To learn more about the exhibit you can read this piece written by @kathelse.bsky.social and @aliceangus.bsky.social #ecoimmunology sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

Looking forward to setting up our Entangled stories art science exhibit with @aliceangus.bsky.social at the @britsocimm.bsky.social annual congress. Come and chat with us and have a go at our Challenge cards! What would you do? @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social #BSI25

Attending the BSI next week? Visit Entangled Stories - our EcoImmunology Art Science exhibition - find us at stand 42. Around you, you will find observational drawings which capture remote fieldwork realities. @aliceangus.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social aliceangus.net/Entangled-Stories

Climate change poses multiple challenges to our health. Our new article coauthored with @kathelse.bsky.social considers the rise in infections and pollution combines with the impact of climate change on our immune system and what we need to do to better understand this 🧪 🧵#EcoImmunology

The weather has turned. No boats can cross. The small team on island have the experience to reshape our field plans so the work continues safely and without exhausting people. This is the reality of a “wild laboratory” @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social

We had a quieter day yesterday even managing to watch the Celebrity Traitors final but today we have been busy again preparing for our next of two further baseline days on Fluke Street

Winter field season begins on the Isle of May 🐭🦭🎂 Seals, celebrations, and celebrity Traitors — not a bad first few days! Here’s to the next 5 weeks with an amazing team. @kathelse.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

PhD opportunity working with me, Mark Viney, Iris Mair and Rowan Bancroft studying the Isle of May wild mice is open now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are in the middle of our second of four “baseline” days on our Fluke Street grid. Releasing the mice back on to the grid is always good to watch @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social

We are back on the Isle of May for our final winter season of our BBSRC funded research exploring the effects of environment on immunity. Traps are out and we are having an evening by the fire @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social

So pleased to share the peer reviewed first study from our @cruk-ci.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social Radnet collab led by @nabinapun.bsky.social and Dr Cytlak with Prof Travis and Prof Illidge @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

📣 PhD opportunity led by @madhvimenon.bsky.social with @kathelse.bsky.social , @tracyh9494.bsky.social , and me open now: "Sex Differences in Immune Responses to Infection: The Role of the Microbiota in Shaping Lymphocyte Dynamics" apps due 15 November 2025 📣 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Drawing for Entangled Stories, collaboration with scientists, tales of remote fieldwork & conservation on the Isle of May, with @kathelse.bsky.social , Dr Iris Mair (Uni of Manchester & Edinburgh) Supported by BSI & UKRI thanks @naturescot.bsky.social warden @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

Leaving lunch for our research technician Rowanne Fletcher who is starting a PhD with Mark Viney, James Hewitson and me. Thanks Rowanne for all your hard work! @bethsallis.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

This week is the Manchester School of Biological Sciences postdoc appreciation week. I have two PDRA, Rowan and Josh - both on fieldwork on the Isle of May hosted by @steelyseabirder.bsky.social at the moment - thank you both! @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Some of us have come off the island for a break - one day later than planned as high winds meant no boats could sail. Before leaving we had a pub quiz in the Isle of May “bar” which was a lot of fun! @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Trap washing and repacking is a huge task. Without our team of volunteers it would be impossible to carry out the scale of our current project - here are two of our Manchester UG in action @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

We have a 5am start today as we have both our 96-trap grids open and it is going to be a long day @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @bethsallis.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social

Today we have prepped the feeding stations, got the loggers and traps out on our second grid (Low Light), swum in the sea and enjoyed the sun! @bethsallis.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social

Today two of our team left the island for a short break and Indra, Shaun and Tom arrived. We also celebrated Beth and Indra’s successful first year PhD vivas! @amypedersen.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

One of the great things about doing research on the Isle of May is we get to enjoy this amazing environment on our days off @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

The “squeak-stake” is a bit of fun we have on the island - aim is to guess the number of mice we trap each day. We have 3 Manchester UG with us this season and Rachel who has never been here before guessed EXACTLY the right number on day 1 @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Before the start of our day we have a “scrum” so that everyone on the team knows what to expect from the day and tasks can be assigned and ticked off once complete @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

First trapping day of the summer season 2025 has gone very well. Loggers are out too now so we can monitor how our mice are moving round the grid @amypedersen.bsky.social @grahammunology.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @macaulayturner.bsky.social

Lab is set up, food is stashed and first traps are out. @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social

Day one has involved setting up the lab and re establishing our grids which have lain unused since December 2024 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social

We have headed out today for our 4th field season on the Isle of May - good to be back and looking forward to what the next 6 weeks brings @amypedersen.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social

Please share our latest work @natcomms.nature.com „ONE MICROBIOTA TO RULE THEM ALL“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... A big THANK YOU to the entire team of great scientists! #wildlings doi.org/10.1126/scie... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.cell.com/trends/immun... @fau.de @Hornegger.bsky.social

Really nice talk today by Rowan Bancroft on our wild mouse study on the Isle of May @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

I'm representing North West at the @FameLab national final on 6 June! I'll be bringing the gross factor to my talk on mucus, alongside nine other amazing speakers covering a wide range of science topics. So excited to show Cheltenham Science Festival attendees what I'm all about! #SciComm #PhDSky

Age-related impairment of intestinal inflammation resolution through an eicosanoid-immune-microbiota axis: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Iris Mair and I really enjoyed putting this special collection on ecoimmunology together with a terrific set of authors and the @discovimmunol.bsky.social team. Take a look!

Iris Mair and Matt Silk introducing a session on interdisciplinary working - the rewards and the challenges - crucial aspects for successful infectious disease research #EIDsymp25

Our new paper, just out “Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population”. Highlights gut microbial signatures for those individuals that have the potential to spread the most infectious disease. doi.org/10.1186/s425...

Exciting PhD studentship available lead by Becca Shears at MMU and with Richard Grencis and myself as external supervisors: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Nothing like tackling a public speaking fear than a public speaking competition. I am so thrilled and shocked to have won the #FameLab North West final. Everyone was amazing and I hope you're all proud. Looking forward to learning and improving ahead of the national finals!! #SciComm #PhDSky

Moving through shared landscapes today and meeting with Massai to hear about their livestock diseases @susanneshultz.bsky.social @andrewhalls.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Fantastic time at the Darwin funded Shared Landscapes workshop in Arusha! @kathelse.bsky.social @susanneshultz.bsky.social @elladavies.bsky.social

Final day of our Darwin funded workshop focused on population genetics - overall the workshop has been busy, generating lots of opportunities and ideas going forward @susanneshultz.bsky.social @andrewhalls.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Our noninvasive biomarker workshop is well underway with delegates from Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. Part of our Darwin funded project lead by @susanneshultz.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

The opening of our Darwin-funded workshop and session one on going - discussing Participatory Research

Set up and ready to go - delegates arrive tonight for their 3 day workshop including biomarker ELISAs @susanneshultz.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Darwin team meeting today to review milestones and plan next steps; then setting up in the lab for our biomarker ELISAs @susanneshultz.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social

Start of a busy day as we begin finalising plans for our Darwin funded lab workshop in Tanzania including cytokine biomarker ELISAs for gut health monitoring in livestock and wildlife @susanneshultz.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

@macaulayturner.bsky.social wins first prize for his poster on use of SIMS methods in parasitology at the British Society for Parasitology Spring meeting in Germany @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Africa One Health meeting today, with opportunities discussed and ideas emerging for research with our African partners. @susanneshultz.bsky.social

Parasite immunology undergraduate lab practical well underway - Trichuris specific antibody ELISAs linking to resistance and susceptibility to infection. And with a “dream team” of helpers! @erinpallott.bsky.social @cgyasi.bsky.social

Rewilding catalyzes maturation of the humoral immune system | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Please spread the word and sign up for our exciting spring meeting in Nottingham with amazing speakers on the topic of ECM, immunity and infection. An exciting and developing field! paacr4.wixsite.com/bsmb-spring2...