Congratulations to Dr @laurabitterlich.bsky.social who submitted her hard bound PhD thesis today! 4 years of hard work funded by a John & Pat Hume Scholarship @maynoothuniversity.ie Well Done Laura!

Huge congrats to Dr @laurabitterlich.bsky.social who passed her PhD viva today. Thanks to examiners @Sharee Basdeo and @Eoin McNamee and to @rob_elmes for chairing. Laura was funded by a John & Pat Hume Scholarship @maynoothuni.bsky.social with support from @MaynoothBiology

We launched the #ImprovingAcademia working group at yEFIS. Thank you to @gamonasterioo.bsky.social, Lyn Lim, Myriam Nabhan, and Laila Kulsvehagen for showing up and trying to improve things for everyone. #AcademiaSucks but we want to make it better, ideally together

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

📢 Immunologists! Please follow the Young network of European Immunologists at @yefis-immunology.bsky.social and help us rebuild our network!!!! #ImmunoSky @rodrahimi.bsky.social could you add them to the starter pack? Thank you!!!

My first research paper! Learn how palmitate can induce innate immune memory in macrophages, and how mesenchymal stromal cells are able to suppress this process. www.isct-cytotherapy.org/article/S146... #AcademicSky