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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity
@uofgsii.bsky.social
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The School of Infection & Immunity (Sii) at the University of Glasgow delivers internationally-leading research and outstanding education to future world-changing students.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 1d
📢 | Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social has been appointed @uofgsii.bsky.social Director of Education, succeeding Professor Olwyn Byron.

The pair will work closely to ensure a smooth transition ahead of Prof Veitch's official start this Friday.

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A head and shoulders portrait image of Nicola Veitch against a grey background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 5d
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 5d
📢 | Professor Donal Wall from @uofgsii.bsky.social was 1 of just 6 experts, selected from over 300, invited to give oral evidence to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk SIT Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK’s microbiome research landscape.

🎥 Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwyr...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 13d
🗣️ | Congratulations to Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social on her recent inaugural lecture, Blending the Biosciences in a Digital World.

Delivered to a full house, it was a truly memorable event hosted by @uofgsii.bsky.social and @uofgmvls.bsky.social LTSN.

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A photograph of Professor Nicola Veitch after her inaugural lecture. Nicola is stood beside friend and colleague Professor Olwyn Byron in the wood-panelled lecture theatre, beneath the screens displaying her slides and to the right of the podium.
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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · 15d
Delighted all of @lizihegarty.bsky.social's hard work as paid off. She shows that tissue resident colonic #macrophages persist through #inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair.

Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻

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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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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · 15d
Well done @lizihegarty.bsky.social. You are an exemplar postdoc - hardworking, well-read, conscientious, supportive, collegiate, all while being good fun (and expert in where to dine!!). Delighted to have you as a colleague.

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 19d
Absolutely delighted that our superstar #postdoc @lizihegarty.bsky.social was awarded the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social Student Support & Supervision Award for #PAW 2025. Thoroughly deserved for everything she does for @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social, @bainlab.bsky.social & @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 20d
🆕 | Rachael Hamilton MSP, Deputy Convenor of the @scotparl.bsky.social's group on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions, recently visited @uofgsii.bsky.social for a tour of our Sir Graeme Davies Building and discussion with @racegbn.bsky.social staff.

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 21d
It has been lovely being back in Glasgow this week, giving a keynote talk at the Glasgow Computational Biology conference & an invited seminar at @uofgsii.bsky.social in the Hogwarts building 🏰(thank you @liam-rooney.bsky.social) -both such vibrant research communities & highly enjoyable discussions
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 23d
📆 | Save the Date!

The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.

🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
Illustrated logo for BSP Glasgow 2026. The image features detailed black-and-white line drawings of iconic Glasgow landmarks and parasitic organisms. In the center is the University of Glasgow’s main tower. Surrounding it are illustrations of parasites, including helminths, protozoa, and kinetoplastids. On the left is the SEC Armadillo building, and on the right is the Finnieston Crane. Bold text beneath reads: "BSP GLASGOW 2026".
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Richard McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social · 26d
@marquescata.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new findings on stable polyploid Trypanosoma brucei at @microbiologysociety.org #Eukaryotes25
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Richard McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social · 26d
@scotomorph.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new insights into Trypanosoma congolense at #Eukaryotes25 @microbiologysociety.org
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 27d
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Rick Maizels has been prominently featured in a fascinating Freethink* article exploring the surprising relationship between parasitic worms and the human immune system.

👉 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🗞️ Article: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
A composite image of Professor Rick Maizles in the lab on the left, and the Freethink* logo with a microscopic image of Caenorhabditis elegans directly below, and the article title: 'We purged worms from our bodies - and may have made ourselves sick' below that, on the right.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Sep 4
🛶 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Bacteriology enjoyed a two-day retreat at the Firbush Outdoor Centre on Loch Tay at the beginning of July.

During the stay, discussions were had on the future of the research area, new opportunities for outreach and public engagement, and development of new curricula.
Bacteriology research area staff sat outdoors on grass and chairs beside Loch Tay, which is visible to the left. Bacteriology staff sat facing the camera smiling in a room that has been set up with chairs facing the front for a lecture or workshop type meeting. Eight members of staff sat in canoes in Loch Tay all tightly packed in a row, holding their paddles across the front of the vessels in a posed shot. A beautiful golden sunset image capturing the sun dipping behind the hills beyond gloriously lit up Loch Tay, with small boats in the foreground.
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Conor Feehily @sligomicrobe.bsky.social · Sep 3
Delighted to be one of the funded projects for the @innovateuk.bsky.social Engineering Biology SPARKS Award together with partners CC Bio Ltd and supported by Dr Ryan Kean.

"Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens"
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Image of bacteria and the title of the funded research project "Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens"
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Sep 2
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @liam-rooney.bsky.social recently co-organised the UK’s largest and most comprehensive light microscopy training programme, SOMC 2025, bringing together experts and students from around the world for an advanced upskilling course.

👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Participants and organisers from the 2025 Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course (SOMC) stood together on steps in a modern building.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Aug 25
☀️ | On Saturday, 2 August 2025, staff and PhD students from across @uofgsii.bsky.social came together for a fantastic day trip to Millport.

Organised by Social Committee Chair Dawn Mylet, the group enjoyed a cycle around the island, the fresh sea air, stunning views - and ice cream! 🚴⛵️🍦
A group selfie taken by Dawn Mylet in the foreground, with the rest of the group stood together on a slipway with local landmark Crocodile Rock, the sea, and boats behind. An image taken from a distance showing the group standing with their bikes in front of the bay and boats ahead of their cycle round the island. A member of Sii staff stood on crocodile rock in Millport with her dog, a black poodle, and pointing into the distance.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Aug 15
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Aug 15
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social has received £310k from Jon Moulton Charity Trust to support his UK investigator-led Phase 2 Marvel Study, investigating use of oral mitochondrial antioxidants in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A head and shoulders portrait shot of Professor Gwo-tzer Ho stood outside in front of a marble pillar. The Marvel Trial logo, with the letters 'Ma' in white font boxed off in a green square. 'rv' are stylised in cursive and black font, 'e' is green font, and 'l' a return to black font. The Jon Moulton Charity Trust logo. Set over three lines, the font colour starts light grey in the first line and then changes to a darker, bolder grey in the second and third. The 'C' in charity is stylised as the curve in a microscope.
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Richard McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social · Aug 15
We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social

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Leishmania major chromosomes are replicated from a single high-efficiency locus supplemented by thousands of lower efficiency initiation events
DNA replication initiates at genome sites termed origins. Previous origin mapping approaches in the populations of the protozoan parasite Leishmania m…
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Jul 31
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Rheumatology Dr Eve Smith has received the prestigious @eular.org Abstract Award – FOREUM: Clinical Science at this year’s #EULAR2025 Congress in Barcelona.

👉 More on this achievement: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Dr Eve Smith stood on the stage at the EULAR Conference holding a certificate of her award, with those presenting the award stood on either side.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Jul 28
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.

The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
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Liam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · Jul 26
Our second lecture of Day 4 at #SOMC25 was delivered by me (@uofgsii.bsky.social) covering aspects of live cell and in vivo microscopy.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Jul 23
🗨️ Professor Edgar said: “I am pleased to report that Simon Milling has accepted the role of Good Research Practice Advisor for the school.

"We thank Rick for his valuable contributions in this role to date and wish Simon well as he takes on these new responsibilities."

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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Jul 23
🆕 | Head of @uofgsii.bsky.social Professor Julia Edgar (@juliae.bsky.social) is delighted to announce that Professor Simon Milling (@simmunology.bsky.social) has accepted the role of Good Research Practice Advisor, succeeding Professor Rick Maizels.

🔗 Full story www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

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A portrait image of Simon Milling, with his head and shoulders visible against a dark grey background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · Jul 16
Professor Wall provided an accessible overview of microbiome research, outlining its significance, current strengths, and the areas where additional support is needed for the UK to remain globally competitive.

📺 Watch Donal's contribution in full: youtu.be/WjaMk1fSMvI?...

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Professor Donal Wall gives expert oral evidence to the House of Commons SIT Committee (1.7.2025)
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