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Stefan Marciniak

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Professor of Respiratory Science University of Cambridge. Lung doctor. Fellow St Catharine’s College. Cell biology. Pleural medicine. Rare disease. Genetics. Lab webpage = https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 9h

Even I’m amazed when I visit. Can’t help thinking of the 1980s Poland when I’d visit relatives. Was a 1950s time warp. Now as cosmopolitan as anywhere.

When I gave a lecture in beautiful Gdansk, the medical students wanted to take me for dinner. I asked for traditional.

They picked sushi 🍣😊

Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 9h

Here’s the survivors’ photo. Great bunch of colleagues ( minus a few who left a bit early — *tsk tsk* — but they’re great too )

Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 9h

Indeed. A huge waste of potential, to say nothing of the unfairness.

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 10h

EU structural funds previously supported regional development. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a feeble substitute.

It’s ironic & sad that English & Welsh regions that voted Leave have suffered disproportionately.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-regio...

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 11h

Many things at play here, but hard to ignore the fact that the UK left an enormous trading bloc and raised barriers to commerce with its nearest neighbours for petty nationalist reasons based on disinformation.

Want economic growth and improved regional investment?

Rejoin the EU.

Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 11h

🇵🇱 My @thetimes column: Poland’s economic miracle

12 out of 17 Polish regions are now richer than West Wales. It has faster internet, cheaper electricity and more high speed rail than Britain

When it comes to regional development it’s the UK, not Poland, that needs to catch up

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 15h

Feeling unwell?

If you have COVID symptoms, TEST
If you test positive, ISOLATE
If you can’t test, MASK

Protect yourself and others (especially high-risk people) - it still matters!

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Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 2d

Another terrific NECS meeting. Newcastle was as beautiful as ever. Looking forward to Sheffield hosting next year.

Thanks to @lifearc.bsky.social & @boehringerglobal.bsky.social for their generous sponsorship of the conference

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 2d

Edinburgh session

Katie Tse - lung macrophages
Prasad Velu - lung fibroblasts
Alejandro Brenes - Single cell proteomics of neutrophils
CJ Anderson - Apoptosis-fuelled bacterial growth drives mucositis

Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 2d

Sheffield session

Mazen Alhommrani - STING inhibitors
Sarah Binmahfooz - Targeting HECT E3 ligase
Laura Saunders - Xenon lung imaging
Simon Johnston - Cryptococcus phagocytosis

Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 3d

Conference dinner with friends, old & new😁

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 3d

Newcastle session

Michael Mather - nasal immunity in infancy
Jack Thompson - neutrophil ROS dysfunction in the ITU
Ramzi Lakhdar - neutrophil dysfunction in tracheostomised children
Andy Fisher - spatial omics in COVID

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 3d

Cambridge session

Niki Veale (Marciniak lab) mesothelioma scRNAseq @veale-n.bsky.social
Louise Jordon (Nathan lab) hypoxia & chromatin
Alice Chernaik (McCaughan lab) modelling squamous ca
Adam Dinan (Floto lab) gene regulatory networks of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to be up here in Newcastle for the annual Newcastle Edinburgh Cambridge Sheffield (NECS) respiratory research meeting. Always informative, friendly and fun.

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 6d

Great to host our new @stcatharines.bsky.social medics before their first college dinner 🩺😷🚑🩻⚕️

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 7d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · Jul 10

Cats like to sleep on the left

www.cell.com/current-biol...

A bar graph showing a greater prevalence of left-sleeping cats than right-sleeping cats. The category labels are pictures of cats.

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 7d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 8d

Something slightly different for me

Just chaired a French language teachers’ conference arranged by Alliance Française d’East Anglia

Over 50 teachers joined online to hear about the challenges of teaching French and how we can work together to address them 🇫🇷📚
www.alliance-cam.co.uk/courses/insp...

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