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emds2025.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social · 12d

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Really interesting talk from @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social about ontogeny, transcriptional regulation and function of subsets of #ThetisCells, including their role in #Treg induction and oral #tolerance #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Fantastic talk and new data from @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social about #mitochondrial control of #inflammation by #itaconate and derivatives in multiple settings #EMDS2025

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emds2025.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social · 19d

A massive thanks to all the #EMDS2025 speakers, delegates, sponsors & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social staff for making @emds2025.bsky.social such a success.

We had a great time, we hope you did too and your travel home was smooth.

Here's to #EMDS2026 in Amsterdam @immunometlab.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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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 20d

A fantastic talk from David Russell to end #EMDS2025 - about #macrophage subset responses to #Mycobaterium tuberculosis, and their re-programming to improve drug efficacy in vitro and in vivo

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · 20d

Heading home after a fabulous few days in Edinburgh @emds2025.bsky.social Excellent venue, amazing programme, thanks @bainlab.bsky.social @profandrewmac.bsky.social and Samanta Mariani #EMDS2025 #Macrophage #DCs ♥️

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 20d

Final day of #EMDS2025 opens with a fantastic talk from Will Wood - beautiful imaging of #macrophage migration following wounding, using the tractability of #Drosophila in ingenious ways to identify key chemoattractants in this process

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 20d

Another great talk from @immunobladder.bsky.social about #macrophage subsets in the #bladder, including in memory response to bacterial infection and key differences in males vs females #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 20d

Beautiful data from Franca Ronchese, all the way from @malaghan.bsky.social in New Zealand, about generation and function of subsets of skin #DendriticCells in #allergic responses #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Day 2 of #EMDS2025 starts with a beautiful talk about lung tissue resident #alveolar #macrophage identity and the influence of #IL-33 on this, by Stijn Verwaerde from BART Lambrecht’s lab.

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Lovely talk from Samanta Mariani about embryonic #macrophages in hematopoiesis, in health and in malignancy #EMDS2025

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martinguilliams.bsky.social @martinguilliams.bsky.social · 21d

When the PhD student gives a better talk than his promotors! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Spectacular talk from @StijnVerwaerde #EMDS2025 🤩🤩. Very cool collaboration with @bart_lambrecht team. Identification of regulatory circuits switching homeostatic regulons to type 2 inflammatory regulons in AMs

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Another lovely talk, this time from David Munro, about the context dependent roles for #HIF1a in #microglia, including in stroke #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Interesting short talk from Anita Qualls about RORgt+ #APCs in oral tolerance and #Treg induction #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 21d

Really interesting talk by Barbara Schraml, showing how dietary cues at weaning can activate splenic #cDC1 to induce CTL-like effector CD8+ T cells #EMDS2025

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martinguilliams.bsky.social @martinguilliams.bsky.social · 21d

Check-list for #EMDS2025 the Scottish Edition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿:
- Go running in Scottish Weather 🌧️ ✅
- See some Scottish wildlife 🐦 ✅
- Whiskey tasting 🥃 🔲
- Attempt Scottish dancing🕺🔲

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

A fascinating education in #LangerhansCell biology and function from Clare Bennett, as well as a closing advert for the 18th International #DendriticCell symposium in San Diego next year #EMDS2025 #DC2026

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Lots of exciting new data from @esegura-lab.bsky.social revealing an important role for Aryl Hydrocarbon receptor #AhR in promotion of wound healing my #macrophages #EMDS2025

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Maria Viola @mariafviola.bsky.social · 22d

Had the wonderful opportunity to present our data on the effect of microplastics on macrophages at #EMDS2025 ! Such a beautiful venue 🤩 @masslab.bsky.social

Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Fascinating (and disturbing!) presentation about the impact of ingested microplastics on liver macrophages by @mariafviola.bsky.social #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Fascinating (and disturbing!) presentation about the impact of ingested microplastics on liver macrophages by @mariafviola.bsky.social #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Really interesting story from @gastrogrj.bsky.social - murine and human data showing that #activin signaling in intestinal #monocytes is key for epithelial barrier repair during intestinal #inflammation #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Lovely talk from Bill Agace about the regional diversity of #dendriticcells in human intestines, in health vs Crohn’s disease #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

Beautiful discovery science from Catherine Robin about blood resident #macrophages - including some gorgeous imaging in #zebrafish #EMDS2025

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Andrew S. MacDonald @profandrewmac.bsky.social · 22d

A fantastic talk about liver monocytes and macrophages by
@martinguilliams.bsky.social kicks of #EMDS2025 - beautiful application of multiple cutting edge technologies to understand cel-cell interactions in tissues

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