Are you an immunologist or environmental scientist with an interest in human health? Join our upcoming scientific meeting on the topic of the exposome and chronic inflammatory diseases. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

How does the world around us influence immunity? 🌍 Join us at #LIG26 to explore how external factors, from microbes & diet to pollution, influence immunity. Featuring Prof Yasmine Belkaid, Prof Sheena Cruickshank and Prof Petter Brodin. Join us in central London next Friday!

We're partnering with @uommib.bsky.social and @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social to launch the Manchester Immuno-Biotechnology Initiative (MImmBI), bringing together immunology, environmental health and bioengineering to drive new discoveries. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

Lydia Becker Institute, MIB, and MRC CoRE Partner on Immuno-Biotechnology Initiative

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Delighted our study investigating how different components of particulate matter pollution affect lung cells is now out. We evaluated the impact of PM components incl transition metals, dust, soot & diesel exhaust components such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons 🧵🧪

🎥 Now live: AI in Immunology Workshop recordings! We’re excited to share the full video series from the AI in Immunology Workshop, hosted by the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Watch the full playlist 👉 lnkd.in/eW5cjvqY #AI #Immunology

@sheencr.bsky.social will be joining @profbriancox.bsky.social on "A Question of Science" to explore how our diet, the microbiome, and antibiotics shape our health/mood through the gut-brain axis 📅 Tuesday, 30 June ⏰ 2:45 PM 📍 The Francis Crick Institute 🎟️ FREE TICKETS lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1...

To celebrate World Immunology Day, @sheencr.bsky.social and Paul Klenerman have recorded a special episode of To Immunity and Beyond, focusing on the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Listen 👉 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/mrc-centre-r... More on MOXIE👉 www.exposome-immunology.ac.uk #DayofImmunology

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Find out how the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology is deciphering how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases.

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Our new blog explores how vaccination programmes evolve, focusing on the introduction of the MMRV vaccine #CelebrateVaccines In 1988, combining 3 vaccines into 1 helped drive UK uptake above 90%. Now, MMRV builds on this progress... Read more 👉 vist.ly/4xr7h

🖥️🤖 AI in Immunology Workshop – FREE online tickets! Join us online for the AI in Immunology Workshop, hosted by us along with @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social and GJBRC. Featuring keynote talks, short talks and workshops. Learn more & get your FREE online tickets ➡️ lnkd.in/eNRYnDjh #AI #Immunology

Today is #CelebrateVaccines day for the @britsocimm.bsky.social so sharing this basic explainer of how vaccines work and the main different types of vaccine

Fundamental immunology 101: the basics of vaccines

Summarising different vaccine types and pros and cons of each

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Super-excited to share this article I wrote with @worboyslab.bsky.social all about new innovations in a type of monoclonal antibody therapy for cancer. Super quick 🧵🧪 #MonoclonalAntibodies

Masked T-cell engagers: cancer immunotherapies for the future?

This new type of immunotherapy shows promise for treating different cancers including prostate cancer, leukaemia and lung cancer.

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For International Women’s Day, we celebrate Professors Judi Allen and Fiona Powrie, leaders of the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Allen explores immune responses to parasites, while Powrie uncovers how immunity shapes gut balance and inflammation. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating the leadership of Professors Judi Allen and Fiona Powrie, the Directors of the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Professor… | ...

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating the leadership of Professors Judi Allen and Fiona Powrie, the Directors of the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Professor Jud...

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We had a great time at the annual Kennedy Network Conference in Birmingham last week! We really enjoyed the chance to listen to some excellent keynote talks, present some of our own work, and hear what the wider network is up to! Looking forward to next year already🌸🌼 @kiroxford.bsky.social

Looking to build vital skills for your future? Additional training or workshops could give you an important edge! Our Career Enhancing Grant supports training like this. Applications close 25 March. Explore how we can support you & apply here: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL

This #February11 we are celebrating Prof Jessica Teeling, winner of the BSI Public Engagement Award! Her grant‑supported “Snakes and Letters for a Healthy Brain” project is inspiring conversations on dementia risk + immunity. #WomenInScience Read here: https://bit.ly/3Ktiito

Marking #February11 by celebrating Professor Tracy Hussell, BSI President, and her Nature Mentoring Award for Lifetime Achievement. A great recognition of her commitment to supporting early career researchers and strengthening the immunology community. #WomenInScience #Immunology

🏆 Huge congratulations to our Director Professor Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social who has been awarded the Nature 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science for her exceptional support of emerging scientists. #ImmunoSky @nature.com sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

Professor Tracy Hussell Receives Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science

Professor Tracy Hussell receives the 2025 Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science, recognising her outstanding support of early-career researchers.

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🔈It's BSI Congress time and we're thrilled that this year's keynote speaker is the Becker's Immuno-matrix Branch Lead and @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social Director @profjudiallen.bsky.social ! #BSI25 #BeckerAtTheBSI #ImmunoSky

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📣 #BSI25 programme update We are sorry to announce that Prof. Yasmine Belkaid will no longer be able to join us at BSI Congress this year. We are, however, delighted to announce our new keynote speaker: Prof. Judi Allen from @manchester.ac.uk! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4nm9QKt

Delighted to share our new pre-print from PhD student Ziyun Zhang joint with @tracyh9494.bsky.social demonstrating that lung alveolar macrophages have a dense glycocalyx and interstitial macrophages do not, @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Airway macrophage specific expression of a dense glycocalyx and its remodelling following viral infection

The glycocalyx is best studied for its regulation of immune cell trafficking from the vasculature into inflamed tissues. The glycocalyx is composed of a range of glycans and glyco-proteins that form a...

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so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome

Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...

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Huge congratulations to @sheencr.bsky.social and colleagues at the Ardwick Climate Action Group on their Health Creation Alliance award for “Best health creation approach to seeking and using community insight”, sponsored by AHRC/UKRI. bit.ly/4opP11w #SciCom #Pollution #HealthPolicy

Great to work with budding young scientists as they designed experiments to investigate air pollution! @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

A great afternoon celebrating the award of our MRC CoRE in person. We heard about projects spanning our discovery pipeline, from ExWAS and mechanistic barrier immunology, to potential therapeutic angles for IBD and machine learning for diagnostics. #exposome #immunology

Excited to share this MRC DTP PhD opportunity with our lab, Kevin Couper and Kat Koyte to explore immune microbial cross talk in cutaneous Crohns’s disease. Info here: 🧪

(MRC DTP) Immune microbiome cross talk and skin inflammation in cutaneous Crohn’s disease at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - (MRC DTP) Immune microbiome cross talk and skin inflammation in cutaneous Crohn’s disease at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Our single cell & spatial omics #bioinformatics course starts on Monday! 📚 You’ll get live training on Zoom & access to self-paced materials to help you keep up with the latest in single cell and spatial methods. Don't forget, BSI members get 50% off! bit.ly/4emxfIt

📣 PhD project available 📣 Interested in immuno-matrix interactions and matrix regulation? This project will investigate how hyaluronan is cleared from the lungs after infection. 🫁 @profjudiallen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

(MCR DTP) Macrophage clearance of hyaluronan: mechanisms and consequences for lung disease at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - (MCR DTP) Macrophage clearance of hyaluronan: mechanisms and consequences for lung disease at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📣 #BSI25 programme update We are sorry to announce that Prof. Yasmine Belkaid will no longer be able to join us at BSI Congress this year. We are, however, delighted to announce our new keynote speaker: Prof. Judi Allen from @manchester.ac.uk! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4nm9QKt

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine honors the discovery of regulatory T cells (T-regs). In this piece, our Director Prof Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social explains how the recipients discovered T-regs - transforming autoimmune disease research. #ImmunoSky theconversation.com/nobel-prize-...

Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

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🌟 Postdoc Opportunity – MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology 🌟 Join us to explore how the exposome shapes complex disease risk using multi-omics & global biobank data. @kiroxford.bsky.social , @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social ✅ Apply: lnkd.in/gJHJDvKn 🗓️ Deadline: 12pm, 30 Oct 2025

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉 @hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins

Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.

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