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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · 15d

Top lab tips from @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It’s a new term: here are 99 lab hacks

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

www.nature.com

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Ian Sample @iansample.bsky.social · 23d

Putin, Xi and the obsession with radical life extension. Fascinating chat with @prof-tregoning.bsky.social and @pjotrsauer.bsky.social 🧪
With @elliebury.bsky.social
And Tom Glasser
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Putin’s quest for longevity – podcast

At a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchange between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about the possibility of living to 150. Putin suggested the secret mi...

www.theguardian.com

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · 29d

Great to see our review about RNA vaccines out.
It covers the knowns and unknowns and where next

www.cell.com/molecular-th...

Immunology of RNA-based vaccines: the critical interplay between inflammation and expression

Given the explosion of RNA vaccines in the last 5 years, this review explores gaps in knowledge and what is needed to fill these. Tregoning and colleagues focus on the immune response to RNA vaccines,...

www.cell.com

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Don't forget, you can get another 'dose' of @prof-tregoning.bsky.social next week at WeHaveWaysPod WHWFest ... there's more to John than meets the eye! Author of Live Forever?, he also played the drums (IYKNK) - and knows his stuf, WW2-wise ...

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Jolly excited doesn't begin to cover it! From Moran to Morell, with infections, gangrene (😷), immunology and all things medical in between - our guest editor this week on #NewsoftheWar is @prof-tregoning.bsky.social ...

linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 5

With @prof-tregoning.bsky.social as our special guest editor this week, we have hard-hitting facts - and EXCELLENT RABBIT HOLES - about gangrene, penicillin, mortality, immunology, and more. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 2

Jolly excited about this weeks episode, in a mid season break of 1941 we have our first guest editor for News Of The War!

@prof-tregoning.bsky.social joins @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk to talk about infections, immunology, horse serum and much more.
🚨 Friday 5th September 🚨

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Clinical & Experimental Immunology @ceijournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

💉🌐 Oral vaccines are cheap, easy & life-saving, but why do they underperform in the places they’re needed most?

This paper highlights multifactorial causes & urges tailored solutions for equity in immunisation.

👉 https://bit.ly/42aACy3
##ImmunisationAwarenessMonth

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 29

And third, manipulating DNA delivery through the inclusion of cucurbit[n]urils (CBs), as supramolecular “hosts,” into nucleic acid-polymer polyplexes
www.cell.com/molecular-th...

Manipulating the delivery and immunogenicity of DNA vaccines through the addition of CB[8] to cationic polymers

Nucleic acid vaccines require antigen expression and inflammation to induce the adaptive immune response. Sallah and colleagues explored the use of cucurbiturils as supramolecular “hosts” to crosslink...

www.cell.com

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 29

Secondly in collaboration with @djpeeler.bsky.social
David developed a novel long lasting drug delivery approach using teeny tiny particles printed on a tiny 3D printer
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40018867/

Nanoscale Biodegradable Printing for Designed Tuneability of Vaccine Delivery Kinetics - PubMed

Two-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D printing enables top-down biomaterial synthesis with nanoscale spatial resolution for de novo design of monodisperse injectable drug delivery systems. Spatiotemporal...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just to flag some papers from the lab
First up - we identified novel antigens from Acinetobacter baumannii and demonstrated greater protection when delivered intranasally
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Intranasal delivery of mRNA expressing newly identified Acinetobacter baumannii antigens protects against bacterial lung disease - npj Vaccines

npj Vaccines - Intranasal delivery of mRNA expressing newly identified Acinetobacter baumannii antigens protects against bacterial lung disease

www.nature.com

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Cecilia Johansson @cjohansson-lab.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very excited that we are looking for a new lab member. If you are interested in viral immunology have a look at this job advert. You will work in 2 labs, ours and @prof-tregoning.bsky.social at @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social

John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 14

We have a new research assistant role co-supervised with @cjohansson-lab.bsky.social

Working on #vaccines and #immunology

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH045/r...

@imperialmed.bsky.social

Research Assistant in Vaccine Immunology at Imperial College London

Discover Research Assistant in Vaccine Immunology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 14

We have a new research assistant role co-supervised with @cjohansson-lab.bsky.social

Working on #vaccines and #immunology

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH045/r...

@imperialmed.bsky.social

Research Assistant in Vaccine Immunology at Imperial College London

Discover Research Assistant in Vaccine Immunology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Aug 2

Exciting Opportunity
Head of Department of Infectious Disease.

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm ‪@latitudefestival.bsky.social‬ this weekend
www.latitudefestival.com/artists/prof...

Artist | Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever?

Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever?

www.latitudefestival.com

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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · Jul 8

Coming to @latitudefestival.bsky.social — With @prof-tregoning.bsky.social. See you there www.latitudefestival.com/artists/prof...

Artist | Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever?

Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever?

www.latitudefestival.com

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jul 2

Short notice (3rd July) - but another PhD klaxon 🚨
Developing AI tools to predict RNA virus evolution.

We need people with computing/ genetics/ sequencing backgrounds.

4 yr DTP program. @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social

ai4health.io/apply/

How to Apply – AI4Health

ai4health.io

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just 24 hours left to buy Live Forever at the frankly ludicrously low price of 99p
There are a lot of things, that are a lot worse, and will cause you to die sooner that are very much more expensive.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DSJVHTL8

Live Forever?: A Curious Scientist's Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death

Live Forever?: A Curious Scientist's Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death eBook : Tregoning, John S.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 7

Number 1!

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 3

Only 99p!
www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Forever...

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 2

Described by @benwillbond.bsky.social as funny, fascinating and now only 99p on Kindle...
www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Forever...

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 1

my new book is only 99p on kindle today
get it while it's ridiculously cheap
it'll change your life (it did mine)
www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Forever...

www.amazon.co.uk

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · Jun 1

If you enjoyed my talk - why not read more in my book Live Forever - it's 99p today!
www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Forever...

www.amazon.co.uk

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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to @prof-tregoning.bsky.social on your successful #ImperialInaugural! 🥳

If you couldn’t be there in person, no worries — you can watch the replay!

@imperialinfect.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePX3...

John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · May 29

thanks to everyone who attended my inaugural IRL and online,
if you missed it it is here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePX3...

Viruses, vaccines, and the written word

YouTube video by Imperial College London

www.youtube.com

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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · May 29

thanks to everyone who attended my inaugural IRL and online,
if you missed it it is here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePX3...

Viruses, vaccines, and the written word

YouTube video by Imperial College London

www.youtube.com

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