Barral Lab
@barrallab.bsky.social
Immunology lab at King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute
#Immunology #Lipids #NKT #MAIT
#Immunology #Lipids #NKT #MAIT
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@barrallab.bsky.social
· Nov 24
IFN-γ-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis by NKT cells
The crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells is vital to maintain intestinal
homeostasis. Lebrusant-Fernandez et al. identify NKT cells in the small intestine
as key regulators of epithelial biol...
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Our first 🦋 post! Very happy to share our latest paper just out in Cell Reports, exploring the crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells in the gut. Check it out!
@vivianlilab.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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@vivianlilab.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
Reader in/Professor of Immunobiology | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
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'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
Gender pay gap growing across majority of UK universities
More than half of higher education institutions failed to improve gender pay equity last year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
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'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
UK needs new ‘disruptive’ labs for frontier science, says think tank.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
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Not sure why @lpachter.bsky.social did not post this here. But it is brilliant. Single cell genomics finally makes it to the clinic.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Not sure why @lpachter.bsky.social did not post this here. But it is brilliant. Single cell genomics finally makes it to the clinic.
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Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
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It is not often that a new flow cytometry protocol makes the newspaper! I also got a kick out of seeing our science tagged as "quirky"!
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
Fairy Liquid unveiled as secret ingredient in University of Cambridge scientists’ near-universal magic formula
It helps them with experiments studying the inside of cells.
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It is not often that a new flow cytometry protocol makes the newspaper! I also got a kick out of seeing our science tagged as "quirky"!
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
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I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
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www.linkedin.com/posts/paola-... Looking for a PhD? We are offering a project for the 2026 intake at the Crick!
Bonfanti and Sancho Lab | Dissecting disease-associated pathways and autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes and congenital hyperinsulinism using iPSC-derived beta cells and spatial multi-omics | Paola Bonfan...
The 2026 #PhD recruitment at The Francis Crick Institute is now open!
We are please to announce an additional opportunity to join our laboratory through a PhD project in collaboration with the Rocio...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
www.linkedin.com/posts/paola-... Looking for a PhD? We are offering a project for the 2026 intake at the Crick!
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For #BCAM, know the "rule of 40s": start mammography at age 40 for 40% reduction in risk of death due to #breastcancer and easier treatments. For the 40% of women with #densebreasts, 40% of cancers are missed on mammography and adding MRI helps; US if MRI not possible. @densebreastinfo.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For #BCAM, know the "rule of 40s": start mammography at age 40 for 40% reduction in risk of death due to #breastcancer and easier treatments. For the 40% of women with #densebreasts, 40% of cancers are missed on mammography and adding MRI helps; US if MRI not possible. @densebreastinfo.bsky.social
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Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
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Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch?
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
CYP PhD Studentships
For students embarking on their research career
Applications for 2026 PhD studentships in Children and Young People's cancer are open!
Applications are now open!
The Children and Young People's ...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch?
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
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Interested in carrying out research in cancer Radiotherapy and Radiobiology? Applications are open now for our PhD programme for 2026 intake!
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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PhD Studentships Projects - CRUK RadNet
Applications now open for PhD Studentships for September 2026
The CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre PhD Programme
This is a unique multidisciplinary and collaborative training opportuni...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Interested in carrying out research in cancer Radiotherapy and Radiobiology? Applications are open now for our PhD programme for 2026 intake!
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @qmbci.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
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The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised.
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS
h/t @boghuma.bsky.social
#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS
h/t @boghuma.bsky.social
#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪
October 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised.
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS
h/t @boghuma.bsky.social
#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS
h/t @boghuma.bsky.social
#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪
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Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node
The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
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'In February 2024, in response to an independent review of research bureaucracy, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology urged UKRI to consider alternative options on the collection of research impact data, “including no longer using Researchfish, from 2025 onwards”.' 1/3
UKRI renews contract with Researchfish, despite the government last year urging the funder to consider alternatives to the impact-tracking service.
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UKRI renews contract with Researchfish - Research Professional News
Science department had previously urged funder to consider alternative options on impact tracking
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
'In February 2024, in response to an independent review of research bureaucracy, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology urged UKRI to consider alternative options on the collection of research impact data, “including no longer using Researchfish, from 2025 onwards”.' 1/3
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UKRI renews contract with Researchfish, despite the government last year urging the funder to consider alternatives to the impact-tracking service.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UKRI renews contract with Researchfish - Research Professional News
Science department had previously urged funder to consider alternative options on impact tracking
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
UKRI renews contract with Researchfish, despite the government last year urging the funder to consider alternatives to the impact-tracking service.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Falling vaccination rates leave millions of children at risk, experts warn
More than 30m children worldwide not fully immunised for MMR and UK ranks worst in G7, WHO and Unicef say
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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We are doing it again!! 🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶🧪🧫🔬
For the Second Year My Lab is participating to the
One_Walk_London 🎡 to raise money for life-changing research & make a difference to T1D #diabetes
⤵️
support.breakthrought1d.org.uk/fundraisers/...
Please help us raise funds for @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social
For the Second Year My Lab is participating to the
One_Walk_London 🎡 to raise money for life-changing research & make a difference to T1D #diabetes
⤵️
support.breakthrought1d.org.uk/fundraisers/...
Please help us raise funds for @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social
Spagnoli Lab. One Walk
Please help us raise vital funds for Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research charity. Your support will help change the lives of everyone affected with T1D - Thanks so much...
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June 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We are doing it again!! 🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶🧪🧫🔬
For the Second Year My Lab is participating to the
One_Walk_London 🎡 to raise money for life-changing research & make a difference to T1D #diabetes
⤵️
support.breakthrought1d.org.uk/fundraisers/...
Please help us raise funds for @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social
For the Second Year My Lab is participating to the
One_Walk_London 🎡 to raise money for life-changing research & make a difference to T1D #diabetes
⤵️
support.breakthrought1d.org.uk/fundraisers/...
Please help us raise funds for @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social
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Our third webinar from the AUS/APAC region, will feature Nick Gherardin and Sho Yamasaki. Thursday, June 12th at 17:00 AEST (8:00 London, 16:00 Tokyo).
If you'd like to keep up to date, sign up to the mailing list here: cd1mr1.com/cd1-mr1-soci...
If you'd like to keep up to date, sign up to the mailing list here: cd1mr1.com/cd1-mr1-soci...
May 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Our third webinar from the AUS/APAC region, will feature Nick Gherardin and Sho Yamasaki. Thursday, June 12th at 17:00 AEST (8:00 London, 16:00 Tokyo).
If you'd like to keep up to date, sign up to the mailing list here: cd1mr1.com/cd1-mr1-soci...
If you'd like to keep up to date, sign up to the mailing list here: cd1mr1.com/cd1-mr1-soci...
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All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.
May 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.