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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · 11d

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · 19d

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Study on effectiveness of a maternal RSV vaccine gets national and international attention | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · 24d

Study on effectiveness of a maternal RSV vaccine gets national and international attention 🫃

A study on the effectiveness of a maternal RSV vaccine was cited in the House of Lords, The Sun and the UKHSA RSV vaccination promotion materials.

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September 2025: A recent study involving researchers from the Centre for Inflammation Research on the effectiveness of a maternal RSV vaccine has been cited in the House of Lords, the Sun Newspaper an...

Former PhD student wins the Alfred Wallace Award for significant contribution to the science of entomology | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases

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The Roslin Institute @roslininstitute.bsky.social · 25d

Roslin Reels - The Roslin Institute's Professor Neil Mabbott talks about his team's work on boosting immunity against infection.

For more information on our research, check out our website:
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#InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #AnimalHealth

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · 25d

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · Sep 8

*Congratulations* to former Darwin Trust-funded PhD student Arun Prakash for being awarded the Alfred Russel Wallace award from @royentsoc.bsky.social for his PhD on #immune regulation of disease #tolerance and immune #priming in #Drosophila!

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September 2025: Dr Arun Prakash, a Darwin Trust PhD student, has been retrospectively awarded the prestigious award from the Royal Entomological Society for his 2021 thesis ''Immune Regulation Of Dise...

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Research Focus: From nematodes in Kenyan dairy calves to respiratory infections in mice | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Sep 3

August Research Focus!

From nematodes in Kenyan dairy calves to respiratory infections in mice 🐄🐭

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August 2025: A collection of publication highlights from Edinburgh Infectious Diseases over the past month.

Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for bovine IP-10 - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · Aug 29

Researchers have traced Cyprus’ 2023 deadly cat coronavirus outbreak to a hybrid of cat and dog coronaviruses. This is the first study that shows cross-species “mix and match” genes can form dangerous new strains in cats.

Summary: edin.ac/4oZgZlL
Full paper: edin.ac/4lRB8ay

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Sep 1

Jaime Garcia Iglesias @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social · Aug 31

🎓🏳️‍🌈🦠Are you a registered health professional seeking funding for a PhD in a topic related to: sexual health, sociology of health, qualitative or mixed methods?

🫶I'd be supportive of applicants to the upcoming @ukri.org opportunity in January call!

👉DMs open!

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WHO @who.int · Aug 28

#ThrowbackThursday: In 1980 the 🌍🌎🌏 was declared #smallpox free, thanks to mass vaccination efforts.

Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork

World Health: The Magazine of the World Health Organization. May 1980. smallpox is dead!

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for bovine IP-10

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40814003/

Research on chemokines in cattle is hampered by the relative lack of validated reagents. Bovine IP-10 is an important inflammatory chemokine and a promising diagnostic biomarker for an economically im...

Amyloid-Beta Pathology Increases Synaptic Engulfment by Glia in Feline Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome: A Naturally Occurring Model of Alzheimer's Disease - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Amyloid-Beta Pathology Increases Synaptic Engulfment by Glia in Feline Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome: A Naturally Occurring Model of Alzheimer's Disease

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40790741/

Feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS; a.k.a. feline dementia) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder, comparable to dementia in people, characterised by behavioural changes such as increas...

Public health agencies need to be 'Kennedy ready': take action now to protect vaccine confidence - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Public health agencies need to be 'Kennedy ready': take action now to protect vaccine confidence

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40785598/

The Secretary of the US Department of Health & Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr is leading a political agenda against vaccination. This is undermining the delivery of life-saving vaccination programm...

Fluorescence Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Using Single-Molecule Confocal Microscopy - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fluorescence Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Using Single-Molecule Confocal Microscopy

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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, membrane-bound particles released by cells into the extracellular environment. They play a pivotal role in cell communication and have recently gained prominenc...

Mast Cells Are Not Essential for Pubertal Mammary Gland Branching - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mast Cells Are Not Essential for Pubertal Mammary Gland Branching

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Mast cells are long-lived, tissue-resident immune cells of the myeloid lineage with cardinal functions in allergy and atopic disease. They are now increasingly recognized also for protective roles, fo...

Footprints of Worldwide Adaptation in Structured Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Through the Expanded DEST 2.0 Genomic Resource - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Footprints of Worldwide Adaptation in Structured Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Through the Expanded DEST 2.0 Genomic Resource

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Large-scale genomic resources can place genetic variation into an ecologically informed context. To advance our understanding of the population genetics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, we pr...

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 28

This week in papers from the EID network...

An Hfq-dependent post-transcriptional mechanism fine tunes RecB expression in Escherichia coli

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A 'green' toolbox: non-chemotherapeutic approaches for gastrointestinal nematode control in ruminants - PubMed

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mosquito feeding habits could influence disease spread 🦟

A recent study involving researchers from the Roslin Institute shows how feeding preference may sustain transmission of mosquito-borne viruses.

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The Roslin Institute @roslininstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26

Roslin Reels - The Roslin Institute's Professor Rowland Kao, CBE talks about his team's work on data and disease spread.

For more information on our research, check out our website:https://vet.ed.ac.uk/roslin

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 23

Professor Gary Entrican receives Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award 🧪🎉

Many congratulations to Gary Entrican from @roslininstitute.bsky.social who has received the award at the 14th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium.

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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · Aug 20

A 'green' toolbox: non-chemotherapeutic approaches for gastrointestinal nematode control in ruminants

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40796422/

Grazing ruminants are commonly infected with gastrointestinal nematodes, and their negative impacts on animal health, welfare and production are intensified by increasing anthelmintic drug resistance....