Very enjoyable taking park in the Invisible Me podcast with Sarah Yorke. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7ahd...

Fatigue, Friends and Microbiome

Invisible Me · Episode

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🚨New paper alert!! Out in @insight.jci.org - highlights defects in Vdelta2 T cells in people living with obesity. Importantly we can see bariatric surgery restores these cells!! Led by @ciara.l.flynn but it takes a village. Thanks to funding from HRB. Find it here doi.org/10.1172/jci....

🫁Did you know 1 in 10 with rheumatoid arthritis develop interstitial lung disease? Join our Nov 4 webinar (2-3pm) to learn how Manchester BRC researchers study patient samples to improve early diagnosis. Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/1mbB... @madhvimenon.bsky.social @letsgetvocal.bsky.social

Amazing!!

Prof Sheena Cruickshank@sheencr.bsky.social · last wk.

Very excited to share that myself, @dandavis101.bsky.social and Emily Gywer Findlay are taking all things immunology as part of next week’s “In our Time”.

Applications are open for the 2027 cohort of the MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Exposome Immunology PhD Programme - a fully funded 4-year PhD programme delivered jointly by the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford🥳🧬 Find out more at: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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

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Attending #ESID2026 this week? Come and say hello to us at booth 23b to find out about becoming a BSI member, explore our training and professional development opportunities and see why our journals are a perfect home for your research.

@pallettlab.bsky.social and @schurichlab.bsky.social have done an amazing job bringing these together, can’t wait for everyone to read them.

Clinical & Experimental Immunology@ceijournal.bsky.social · 3w ago

Check out this Editorial from @pallettlab.bsky.social and @schurichlab.bsky.social introducing our new section and the exciting research area that is #immunometabolism Read it here 🖱️ vist.ly/5m4ek

Lister Fellow Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social shared this fab news 🙌The new £50m @ukri.org MRC CoRE for Restorative Immunology aims to improve quality of life for people who live with immune-mediated diseases e.g. arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. 1/4 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/se...

Research centre to focus on potential cures for inflammatory diseases

A major new centre involving UCL researchers will focus on curing, rather than managing, inflammatory diseases.

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Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

Interested in how the immune system changes as we age? Check out this paper on Helios expression in CD4+ T cells across the life course: academic.oup.com/cei/article/...

Helios expression in naive CD4+ T cells decreases from neonates to older adults

Fetuses, neonates, and infants are vulnerable to infectious diseases. At the same time, they are exposed to many harmless antigens; therefore, suppressing

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British Society for Immunology@britsocimm.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today, on International Day of Older Persons, we're launching a new BSI and CARINA Network report on immune health and healthy ageing. It sets out recommendations to better integrate immune health into UK policy, research & healthcare. Read the report: vist.ly/5kjgv

Woo hoo! Me being OTT, but please do submit!!!

Clinical & Experimental Immunology@ceijournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you submitted to our new Immunometabolism Section yet? Led by Dr Lizzy Rosser (UCL), this is a dedicated home for cutting-edge research exploring how metabolism shapes immune function in health and disease. Learn more: vist.ly/58wxd #Immunometabolism #Immunology

Have you submitted to our new Immunometabolism Section yet? Led by Dr Lizzy Rosser (UCL), this is a dedicated home for cutting-edge research exploring how metabolism shapes immune function in health and disease. Learn more: vist.ly/58wxd #Immunometabolism #Immunology

I adore speaking science and I’ve had a very good week doing exactly that! @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social fellows meeting and then @britsocimm.bsky.social signals and senses meeting 🧬 feeling very inspired👌

Absolute joy to come back from A/L to another amazing @london-immuno.bsky.social meeting - this year on signals and senses woo metabolites and stuff 😄 Of course loved the talk from our very own @bcellsrosser.bsky.social 🤩 earlier and now onto cool pollution effects from @sheencr.bsky.social 🧐

📣 Excited about engaging the public in #immunology? Apply for the BSI Communication & Engagement Grant! Up to £1,000 for projects that inspire, educate and build trust in science. Deadline: 1 October 2026! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3Y9j8gm

Macrophage-derived oxysterols recruit GPR183+ TH2 cells into fungal lesions, suppressing type 1 immunity and promoting pathogen persistence @sciimmunology.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A ketogenic diet promotes tumour growth in the small intestine in susceptible mice go.nature.com/3TB3Cge

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can feed intestinal tumours

A ketogenic diet promotes tumour growth in the small intestine in susceptible mice. In people, diet advice might need to be tailored to individual cancer risks.

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@jem.org a new type I IFN–dependent psoriasis subtype resulting from rare heterozygous variants in ADAR1 and associated with a specific response to JAK1 and TYK2 inhibitors @inserm.fr rupress.org/jem/article-...

Not only will I be presenting some data we’ve never taken out ‘in the wild’ before. But it’s gonna be a great meeting!

British Society for Immunology@britsocimm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

⌛️ 5 days to go! Submit your abstract for our event with @london-immuno.bsky.social here: vist.ly/59p7t

Just updated our website and the new Immunometabolism section in @britsocimm.bsky.social’s Clinical and Experimental Immunology journal and my role as section editor - rosserlab.com/news--events check it out!

Reversible suppression of autophagy in a mouse model reveals neuronal resilience @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Woo!

British Society for Immunology@britsocimm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚀 Excited to announce the Immunometabolism Section in @ceijournal.bsky.social led by Dr Lizzy Rosser (UCL) A dedicated home for cutting-edge research exploring how metabolism shapes immune function in health and disease. Learn more: vist.ly/58wxd #Immunometabolism #Immunology

Very excited to be announced as the new section editor for the brand new ‘immunometabolism’ section in @britsocimm.bsky.social journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology… find out more below 👇 and please keep us in mind for your new Immunometabolism stories 🗞️ www.immunology.org/news/clinica...

Had an absolutely amazing couple of days in Dublin with @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social making new friends, talking about the transformative impact the Lister prize has had on my career, and forging new connections with the Irish scientific community. I’m so excited to see what comes of this trip…!

The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine@thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Special thanks to current #ListerFellows @chillzaa.bsky.social @bcellsrosser.bsky.social @tjryan.bsky.social and former Fellows @corrigar.bsky.social and @agagambus.bsky.social for talking about the real impact that our flexible Prize funding makes to research careers and pursuing bold ideas!

🚨 New Publication Alert - out now in @science.org - We outline the environmental regulators of MAIT cells including the nutrients they need - with them coming into focus in cancer this is sure to be important - read it here doi.org/10.1126/scis...

Environmental regulation of mucosal-associated invariant T cells: Adding food for thought

Nutrients are important environmental factors that affect the functional responses of MAIT cells to challenge.

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Great to see Nick in action at the #EASLCongress this year, presenting his work on the gut-liver axis in PSC! Nick’s abstract was also featured in the best at EASL showcase, titled “Microbially deconjugated bile acid-mediated ileal barrier function deficit”👏👨‍🔬🎉 @kiroxford.bsky.social

Poor supervision is pushing young researchers out of academia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Poor supervision is pushing young researchers out of academia

A survey finds that academic supervisors can have a huge impact on their students’ mental health.

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Belimumab combined with conventional therapy enhances NK cell counts, improves serological and clinical outcomes, and facilitates steroid tapering in childhood-onset SLE link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I would love to see treatment-resistant JIA and Uveitis in a study like this one day.

Immunity@cp-immunity.bsky.social · 6mo ago