Updated link to our research Assistant job in Regenerative Neuroimmunology in our new lab at Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Job alert: Research Assistant in Regenerative Neuroimmunology lab in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. We're hiring a Research Assistant to work with our new team in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. This role will initially

This was super fun to write! The book is out today :)

St Catharine's College@stcatharines.bsky.social · last mo.

Catz Fellow Adrian Liston (2023) has co-written ‘The Professor, the Pipette & the Path Not Taken: Choose Your Science Career’, a new interactive book that enables readers to trace the twists & turns of different career pathways in science: caths.cam.ac.uk/scie... @cam.ac.uk 1/3

Exciting times ahead - we're officially opening a second lab in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with @futureneuro.bsky.social . We'll soon be recruiting Postdocs and Research Assistants. We're particularly keen to hear from glial/oligodendrocyte/myelin biologists!

Research Ireland@researchireland.ie · 2mo ago

Prof. Denise Fitzgerald has been awarded €6.26 million Research Professorship funding to investigate ways that ageing affects how the immune system helps repair brain tissue in illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/trinity...

Seven major new Rinn centres have been announced today by Minister James Lawless. The Rinn will focus on Advanced Therapies, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Medical Devices, Pharma & Biopharma, Quantum, & Semiconductor technologies. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/rinn-ne...

HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30 www.thetimes.com/article/6e58...

HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30

There were no deaths from the disease among women aged 20 to 24 from 2020-2024, according to the research

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We are delighted to announce the programme for our one-day, in person event, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Society for Immunology. This will feature invited speakers, poster presentations and industry support. 📆Monday 27th April 2026 📍Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast

Latest offering. How myelin ensheathes axons! Born from chat with Dwight Bergles on "weird things" we saw oligodendrocytes do, like making "bridges" between sheaths. Driven forward by Cody Call, Kelly Monk, and myelin folks @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Enjoy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Flexible ensheathment of axons enables myelination of complex CNS networks - Nature

The rate of axon ensheathment varies within individual myelinating processes, resulting in chains of myelin sheaths connected by bridges consisting of thin cytoplasmic processes that provide&nbsp...

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Glia gang, this is for you! In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). 🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org

🚨Job alert - please share🚨 Senior Research Fellow (Programme Manager, Neuroimmunology), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Are you an experienced researcher keen for a unique challenge? Want to help set up and lead a new neuroimmunology research team/lab in TCD...

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Research Ireland's new Strategy: Curiosity, Capability, Competitiveness – Charting Ireland’s Research and Innovation Future, aims to build a research and innovation system that delivers prosperity for the people of Ireland. Read the full Strategy: www.researchireland.ie/strategy/ #ResearchIreland

I am delighted to see this work published. A big thanks to everyone, particularly the excellent supervision of @lyons-lab.bsky.social, the work of co-first author @juliavdkorput.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators in Amsterdam and Oregon. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Myelin sheaths in the central nervous system can withstand damage and dynamically remodel

Myelin damage is a hallmark of several neurological disorders, but how it occurs remains to be fully understood. In this study, we found that early damage in zebrafish and rodent demyelination models ...

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Excellent advice

Pat Thomson@patthomson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Include a writing retreat in your 2026 plans patthomson.net/2026/02/07/w...

Recommendations for where to advertise Postdoc jobs for wide reach these days? Free and fee-based suggestions welcomed. Jobs based Ireland in neuroimmunology.Thanks!

Overjoyed to share our new work exploring the antigen specificity of CSF-expanded CD8+ T cells in #multiplesclerosis #EBV in @natimmunol.nature.com #immunology 🧪🧵1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Antigen specificity of clonally enriched CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis - Nature Immunology

Sabatino and colleagues examine expanded CD8+ T cell clonotypes from a small cohort of multiple sclerosis patients. They identified several cognate peptide epitopes that derive from Epstein–Barr virus...

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Among almost 60,000 women aged 18 - 45 in one Swedish county, #Covid #Vaccination did not affect the chance of getting or staying #pregnant. I know of at least a dozen studies that have shown this, but this is by far the biggest! I spoke to @lizszabo.bsky.social

Large study finds COVID-19 shots don’t affect fertility

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🧪 Want to discover what science really does for your health? Join the Love Your Health event on Sat 14 Feb, 1–4:30pm! Meet local scientists, try hands-on activities & explore research that matters to ALL ages. 💡👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 #NIScienceFest nisciencefestival.com/event/love-y...

Love Your Health: | NI Science Festival

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We want to develop a Centre of Excellence for MS Research in Northern Ireland, and we want to hear your opinions! Please share! Next Meeting: 29th January 2026 You will be reimbursed for travel expenses. For more information, contact: info@msresearchni.co.uk #multiplesclerosis #MSResearchNI

🎂 What a nice b-day surprise: 🏆 Congrats to Chengyu Zou on this timely and outstanding Cell Perspective on regulatory T cells. 🧬 Perfectly aligned with the Nobel spotlight on Tregs. Source: Zou C. et al., Cell (2026). authors.elsevier.com/c/1mPZDL7PXu...

🔬 PhD Opportunity in Cancer Cell Biology 🔬 Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious scientist looking for a PhD project in cancer cell biology? Apply to join as a PhD student in Emma Evergren's group to help tackle fundamental questions in cancer cell biology. Apply by 30 January lnkd.in/eDrBp-J9

We're delighted that Professor Sarah Tabrizi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025. Her team's global trial at @ucl-hd.bsky.social showed a new Huntington’s treatment could slow progression by 75%.

‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy

Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

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In the year that Tregs get the respect they deserve - here is our contribution to help understand what regulates their homeostasis. One for lovers of cytokines and Tregs! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

At AIMSRN2025, our team highlighted why the eye matters in MS research. Catch up on the talks via the YouTube links below - worth a watch! Dr Gavin McDonnell www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtm... Dr. Michelle Naughton www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-f4... Dr Lajos Csincsik www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5D...

Could the eye be a window to the brain in MS? Dr. Michelle Naughton, Queens University Belfast

YouTube video by ALL Institute

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Earlier this month, we trained on the new M2OCT at the NI Clinical Research Facility-thanks to Imagine Eyes! This hi-res tech will boost eye research in MS, glaucoma, Alzheimer’s & more, led by Queen’s University Belfast. Thanks to our funders incl. Jules Thorn Trust & iREACH Health! #MSResearchNI

Last week, Prof. Imre Lengyel and Dr. Lajos Csincsik joined the Eyes on the Brain meeting hosted by Optos in Edinburgh to explore how eye imaging and AI could help detect and monitor brain and nerve conditions, including MS. Thanks to Optos for the invitation and inspiring discussions! #MS #retina

🔬 Last month, our NI MS Research Hub team shared how the retina may help us better understand Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We presented at the World Sight Day & Pan-Ireland Ophthalmic Meeting in Belfast — a great chance to link eye and brain health to support people with MS. 👁️🧠 #MSResearchNI #WSD2025

🎉 Huge congrats to Nira for winning Best Postdoctoral Research Talk at the Irish Society of Immunology Conference in Galway! 👏 She presented exciting work on how the brain repairs itself in MS, highlighting immune receptors that support remyelination. #MSResearchNI @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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I hope this Nobel Prize gets people talking meaningfully about our amazing immune systems and the importance of basic research to human health (and funding basic research). I am also glad young women get to see that women can not only work at this level, but that those who do can get recognized.