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Pallett Lab UCL
@pallettlab.bsky.social
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Research group within the Institute of Immunity & Transplantation, UCL. Interested in liver #immunology, immunometabolism, adaptations of tissue resident T cells, stromal cells & fibrosis | UKRI FLF 👩‍🔬🧪

#liversky #immunosky
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I’ll start …!

Had the honour of taking my wee one at ~7 months to the @britsocimm.bsky.social congress in Liverpool. Co-carer in tow, complete with funding from a BSI Carers Grant (although partner not pictured) ❤️❤️
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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AND.... some more good news from us, our recent BSc graduate from the lab - Keshav - will be returning in a few weeks as our newly appointed research tech.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM, WELCOME TO THE MADNESS! #TeamScience
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September 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Huge congrats to our superstar MRes student who absolutely smashed her project this year, won the best presentation prize and will be off to adventures new very soon for her PhD.

Well done Jacky 👏
September 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Huge congratulations to our EMBO funded visiting scientist Erich Freyer on his prestigious @easlnews.bsky.social Basic Science Best Poster Award 🥇

Well done @efreyer.bsky.social
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May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🎉Happy Holi! 🎉
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wishing you all a happy and colourful Holi
Group of scientists celebrating holi
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Many of the extended 4th floor IIT family went out to celebrate Chinese New Year #YearOfTheSnake 🐍 - such a lovely evening 😊
Large group of people celebrating Chinese new year. The photo includes some one dressed in a red traditional Lion Dance costume too.
February 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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As part of the labs recent away day we announced the inaugural “Golden Pipette Award” for the most deserving scientist (2024)

It went to PhD student Dani (@dbromero.bsky.social) for many reasons but inc his unwavering support of his colleagues, going above & beyond to help & being an Aurora whizz 👏
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January 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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We do have a lot of fun!!!
#NewPic
#ScienceIsFun
Photo of a group of scientist spelling out the letters to “Pallett lab” with their arms, legs and bodies in the sunshine ☀️
January 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Big shout out to one of our PhD students Steph who has presented at her first *proper* national conference - showcasing her work on the #NKcell regulation of T cells in #liver cancer.

Well done Steph!
January 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Pre Christmas we had lots of fun as a lab painting pottery, catching up and spending time together our the lab. We’ve now picked up all the masterpieces …. Maybe some of us have alternative careers elsewhere, others maybe not! 🤣
#immunosky

Before and After 🖌️🎨🧑‍🎨
January 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Anyone got any advice/assays that work for measuring TGFb in cell culture supernatants 🧪 #immunosky

Experiment failure today!!!
December 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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For all #Tcell lovers out there … especially TRM fanatics like us, my mug is better than yours. Full stop!
December 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Such a privilege to work with this fabulous group of people ❤️
Secret Santa, some lunch time fizz and plenty of laughs.

Staying in, is the new going out 😊

#immunosky #scienceisfun
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December 10, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Fantastic to get the conversation started at the FLF Dev Network event on “inclusive leadership”

We (the collective we) need to accelerate implementation of policy change to improve #researchculture for all (inc carers)…“it might not always work, but we have to at least try”

#AcademicSky
Picture shows two female academic preparing to deliver a talk highlighting their experiences as carers. The presentation title slide in the background states: Future Leaders Fellows Development Network event “Understanding inclusive leadership: shaping research and innovation research culture.”
November 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Note to apply for the PhD programme you need to make an informal enquiry first to our postgraduate tutor. See details below 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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A total (momentary) deviation from science posting, but …
Not sure who needs to see this but the stress of #ElfOnTheShelf is real for those of us less creative, time poor academics!! Share widely!!
@carersinstemm.bsky.social ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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George and Beth are our Postdocs!

George - investigating the bidirectional communication between resident T cells and the underlying stroma of the liver

Beth - our resident microscope whizz looking at how T cells interact with (and shaped by) myeloid cells
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November 13, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Dani & Steph are our PhD students

Dani - trying to understand the metabolic “preferences” of resident T cells

Steph - working to uncover how NK cells impact anti tumour immunity in primary liver cancer
A male PhD student presenting a scientific poster to a colleague. Others are standing close by. A female PhD student standing proudly in front of a scientific poster she presented at a conference. She is smiling and wearing a conference landward.
November 13, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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We’ve had a load of new followers on here in the last 2 weeks 😊🙌😊
So an introduction…

We are the Pallett lab - a fantastic, energetic & talented group of researchers interested in how tissue resident immune cells adapt to survive & function in the human liver

#liverSky #immunosky

🙋🏻🙋‍♀️🙋🏾‍♂️
A group of academics wearing white lab coats in a research Institute. Some are sitting. Some are standing. Everyone is smiling.
November 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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The lab is 3 years old today!!!!!

We’ve had a lot of fun and I’m 100% sure we will continue to have even more fun 🤩
November 5, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Along with 2 other Lauras we’ve been doing some advocacy work behind the scenes in an attempt to improve equity for carers (eg of a child, another adult, partner) trying to balance the juggle of academic travel.

Help us out & Complete the survey: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
October 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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We’ve finally got ourselves an up to date lab picture with every one in 💚 all the way from our BSc/MRes students, to our visiting scientist in an EMBO fellowship, our students, techs and postdoc.
Can’t wait to see what they produce in 2024
February 1, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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From all of us, to all of you …

MERRY CHRISTMAS
December 19, 2023 at 3:45 PM
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It’s great to be in Cape Town for such a momentous #IUIS23 (first time it’s been held in Africa 😊) and to have the opportunity to share a small piece of our work and to extend our network outside the UK
November 28, 2023 at 5:30 AM
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Looking for a technician job? Love immunology? Alan Zhuang is doing some cool work manipulating circadian rhythms to impact tissue-resident immunity & how this can used in HBV immunotherapy 🤩

Based at the IIT, UCL (London) and you’d be working alongside us! 👌🏼

Apply: uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/re...
November 14, 2023 at 6:22 PM