📣 Excited about engaging the public in #immunology? Apply for the BSI Communication & Engagement Grant! Up to £1,000 for projects that inspire, educate and build trust in science. #ScienceCommunication Deadline: 1 February 2026! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3Y9j8gm

New year, new skills 🎉 Start 2026 by booking onto one of our training courses - flow cytometry, bioinformatics, foundations of immunology, immunology nursing or clinical immunology training days. Invest in your immunology knowledge! Have a browse here: https://bit.ly/3RehpVN

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

Master multiparameter flow cytometry! 🎯 Join our online course with expert @derekdavies.bsky.social on 11 & 18 May 2026. Learn to design complex panels, interpret data with confidence, and troubleshoot real-world experiments. Secure your place now: https://bit.ly/4qip05l

Registrations are now open for 'Fuelling the immune response', the 4th UK immunometabolism meeting, led by the BSI Immunometabolism Affinity Group. Join us in Newcastle on 16 and 17 April 2026 for cutting edge immune metabolism research #UKimmunomet26 Register here: https://bit.ly/493uE45

Take your R and omics skills to the next level! 🚀 Our advanced 'Further omics, statistics & clinical data in R' course starts 2 Feb 2026. Five Mondays online, packed with hands-on training for wet lab scientists. Secure your spot now! https://bit.ly/47kXFaC

🔬 New dates for our 'Single cell and spatial omics course' in April 2026! Five Mondays of expert led online training from 20 April to 18 May. Ideal for researchers keen to build confidence in single cell and spatial analysis. Register now: https://bit.ly/48GDDYL

Huge congratulations to Prof @tracyh9494.bsky.social, President of the BSI and Director of the Lydia Becker Institute, on winning the @nature.com Award for Mentoring in Science 2025 in the Lifetime Achievement category. A brilliant & well earned recognition of her support for ECRs! 💙

🚨 New dates! Our next 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R' bioinformatics training course will start Monday 9 March 2026 - running every weekday morning for two weeks. Perfect for beginners & all online. Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh

Our five-year #strategy for 2026–2030 is here! It outlines priorities to strengthen our community, maximise impact, enhance careers & catalyse change, guided by values that shape how we work. Thank you to all our members for your support – we're excited to continue working with you!

And that's a wrap! Thank you all for making #BSI25 so special. What a fantastic week of celebrating immunology, catching up on the latest research and connecting with friends old and new. We can't wait to see you in Glasgow next year to do it all again. Love, The BSI staff team

🏆 Congratulations to our BSI Congress 2025 Poster Prize winners! Find out about the outstanding posters and from this year's event here: www.immunology.org/news/congrat...

Fantastic talk by @labliston.bsky.social at #BSI25! Incredible prospects for IL-2 gene therapy and fascinating tools for tracing CRISPR knockouts. Brilliant! @britsocimm.bsky.social

Amazing talk from Andrea Graham. So much to learn from rewilding mice. @grahammunology.bsky.social #BSI2025 @britsocimm.bsky.social

We’re happy to be in Liverpool for this years @britsocimm.bsky.social congress: In today’s “What’s hot in cancer immunology?” session, Prof David Withers presented our new data on an orthotopic colorectal cancer model for the first time! 🐭💪

Which cell are you rooting for? 👀 Come and see us at the BSI stand to grab your badge of choice! #BSI25

Exploring your future in immunology? 🔬 Join 'Find your career path in immunology' at #BSI25, a lunchtime panel with insights from academia, industry, clinical work & beyond the lab. 🗓 3 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 13:15–14:10 | 📍 Hall 1B

BSI Congress 2025 #bsi25 going strong. Cancer immunology about to start! Such a great day yesterday including our session on Sex differences in inflammation and immunity. Excellent! @britsocimm.bsky.social

Don’t miss Recent advances in reproductive immunology at #BSI25! Wed 3 Dec, 11:00–12:45, Room 3A. Explore new insights into pregnancy, menstruation, endometriosis & cutting-edge immune research. 🔗 Full programme: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1

Parallel session on "Sex differences in #immunity and #inflammation" starting in 20 minutes, room 11 at #BSI25! @britsocimm.bsky.social

Fantastic start to #BSI25 with @profjudiallen.bsky.social ; a masterclass in scientific storytelling. Her career journey was engaging and full of long-view perspectives. Loved her celebration of mentees, and the message to chase those exciting “distractions” in science. #macrophage #Th2 #infections

🧠 The session 'From immunosenescence to intervention' is underway! Chaired by Ghada Alsaleh & Neil Mabbott and supported by the CARINA Network, it’s showcasing vital research on inflammageing, dementia, sarcopenia and immune-driven ageing. ##BSI25 #CARINANetwork

BSI Congress 2025 #bsi25 is buzzing! Really looking forward to co-chairing tomorrow's session on Sex differences in inflammation and immunity. Come and see how biological affects our immune system! @britsocimm.bsky.social

Back from mat leave and straight into the thick of it at BSI Congress 2025 #bsi25. V grateful to @britsocimm.bsky.social awarding me a carer’s grant so I was able to come with baby & family in tow to look after him! Easing the transition for both of us and wouldn’t have been able to come otherwise.

💉 Join Precision immuno-medicine for autoimmune disease at #BSI25! Speakers: Dr Francesca Barone & Prof Michael Ehrenstein. Explore how patient stratification can guide targeted therapies & improve outcomes. 🔗 Full programme: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1 #Autoimmunity

🧬 Explore Nucleic acid sensing by innate immune receptors at #BSI25 tomorrow from 14:15-16:00. Learn how cells detect DNA/RNA to trigger immunity & drive inflammation in infection, cancer & autoinflammation. 🔗 Full programme: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1 ##InnateImmunity

🧠🛡️ Don’t miss Neuroimmunology Across the Body, exploring brain–immune–nerve crosstalk in infection, pain and gut–brain health. Proudly sponsored by the UK GIBA Network. ##Neuroimmunology #BSI2025

'Type 2 immunity in health and disease' takes place 11am–12:45pm, Wed 3 Dec! Explore the cells and signals driving type 2 responses and why their regulation remains elusive by joining this parallel session at #BSI25. Registration is still open: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8

How do individual cells change, migrate & evolve over time? Join 'Multi-modal cell tracing approaches to longitudinal studies' at #BSI25 to explore cutting-edge single-cell and spatial methods revealing the dynamics of immune & developmental processes. Tues 2 Dec, 11am-12:45pm!

Discover how systemic factors shape immune function in Metabolism meets immunity at #BSI25. Hear top insights from Prof Thekla Cordes and Prof Christoph Hess on the latest in immunometabolism. Don’t miss it! Learn more about the programme: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1

🎉 We’re excited to announce our November 2025 BSI #Career Enhancing Grant awardees! Over £33,000 has been awarded to 8 outstanding members, supporting innovative research across #immunology. Congratulations to all! See the projects we're supporting here: bit.ly/4ptQwMx

🛡️ This #PublishingIntegrityWeek, BSI journals are tackling papermills, promoting AI transparency, DEI & accessibility, and supporting ethical research in immunology. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4odyvAZ

➡️ Inflammation in cancer Discover how tumour genetics and epigenetics shape immune contexture and drive inflammation in this parallel session at #BSI25. Organised by @bsi-tumourimm.bsky.social and @uigimmuno.bsky.social

Dive into the molecular mechanisms of macrophage function in health and disease! From inflammation to phagocytosis, antigen presentation & innate–adaptive crosstalk, don’t miss this session with Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Prof Andrew Clark at #BSI25 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4a5iBp1

How do cells, and even organisms, talk to each other? Join 'The role of extracellular vesicles in immune cross talk' at #BSI25 to discover how EVs transfer signals that shape immunity across tissues, environments and even species. Organised by @bsi-midlands.bsky.social

💭 What’s in a #vaccine? Our infographic shows the ingredients in a #vaccine & helps explain this important question! Download and share it here 👉 https://bit.ly/49hj0Ex

🧬 From immunosenescence to intervention: the role of the immune system in declining health Explore how ageing immune systems drive inflammation, increase susceptibility to disease, and impact dementia & sarcopenia. Join this parallel session, supported by @carinanetwork.bsky.social at #BSI25.

Less than 3 weeks until our final report launch event 9th Dec. (London) 10am We will be welcoming a fantastic panel: 🌟Jo O'Leary (UKRI) 🌟Sara Mole (UCL) 🌟John Tregoning (Imperial) 🌟Katie Perry (Daphne Trust) 🌟Jennie Evans (BSI) 🌟Ilaria Meazzini (RSC) Register here: www.carersinstemm.co.uk

Sign up to our online #bioinformatics course to: 🔸Gain expert statistical analysis & #R skills 🔸Explore #omic datasets with many experimental groups & #ClinicalData in R 🔸Work on #proteomics, bulk RNA-seq & #GeoMx Book onto the Feb 2026 course now: https://bit.ly/47kXFaC

Misuse and overuse of antibiotics contribute to the rise and spread of drug-resistant infections, posing a growing challenge to global health. For #WAAW, we want to highlight why using antibiotics wisely helps protect everyone. ##AMR #AntimicrobialResistance

📣 Registration is open for #SIGNET26! Join immunologists from across Scotland on 11 March 2026 for a full day of research talks, networking & collaboration. Featuring keynotes from Prof Graham Anderson & Prof Tracy Hussell! Sign up today 👉 https://bit.ly/49VL6FA

⏳ Just a few weeks to go! Boost your #bioinformatics, data analysis & omics skills with our top-rated training course 🤩 “One of the best courses I’ve taken. I never thought R could be explained so clearly and simply!” Starts Mon 8 December 👉 https://bit.ly/3LesjLm

On #WorldDiabetesDay, we’re highlighting the science behind T1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease affecting 400,000+ people in the UK. Our Bitesized Immunology resource shows how T cells destroy insulin-producing β-cells and how autoantibodies appear in early disease: bit.ly/3K3fa7J

🌿 Discover how the immune system operates in the real world! Join Prof Amy Pedersen & Prof Andrea Graham for the session “Ecoimmunology: the immune system in context”, exploring how environment, ecology & evolution shape immunity. 🕒 Don’t miss it! #BSI25

🧬 Explore how TCRs, BCRs & HLAs shape immunity in “Decoding and harnessing diversity in adaptive immune receptor repertoires.” From omics to modelling, discover new insights driving personalised medicine & vaccine innovation. #BSI25

🧫How can spatial profiling reveal the hidden organisation of the immune system? Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions! Register here: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8

How is our understanding of antigen presentation evolving? Join the 'Cell to cell communication in antigen presentation' session organised by @uigimmuno.bsky.social at #BSI25 to explore new regulators, in-vivo insights, therapeutic targets & computational approaches. https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8

🤖 AI-driven insights into immune responses Explore how machine learning & AI are transforming vaccine research, infection studies and disease modelling in this parallel session at #BSI25. Organised by @london-immuno.bsky.social

🐭 Animal models for human health Discover innovative approaches to modelling the human immune system, from wild microbiota mice, to complex organoids & diverse animal models in this parallel session at #BSI25. Register today: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8

How does the immune system work within our body’s largest organ? Join '#Immunology gets under the skin' at #BSI25 to explore how immune cells develop, interact and protect us at the skin’s surface & what new discoveries are emerging. Registration link: https://bit.ly/3IkxWq8