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Bethan Goulden @bethangoulden.bsky.social · Jul 29

New systematic review of pregnancy associated HLH
- 104 pregnancies
- commonest cause infections (EBV, CMV, HSV, parvo)
- followed by SLE, stills, lymphoma
- 4/14 tested has positive genetics
- 40% no known cause
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series

Aims Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, life-threatening syndrome caused by excessive immune activation, leading to severe inflammation and multi-organ failure. While adult-onset HL...

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Bethan Goulden @bethangoulden.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Heather Cross @heather--cross.bsky.social · Jul 11

Second talk of the PhD ✅ Thank you so much to the @london-immuno.bsky.social for selecting my abstract on sex hormone/chromosome driven mechanisms of cSLE risk #LIG2025 #LIG25 🧬 🦠
@georgearobinson.bsky.social
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social

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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · Jun 18

This was a fantastic celebration yesterday - thanks to the @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social and @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social and the wider division of Medicine for all their support 😊

The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 18

We were so inspired by @bcellsrosser.bsky.social at her Lister Prize presentation this week! @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · Jun 20

Exciting new position in #arrdept alumni @madhvimenon.bsky.social lab 🧬

Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨 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...

Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester

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Medical Research Foundation @medresfdn.bsky.social · Apr 14

💉 Antiphospholipid Syndrome (#APS) is an autoimmune disorder that requires our urgent attention.

🔬 Thanks to your support, we've been able to fund researchers like Dr Thomas McDonnell. His ground-breaking work is advancing our understanding of APS, paving the way for better treatments.

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Autoimmune🦋 @autoimmuneaware.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
🔹Life-threatening syndrome of overwhelming inflammation
🔹Is crucial to search and treat the underlying trigger
🚩Fever, #Splenomegaly, #Cytopenia, #hyperferritinemia, #hypertriglyceridemia, bone marrow #hemophagocytosis

#HLH
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www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis | NEJM

HLH, a cytokine-mediated hyperinflammation syndrome, causes fever, pancytopenia, and hemophagocytosis and is often fatal. Antiinflammatory agents, etoposide, and interferon-γ antibody are the main ...

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Heather Cross @heather--cross.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thank you so much! 😁 #EULAR2025 was an amazing first conference talk and I am so pleased and grateful to have been featured in the highlights as well!

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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 14

Nailed it! 👏

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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's official!
Congratulations to everyone selected for the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) #RisingStars2025 Cohort!
I can't wait to meet you all at #IUIS2025 and share our research!
Thank you to @iuis-online.bsky.social and @britsocimm.bsky.social for the nomination
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · Jun 18

IUIS and its Early Career Committee are thrilled to announce the IUIS #RisingStars2025 Cohort! 🌟
https://loom.ly/f5Gq1f8
Fifteen exceptional early-career scientists from across the globe to join our #RisingStars Program
Don’t miss your chance to meet them https://loom.ly/CwagY2g

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · Jun 26

@simonyona.bsky.social et al show that quantify the ephemeral circulating lifespan of human cDC & propose functions of cDC & their precursors that are rapidly recruited to sites of #inflammation rupress.org/jem/article/...

📘 In Clinical #Immunology Collection: rupress.org/jem/collecti...
#FOCIS2025

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 18

I feel incredibly honoured and privileged to receive this award and recognition. I ♥️ the @britsocimm.bsky.social. If you're not yet a BSI member, do sign up and become part of this amazing and supportive community, with an excellent #researchculture

British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · Jun 18

And it's the moment you've all been waiting for... time to announce our first winner!

The winner of the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to the BSI Award is…. Professor Leonie Taams, @taamslab.bsky.social

Congratulations on your achievement!

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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · Jun 18

This month in #Science #Immunology, Shivangi Dave & André Ballesteros Tato at the #NIH review the noncanonical contributions of #TFollicularHelper ( #TFH ) cells cells to immune regulation beyond their traditional roles in #BCell help!

science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adr1052

Conventional and nonconventional functions of TFH cells: In addition to their conventional role as GC facilitators—providing survival and proliferation signals to GC B cells—TFH cells also perform noncanonical functions. They can support CD8+ T cell responses, produce effector-like cytokines that critically influence B cell fate decisions beyond GC maintenance, and exhibit TSCM properties that allow them to serve as reservoirs for pathogenic Teff cell subsets across various anatomical niches

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MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society @moms.org.uk · Jun 18

🩺 Prof. Catherine Aiken sharing key insights from the MBRRACE reports on cancer in pregnancy.
📊 1 in 4,000 women is diagnosed with a new cancer during pregnancy. For most maternity units, that’s ~1–2 cases per year. #MaternalHealth #Oncology

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Lorenz Adlung Lab @adlunglab.com · Jun 18

🧠 IFNγ alters the immuno-/proteasome, thus glycolysis surges, oxidation rises, and axons die in models of MS. Blocking the proteasome swap or glycolysis saves nerves. Impressive work by our esteemed colleague @manuelfriese.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social‬: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 🧪‪

The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

Inflammation, aberrant proteostasis, and energy depletion are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the in…

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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s #EULAR2025 week! 🌟
We’ve got a EULAR sandwich 🥪 this year with me presenting on type I interferon signalling in cSLE on Wednesday afternoon (4.30-6pm, room 6.4), then @heather--cross.bsky.social presenting on sex hormones and cSLE risk on Saturday (12-1.15pm, room A1)
See you in Barcelona! 🇪🇸

George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Mar 31

Proud moment last week with first major conference oral presentation abstract accepted for PhD student Heather Cross #EULAR2025! Also my first PI/student double bill! Bring on Barcelona!
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social

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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 11

Made it! #EULAR2025
I’m looking forward to presenting later today on a novel approach to investigating type I interferon signalling in cSLE.
Interrogating different signalling levels gives unique pieces of information and new disease endotypes.
Hopefully see you there to hear more!

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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · Jun 12

Inspiring talk from the amazing Jess Manson! 🙌
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The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology @eular.org · May 27

👋Welcome from the PAED Community. Join us at #EULAR2025 in Barcelona!

Discover breakthroughs in:
✨Still’s disease in children & adults.
🌍Global care for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
🎓Managing childhood lupus.

Learn more 👉 https://pulse.ly/r8vog3jfnx

#eularPAED #Rheumatology

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jury-lab.bsky.social @jury-lab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Posters all about our #HLH research on now #EULAR @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social

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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · May 28

It's time for our next ARR dept research spotlight💡with 1st year PhD student @heather--cross.bsky.social! Heather is working in @georgearobinson.bsky.social's lab with @ciurtinlab.bsky.social to uncover the impact of sex and gender ⚧️ on metabolism and its relevance to autoimmune conditions💥

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jury-lab.bsky.social @jury-lab.bsky.social · Jun 6

That looks worrying!!

UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · May 28

When she's not in the lab @heather--cross.bsky.social is baking, cooking and hanging upside down in an aerial hammock! Something to talk to her about (alongside science ofc!) when you see her at EULAR!

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jury-lab.bsky.social @jury-lab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Enjoy #EULAR @heather--cross.bsky.social great opportunity to present your exciting work on sex hormones and immunity

UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · May 28

If you want to hear about @heather--cross.bsky.social findings you can catch her at #EULAR where she giving a talk in the 'how does sex and gender predispose to autoimmunity?' session winning a travel grant 💫 Check her out with her poster at our recent Division of Medicine Research Retreat below👇

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jury-lab.bsky.social @jury-lab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations @georgearobinson.bsky.social well deserved

George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · May 28

Thrilled to be selected as an IUIS Rising Star and present at #IUIS2025 with 15 amazing early career investigators!
Huge thanks to @iuis-online.bsky.social for the recognition and @britsocimm.bsky.social for the nomination!
Excited to connect at the Congress!
#ImmunoSky
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UCL researcher selected as 2025 Immunology Rising Star

Dr George Robinson has been chosen as one of the Rising Stars 2025 by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), following nomination by the British Society for Immunology.

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ImmuNinjas @immuninjas.bsky.social · May 29

We got an upgrade!!💥

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