology
👉 https://bit.ly/3T2blRg
##Immunotherapy #CancerImmunology
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🐭 Animal models for human health
Discover innovative approaches to modelling the human immune system, from wild microbiota mice, to complex organoids & diverse animal models in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Register today: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Discover innovative approaches to modelling the human immune system, from wild microbiota mice, to complex organoids & diverse animal models in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Register today: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🐭 Animal models for human health
Discover innovative approaches to modelling the human immune system, from wild microbiota mice, to complex organoids & diverse animal models in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Register today: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Discover innovative approaches to modelling the human immune system, from wild microbiota mice, to complex organoids & diverse animal models in this parallel session at #BSI25.
Register today: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
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How does the immune system work within our body’s largest organ?
Join '#Immunology gets under the skin' at #BSI25 to explore how immune cells develop, interact and protect us at the skin’s surface & what new discoveries are emerging.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join '#Immunology gets under the skin' at #BSI25 to explore how immune cells develop, interact and protect us at the skin’s surface & what new discoveries are emerging.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How does the immune system work within our body’s largest organ?
Join '#Immunology gets under the skin' at #BSI25 to explore how immune cells develop, interact and protect us at the skin’s surface & what new discoveries are emerging.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8
Join '#Immunology gets under the skin' at #BSI25 to explore how immune cells develop, interact and protect us at the skin’s surface & what new discoveries are emerging.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8