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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · 16d

I’m looking forward to this workshop next month - still time to register if you fancy joining the discussions 👇🏻

#immunosky

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social · 22d

🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'

📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow

Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October

crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...

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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 16d

Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins

Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.

www.science.org

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tovah-shaw-lab.bsky.social @tovah-shaw-lab.bsky.social · Aug 12

I am recruiting for a postdoc that wants to work on an exciting project on gut macrophages, TGFb signalling, and colon cancer! Please see the link for details - elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Associate

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join the Shaw lab to investigate identify the regulatory function of NRROS/LRRC33 in gastrointestinal macrophage development a...

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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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 · 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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Seth Coffelt @coffeltlab.bsky.social · 29d

check out our new commentary on 2 recently published papers about #gdTcells in breast cancer
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

γδT cells and breast cancer: wicked allies

Metastatic disease and therapy resistance pose significant challenges in the treatment of breast cancer. Recent studies by Rozalén et al. and Petroni …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Sep 8

Aaaah we were a beach or two around the coast at the end of August, it was glorious ☀️Have you eaten at Drift? Amazing!

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is an absolutely exceptional thread that anyone starting their own group should read! I’d hazard that the majority of researchrs who are 2-3 grants deep would benefit too ⬇️

Thanks @labliston.bsky.social

Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets

The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sunday.

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Jul 9

Huge Congratulations to Dr @chloebarnes.bsky.social who sailed through her PhD viva today @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
With thanks to examiners Michael Lewis and Paul McKean.

Chloe is now a ⭐️ PDRA with @juanquintana.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Chloe Barnes & supervisory team minus John Worthington

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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

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Jun 24

Delighted to be on the new Editorial Board and looking forward to helping refresh the BSI’s BiteSized Immunology resource ⬇️

British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚀 Exciting update! A new team of 5 Editorial Board members and 10 Content Editors is leading the refresh of the BSI's BiteSized Immunology.

The updated resource, with fresh content for learners & educators, launches early next year.

See the new team ➡️ bit.ly/4nbLzI9

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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎉 Congratulations to our ten incredible BSI Immunology Award winners! 🏆

These awards celebrate the individuals & teams making a real difference in immunology.

👏 A huge well done to all winners & shortlisted nominees!

🔗 See the full list here: https://bit.ly/3SYyXGf

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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Jun 9

We're not the first to use IL-12 as an adjuvant - but having worked on IL-12 for >30 years this was still a surprise at how much this study taught us about mRNA vaccines and their utility. Here are two others below:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@cytokinesociety.bsky.social

An Il12 mRNA-LNP adjuvant enhances mRNA vaccine–induced CD8 T cell responses

IL-12 is dispensable for CD8 T cell responses to mRNA vaccination, but an Il12 mRNA-LNP enhances CD8 T cell memory and protection.

www.science.org

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · May 9

New paper alert! 'Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis' co-authored by Dr. Richard Mort @mortlab.bsky.social was recently published in Science. Available at: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪 @science.org

Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis

During tissue formation, dynamic cell shape changes drive morphogenesis while asymmetric divisions create cellular diversity. We found that the shifts in cell morphology that shape tissues could conco...

www.science.org

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · May 10

Amazing location for a day spent extracting DNA from Strawberries with #outreach #ambassadors from @blslancasteruni.bsky.social at Windermere Science Festival ☀️🧬🍓☀️ (non-stop extractions for 7h = >120 🍓s Squished) @iamkarenwright.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Mini scientists extract DNA from strawberries with Prof Sarah Allinson and Dr Karen Wright

Dr Steve Hall and Jo Leeman at Windermere science festival

Windermere science festival stall, lake in the distance

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hello Bluesky 👋 We're excited to be here!

We'll be sharing lots of our news and research activities, and look forward to making plenty of new connections 🤝

A blue sky over Alexandra Square on campus.

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Apr 19

Easter weekend is always one of my favourites of the year and this weekend is shaping ip to be a cracker ☀️🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♀️☀️ #WildHybrid #LakeDistict #Balance #Family #EggHunts #HotCrossBuns

Group of friends by wild hybrid sign at end of hybrid fitness event in Windermere

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Unterholzner Lab @unterholznerlab.bsky.social · Apr 11

We have written a News&Views piece in @natsmb.nature.com on a recent paper by @buissonlab.bsky.social. Their work adds transcription stress to the landscape of danger signals detected by the innate immune system.
Link for free access here: rdcu.be/ehkTV

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Apr 11

Today we are sparking curiosity at #CITC25 Come along to More Music Morecambe to learn all about DNA fingerprinting and solve our crummy crime #Outreach #Engagement @blslancasteruni.bsky.social

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢The winners of the annual BIOL274 #Bioart competition organised by Prof @jackieparry.bsky.social have been announced! 📢 Here are the top 5! Congratulations to the winners 🥳 🧪

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Lucy Jackson-Jones @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social · Apr 7

We will be at MoreMusic Morecambe on Friday - come along to learn all about DNA fingerprinting #Outreach #SciComm

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · Apr 4

Next Friday 11th April join our researchers at MoreMusic in Morecambe to solve our very own Whodunnit as part of Campus in the City 2025! 'A Crumby Crime Scene Investigation' - use real forensic science to help us solve the case of the biscuit theft. More details www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/campu...

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Mahdad Noursadeghi @mnoursad.bsky.social · Mar 27

We’re hiring! Looking for a laboratory post-doc fellow to help us disentangle protective and pathogenic T cells in TB, so we can stratify disease-risk after infection, and develop more effective vaccines. Interdisciplinary science in the heart of London. What's not to like? More here: bit.ly/4iIEiwu

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Mar 26

Its @britsocimm.bsky.social Vaccine Engagement Day today which seems an apt time to reflect on the successes of vaccines, the unprecedented drop in vaccine uptake + rise in hesitancy that threatens the health of us and our loved ones in my latest substack 🧪🧵 #Immunosky @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Preventable Diseases, Preventable Tragedies: Why Vaccines Are Essential

Vaccines save lives but only if people use them!

open.substack.com

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Darragh Duffy @darraghduffy.bsky.social · Mar 24

13 chair positions open @inserm.fr to lead a junior research group in France covering #neuroscience, #immunology, #bioinformatics, #bioengineering, #biotherapy, #public health pro.inserm.fr/rubriques/co... 🧪🔬

pro.inserm.fr

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