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King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine @kingslsm.bsky.social · Jul 29

Professor James Galloway from our School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social has been announced as the new Versus Arthritis Endowed Chair. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...

Photo of Professor James Galloway with quote: "When I was offered the position of Versus Arthritis Endowed Chair, I felt enormously privileged. I will use this position to advance both research and clinical practice, and I very much look forward to being an ambassador for Versus Arthritis and working even more closely with them in the future."

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Co-led with the wonderful Fran Denk @denklab.bsky.social with support from our incredible programme manager Fay Minty it's a complete joy to lead this programme which allowed us to recruit super talented students and led to so many exciting new projects and collaborations! #neuro-immune ♥️

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Very honoured and happy to share that our fantastic #Neuro-Immune Interactions in Health and Disease #PhD programme team @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social was awarded the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine @kingslsm.bsky.social Collaborative Research Excellence Award.

Award for Collaborative Research Excellence

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 24

Such an awe-inspiring presentation by Carl June on CAR T cell therapy @focisimmunology.bsky.social Fantastic to see the latest and much-needed progress in treatment for glioblastoma 👏

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 24

Looking forward to a great week of translational immunology @focisimmunology.bsky.social

FOCIS - Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies @focisimmunology.bsky.social · Jun 24

FOCIS 2025 is officially underway! We look forward to seeing you all in Boston for the 25th FOCIS Annual Meeting. #FOCIS2025

Not registered yet? Registration is also available on-site! View full event information here: zurl.co/uddVw

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 23

This was a complex study, which took 6+ years to complete.The paper shows that skin and joint inflammation in #psoriatic #arthritis is linked in terms of #T-cell clonality and type (CD8+ tissue-resident memory T-cells). This may help explain why & how the disease spreads from the skin to the joint.

@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 23

Super proud to share another recent output from the Taams lab at @kclcibci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, performed by the wonderful Lucy Durham, in close collaboration with Fran Humby & Bruce Kirkham and many others. doi.org/10.1002/art....

Clonal sharing of CD8+ T‐cells links skin and joint inflammation in psoriatic arthritis

Objective Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an HLA class I-associated inflammatory arthritis that develops in up to 30% of people with psoriasis. We tested the hypothesis that skin and joint inflammation...

doi.org

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 23

Delighted that our work on JAK inhibitors acting directly on human sensory neurons with @denklab.bsky.social has made the front cover of @jci-insight.bsky.social

JCI insight @insight.jci.org · Jun 23

This issue’s cover features work by‬ Leonie S. Taams & team @denklab.bsky.social —JAK inhibitors act directly on human sensory neurons: buff.ly/trWfkCr

The image shows iPSC–derived sensory neurons stained with β III tubulin (green), Brn3a (red), and DAPI (blue).

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · Jun 19

King’s has been named the 31st best university in the world and 5th best in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2026. 🎉

Find out more ⬇️

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/qs-king...

#QSWUR #QSWUR2026

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jun 18

I feel incredibly honoured and privileged to receive this award and recognition. I ♥️ the @britsocimm.bsky.social. If you're not yet a BSI member, do sign up and become part of this amazing and supportive community, with an excellent #researchculture

British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · Jun 18

And it's the moment you've all been waiting for... time to announce our first winner!

The winner of the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to the BSI Award is…. Professor Leonie Taams, @taamslab.bsky.social

Congratulations on your achievement!

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · May 23

This was a fantastic collaboration with @denklab.bsky.social leading to intriguing and exciting novel mechanistic insight as to how JAK inhibitors may reduce #pain in #rheumatoid #arthritis by acting directly on #sensory #neurons. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work.

@denklab @denklab.bsky.social · May 23

Many congratulations to our joint Denk/@taamslab.bsky.social PhD student Yuening Li for her new paper explaining why JAK inhibitors are better painkillers in rheumatoid arthritis than other biologics: insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪🧠 #PainResearch #painscience #Immunosky

JCI Insight - Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid induces JAK-dependent intracellular activation of human sensory neurons

insight.jci.org

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · May 21

Rosie presented work from our Welcome Trust funded Collaborative Award with the amazing teams of @denklab.bsky.social, and Chris Buckley and Dave Bennett from Oxford. Well done Rosie 👍🎊

@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · May 21

Also super proud of postdoc Dr Rosie Ross who won a prize for best talk at the recent fabulous #EWRR workshop in Budapest. Her talk was on the peripheral drivers of #pain in #rheumatoid #arthritis.

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · May 21

Super proud of 3rd year PhD student Katie Lambert, who won a people's choice award for her excellent talk on Effector T cell-modulated #monocytes resemble myeloid cells from the site of inflammation at the recent #PhD symposium of our School of #Immunology and #Microbial Sciences. Well done Katie 🎉🤩

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Wishing all budding and experienced immunologists a (belated) wonderful #DayofImmunology - but let's not just make it a day, but a week, month, year to celebrate and shine a spotlight on the importance of #immunology in the #immunotherapy of #cancer #autoimmunity #allergy and in #vaccination

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FOCIS - Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies @focisimmunology.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thinking about joining FOCIS? Planning to attend the FOCIS 2025 Annual Meeting? We've made it easier than ever to do both with Enhanced Registration! 🎉

Don’t miss out—register now! ✨ zurl.co/BeHlq

#FOCIS2025 #immunology

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jan 30

🧪🧠 #arthritis #painscience

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hurray, another new PhD graduate from our Neuro-Immune Interactions in Health & Disease program - congratulations Yuening! A wonderful collaboration with @denklab.bsky.social on cytokines driving pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis #Arthritis #neuroimmune

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@taamslab @taamslab.bsky.social · Jan 25

Lab group at King's College London studying cellular and molecular regulation of inflammation.

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