Honoured to serve as President of the Swiss Young Immunologists Society (SYIS). We aim to connect early-career immunologists across Switzerland, strengthen our community, and support professional growth. Looking forward to what we will achieve together! To join the team syis-ecr.org/join-our-team/

Join Our Team!

Join Our Team! The SYIS team consists of enthusiastic YIs that work together in order to continue building the society and host various events. Our tasks include communication with the SSAI/yEFIS, …

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Swiss Young Immunologists Society@syis-ecr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

✨ SYIS Board 2026 ✨ We’re happy to introduce the new SYIS Board: @nanaborsa.bsky.social (DBM Basel) – President Maud Mayoux (UZH) – Vice President Urszula Radzikowska (SIAF) – Coordinator Events Verena Lentsch (University of Oxford) – Coordinator Finance Daniel Lindegger – Treasurer

Bittersweet farewell weeks at @kiroxford.bsky.social, a place pivotal to my growth as an independent scientist. With deep gratitude for this chapter, I'm thrilled to begin the next at @unibas.ch @biomedizin.unibas.ch, where my lab will study organelle inheritance in T cells in the context of ageing.

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology@kiroxford.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Dr Mariana Borsa (@nanaborsa.bsky.social), a postdoc studying autophagy and ageing, will leave the Kennedy Institute to start an exciting new chapter in Switzerland as a Principal Investigator!! 🎉 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mari...

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

#Immunology out now @science.org After initial priming in the lymph nodes, mouse CD8 T cells undergo a second phase of stable interactions with dendritic cells that can preferentially stimulate those with a high-affinity for antigen. buff.ly/49bKcTG By Jobin, Seetharama, Rüttger et al.

Fantastic week in Frankfurt at the #FCQC2025. Terrific talks, inspiring science and a great opportunity to meet my mentor, colleagues and collaborators in person. Big thanks to @sfb1177.bsky.social and @dikiclab.bsky.social. Please do it again!

#InterferonFriendOrFoe?! Joe Sun, Xiaoqin Wei &co show @science.org that lung macrophage peroxisomes instruct repair programs after virus infections favoring AT2 cell renewal & recovery! IFNgamma drives pexophagy, increasing mitochondrial ROS & activating inflammasomes driving KRT8 cells & fibrosis!

Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae

Peroxisomes are vital but often overlooked metabolic organelles. We found that excessive interferon signaling remodeled macrophage peroxisomes. This loss of peroxisomes impaired inflammation resolutio...

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"Fundamental and applied research are both necessary for innovation in science and industry." We're extremely proud to share the news of Annette's appointment as ETH Vice President for Research 🎉

ETH Zurich@ethz.ch · last yr.

Annette Oxenius has been appointed ETH Vice President for Research. From 1 August 2025, she will assume responsibility for research development and promotion at ETH Zurich. The 56-year-old Swiss national is an esteemed immunologist and professor at the ETH Department of Biology. Read more:

A study in Nature Medicine provides a comprehensive map of the contributions of environment and genetics to mortality and incidence of common age-related diseases, suggesting that the exposome shapes distinct patterns of disease and mortality risk. #Medsky 🧪

Integrating the environmental and genetic architectures of aging and mortality - Nature Medicine

Based on a systematic analysis of environmental exposures associated with aging and mortality in the UK Biobank, the relative contributions of such exposures and genetic risk for mortality and a range of age-related diseases were compared, highlighting the potential beneficial effects of environment-focused interventions.

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Despite facing up to -20°C, spent fantastic days in my first Keystone²: exciting immunometabolism discussions and (re-)encounters with brilliant and generous leaders of the field. Happy to be part of this community #KSImmunometab25

ICYMI by First Release - now officially in print @science.org Specific combinations of nutrients and metabolic enzymes determine T cell differentiation via loci-specific histone acetylations. https://buff.ly/4gvqKTz From Shixin Ma, Sue Kaech @tcellogic.bsky.social et al. #immunometabolism

Just climbed some steps to warm up for the #KSMitochondria25 in Taipei. First time in Asia, first time I will talk in a @keystonesymposia.bsky.social, all very exciting!

Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories

A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.

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After we reach advanced age, around 80, the propensity to develop cancer is markedly reduced. A discovery reported at Nature today about aged stem cells and iron insufficiency may help explain this advantage www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Immune cells change in proportions with age - naive go down, effector go up. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A panoramic view of cell population dynamics in mammalian aging

To elucidate aging-associated cellular population dynamics, we present PanSci, a single-cell transcriptome atlas profiling over 20 million cells from 623 mouse tissues across different life stages, se...

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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

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Definitely not a straightforward path, but it is happening: I am officially an Assistant Professor-to-be! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I was awarded a @snsf-ch.bsky.social Starting Grant and I will start my lab next year. Very grateful to all those that supported me over the last years! 🫶 (1/4)

University of Basel@unibas.ch · 2y ago

The SNSF (@snsf-ch.bsky.social) awards Starting Grants to outstanding young researchers in Switzerland. In this year's call, five of the successful researchers plan to carry out their projects at the University of Basel. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

How do #mitochondria decide when to divide or fuse? I’ve always thought mtDNA played a key role in this process, so I was very surprised by this finding: The loss of mtDNA does not affect mitochondrial fission and fusion rates. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Significantly reduced, but balanced, rates of mitochondrial fission and fusion are sufficient to maintain the integrity of yeast mitochondrial DNA | Molecular Biology of the Cell

Mitochondria exist as dynamic tubular networks and the morphology of these networks impacts organelle function and cell health. Mitochondrial morphology is maintained in part by the opposing activitie...

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We’re here 🦋 ✨ and excited to build the #yEFIS network for young European #immunologists on Bluesky! #ImmunoSky Follow us to stay updated on all our news and latest activities.

Terrific scientist starting as a PI at our alma mater @ethzurich.bsky.social. Stay tuned!

Annika Hausmann@hausmannannika.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very excited to be back @ethzurich.bsky.social to build my @snsf-ch.bsky.social Ambizione group hosted by the wonderful @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social lab! We will use advances in vivo and in vitro organoid models to dissect intestinal epithelium-microbiota crosstalk: www.annikahausmannlab.com

We are excited to expand our platform to Bluesky! Follow @mitowomen.bsky.social for highlights on research performed by women in mitochondrial research. Check out our website for a list of outstanding women in mito research (to invite speakers, recruit students/postdocs, find collaborators, etc)

If you’re making a starter pack, take a quick look at its demographics. Worth a bit of consideration!

Definitely not a straightforward path, but it is happening: I am officially an Assistant Professor-to-be! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I was awarded a @snsf-ch.bsky.social Starting Grant and I will start my lab next year. Very grateful to all those that supported me over the last years! 🫶 (1/4)

University of Basel@unibas.ch · 2y ago

The SNSF (@snsf-ch.bsky.social) awards Starting Grants to outstanding young researchers in Switzerland. In this year's call, five of the successful researchers plan to carry out their projects at the University of Basel. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

As someone who truly missed the #science blue bird, it feels great to again tweet in a BlueSky! For those that are new here, I am a #Tcell aficionada trying to understand how diversity is imprinted by events such as #organelle inheritance. So I am slowly trying to become a cell biologist as well! 🙃