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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity
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The School of Infection & Immunity (Sii) at the University of Glasgow delivers internationally-leading research and outstanding education to future world-changing students.
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social recently joined @uofgmvls.bsky.social colleague Professor Konstantinos Gerasimidis on the Catherine McEwan Foundation podcast to discuss Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.

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🎙️ youtu.be/i51kE4Nvslc?...
An image of podcast host Derek McEwan and experts Gwo-tzer Ho and Konstantinos Gerasimidis sat in the studio with mics and a large wooden desk. Derek is sat to the left, with Gwo-tzer and Kostas on the right, facing Derek.
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🎙️ | A live interview took place on BBC Radio Scotland on the afternoon of 11 November 2025, with additional filmed interviews of postdocs Jocelyn Perez and Hollie French, alongside Professor Streicker, in the CVR labs and fieldwork in Peru.

🔗 More info: streickerlab.com

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Researcher wearing protective gloves gently holds a vampire bat while attaching a small identification ring to its wing as part of approved rabies surveillance fieldwork.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🆕 | Professor @danielstreicker.bsky.social and his team at @cvrinfo.bsky.social were recently featured across BBC television, radio, & online coverage, showcasing their work on vampire bat-transmitted rabies in Peru.

🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

📰 BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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An image of six members of the Streicker Group conducted research in the field at night. They are huddled together around a table and under a canopy, with the dark night lit my artificial light.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Donal Wall has been acknowledged by @microbiologysociety.org for his expert review of their new briefing exploring the role of microbiomes across human, animal, and environmental health.

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📝 online.flippingbook.com/view/7778675...
Professor Donal Wall in lab coat in the lab. The front cover of the Microbiology Society briefing, with society logo, an image of a hand holding soil, and text.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🦠 | Sii Level-3 Microbiology students are hosting a coffee afternoon tomorrow to raise funds and awareness for AMR Action UK as part of #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek.

📆 Tuesday, 18 November
🕐 12.30–4pm
🏢 SGDB Level 2 meeting room

Drop in for a coffee & pastry to support AMR Action UK.
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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👻 | A spooktacular trio of @uofgsii.bsky.social professors took part in the GUII Society's recent Halloween-themed Terrifying Microbes event.

🎃 Andy Roe, 🦇 Richard Burchmore, and
🕸️ Ed Hutchinson haunted the audience with presentations at the well-attended event in the Boyd Orr on 27th October.
A Terrifying Microbes graphic, with the event title in orange text, with microbes cartoons above three images of the speakers framed as a pumpkin, bat and spider's web.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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🆕 | Sii's Dr @leighannsherry.bsky.social has been shortlisted for a BRILLIANT award alongside @uofgmvls.bsky.social colleagues Nairn Scobie & Fiona Stubbs.

Their embedding of industry internships into Life Sciences degrees has received well-earned recognition.

🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A pink graphic with inset portrait images of Nairn Scobie, Leighann Sherry and Fiona Stubbs above the Brilliant Awards logo, with the text inside a purple trophy shape.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social postgrad researchers have taken top honours in the @microbiologysociety.org Sir Howard Dalton Early Career Microbiologist of the Year competition.

Emma Davies (@cvrinfo.bsky.social) was named winner, with Phoebe Crossley (Microbiology) 3rd.

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
CVR PhD student Emma Davies stood left of a bright blue Microbiology Society banner with her Early Career Microbiologist of the Year certificate, with Microbiology PhD student Phoebe Crossley stood right of the banner with her third place certificate.
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social researchers played a key role in delivering the 38th EMDS meeting, held 16–18 Sep in Edinburgh.

Led by @bainlab.bsky.social and @mariolaks.bsky.social with colleagues at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, the event hosted over 260 delegates.

🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Calum Bain stood on the majestic McEwan Hall stage in front of a podium below a large screen introducing the meeting and welcoming delegates Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska stood on stage below a large screen presenting recent findings on dendritic cell heterogeneity in rheumatoid arthritis. Gareth-Rhys Jones stood on stage below a large screen discussing the role of monocyte-derived activin in intestinal repair. Ed Roberts stood on stage, with the camera straight on, discussing decoding the roles of migratory and resident dendritic cells in protective immune responses
October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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📜 Read the full Future Skills Framework report: sulsa.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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The cover of the future skills framework report, using the framework logo of a thistle stylised as a DNA helix, with the title of the report above
October 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🆕 | Dr Laura McCaughey has co-authored a new report highlighting how Life Sciences educators can enhance skills frameworks to support students.

It is the key output from a symposium held at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and supported by @uofgsii.bsky.social and @sulsa.bsky.social.

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Laura McCaughey stood with keynote speakers Sarah Hunt (Skills Development Scotland) and Yvonne Bayne (Fife College), and Professor Claire Garden, chair of the SULSA Skills Committee in front of a stage together. From left to right: Sarah Hunt, Claire Garden, Yvonne Bayne & Laura McCaughey
October 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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📢 | Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social has been appointed @uofgsii.bsky.social Director of Education, succeeding Professor Olwyn Byron.

The pair will work closely to ensure a smooth transition ahead of Prof Veitch's official start this Friday.

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A head and shoulders portrait image of Nicola Veitch against a grey background.
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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📢 | Professor Donal Wall from @uofgsii.bsky.social was 1 of just 6 experts, selected from over 300, invited to give oral evidence to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk SIT Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK’s microbiome research landscape.

🎥 Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwyr...
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🗣️ | Congratulations to Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social on her recent inaugural lecture, Blending the Biosciences in a Digital World.

Delivered to a full house, it was a truly memorable event hosted by @uofgsii.bsky.social and @uofgmvls.bsky.social LTSN.

🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A photograph of Professor Nicola Veitch after her inaugural lecture. Nicola is stood beside friend and colleague Professor Olwyn Byron in the wood-panelled lecture theatre, beneath the screens displaying her slides and to the right of the podium.
September 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🆕 | Rachael Hamilton MSP, Deputy Convenor of the @scotparl.bsky.social's group on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions, recently visited @uofgsii.bsky.social for a tour of our Sir Graeme Davies Building and discussion with @racegbn.bsky.social staff.

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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📆 | Save the Date!

The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.

🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
Illustrated logo for BSP Glasgow 2026. The image features detailed black-and-white line drawings of iconic Glasgow landmarks and parasitic organisms. In the center is the University of Glasgow’s main tower. Surrounding it are illustrations of parasites, including helminths, protozoa, and kinetoplastids. On the left is the SEC Armadillo building, and on the right is the Finnieston Crane. Bold text beneath reads: "BSP GLASGOW 2026".
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Rick Maizels has been prominently featured in a fascinating Freethink* article exploring the surprising relationship between parasitic worms and the human immune system.

👉 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🗞️ Article: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
A composite image of Professor Rick Maizles in the lab on the left, and the Freethink* logo with a microscopic image of Caenorhabditis elegans directly below, and the article title: 'We purged worms from our bodies - and may have made ourselves sick' below that, on the right.
September 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🛶 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Bacteriology enjoyed a two-day retreat at the Firbush Outdoor Centre on Loch Tay at the beginning of July.

During the stay, discussions were had on the future of the research area, new opportunities for outreach and public engagement, and development of new curricula.
Bacteriology research area staff sat outdoors on grass and chairs beside Loch Tay, which is visible to the left. Bacteriology staff sat facing the camera smiling in a room that has been set up with chairs facing the front for a lecture or workshop type meeting. Eight members of staff sat in canoes in Loch Tay all tightly packed in a row, holding their paddles across the front of the vessels in a posed shot. A beautiful golden sunset image capturing the sun dipping behind the hills beyond gloriously lit up Loch Tay, with small boats in the foreground.
September 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @liam-rooney.bsky.social recently co-organised the UK’s largest and most comprehensive light microscopy training programme, SOMC 2025, bringing together experts and students from around the world for an advanced upskilling course.

👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Participants and organisers from the 2025 Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course (SOMC) stood together on steps in a modern building.
September 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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☀️ | On Saturday, 2 August 2025, staff and PhD students from across @uofgsii.bsky.social came together for a fantastic day trip to Millport.

Organised by Social Committee Chair Dawn Mylet, the group enjoyed a cycle around the island, the fresh sea air, stunning views - and ice cream! 🚴⛵️🍦
A group selfie taken by Dawn Mylet in the foreground, with the rest of the group stood together on a slipway with local landmark Crocodile Rock, the sea, and boats behind. An image taken from a distance showing the group standing with their bikes in front of the bay and boats ahead of their cycle round the island. A member of Sii staff stood on crocodile rock in Millport with her dog, a black poodle, and pointing into the distance.
August 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social has received £310k from Jon Moulton Charity Trust to support his UK investigator-led Phase 2 Marvel Study, investigating use of oral mitochondrial antioxidants in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A head and shoulders portrait shot of Professor Gwo-tzer Ho stood outside in front of a marble pillar. The Marvel Trial logo, with the letters 'Ma' in white font boxed off in a green square. 'rv' are stylised in cursive and black font, 'e' is green font, and 'l' a return to black font. The Jon Moulton Charity Trust logo. Set over three lines, the font colour starts light grey in the first line and then changes to a darker, bolder grey in the second and third. The 'C' in charity is stylised as the curve in a microscope.
August 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Rheumatology Dr Eve Smith has received the prestigious @eular.org Abstract Award – FOREUM: Clinical Science at this year’s #EULAR2025 Congress in Barcelona.

👉 More on this achievement: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Dr Eve Smith stood on the stage at the EULAR Conference holding a certificate of her award, with those presenting the award stood on either side.
July 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.

The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🆕 | Head of @uofgsii.bsky.social Professor Julia Edgar (@juliae.bsky.social) is delighted to announce that Professor Simon Milling (@simmunology.bsky.social) has accepted the role of Good Research Practice Advisor, succeeding Professor Rick Maizels.

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A portrait image of Simon Milling, with his head and shoulders visible against a dark grey background.
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Head of Bacteriology Professor Donal Wall recently presented expert oral evidence to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk SIT Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK’s microbiome research landscape.

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

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A screengrab from the video recording, showing Professor Donal Wall sat at a desk providing expert oral evidence to the House of Commons committee.
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM