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Clive McKimmie @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social · 8d

We all know vaccines target the pathogen, but can you also target the vector?
📢 in a new paper out today in Vaccines,
we show that a vaccine targeting mosquito salivary peptides, AGSv-PLUS, enhances human skin immune response to biting.
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 16d

We now have a very exciting technician post advertised as part of our long term Wellcome Trust funded team investigating the role of the glycocalyx during CNS inflammation. Supporint the lab, developing glycan analysis and research experience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician in the Glyco-immunology (Dyer) Lab:Oxford Road

Include: background, duties, essential skills and experience, length of contract, full or part-time. Keep to 150 words.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Half of commercial antibodies miss their target!
So how do you pick the right one for your experiment?

Here’s the solution 👉
Antibody characterization data (all tested in KO cells) are now available at:
🔗 onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

Tested by @ycharos.bsky.social & @oga-community.bsky.social

OGA - Only Good Antibodies Community

onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

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Arbovirus seminars @arbovirus.bsky.social · 27d

See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk
“Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”.
All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · 29d

It’s been such a pleasure working as part of @crgglasgow.bsky.social
So many amazing colleagues, collaborators and friends over the years, thanks everyone!
And how to better prepare for my next adventure as Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU) lecturer than with this amazing present from them.

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Sep 1

Very exciting project, feel free to reach out if you’re interested!

Alan Parker @alanlparker.bsky.social · Sep 1

Potential @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social 4 year PhD project for Oct 2026 start adopting machine learning to develop precision virotherapies - co-supervisors Yukun Lai, @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social, Kerry Wadey & Julian Fischer. Come, make some smart viruses with us!

gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-p...

Developing precision guided, viral based therapies using machine learning approaches - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP

Project Code MRCIIAR26Ca Parker Project Type Wet lab Research Theme Infection, Immunity, Antimicrobial Resistance and Repair Project Summary Download Summary The Viral ImmunoTherapies and Advanced The...

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Aug 2

Congrats @julieworrell.bsky.social and @immunememorylab.bsky.social, it’s been great to be a small part of this. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!

Julie Worrell @julieworrell.bsky.social · Aug 1

NOW in @natcomms.nature.com my postdoc work @uofgsii.bsky.social @immunememorylab.bsky.social
🫁 structual cells retain an imprint of IAV infection💪
Rapidly controlling a localized antiviral response BRFORE memory-T cells are required! rdcu.be/eyQ0F #ImmunoSky #PulmSky @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Lung structural cells are altered by infeluenza virus leading to rapid immune protection following re-challenge

Nature Communications - Here the authors show that lung epithelial, fibroblast, and endothelial cells retain an imprint of influenza A infection, including increased MHCI/II expression and that...

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Jun 30

Can’t wait until the full results of my mouse brain spatial transcriptomics are ready, grateful to be part of this!
@mvls-srf.bsky.social have been excellent (as always), 10/10 would recommend

MVLS Shared Research Facilities @mvls-srf.bsky.social · Jun 27

We used the 10x CytAssist Spatial Transcriptomics Platform to map whole transcriptomes in mouse brain sections at 2μm resolution, with @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social Combining expertise in Cellular & Molecular Analysis teams! Interested? 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/shared-research-facilities/

Image of a blue arrow pointing left to right, on top of the arrow, starting at the left are some microscope slides of prepared histology samples, the middle image is the prepared sample when viewed under a microscope and on the right is the bioinformatics data, this is designed to show the process of sample preparation through to analysis for Spatial Transcriptomics.

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Jun 2

A @crgglasgow.bsky.social original which was a long time in the making, with @hursonhughes.bsky.social and in collaboration with @immunememorylab.bsky.social

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Jun 2

New paper alert! Excited to share our latest work on the importance of inflammatory #chemokine receptors (iCCR, aka the best chemokine receptors) in mounting an optimal T cell response to #influenza infection.

Please share, happy to discuss!

Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · Jun 2

Inflammatory chemokine receptors CCR1, CCR2, CCR3 and CCR5 are essential for an optimal T cell response to influenza, in this work from @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social and colleagues at @crgglasgow.bsky.social:
www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · Apr 30

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · May 6

Does uneven vaccination coverage really decrease disease control? @khampson.bsky.social &co use fine-grained data of 20 years of dog #vaccination in Tanzania to show that reducing coverage gaps does indeed lower #rabies incidence; connectivity drives transmission @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k4GL4G

Top: Study area and dog population. Serengeti District bordered by Serengeti National Park (grey shading). Grey lines show village borders within the district. The spatial distribution of the estimated dog population on a 1 km2 grid at the end of 2022 is indicated by the color scale (on a log scale). The inset indicates the location of Serengeti District (blue) and Serengeti National Park (grey) within Tanzania. Bottom: Local people taking their dogs to a rabies vaccination campaign in Tanzania. Image credit: Felix Lankester

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Alan Parker @alanlparker.bsky.social · Apr 16

Join our new Wales Applied Virology Unit as a Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology / Behavioural Science!

See the advert here:

krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

And contact WAVU co-director David Gillespie for informal enquiries.

#NewPI #Lecturer #GroupLeader #Job #Opportunity

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thanks Clive! Revisions have been submitted, hopefully it’ll be accepted soon 🤞

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Mar 3

Georgia does amazing work and even better is a lovely human being!

Perona Lab, Edinburgh, UK @peronalab.bsky.social · Mar 3

I'm very pleased to have two lab positions open this week, to join our team looking at immune regulation in infection and co-infection. We're especially interested in tissue-based immunity, cytokine regulation and immune metabolism. Join us! Postdoc (3y) and research technician (12mo) posts open.

We're based in the Ashworth Laboratories, King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh. Photo shows the main staircase in the entrance to the Ashworth, stone steps from the 1920s, decorated with a series of bright, colurful banners depicting the science that's tackled in the building.

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Dec 24

Science communication and baking, love everything about this!

Florian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · Dec 23

Happy festive season, new 🧵 about our recent @plosbiology.org paper "Public engagement with research reproducibility". This time, how we manage to engage the public and to communicate (spoiler, it goes well beyond @bsky.app). Please repost if you like this 🧵.

Public engagement with research reproducibility

Public engagement with reproducibility is crucial for fostering trust in science. This Community Page describes how, by using relatable analogies and hands-on activities, participants explored the cha...

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Nov 27

The latest science from the amazing @gillwilson00.bsky.social is online! Give it a read if you’re into #macrophages #eosinophils and/or #chemokines !

Gill Wilson @gillwilson00.bsky.social · Nov 27

Our new preprint is here! We show eosinophils are retained in the bone marrow by everyone’s (our😊) favourite atypical #chemokine receptor ACKR2.
#Eosinophil education of #monocytes promotes differentiation to #macrophages and bacterial elimination during E.coli #infection. Please read and share.

Eosinophils promote monocyte to macrophage differentiation and anti-bacterial immunity

Chemokine receptors control cell migration within the body. Here we reveal a novel interaction between eosinophils and monocytes in the bone marrow, indirectly controlled by the atypical chemokine rec...

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Nov 21

Would love to be included please!

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Nov 21

Could I be added please? Thanks for creating this!

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Marieke Pingen (she/her) @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social · Nov 21

Can I please be added? Thanks!

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