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Judi Allen
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 16
Super excited to announce that MRC has funded a new Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Working together, Manchester and Oxford are going to tackle a major challenge of our times. For those who wonder what the Exposome is - see yesterday's posts! www.ukri.org/news/centre-...
Centre to study how exposome causes chronic inflammatory disease
A new Medical Research Council (MRC) centre will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases.
www.ukri.org
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 8d
Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease.
www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs
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MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social · 29d
🎓 6x fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships 🎓

We are recruiting our first cohort of PhD students to start Oct 2026.

Students will shape their own projects within supervisory teams spanning the universities of Manchester & Oxford.

www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mrc-core-in-exposome-immunology/?p6899
FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
www.findaphd.com
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 8d
📢 Final call - registrations are closing soon for our event taking place this Thursday in Glasgow! #BSIWSIG25

Don’t miss this year’s Delphine Parrott memorial lecture, delivered by @profjudiallen.bsky.social (University of Manchester)!

Click here to secure your spot: bit.ly/4oyR7gx
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 13d
Just one week to go until our BSI West of Scotland #Immunology Group showcase 2025 with Delphine Parrott memorial lecture!
@wsigimmunol

📍 University of Glasgow
🗓️ 2 Oct, 2-6.30pm BST

Registrations are still open! Click here to secure your place: bit.ly/4oyR7gx
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Becky Dodd @becky-dodd.bsky.social · 18d
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉
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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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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 26d
We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road
Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:
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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · Sep 8
New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road
Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure
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MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social · Sep 8
WE ARE HIRING! www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs

Vacancies inc. 3x PDRA positions, 2x data scientists and a Transition Fellowship in Air Pollution.

Join us as we embark on a 14 year journey to understand how the exposome impacts immune regulation and chronic inflammation.

#hiring #immunosky
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Sep 7
Interested in working at the interface of Environmental Science, Data Science and Immunology? Our MRC Centre wants to understand how the exposome dysregulates immunity to cause chronic inflammatory disease. Postdocs will be advertised soon. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP132/t...
Transition Fellow in Air Pollution at The University of Manchester
Discover Transition Fellow in Air Pollution 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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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Sep 7
Truly a most neglected tropical disease. More common than other filarial nematode diseases and yet largely ignored. www.cell.com/trends/paras...
Mansonella perstans – the forgotten filaria
Mansonella perstans is the most prevalent human filarial parasite, infecting over 100 million people worldwide. Despite its wide distribution, it remains one of the most neglected parasitic infections...
www.cell.com
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · Sep 4
Today we have prepped the feeding stations, got the loggers and traps out on our second grid (Low Light), swum in the sea and enjoyed the sun! @bethsallis.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · Aug 26
We have headed out today for our 4th field season on the Isle of May - good to be back and looking forward to what the next 6 weeks brings @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · Aug 28
Lab is set up, food is stashed and first traps are out. @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social
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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · Aug 18
There's one week left to apply for postdoc positions in my group. Links to apply below!
#academicjobs #researchjobs #immunosky
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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · Jul 30
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions available in our group are now online. Deadline August 25th.
🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
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Research Fellow - Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy - 106119 - Grade 7
The successful candidate will make extensive use of a range of in vivo models of fungal infection and will have access to the wide range of transgenic tools and in vivo immunology techniques establish...
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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...
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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · Aug 11
A compelling read on #vaccines by @sheencr.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social and chrischirp.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk.

#EduSky
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Aug 11
Despite the fact that vaccines have saved millions of lives and RFK Jr made promises that he was not anti-vaccine when he was confirmed as HHS and pledged to maintain vaccines and science integrity he is systematically going back on that promise #ImmunoSky 🧪🧵
How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.
theconversation.com
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · Aug 4
My "Crash Course in …Immunology" is now posted on YouTube youtu.be/nBC9vvlTxF8. Taken from a public lecture @crick.ac.uk on history and basic concepts in immunity. Aimed at the lay public and those seeking an introductory overview.
The Past, Present and Future of Immunology Research – with Caetano Reis e Sousa
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Aug 5
So satisfying to see data published when you hadn't expected it to resurface - especially when it is still relevant and timely.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"PD-L2 Inhibits Protective Immunity, Th2 Cell Functional Quality, and GATA-3 Expression During Filarial Nematode Infection"
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 31
While cleaning up some files I found this screenshot of a David Sipress cartoon. Even more apt 3 years later.
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Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology @kiroxford.bsky.social · Jul 16
Huge news! A £50M MRC CoRE will bring together Manchester & Oxford to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory disease.

The CoRE will be Directed by Prof Judi Allen (Manchester) & co-Directed by Prof Dame Fiona Powrie, Director of the KIR.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ps5...
New £50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases
A new Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, ...
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Jul 22
Excited to share our latest paper on wound healing. The research is the fruits of a fantastic collaboration between me, Dr Leah Vardy (A star Institute in Singapore) & UoM surgeon Prof Jason Wong and critical insight from amazing colleagues too🧪#ImmunoSky🧵
doi.org/10.1093/bjd/...
Keratinocyte arginase 1 regulates proinflammatory responses and drives re-epithelialization via lipocalin 2
Keratinocyte arginase 1 (ARG1) promotes anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial protection during re-epithelialization. Chronic skin wounds have a delay in wou
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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Jul 21
We’re pleased to welcome Professor Robin May as UKHSA’s Interim Chief Scientific Officer from September.
Robin joins us from @foodgov.bsky.social, bringing expertise in public health threats, and continues as Professor of Infectious Disease at @unibirmingham.bsky.social.
Professor Robin May will join UKHSA as Interim Chief Scientific Officer in September
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 20
Interesting read on a city that has changed so much in the past 10 years. The changes to the skyline alone are dramatic - how much more has changed?
‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?
£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or wo...
www.theguardian.com
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · Oct 31
T. Muris Infection Dynamics of a Fresh, Wild Isolate: Is the Established E Isolate Still Relevant? - Mair - 2024 - Parasite Immunology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
T. Muris Infection Dynamics of a Fresh, Wild Isolate: Is the Established E Isolate Still Relevant?
For decades, parasitic worms such as Trichuris muris have been maintained in laboratory animals, providing insights into host–parasite interactions and host immune responses. The most used T. muris i...
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · Jul 20
Amazing paper. The under appreciated influence of retroelements on immune function. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Primate retroelement exonization and sexually dimorphic IL13RA1 transcription tune type 2 immune responses
Co-option of primate-specific retroelements creates an alternative IL-13Rα1 subunit that tunes type 2 immune responses.
www.science.org
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International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) @cytokinesociety.bsky.social · Jun 3
Cytokines 2025 promises to be an exceptional program! Visit seattle.cytokinesociety.org for the full list of invited speakers, to submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation by June 18, or register today. You don't want to miss this year.
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