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...

Join us at the Wellness Walkthrough: A Community Health Fair this 📆 Saturday, 1st November (🕛 12–4 PM) at 📍Castlemere Community Centre, Rochdale! 🔬 @madhvimenon.bsky.social will be there to discuss her research exploring how the immune system drives #COPD and other chronic diseases. #ImmunoSky

📣 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...

Friday we celebrated our new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology: a joint venture with Oxford that we call MOXIE (Manchester-Oxford Immunology of the Exposome). This challenging adventure is off to a great start. @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

Postdoc opportunity in the lab for a budding ILC biologist. Informal enquiries welcome - please spread the word. Ad closes in 4 weeks. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by acute, intermittent, recurrent episodes of airway inflammation. A decade of work developing the tools, techniques and collaborations needed to figure out how CD4+ T cells in the lungs propagate disease can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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/...

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We now have a very exciting technician post advertised as part of our long term Wellcome Trust funded team investigating the role of the glycocalyx during CNS inflammation. Supporint the lab, developing glycan analysis and research experience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine honors the discovery of regulatory T cells (T-regs). In this piece, our Director Prof Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social explains how the recipients discovered T-regs - transforming autoimmune disease research. #ImmunoSky theconversation.com/nobel-prize-...

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/...

We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.

🔔 Fantastic opportunities to join us as part of the new and exciting @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Check out the details 👇 Please spread the word! #immunosky

🎓 6x fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships 🎓 We are recruiting our first cohort of PhD students to start Oct 2026. Students will shape their own projects within supervisory teams spanning the universities of Manchester & Oxford. www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mrc-core-in-exposome-immunology/?p6899

There's one week left to apply for postdoc positions in my group. Links to apply below! #academicjobs #researchjobs #immunosky

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...

Dental floss as a #vaccination strategy? This study shows that floss-based vaccination can deliver protein, inactivated virus, peptide-presenting immunogenic nanoparticles, mRNA & induces #immuneresponses protecting against infectious disease in mice ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #immunity

So excited to go to the IUIS and present our work on adipose tissue and systemic immunometabolism!

#ListerFellow Lizzy Rosser's research into juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and uveitis is driven by curiosity—and shaped by the voices of young patients and their families. 🧠 Comment how connection with patients and their families makes a difference 👇 📖 lister-institute.org.uk/the-bigger-p...

🚨 A new £50M MRC Centre at @manchester.ac.uk and @ox.ac.uk will explore how pollution, microbes & other environmental exposures rewire our immune system and cause chronic inflammatory diseases. #Exposome #ImmunoSky sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

So excited to FINALLY be able to share exciting news from @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social on our newly awarded MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Exposome Immunology #ImmunoSky 🧪 🧵

Super excited to announce that MRC has funded a new Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Working together, Manchester and Oxford are going to tackle a major challenge of our times. For those who wonder what the Exposome is - see yesterday's posts! www.ukri.org/news/centre-...

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity – B cells & Chronic Lung Disease The Menon Lab @madhvimenon.bsky.social at The University of Manchester is recruiting! 🔗 More info & to apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... 📅 Deadline: 7 July Read more 👇👇👇

The fantastic Menon Lab (@madhvimenon.bsky.social) in the @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social in Manchester are hiring!! 🚨DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO APPLY!🚨 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Postdoc seeking to unravel how lung-infiltrating #Bcells contribute to chronic lung disease #immunosky

Damming report by RCGP on air pollution and risks to health occurs alongside a worrying escalation in asthma presentations to family doctors in England in the first 6 months with 45,458 versus 31,376 cases the same time last yr.

Our newest paper studying immunosuppressive astrocyte-GBM interactions using RABID-seq is out in ‪@nature.com today! Congrats to Brian Andersen and Camilo Faust Akl! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 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...

🚨 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...

And congratulations to Richard @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social for winning the @britsocimm.bsky.social research excellence award!

This was a fantastic celebration yesterday - thanks to the @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social and @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social and the wider division of Medicine for all their support 😊

Many congrats! @beecell.bsky.social

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

The deadline for this PhD is fast approaching. We are looking for a promising synthetic chemist to make new chemical biology tools to learn more about nucleic acid interactions. This is a collaborative project with the Trowbridge Lab in @uomscieng.bsky.social. If interested, get in touch soon!

🚨New paper with @thexavierlab.bsky.social @science.org on the critical role of 🔄neuroimmune crosstalk in immune defense in the gut🪱🪱. 🧪@genelayinstitute.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our latest research is now available as a pre-print at BioRxiv. We show that the immune checkpoint receptor TIGIT cannot signal in T cells without simultaneous TCR stimulation. #ImmunoSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We all know how important @britsocimm.bsky.social is so here I am trying to contribute a bit 😁 I'd love to represent ECRs in the BSI Forum and voting is now open so please click below and vote vote vote. I have to admit the other candidates look great too! 🙌 www.immunology.org/news/bsi-com...

Hi everyone 👋 I’ve been nominated for the role of ECR representative position on the Member Representative Forum at @britsocimm.bsky.social. If you’d like to see me in this position and want to vote for me, you can follow this link: www.immunology.org/news/bsi-com... #immunosky

#LocationLocationLocation! @labphan.bsky.social @ramadhenni.bsky.social Hoppé &co show @cp-cell.bsky.social that subcapsular sinus macrophages interact with memory B cells, positioning them in a subcapsular niche that favors their rientry in germinal centers & more rapid antibody responses!

So excited to share our first neuro focused paper from the lab, we show that CXCL4 (PF4) is transported into the brain by proteoglycans within the endothelial glycocalyx and that GAG binding also mediates the pro neurogenesis effects of CXCL4. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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

Thank you to Asthma + Lung UK for hosting "Our Manchester, Our Air" at Manchester Art Gallery this weekend. It was inspiring to learn about the initiatives taking place to combat air pollution and I enjoyed connecting with the community to discuss my own research as part of the Lydia Becker.

Holly is a brilliantly talented PhD student in the lab! 🌟 Check out her blog post on ‘Navigating a PhD with Dyslexia’ @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function. Please get in touch if interested in applying. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy

New Highlight of @cp-immunity.bsky.social paper by Nelson et al. @loyolachicago.bsky.social reporting that lung-resident IgG1+ memory B cells class-switch to IgE to mediate airway hypersensitivity in asthma #immunosky #immunology #asthma

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/...

Don’t miss the latest study by @bcellsrosser.bsky.social @hlpeks.bsky.social @emmaschambers.bsky.social et al on how estrogen influences B cell responses - cool stuff!!

Cool germinal center acrobatics from Juhee Pae et al, check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Check it out, powerful new method for optical imaging of the live ECM, from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Group Leader Kayvon Pedram #proudofalumni #glycotime www.nature.com/articles/s41...