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Happy #Pint26 week for all who celebrate!

Pint of Science UK@pintofscience.uk · 3mo ago

👀Have you seen our #pint26 programme yet? If not, check it out and book your tickets! 👉 pintofscience.co.uk 👈 🗓18-20 May 2026 📍45+ towns/cities across the UK 🗣Nearly 450 events

Delighted to have been a part of this News & Views! Fascinating how persistent viral RNA contributes to alphaviral pathology.

Clive McKimmie@clive-mckimmie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New News & Views out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com with @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social — "When viral RNA lingers in joints" — on a new study by Zarrella et al. asking why chikungunya virus causes chronic arthralgia/arthritis. (1/3)

Come join #WAVU it’s a great place for cool, collaborative and interdisciplinary virology!

Alan Parker@alanlparker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Looking for an awesome new PhD student, working at the intersection of #Virology and #Cancer research, looking to develop new therapies for #Glioma #Glioblastoma. Stipend, consumables and fees (UK/EU rates only) covered. #BeAVirusTinkerer #VITAL #TeamWAVU www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

It’s nice to appreciate the little things! First HSV-1 plaques in the group, well done MSc student Emma (not on here). They’re so cute. Happy weekend Bluesky!

Applications are now open for a paid Virology Research Assistant Frontrunner Internship to support on-going research in our lab! 🧑‍🔬 @dmu.ac.uk undergraduates in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences can apply! 📅 Deadline is 2 March 2026 🔗 Apply on MyGateway: my-gateway.dmu.ac.uk/user/app/job...

Exciting news! Did you hear? 🎉 The UK Glia 2026 meeting is coming up on 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl.... The next speaker highlight belongs to Nicola Hamilton-Whitaker from Kings College London. www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nicol...

Well done @nabinapun.bsky.social getting your Radnet @cruk-mi.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social PhD work out

Mucosal Immunology@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 9mo ago

CCR2-driven monocyte recruitment is protective against radiotherapy-induced intestinal toxicity www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Fantastic opportunity (available for both UK and international students) to do a PhD on the assembly of RNA viruses with @artisplicer.bsky.social - please share (and/or apply)! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (STANDARD) Genome packaging as a driving force of RNA virus assembly at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (STANDARD) Genome packaging as a driving force of RNA virus assembly at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

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New paper out in iScience @cellpress.bsky.social We show that #sand_fly biting reprograms skin fibroblasts, making them more permissive to virus infection => #fibroblasts aren’t bystanders, they help define severity/clinical outcome to infection AND #vector biting is key 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

We all know vaccines target the pathogen, but can you also target the vector? 📢 in a new paper out today in Vaccines, we show that a vaccine targeting mosquito salivary peptides, AGSv-PLUS, enhances human skin immune response to biting. Open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13... 1/6

We now have a very exciting technician post advertised as part of our long term Wellcome Trust funded team investigating the role of the glycocalyx during CNS inflammation. Supporint the lab, developing glycan analysis and research experience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

⚠️ Half of commercial antibodies miss their target! So how do you pick the right one for your experiment? Here’s the solution 👉 Antibody characterization data (all tested in KO cells) are now available at: 🔗 onlygoodantibodies.co.uk Tested by @ycharos.bsky.social & @oga-community.bsky.social

See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk “Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”. All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

It’s been such a pleasure working as part of @crgglasgow.bsky.social So many amazing colleagues, collaborators and friends over the years, thanks everyone! And how to better prepare for my next adventure as Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU) lecturer than with this amazing present from them.

Very exciting project, feel free to reach out if you’re interested!

Alan Parker@alanlparker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Potential @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social 4 year PhD project for Oct 2026 start adopting machine learning to develop precision virotherapies - co-supervisors Yukun Lai, @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social, Kerry Wadey & Julian Fischer. Come, make some smart viruses with us! gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-p...

Congrats @julieworrell.bsky.social and @immunememorylab.bsky.social, it’s been great to be a small part of this. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!

Julie Worrell@julieworrell.bsky.social · last yr.

NOW in @natcomms.nature.com my postdoc work @uofgsii.bsky.social @immunememorylab.bsky.social 🫁 structual cells retain an imprint of IAV infection💪 Rapidly controlling a localized antiviral response BRFORE memory-T cells are required! rdcu.be/eyQ0F #ImmunoSky #PulmSky @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Can’t wait until the full results of my mouse brain spatial transcriptomics are ready, grateful to be part of this! @mvls-srf.bsky.social have been excellent (as always), 10/10 would recommend

MVLS Shared Research Facilities@mvls-srf.bsky.social · last yr.

We used the 10x CytAssist Spatial Transcriptomics Platform to map whole transcriptomes in mouse brain sections at 2μm resolution, with @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social Combining expertise in Cellular & Molecular Analysis teams! Interested? 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/shared-research-facilities/

New paper alert! Excited to share our latest work on the importance of inflammatory #chemokine receptors (iCCR, aka the best chemokine receptors) in mounting an optimal T cell response to #influenza infection. Please share, happy to discuss!

Mucosal Immunology@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · last yr.

Inflammatory chemokine receptors CCR1, CCR2, CCR3 and CCR5 are essential for an optimal T cell response to influenza, in this work from @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social and colleagues at @crgglasgow.bsky.social: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

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Does uneven vaccination coverage really decrease disease control? @khampson.bsky.social &co use fine-grained data of 20 years of dog #vaccination in Tanzania to show that reducing coverage gaps does indeed lower #rabies incidence; connectivity drives transmission @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k4GL4G

Join our new Wales Applied Virology Unit as a Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology / Behavioural Science! See the advert here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search… And contact WAVU co-director David Gillespie for informal enquiries. #NewPI #Lecturer #GroupLeader #Job #Opportunity

Georgia does amazing work and even better is a lovely human being!

Perona Lab, Edinburgh, UK@peronalab.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm very pleased to have two lab positions open this week, to join our team looking at immune regulation in infection and co-infection. We're especially interested in tissue-based immunity, cytokine regulation and immune metabolism. Join us! Postdoc (3y) and research technician (12mo) posts open.

Science communication and baking, love everything about this!

Florian Naudet@floriannaudet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy festive season, new 🧵 about our recent @plosbiology.org paper "Public engagement with research reproducibility". This time, how we manage to engage the public and to communicate (spoiler, it goes well beyond @bsky.app). Please repost if you like this 🧵.

The latest science from the amazing @gillwilson00.bsky.social is online! Give it a read if you’re into #macrophages #eosinophils and/or #chemokines !

Gill Wilson@gillwilson00.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our new preprint is here! We show eosinophils are retained in the bone marrow by everyone’s (our😊) favourite atypical #chemokine receptor ACKR2. #Eosinophil education of #monocytes promotes differentiation to #macrophages and bacterial elimination during E.coli #infection. Please read and share.