Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Surprisingly, airway ECM remodelling was protective for lung function, and rather seems to support epithelial function. Huge amount of work by @james-ep.bsky.social @hetompkins.bsky.social and a tremendous amount of help and support from all of our collaborators at Aberdeen and Manchester

So pleased to see our research out in #ScienceImmunology demonstrating that CLPs regulate airway remodelling during allergy 🫁 Really proud of the hard work and collaboration that went into this project 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽. Definitely one to check out for lovers of the immuno-matrix & pretty pictures👇🏼🔬

A sad reality… gaslighting and performative actions are still the norm.

Malhotra, a prominent anti vaccine voice during the peak of the covid pandemic was given a platform by Reform where not only did he reassert his anti-vax rhetoric but he made allegations of the vaccine causing the Royal family to have cancer. There is NO evidence linking the vaccines to cancer 🧪🧵

Are you attending Cancer Immunology: Advances & Therapeutic Application and working on cancer vaccines? Share your latest research in our Special Collection on global advances, personalised or off-the-shelf vaccines, clinical trials & more. Submit here: https://bit.ly/4mPbW64

As of 1 Sept, the #NHS booking system opened for eligible people to book winter flu & COVID-19 #vaccinations, with appts from 1 Oct. This includes pregnant people, encouraged to get vaccinated to protect themselves & their babies. Read our #pregnancy vaccination guide to learn more: bit.ly/4fuRqVw

🌟 Protect your baby with the latest advice on #RSV! Our vaccinations during #pregnancy guide explains why the RSV vaccine, now offered by the NHS from 28 weeks, is the most effective way to shield babies from serious RSV illness. ⬇️Download & share: bit.ly/4fuRqVw

Tissue immunity meets biological sex differences - context is important in the immune system. Another of my reading recommendations during a trip to @iuis-online.bsky.social Congress. From Sonia Sharma, Alicia Gibbons and Erica Ollmann Saphire in @science.org buff.ly/XPN0Tpb

What happens when a PhD immunologist swaps the lab for a learned society? 🧫➡️📢 Dr Hannah Tompkins, @hetompkins.bsky.social on science policy, public engagement & life at the BSI. Read the blog 🔗 https://bit.ly/45vQkUK

A compelling read on #vaccines by @sheencr.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social and chrischirp.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk. #EduSky

✨We’ve just launched our new guide to #vaccinations during #pregnancy! Understand how immunity changes, which vaccines the NHS recommends, and how they protect both parent and baby during pregnancy and beyond. Download a copy for trusted information: bit.ly/4fuRqVw

It's been a lot of fun working with @hetompkins.bsky.social on this project and luckily we had @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social to call on as an expert, especially as I'm not an immunologist! Immersing myself in this topic and then figuring out how to explain it at a public level has been fascinating.

Our new guide to vaccinations during pregnancy is now available! We've been working really hard on this over the past few months and we hope it is a easy to read and engaging guide that provides key information and answers common questions. #ImmunoSky 🧪 #SciComm

We made a short animation explaining what goes wrong in the lungs during asthma! 🫁🎬 Designed for the public, students & patients—check out how immune cells respond to threats & how asthma treatments work. Big thanks to @WellcomeTrust & Acteria!

🚨 We need you! The BSI is launching a new Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) Network to help shape our work in immunology. Apply by Monday 22 Sept 2025 💬 Share your lived experience & make a difference. 👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3UryNYE

We're so pleased to see this new Centre dedicated to understanding how environmental factors influence the immune system 🙌 This research will help us to understand how chronic inflammatory diseases come about, and develop new therapies for these conditions. Congratulations to all those involved!

Leaving my 10th BIG Event as the incoming Chair of @big-stem-network.bsky.social Not bad for someone who was told SciComm was probably ‘too competitive a career for someone like you’ 15 years ago. Here’s to the next year of BIG!

A new £50m Medical Research Council Centre is set to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

👏 Congratulations to Drs @hetompkins.bsky.social and Georgia Baldwin from our @wellcometrust.bsky.social Immunomatrix in Complex Disease PhD programme! 🎓

🚨 Impact Factors are in! 📈 Immunotherapy Advances @imtadvances.bsky.social‬ hits 4.9, now in Q1 for immunology journals and Clinical & Experimental Immunology @ceijournal.bsky.social‬ climbs to 3.8, now in Q2 🎉 Huge thanks to our authors, editors & readers! Read more: https://bit.ly/44lshsq

It was great to have the opportunity to attend Parliamentary Links Day 2025 last month, an amazing event bringing together scientists and parliamentarians! 🦠🧬 Check out what the BSI got up to in my most recent piece #LinksDay25 👇🏼

We're thrilled to be at Parliamentary Links Day 2025 today, which we organise on behalf of the science and engineering community to strengthen dialogue with parliament. Thanks to Dame Chi Onwurah MP & Dr Jess Wade for your inspiring talks and to everyone who attended. #LinksDay25 #STEM

We’re attending @rsb.org.uk Parliamentary #LinksDay25 today - an excellent opportunity to build & strengthen links between the scientific community & MPs & Peers - and for us to talk all things immunology!

Every year, more than 300 000 women die from #CervicalCancer. 90% of cervical #cancer cases and deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. We can end this with better access to vaccination, screening and treatment. bit.ly/41MNKY7

Globally, one nurse in seven and nearly a quarter in high-income countries are foreign-born, highlighting reliance on international migration. More in the State of the World’s Nursing Report 👉 bit.ly/4dcr5dz #InternationalNursesDay

On #NursesDay, we thank nurses in clinical immunology for their compassion & expertise that make a real difference every day. We warmly welcome immunology nurses to join the BSI-CIPN, a platform to connect, share best practice & improve patient care! 🔗 bit.ly/3Q9bMYY

Today we've been at the #WorldImmunisationWeek parliamentary event with Results UK to highlight the importance of including immune-vulnerable groups in #vaccine clinical trials. A big thank you to everyone who spoke to us to share their valuable perspectives! 🙂

A great opportunity to get involved with the BSI 🤩👇🏼

👶🏼 Many #vaccines are not effective in newborns. So how do we protect them from infectious disease? 🤰🏽 By vaccination in #pregnancy! Here we review… 💉 Established campaigns vs whooping cough, flu, COVID 💡 New approaches to RSV, GBS 🌈 Future challenges, opportunities #ReproSky #ImmunoSky #IDSky

It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/wiw2025

Happy #DayOfImmunology everyone! Give us a follow and grab one of our fun books to learn how the amazing immune system works! @immuninjas.bsky.social #2025DayOfImmunology #WorldImmunologyDay

Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek! ⭐ Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations. 🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ #VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible

I write about marimo, and how to choose the right programming language for your research, today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Excited to share my latest blog post for the University of Manchester! 🎓✨ Here I discuss my journey as a PhD student with dyslexia, offering tips on finding support and boosting confidence in postgraduate research. Check it out here: manchesterbmhstudents.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/n...

🚨 Applications are OPEN for the BSI's #EDI grant! Secure up to £500 to fund activities promoting diversity and inclusion in immunology. Together, we can create a brighter future where every voice is heard & valued! 🗓️ Apply by 9 June 2025: bit.ly/3gYExJv

The next piece in our #CelebrateVaccines series is on tetanus! Find out more about this public health success story below 👇🏼

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are responsible for 95% of cervical cancer cases: bit.ly/4jbzQ9s Click here to find out how getting the HPV vaccine could help eliminate preventable cancers in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hXQSXF #CelebrateVaccines

📢 Did you know that in Scotland, no cases of cervical cancer have been reported in those who received the HPV vaccine at school? bit.ly/4cBAb3r Click here to find out more about the success story of HPV vaccination in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hXQSXF #CelebrateVaccines

It was a pleasure to write this piece on HPV immunisation as part of our #CelebrateVaccines series 💙 Now more than ever, it is critical that we share evidence based resources on vaccination to help people make informed decisions about their health 🦠💉🌍

Now more than ever, we must step up action and protect #HealthForAll. Recent funding cuts are hitting global health hard—let’s take action before it’s too late! 🧵

Yes, #Tuberculosis (TB) is curable! TB is treated with antibiotics taken daily for 4–6 months. ⚠️ Stopping treatment early can lead to drug-resistant TB. Funding cuts & rising drug resistance put the most vulnerable at risk. Sustained support is crucial to #EndTB 👉 bit.ly/4ilkK1h #WorldTBDay

Researchers uncover cellular changes as damage to alveoli in the lungs progresses during #COVID19 @sangerinstitute.bsky.social#COVID19#MedicalResearch

Measles vaccines have saved ~94 million lives worldwide🌍💫 This Vaccine Engagement Day, it is more important than ever to #CelebrateVaccines to tackle the rise in preventable infectious diseases 🚀 🔗 Read our response to rising measles cases: bit.ly/3FofSKf

Get involved 💪🏼🌍

Our Vaccine Engagement Day is next Wednesday, 26 March 2025! Let's #CelebrateVaccines to strengthen public understanding and empower informed decisions about vaccines 🎉 Get involved by posting on social media to highlight the successes of vaccines!🌟 Click here for more information: bit.ly/3Rasp6s

📈 Today, UNICEF and the WHO released a report revealing that in 2024, the European Region had the highest number of #measles cases since 1997 🌎 Hear from our CEO Doug Brown on why we all need to work together to combat declining vaccination rates bit.ly/3FofSKf

A special issue on #WomensHealth in #ScienceAdvances highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Learn more: scim.ag/3R59fPe (THREAD 🧵)

5 years ago, on 11 March 2020, the Director-General Dr Tedros for the first time said that the #COVID19 epidemic was now a pandemic. This decision was taken based on the escalating situation and some countries’ inaction. bit.ly/3neFefP

Our lab's #1st manuscript from our #1st #PhD Katie is on #bioRxiv! Check it out 👇🏻 #macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...