Two members of my lab are presenting their work at the #BSID2026 in Manchester, both on Tuesday. Cameron Ferguson will be presenting his DEBRA UK funded work on drug repurposing at 9.40am and Shuwei Zhang will be presenting her work on building a 3D model of aged skin at 1pm. Looking forward to it

Exciting news! I am doing Pint of Science 2026!! I will be presenting my work in a pub on Tuesday 19th May. My talk will be on menopause and sex difference in immunity in the session called "Mind the Gender Gap". Tickets for the event can be found below: pintofscience.co.uk/event/mind-t...

Interested in asthma, in vitro models and immunology? Well I have a PhD that would be perfect for you! www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Come and perform cutting edge bioengineering using a model of an asthma lung using a unique organ-on-a-chip model to test novel anti-inflammatory therapies.

🧬 How do we move immunosenescence research forward? Join us in Guildford this May to explore next generation technologies for studying immune ageing. The event is taking place on 20 and 21 May 2026. Submit an abstract and be part of the discussion! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW

I am delighted to introduce the 'ImmunoPause' consortium. This is a collection of immunologists who are working on understanding how the immune system changes during the menopause. An important yet understudied research area. immunopause.my.canva.site#home

At a time when the UK should be capitalising on its global reputation as a great place to do science, this is an enormous own goal. I am so sorry for all those who jobs are going to be impacted.

Delighted to have contributed to this very cool monocyte resolution paper. Do take a look :)

Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes. From @hlpeks.bsky.social, @emmaschambers.bsky.social, @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Ciurtin et al. 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/... 📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...

How do we better measure and target immune ageing? Registrations are now open for 'New technologies to advance immunosenescence research'. Join us on 20 and 21 May 2026 in Surrey to hear from experts in immune ageing and next generation technologies 🔬 https://bit.ly/3YGD7VW

Interested in developing an asthma organ-on-a-chip model? Then your luck is in! As I have a funded PhD as part of the COaCT PhD programme www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/projects...

Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system: www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...

Great to see a slide in the immunosenescence session advertising our exciting meeting next year #BSI25

I am off to the @britsocimm.bsky.social Congress this week. I will be speaking about menopause and monocytes in the sex differences nsession on Tuesday and chairing the skin session on Thursday. Looking forward to seeing all my immunology friends :) #BSI25

An exciting programme of talks today. Come and see my poster (17) about menopause as an immune ageing event.

This #WorldMenopauseDay we're proud to talk about how we supported innovative research into menopause and women's immunity - led by @emmaschambers.bsky.social at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social#WorldMenopauseDay https://bit.ly/492IYeG

Happy World Menopause Day. Reminder that as well as the impact of menopause on physical and mental wellbeing. Menopause also seems to be an immune-ageing event www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Surprisingly, it is not yet obvious to all researchers and funding agencies that sex and gender matter in research, and should be recorded and addressed properly. So we wrote it authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxSmbah1w...

Hormone replacement therapy helps restore immune function in menopausal women, reducing inflammaging and preserving monocyte function. open-access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...

New paper alert #immunosky 🚨 What happens to our immune systems as we get older? What happens after the menopause? Turns out monocytes are actually quite important in their own right! Check out our paper in Aging Cell now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This afternoon I am speaking at @emds2025.bsky.social. Chatting monocytes, ageing and menopause :) Looking forward to an exciting meeting

📣 Abstract submissions for #BSI25 are CLOSING SOON! Don't miss your chance to share your research — submit today. 🗓️Deadline: Midnight, Weds 3 Sept 🔗Submit here: bit.ly/3UfF6i5

I am recruiting for a postdoc that wants to work on an exciting project on gut macrophages, TGFb signalling, and colon cancer! Please see the link for details - elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

New output from the CELLO Network. Article highlighting how metabolic dysfunction underpins ageing and disease. Read the full open-access article 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Ageing #Metabolism #CellBiology #SystemsBiology

You get to listen to me talk about menopause and immunity :)

GET YOUR APPLICATION IN NOW! Couldn’t recommend this lab more #sciencebffs ♥️

Come join us this fall in Paris

Who's ready for another @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Seminar Series? If you haven't seen these before, we invite LGBTQ+ immunologists to present online to the wider immunology community. If you'd like to present or attend, please drop a mention below #immunosky 🧪 #academicsky

If you have wondered how age, sex and even the menopause influences monocyte phenotype and function. Then our new preprint is for you www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Great coverage of the recent JEM paper by @hlpeks.bsky.social, @emmaschambers.bsky.social, @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Coziana Ciurtin, and colleagues. See the original paper here: rupress.org/jem/article/...

Super excited to have contributed to this great paper led by @bcellsrosser.bsky.social @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social showing that Oestrogen influences B cell class switching. rupress.org/jem/article/...

We have a new PhD position open in the lab! Interested in the intersection between cell mechanics and protein metabolism in scar formation, then have a look. tinyurl.com/4s7wduhu

I had a lovely trip to my daughter's class today, to tell them all about our biological army, the immune system, for science week. I got such lovely thank you cards from the class :)

I made myself an inspirational mug out of some recent grant feedback

Menopause: Time to increase funding for study of a life stage experienced by half of humanity www.nature.com/articles/d41... Emerging therapies to prolong ovarian life and revisiting hormone replacement therapy could change women’s health @lynnepeeps.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are super excited to share our newest publication on modelling immune responses in human skin! Hats off to the amazing work of Sarah Hindle during her PhD and all our collaborators! @emmaschambers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/advs...

🚨 The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc! Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases @ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Nature is keen to find out how scientists are using Bluesky and whether it has become their go-to soc media platform. Do you use Bluesky? Has it replaced X for you? Tell us about it: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A good start to 2025! We found that IsoDGR protein damage promotes lung inflammation in old mice, but can be successfully treated using antibody therapy? Might the same approach also work in humans? 👀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @emmaschambers.bsky.social

***Fully funded PhD position*** @blizardinstitute.bsky.social with myself and Prof Gavin Giovannoni to investigate CD40 signalling in Epstein Barr Virus-infected B-cells in people with multiple sclerosis. Please spread the word! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This week I am at the @BTSrespiratory Winter Meeting #BTSWinter2024. I am looking forward to discussing my new work on the influence of old age on asthma immunephenotype tomorrow morning at 8.50am in the discovery science session.

Really cool 3D-printed skin research from John Connelly's lab at the Blizard Institute, QMUL. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My lab contributed a small part to this new paper in Aging Cell. doi.org/10.1111/acel...

I am so excited to start my new @Barts_Charity funded project investigating how menopause and HRT impacts upon immunity. But we are in need of volunteers to help with the study :)

Just published! My first last author paper! Showing that vitamin D inhibits inflammatory cytokine production from senescent dermal fibroblasts via inhibition of p38-MAPKinase pathway doi.org/10.1111/acel...

On my way to Belfast. I am chairing the @CARINAnetwork ageing and immunity session tomorrow and also my student Ana has a poster on Wed evening (P-202) about ageing, inflammation and monocytes #BSI23

My new preprint has just been published showing how individual characteristics can influence immune responses to COVID vaccinations www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...