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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Aug 27

In case you missed it: @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social co-authored this recent review with our lab on glia in barrier organs in @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social We summarise cutting-edge findings and highlight future directions for the field - timely reading: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Glial-immune interactions in barrier organs

Neuro-immune interactions within barrier organs, such as lung, gut, and skin, are crucial in regulating tissue homeostasis, inflammatory responses, and host defence. Our rapidly advancing understandin...

www.mucosalimmunology.org

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Aug 27

Huge congratulations to @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social from the lab who has been awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in the skin focusing on the role of peripheral glial cells #proudPI

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology @kiroxford.bsky.social · Aug 19

Julia Karjalainen, A DPhil candidate at the Kennedy Institute, has been awarded a competitive Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in skin disease!

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/julia-k...

Julia Karjalainen Awarded Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship

Julia Karjalainen, A DPhil candidate at the Kennedy Institute, has been awarded a competitive Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in skin disease.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congrats Yang

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks @deefitzgerald.bsky.social

Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social - I look forward to engaging with the community.

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Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology @kiroxford.bsky.social · Jul 21

Congratulations to Dr Fränze Progatzky, who has been awarded a Lister Institute Research Prize to support her research into glial cell biology!

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-fran...

@thelisterinstitute.bsky.social @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social

Dr Fränze Progatzky wins Lister Prize

Dr Fränze Progatzky, Principal Investigator in Tissue Biology and Wellcome Career Development Fellow, has been awarded a Lister Institute Research Prize to support her outstanding science.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks Adrien!

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jul 16

Excited to be part of this newly awarded MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Together with colleagues from Oxford and Manchester we will investigate how environmental exposures contribute to chronic inflammatory diseases.

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology @kiroxford.bsky.social · Jul 16

Huge news! A £50M MRC CoRE will bring together Manchester & Oxford to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory disease.

The CoRE will be Directed by Prof Judi Allen (Manchester) & co-Directed by Prof Dame Fiona Powrie, Director of the KIR.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ps5...

New £50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases

A new Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, ...

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · Jul 11

Are you interested in the gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA)? 🧠💡

We are building a national research network to improve understanding of the connection between the gut and nervous system.

Join our growing community 👇
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jun 19

Deeply honoured to have been awarded the
@thelisterinstitute.bsky.social 2025 Research Prize alongside such inspiring fellow researchers.

The award will enable us to study how the peripheral nervous system, through glial cells, regulates tissue repair in the gut, lung and skin. 🧬🖥️🔬

The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 19

We are very proud to introduce our brand new 2025 #ListerFellows! This year there are eight Prize recipients. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco...

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks @therad-lab.bsky.social !

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UK Glia Network @ukglia.bsky.social · Apr 30

@dr-vmosienko.bsky.social showing the 100+ crowd that came to #Sheffield for the 1st UK glia network meeting. Next one will be in Bristol in 2026 & we have a very special international guest confirmed ✨ #BNA2025

#astrocyte #microglia #schwann #oligodendrocyte #microglia #neuroscience

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Apr 28

See you later!

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 We have TWO exciting open positions in our lab! 🚨

We are looking for talented, highly motivated, and collaborative individuals to join our dynamic team as:

🔬 Research Assistant
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

💻 Bioinformatics Postdoc
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/bioinfo...

📢 Please share!

Research Assistant (177885)

We are looking for a Research Assistant with a background in immunology/neurobiology to join the interdisciplinary laboratory of Dr Fränze Progatzky at the Kennedy Institute.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk

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Dr Laura McCulloch @dr-l-mcculloch.bsky.social · Feb 20

First Post on blue-sky. We are hiring! Post-doctoral position available in the neuroimmunology of stroke. Please check out link below and share elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · Feb 6

📢 LAST CHANCE to submit your abstracts for BSI Oxford and
@immunologyoxford.bsky.social's #OIS25 Symposium

This is your opportunity to take part in this celebration Oxford's outstanding #immunology research 🔬

Submissions are open until midnight on Friday 7th Feb 👉 bit.ly/4elJmnG

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jan 23

I had a great time writing this review with @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social and Sofia Hain. Watch this space for what’s next for these two brilliant researchers in my lab as they set out on their journeys to make exciting discoveries about glial-immune interactions in barrier organs! 🚀

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jan 23

📣 New Review Alert!

Do you think glial cells are simply neuronal support cells in the CNS?

Did you know glial cells are integral to barrier organs?

Check out our latest review exploring the fascinating crosstalk between glia and immune cells in the gut, lung and skin!
#GlialCells #ImmuneSystem

Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · Jan 9

Glial-immune interactions in barrier organs are reviewed by @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social and colleagues:
www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · Jan 15

Still time to apply for this truly interdisciplinary BBSRC funded PhD project in Aberdeen with @mdmorgan.bsky.social and myself. Develop computation models to analyse ECM-cell interactions and then test them a lab setting! Deadline 17th Jan

Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · Dec 17

Eastbio PhD time! This project is a cracker (not biased at all). ECM-cell cross-talk in the thymus and lung using spatial proteomics & developing computational models to analyse data with the amazing @mdmorgan.bsky.social lab. You'll get support, training and development opportunities. So excited!

Mike Morgan @mdmorgan.bsky.social · Dec 14

MORE PHDS! @drtesutherland.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD candidate for a BBSRC DTP project at the interface of spatial proteomics and extracellular matrix biology: findaphd.com/phds/project/e…
Ideal for a broad range of candidates pls reach out to chat with us.

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · Jan 14

We just can't stop recruiting!

Associate professor in cell and molecular biology @dunnschool, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly

Come and be our colleague

Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word

www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Jan 12

Check out today’s (12th January 2025) Biomedical Picture of the Day by @lucaverger.bsky.social from our lab showing beautiful glial cells in the skin
#proudPI

bpod.org.uk

BPoD | Glial Versatility

BPoD (Biomedical Picture of the Day) is a free educational resource showcasing biomedical imagery. Managed by the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage the general public. Imag...

bpod.org.uk

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Dec 17

Congrats @hetompkins.bsky.social

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Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hi can you please add me too. Thank you

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