Registrations are open! We are delighted to organise the 18th edition of Mucins in Health and Disease in Ghent next year It's already an amazing line-up - get those abstracts in! www.vibconferences.be/events/mucin...

Mucins in Health and Disease

15-18 June 2026, Ghent, Belgium

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The New Scientist @newscientistnl.bsky.social has selected me for their Talent in Science competition: Vote for me here! www.newscientist.nl/polls/new-sc... If you need a little convincing, I made a little video explaining why researching mucus is so important youtu.be/dYnXBnq4ttc

Learning about Charcot-Leyden crystals in mucus with Miles and Slime

YouTube video by Helena Aegerter

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I'm excited to share my first-author PhD paper, now out in Science Immunology! @science.org We show that S.aureus skin infection leaves a lasting imprint on bone marrow eosinophils, fueling allergic responses in the lungs. 📄 Read the full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Let’s dive in 🧵 1/9

Eosinophil innate immune memory after bacterial skin infection promotes allergic lung inflammation

Staphylococcus aureus skin infection induces eosinophil innate immune memory to exacerbate allergen-induced airway inflammation.

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First post to advertise an ERS webinar together with @bart_lambrecht, Chris Brightling and Param Nair on mucus plugging! www.ersnet.org/events/mucus...

Mucus plugging: recent advances in mechanistic understanding and clinical interventions

The aims of this webinar are to understand the mechanisms of mucus plugging, how to measure it and how to target it. This webinar will discuss the cutting-edge research in this field with a focus of w...

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