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Please consider applying for the Young Investigator Award @emds2025.bsky.social Full details at www.emds2025.com @britsocimm.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @natrevimmunol.nature.com

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The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...

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📢 Final call! Submissions for the Re-discovering Myeloid Cells Special Collection close end of June 2025. Share your latest insights into myeloid cell biology, function, and pathology. Don’t miss out! 🔗 https://bit.ly/43OULe9

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First Eurostar experience; happily exchange some more time for the nicer experience compared to flying in the future. Just need to sort out the east coast line from Edinburgh costs 🤔

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Busy preparing slides today for Foundations of Immunology for @britsocimm.bsky.social - if you have ever had burning questions about immunology-this course is accessible to all and designed to give a bit of a basic in immunology! I think there may be some spaces left so do sign up!

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No photos inside, but Danse Macabre was incredible!

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Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪

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A big thank you to the sponsors of #EMDS2025 - they have allowed us to put together an awesome programme. Check it out here: www.emds2025.com Still a couple of slots to sponsor if any commercial friends want to be at a fantastic meeting in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Registration open, but numbers limited!

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The commentary sections of the British newspapers are one of the greatest poisons of this country. Random people selected only from connections and ability to write compellingly given huge influence over the scales of public opinion. (Yes I'm visiting family)

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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

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⚠️ At least 54 Palestinians, including children, have been killed overnight - most of them in a school sheltering displaced families. We cannot believe we have to keep saying this: schools must be off-limits. Attacks on schools must not be normalised. 1/3

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Fantastic gig by WetLeg at the Usher tonight!

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🧬 New in Immunotherapy Advances: CTLA-4 - two paths to anti-tumour immunity? This review explores dual mechanisms of anti-CTLA-4 therapy and the emerging role of sCTLA-4 in shaping cancer immunotherapy. A must-read for checkpoint inhibitor research! 🔓 Open Access: https://bit.ly/4k6jcZj

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Boo fucking hoo. It's built on THEFT. "I don't know how I'd ask all those people or afford to pay for all their work." Then you DON'T GET TO HAVE IT. These would-be geniuses have convinced themselves that something in their miracle blah-blah machine is so inherently amazing rules don't apply.

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🔬Imaging 👩🏻‍🔬micro-dissections 🧙🏻single cell 🦴fate mapping All you KNEEd to know about synovial macrophages. Fantastic collaborators and work with @drbmalengier.bsky.social showing the establishment of protective macrophages in the joint 🐁 How does it look like? When? How? Answers below 👇

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www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Gareth is lovely and does great science.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Reform has narratives, not policies. When will other parties fucking learn that the way to beat them is by offering counter-narratives, not turning these ones into policies that are cruel, beneficial to nobody, + mightily hypocritical of UK which has treated the rest of the world like a holiday home

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Voting is now open for the BSI Committee Elections 2025! 📌 Elect your next Early Career Representative 🗓️ Deadline for voting: Tuesday 03 June Find out more and cast your vote here: bit.ly/43aF137

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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

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Today is #WorldAsthmaDay! Check out our resources on Allergies and #Asthma here: bit.ly/3GDSLvu

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Calling all #immunology enthusiasts! ✨ Want to help shape BiteSized Immunology - one of the BSI’s most popular resources? We're hiring 10 Content Editors + 4 Editorial Board members! Gain valuable experience & make a real impact. Apply by 23 May! ✏️ bit.ly/42A4zru

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Celebrate International #DayofImmunology by treating yourself to one of our events or training courses! 🎉 Whether its our Diversity in Immunology event, next week’s Flow Cytometry training, or the BSI Immunology Awards - there's something for you 👀 bit.ly/3v2aAi1

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here's one I got this morning. Like, I'm not trying to do a goof here, asking "how many pebbles can I eat." This is a normal ass question that it completely beefs. unbelievably shitty product.

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Allergies are rising and can be serious. This #AllergyAwarenessWeek, act early & take control - learn about diagnosis, management, myths around allergies, and try hands-on activities like our model lung 🫁 Explore our Allergies and Asthma resources: bit.ly/3GDSLvu

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Greetings Bluesky community! Here is a link to the latest paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social from the BronchStart/Stop collaboration. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek! ⭐ Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations. 🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ #VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible

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Who's ready for another @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Seminar Series? If you haven't seen these before, we invite LGBTQ+ immunologists to present online to the wider immunology community. If you'd like to present or attend, please drop a mention below #immunosky 🧪 #academicsky

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The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state. my latest for @thenation.com

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Disgusting PMQs as well. I don't understand why no-one seems brave enough to say the law is wrong in this case? Section 28 was law at one point and thankfully moved past.

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The experiences of trans people, and others assumed to be trans, when using the bathroom in accordance with the UK Supreme Court ruling: 🧵 (CW: violence)

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Shameful day in British politics. Cowardice from supposed allies too scared by the UK press engine manufacturing all this hate.

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🗓️ Save the date! The 4th SPPIRIT ECR Symposium is happening on 31st October 2025 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. 🧬 Join us for a spooktacular day of research, networking, and community building with fellow parasitology ECRs. More details coming soon - for now mark those calendars! 🎃

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Post conference coasters. Nemesis still world class.

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Lots of great talks at the first day of my first BSMB meeting. Pleasure to co-chair a session despite being an immunologist imposter trying to learn matrix biology!

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It was a pleasure to write this piece on HPV immunisation as part of our #CelebrateVaccines series 💙 Now more than ever, it is critical that we share evidence based resources on vaccination to help people make informed decisions about their health 🦠💉🌍

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Congratulations Neve Read from Aberdeen for a great talk at #SIGNET25

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Aberdeen immunology party bus successfully arrived in Perth for #SIGNET25 Looking forward to an exciting day of cutting edge Scottish immunology.

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🚨 Dedicated BSky account for EMDS2025 launched Please share far and wide. Follow @emds2025.bsky.social for all updates on the EMDS2025: Scotland Edition We have an amazing line up of speakers and are excited to welcome all of you to bonnie Scotland in September! @britsocimm.bsky.social

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Impartial UK broadcaster.

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Last chance to register for the BSI's #SIGNET2025 joint immunology symposium in Perth on 27 March!⌛ Discover the latest immunology research happening across Scotland. Keynote speakers include Prof. Sarina Ravens and Prof. David Sansom. 👉Register now: bit.ly/4euIWLO

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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.

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🚀 Call for Applications 🌍🔬 L'Oréal Germany, the German UNESCO Commission, and the Humboldt Network are awarding €25,000 to outstanding early-career female scientists in STEM and natural sciences. 📅 Apply by: 10 March 2025 More info: www.forwomeninscience.com/challenge/sh...

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Laura is doing fantastic science and is a lovely person. Highly recommended 👍

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First Post on blue-sky. We are hiring! Post-doctoral position available in the neuroimmunology of stroke. Please check out link below and share elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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🚀 Calling All Immunologists! 🚀 SIICA is launching a new initiative on "Protocols"—a series of meetings to help immunologists master key technologies and pick up essential tips! ✍️ Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Immunology #Protocols #SIICA #ScienceNetworking

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📆 Reminder: EMDS Save the Date Quick reminder that the European #Macrophage & #DC Society meeting is taking place in Edinburgh from 16th - 18th September. Great line up of speakers in place. Spaces will be limited, so put in your diary now. Website will go live in the coming weeks!

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Our review on nematode immunomodulation is just out in Current Opinions in Microbiology! Here we discuss recent findings on immunomodulators with enzymatic or binding activities - binding to host cytokines or receptors, or other immune-relevant molecules. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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