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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · 10h

Attending the @helloeacr.bsky.social Cancer Neuroscience meeting in Bilbao, Spain today? Check out my PhD student @austejabaleviciute.bsky.social poster in this evenings session "Targerting Microglia in Diffuse Midline Glioma - heating up the Tumour Microenvironment'

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to my amazing postdoc Cristina Cuesta Martí for wining the @ecnp.eu excellence award for our work on how 'The early life microbiota shapes the development of the brainstem during a critical window of vulnerability to diffuse midline glioma' @jfcryan.bsky.social, Gerard Clarke

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María R. Aburto @maburto.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to chairing this exciting symposium at @ecnp.eu Congress Amsterdam: Vascular function and cognitive health across the lifespan. Join us to hear from these excellent speakers on how vascular health shapes cognitive function.
🗓 Tuesday, October 14th | 08:40–10:00
📍 Elicium 1
#ECNP2025

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Gut Microbiota for Health @gmfhx.bsky.social · Jul 11

What's new on gut–microglia communication for shaping microglia-related functions? This timely review addresses opportunities and clinical implications
@jfcryan.bsky.social @lilykeane.bsky.social
https://loom.ly/enYXCnc

A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis - Nature Reviews Immunology

This Perspective explores how the gut microbiota influences the function and heterogeneity of microglia, highlighting their roles in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and discusses the therapeutic potential, challenges and clinical implications of targeting microbiota–microglia interactions.

www.nature.com

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Jun 26

Incredibly honoured to receive prestigious
@researchireland.ie funding to study developmental vulnerabilities in diffuse midline glioma (DIPG/DMG).

Huge thanks to my amazing mentor @jfcryan.bsky.social
Excited for what’s ahead!

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thrilled to see our review out in @natrevimmunol.nature.com together with my amazing mentors @jfcryan.bsky.social and Ger Clarke. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis - Nature Reviews Immunology

This Perspective explores how the gut microbiota influences the function and heterogeneity of microglia, highlighting their roles in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and discusses the ther...

www.nature.com

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Nature Reviews Immunology @natrevimmunol.nature.com · Jun 12

A Perspective article by @lilykeane.bsky.social, Gerard Clarke & @jfcryan.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social proposes that microbiota–microglia cross-talk may have major implications for our understanding of neurological disorders and neuropsychiatric disease
#immunosky #microsky #microbiome

A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis - Nature Reviews Immunology

This Perspective explores how the gut microbiota influences the function and heterogeneity of microglia, highlighting their roles in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and discusses the ther...

www.nature.com

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Apr 2

The Keane lab is hiring! Join our team at
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
on an exciting new project trying to understand how the gut-brain axis shapes the tumour microenvironment of Diffuse Midline Glioma #cryanlab #DMG #DIPG

Apply here using using Job Id 085551
ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Mar 15

@cancerresearch-ucc.bsky.social, @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Mar 15

Delighted to see our recent perspective in Trends in Molecular Medicine, part of @cellpress.bsky.social making the cover! In this perspective, we discuss the potential to exploit the gut microbiome to improve responses to current and novel brain tumour treatments. @jfcryan.bsky.social, Jack Gleeson

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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Mar 7

Latest lab review-
The Gut microbiota-Immune-Brain axis: Therapeutic Implications. Just out in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social Well done @kjdoriordan.bsky.social @moloneyger.bsky.social & @lilykeane.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Feb 6

🎉 Huge congratulations to @roisinmcmanus.bsky.social and Michael Heneka on this exciting study uncovering a novel role for NLRP3 in regulating microglial metabolism and phagocytosis to promote Alzheimer’s disease progression www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

NLRP3-mediated glutaminolysis controls microglial phagocytosis to promote Alzheimer’s disease progression

How NLRP3 impacts Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is unclear. McManus et al. find that NLRP3 is located at mitochondria where it regulates microglial metabolism. Depletion or chronic pharmacological inhibiti...

www.cell.com

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Jan 19

Happy to be part of this new and exciting study from @bertrandjoseph.bsky.social lab @karolinskainst.bsky.social where we identify critical molecular determinants of microglial cellular aging, including SLC16A3 and P2RY13 www.nature.com/articles/s41...?

Age-associated microglial transcriptome leads to diminished immunogenicity and dysregulation of MCT4 and P2RY12/P2RY13 related functions

Cell Death Discovery - Age-associated microglial transcriptome leads to diminished immunogenicity and dysregulation of MCT4 and P2RY12/P2RY13 related functions

www.nature.com

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Jan 13

Gavin's story lifts my heart. What an inspiration!

www.seattlechildrens.org/research/fea...

CAR T Cell Therapy Offers Hope Against DIPG – Featured Research

Encouraging success from Seattle Children’s cancer doctor and researcher Nick Vitanza dosing CAR T cell therapy directly to brain for patients with DIPG.

www.seattlechildrens.org

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Dec 4

So proud of @larswilmes.bsky.social or should I say Dr. Wilmes for successfully defending his PhD yesterday.

John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Dec 3

Huge congratulations to Dr.
@larswilmes.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD today - thanks to the examiners David Finn & ⁦‪Rachel Moloney for a great discussion. ⁦‪Ger Clarke‬⁩ & I are proud supervisors indeed.

⁦‪@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social‬⁩

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Nov 23

Me too thanks

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Nov 23

amazing Jatin! Thank you!

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Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Nov 20

Could you add me please

Lily Keane @lilykeane.bsky.social · Nov 20

Please add me thanks Giorgio

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