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The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research @loke-ctr.bsky.social · 6d

Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇

- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are open for the Next Generation Fellowship – applications until 30 January 2026 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...

Next Generation Fellowship Overview | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research

Next Generation Fellowships The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research has an established highly-successful program to fund and mentor Next Generation Research Fellowships.

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are open! For anyone looking to pursue a PhD in cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology: www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...

PhD Studentships | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research

The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (Loke CTR) offers fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (Loke CTR) provides a dynamic env...

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · 15d

An insight into advances in the field of placental biology and their importance: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The mini placentas and ovaries revealing the basics of women’s health

Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and endometriosis.

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 16d

Great to see this out for all to see after a lot of hard work by @lizihegarty.bsky.social and @bainlab.bsky.social. Colonic #macrophages persist but are transcriptionally altered post- #inflammation in a mouse model of #colitis.

bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 17d

Tissue resident colonic macrophages persist through acute inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677333v1

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The French DC Society - Club Francophone des DC (CFCD) @frenchdcsociety.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 New in @natimmunol.nature.com : @idoyagalab.bsky.social shows that plasmacytoid DCs can reprogram into cDC2s after TNF-α stimulation. Fascinating plasticity!
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TNF and type I interferon crosstalk controls the fate and function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells - Nature Immunology

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are type 1 interferon (IFN-I)-producing antiviral specialists that have been shown to be able to differentiate into conventional dendritic cells. Here the authors show how...

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease?

Do you have a great record and an exciting vision?

Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships.

Deadline 30th September...pass it on!

www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Group Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn School

Are you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan?

www.path.ox.ac.uk

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Jul 21

This is a second video shows Listeria monocytogenes (green) recruiting host cell actin (red) in term Hofbauer cells. Created by Nagisa Yoshida

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here is a video from our manuscript capturing Hofbauer cells interacting with each other in placental villi explants

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Happy share this latest study from the team. Here we look at placental macrophage biology across pregnany and their interaction with Listeria monocytogenes.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interactions between placental Hofbauer cells and L. monocytogenes change throughout gestation

Gestational changes in Hofbauer cells alter their interactions with Listeria monocytogenes.

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congrats!

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to @drbmalengier.bsky.social, @magmarlene.bsky.social and Team Gentek of @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for this amazing tour de force, comprehensively characterising #synovial #macrophage #development 💪🏻

bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · May 26

The synovial lining macrophage layer develops in the first weeks of life in a CSF1- and TGFβ- dependent but monocyte-independent process. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.21.655269v1

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks for visiting and your great talk. See you soon

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 6

NIH’s new director Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors” in an interview with Science. scim.ag/4mhSMpA

‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Want to join us in the field of placental biology? Check out this postdoc position available in my lab in collaboration with Catherin Aiken.
Research Assistant/ Research Associate in Placental Biology (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

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Kiwook @kim-lab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thrilled to share that our paper is now published in Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social ! 🎉 It’s been a long journey, and I’m incredibly grateful to all my co-authors—especially Dr. Teruyuki_Sano—for your dedication. This wouldn’t have been possible without you!
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

IL-10 sensing by lung interstitial macrophages prevents bacterial dysbiosis-driven pulmonary inflammation and maintains immune homeostasis

Immune-microbiota interactions are required to maintain host homeostasis. Kim et al. identified that steady-state sensing of IL-10 by interstitial macrophages (IMs) prevents spontaneous lung inflammat...

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Want to join us in the field of placental biology? Check out this postdoc position available in my lab in collaboration with Catherin Aiken.
Research Assistant/ Research Associate in Placental Biology (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Apr 17

Fascinating article

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 16

A new Science study reveals genetic links between pelvic structure and function, locomotion, and childbirth outcomes.

The findings offer fresh insights into how our species evolved to balance the competing demands of bipedalism and childbirth. scim.ag/3Y2lQHb

The genetic architecture of and evolutionary constraints on the human pelvic form

Human pelvic evolution following the human-chimpanzee divergence is thought to result in an obstetrical dilemma, a mismatch between large infant brains and narrowed female birth canals, but empirical ...

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Naomi McGovern @mcgovernlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

Excitied about this meeting in July with a great line up of speakers.

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The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research @loke-ctr.bsky.social · Mar 19

🔬 Does your research explore placental ageing, senescence, prolonged pregnancy, or term complications like pre-eclampsia?

Join leading experts at our Annual Meeting! Registration open, don’t miss your chance to be part of the discussion.

www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Apr 4

Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪

How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science

Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.

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emds2025.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great to see the abstracts start to come in for EMDS2025.

We have over 20 short talk slots up for grabs - with dedicated slots for #ECRs (PhD and postdocs). So, if you want to showcase your work to Europe's #macrophage #monocyte and #dendriticcell community, be sure to submit your abstract ASAP.

emds2025.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social · Mar 21

Abstract Submission Open!!

As we slide into the weekend, it's the ideal time to think about your abstract for #EMDS2025. Lots of opportunities for #ECRs to present...and prizes up for grabs!

👉 www.emds2025.com

@britsocimm.bsky.social @cytokinesociety.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Feb 21

New research shows that treatment of a rare and often fatal neurodegenerative condition in utero has been a success with the child still symptom free at 2 and a half years. 🧪

Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time

The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.

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