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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 1d

“For Gurdon to continue in biology would be a complete waste of time both for him and for those who would have to teach him”

He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon

www.cell.com/current-biol...

John Gurdon

John Gurdon is at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology in Cambridge. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he changed from classics to zoology. Dur...

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 17d

Great to see this out for all to see after a lot of hard work by @lizihegarty.bsky.social and @bainlab.bsky.social. Colonic #macrophages persist but are transcriptionally altered post- #inflammation in a mouse model of #colitis.

bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 17d

Tissue resident colonic macrophages persist through acute inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677333v1

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 19d

Absolutely delighted that our superstar #postdoc @lizihegarty.bsky.social was awarded the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social Student Support & Supervision Award for #PAW 2025. Thoroughly deserved for everything she does for @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social, @bainlab.bsky.social & @edinuni-irr.bsky.social

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 21d

A cracking meal complete with piper & Ceilidh to round off the second day of #EMDS2025 in #Edinburgh

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 22d

#EMDS2025 attendees - if anyone is looking for a postdoc position and likes what they see of #Edinburgh, please come and speak to me or @lizihegarty.bsky.social (poster 71) or @erinwatson.bsky.social (poster 35).

Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 26d

I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...

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emds2025.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social · 23d

After a year of planning, we are ready.

Registration opens at 8am. Excited for 2.5days of great science and a bit of fun.

See you soon

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 24d

For anyone wanting to know more about this #postdoc position, I’ll be at @emds2025.bsky.social this week. Alternatively, you’ll find @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social members @lizihegarty.bsky.social & @erinwatson.bsky.social at posters 71 & 35 #academicjobs

Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 26d

I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 26d

I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 29d

Official advert coming soon! #postdoc #macrophages @britsocimm.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social

Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 26

I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Lovely @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social outing with @lizihegarty.bsky.social and & @erinwatson.bsky.social to celebrate @abelsoto.bsky.social joining the lab for the summer and welcome incoming PhD student Natalie

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 26

I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations Naomi and team, lovely work!

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 9

👩🏻‍🔬👨🏼‍🔬 John McKendrick, Sonia Elder, Cecilia Rocchi, @erinwatson.bsky.social, @lizihegarty.bsky.social
👨🏻‍🎓🧑🏽‍🎓 @bainlab.bsky.social, Rebecca Gentek, Asier Unciti-Broceta, Anthony Callanan, Burkhard Becher
🏠 @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
And a special thank you to @swimberly.bsky.social for being my champion 💪🏻

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 9

I am extremely honoured to say that I have been named as the @iadr.bsky.social Salivary Researcher of the Year 2025 🏆 This is testament to my incredible team & wonderful collaborators over the last 8 yrs & my superb postdoc training at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #salivarygland #salivary #research

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 3

As a postdoc I found that mimicking #nerve signals could help cell replenishment in #salivarygland. When I joined @edinuni-irr.bsky.social we teamed up with the incredible Unciti-Broceta lab from @uoe-igc.bsky.social to explore a novel #drugdelivery system: 📖 ➡️ www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Biodialyzed Palladium catalysis enables bioorthogonal drug release to control epithelial progenitor cell differentiation

Flowing from the principles of bioorthogonality, the introduction of abiotic transition metals for the catalytic production of drugs at specific anatomical locations has carved new paths to face chall...

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jul 2

A beautiful study out now in @cp-devcell.bsky.social showing that tissue architecture drives cell fate in branched #epithelial organs during #development.

Robin Journot 🔬| 🎾 @robinjournot.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧵Just out !
We reveal how 4 branched epithelia—mammary, lacrimal, salivary & prostate—use a conserved YAP–Notch–p63 circuit to self-organize during development & regeneration.
Here’s the story👇
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lM285Sx5g...
Work done in @frelab.bsky.social at ‪
‪ @institutcurie.bsky.social

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jun 26

Well done to @erinwatson.bsky.social for writing this wonderful review of what is known about macrophage crosstalk with peripheral nerves in a whole range of different tissues! @edinuni-irr.bsky.social #macrophage #nerve #neuroimmunology #immunosky

Erin @erinwatson.bsky.social · Jun 26

Delighted that our review paper covering all things nerve-macrophage in peripheral tissues has just been released! @doctoremmerson.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Neuroimmunology beyond the CNS: Nerve-macrophage interactions in peripheral tissues

Macrophages are now recognised to be highly heterogeneous, with diverse ontogenies, anatomical locations and characteristics, all of which inform thei…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jun 19

Building confidence in the #HPV #vaccine is so important to protect young people going forward. Massive 👏🏻 to our very own Dom Cairns-Gibson for leading the discussions with local Castlebrae students #vaccination @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @tcf-foundation.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Doctor concern over fall in young people taking anti-cancer jab

The HPV vaccine programme, which started in 2008, has been hugely successful across Scotland.

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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Please consider applying for the Young Investigator Award @emds2025.bsky.social Full details at www.emds2025.com

@britsocimm.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @natrevimmunol.nature.com

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations ladies, very much deserved recognition of a great initiative 👏🏻

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Jun 10

What an incredible setting for a conference exploring the diverse range of model animals used in scientific research! #EMBOvertebratemodels @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social #Edinburgh #Scotland

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · May 30

Fantastic talk from Sophie Brumm who’s undertaking her #postdoc with @cellysally.bsky.social at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social in the afternoon session of #SDBG2025 👏🏻 #development #cells

Presenter introducing her project entitled ‘How do neuromesodermal progenitors respond to differentiating neighbours’

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to @drbmalengier.bsky.social, @magmarlene.bsky.social and Team Gentek of @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for this amazing tour de force, comprehensively characterising #synovial #macrophage #development 💪🏻

bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · May 26

The synovial lining macrophage layer develops in the first weeks of life in a CSF1- and TGFβ- dependent but monocyte-independent process. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.21.655269v1

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · May 13

Really pleased that @abelsoto.bsky.social from @umcgroningen.bsky.social will be joining @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for 3 months this summer, supported by a @embo.org Scientific Exchange Grant & the René Vogels Stichting foundation. Looking forward to welcoming you Abel!

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · May 12

A lovely day spent in Cambridge at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Department of Pathology. Thank you @mcgovernlab.bsky.social for the invitation to present in the @britsocimm.bsky.social Cambridge Immunology seminar series and for being such amazing hosts!

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