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Naomi Moris @nmoris.bsky.social · 4d

The Crick is looking for new junior group leaders! Any postdocs or early career researchers wanting to be our colleagues should apply 👍

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 4d

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 10d

PhD opportunities at our new Manchester-Oxford MRC Core - come and join us 🧠

www.findaphd.com/phds/program... [findaphd.com]

FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester

Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester

www.findaphd.com

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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 14d

Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease.
www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs
@exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk

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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 14d

⚠️ 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

OGA - Only Good Antibodies Community

onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

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Megan Priestley @megtriesscience.bsky.social · 19d

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2026 PROTEOGLYCANS GRS + GRC IS NOW OPEN! 🦠 (….and there’s a discount 😍)

Join us next summer for the GRS on Proteoglycans! We’re so excited to welcome our early career researchers that we’re giving the first 20 sign-ups a bursary towards their travel 🧵⬇️

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d

The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew

Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 22d

Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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.

www.science.org

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 22d

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...

Research Technician in the Glyco-immunology (Dyer) Lab:Oxford Road

Include: background, duties, essential skills and experience, length of contract, full or part-time. Keep to 150 words.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 24d

Excellent but slightly sad to see this one out, my last contribution as a Postdoc to the Handel lab is in here, congrats to the main people on it!! More of evidence and mechanism of chemokine specificity! www.jbc.org/article/S002...

www.jbc.org

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Becky Dodd @becky-dodd.bsky.social · 24d

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.

www.science.org

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 24d

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?

You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 25d

Aberdeen is hiring - Neuroimmunology Lectureship! Really exciting opportunity to join our supportive, collaborative and multidisciplinary Institute to carry out cutting edge translation research. Not to mention the scenery in the North East of Scotland is amazing www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

Lecturer in Neuroimmunology, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (MED243A) | The University of Aberdeen

Browse and apply for current job openings at the University of Aberdeen across various schools, departments and roles, including admin and academic.

www.abdn.ac.uk

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GJBrainResearch @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social · 26d

Join the Dyer Lab (Dr @douglaspdyer.bsky.social) as a Research Associate in Neuro-Immunology & Extracellular Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix).

🔬 Focus: chemokines, glycocalyx & inflammatory disease

📍 Cutting-edge biochem, biophysics & in vivo biology

Apply now 👉 shorturl.at/jEQ6G

Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road

Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:

shorturl.at

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Megan Priestley @megtriesscience.bsky.social · Sep 12

Great opportunity available in my PhD lab! An exciting project with a really fun and supportive team 🦠

Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Sep 12

We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road

Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Sep 12

Please get in touch if interested, always happy to discuss interests!

Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Sep 12

We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road

Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · Sep 9

Following on from the PDRA adverts, we are also happy to announce the MRC Core in Exposome Immunology PhD scheme, details below. Reach out with any questions
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester

Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester

www.findaphd.com

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Hepworth Lab @hepworth-lab.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...

Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road

Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets

The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Exciting to see where it goes and make sure glycans stay at the forefront!!

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Stem Cell Glycobiology Lab @merrylabnotts.bsky.social · Sep 2

It was a great day! @nabalabuic.bsky.social @douglaspdyer.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social A great chance for a discussion about how we bring together all our specialities to build a useful matrix atlas - and what that should look like. Matrix assemble!

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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · Aug 4

My "Crash Course in …Immunology" is now posted on YouTube youtu.be/nBC9vvlTxF8. Taken from a public lecture @crick.ac.uk on history and basic concepts in immunity. Aimed at the lay public and those seeking an introductory overview.

The Past, Present and Future of Immunology Research – with Caetano Reis e Sousa

YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute

youtu.be

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Aug 4

I thought it might be helpful to do a more general immunology explainer which I can then build on for example when I discuss specific papers or political actions. Do let me know if its useful and other topics if so. This first one is a general one about how we tackle infections... 🧪 #ImmunoSky

Fundamental immunology 101: the basics of an immune response

Tackling infections

open.substack.com

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Jul 20

Really interesting article just odd being framed in the context of London! Not everything has to be referenced like that…

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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 A new £50M MRC Centre at @manchester.ac.uk and @ox.ac.uk will explore how pollution, microbes & other environmental exposures rewire our immune system and cause chronic inflammatory diseases.
#Exposome #ImmunoSky

sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

New £50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases

A groundbreaking £50M research centre at Manchester and Oxford will explore how environmental exposures, like pollution and microbes, rewire our immune system and drive chronic inflammatory diseases.

sites.manchester.ac.uk

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