Please check out our new Patient and Public Involvement Network at @britsocimm.bsky.social ⬇️

🇬🇧 The first UK data on the effectiveness of #RSV #vaccines in #pregnancy is in! 👶🏽 391 babies with RSV vs 146 controls 🧪 RSV vaccination in pregnancy was 72% effective at preventing RSV in babies, if given >2 weeks before delivery #MedSky #ImmunoSky #ObGynSky

Measles is more than a rash. Around 1 in 5 children with measles need a hospital visit. Two doses of the MMR vaccine offer strong protection. Check your records & make sure your family is up to date. See our infographic & learn more: bit.ly/3PE5kbW #CelebrateVaccines

Our latest paper is out. We characterise a known but understudied phenomenon in fibroblast biology of phenotypic drift in culture conditions using cell surface, trancriptonic and functional assessments. @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @cruk-si.bsky.social @ukri.org rdcu.be/evD0g

Just finished up tech rehersal at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse - it’s a lovely, intimate venue. Come see ‘The Perils of Being Born in the Fall’ at the #torontofringe Tickets are ‘pay what you can - see you there, Toronto! fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/...

Just 24 hours left to buy Live Forever at the frankly ludicrously low price of 99p There are a lot of things, that are a lot worse, and will cause you to die sooner that are very much more expensive. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DSJVHTL8

Explain to me how the same people who reject vaccinations are talking about drinking raw milk with H5N1 virus in it in order to build up their immunity in case avian flu spreads?

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

The US Dept of Health and Human Services cited three safety studies to justify their recommendation that #CovidVaccines no longer be offered in #pregnancy. The problem? None of those studies showed what HHS said they showed. One didn’t even look at pregnancy 🤦🏻‍♀️ I spoke to @factcheck.org…

"Well yeah, that's as it should be. Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon... Oh, I see" - Me, upon first seeing this headline

🤰🏽 Emerging evidence suggests that decidual #macrophages are attractive targets in #PretermLabour 👩🏻‍🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better! 📃 Our forum on this is out now! #ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky

Delighted to share our paper on the role of SOX9 in liver #fibrosis and #granuloma formation during #schistosome infection - a really great collaboration over the past few years with the Piper Hanley lab! #ImmunSky 🪱🧪 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Happy 14th June to all those (except one) who celebrate.

🚨The NHS says it has a shortage of blood and is asking all of us - can we donate our blood - it’s looking for 200,000 new donors to come forward Giving blood is one of the most rewarding things you can do Book an appointment or register today ❤️🙏👇 blood.co.uk

Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're recruiting - one in-person (Edinburgh) & one online (anywhere) focus group We're interested to hear from folk who have experience of depression, and opinions on future possible new treatments. You can express interest in the group via this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬ The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n

Sierra Leone has confirmed 15 deaths and more than 3,000 mpox infections https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP

Does that mean you go to a grocery store and they have to give you the eggs for free AND $18.00?

"We cannot build bananas in America" 👉

"Meanderthals" 👏

We have officially moved in. Our Pop-Up Science Shop will be open to the public from 7th July until 3rd August 3025. Find us in the St David's shopping centre in Cardiff near John Lewis, Zara and Apple. Learn about the microbial world in, on and around us. Including the black death.

I know of 13 studies that have looked at #fertility following mRNA #CovidVaccination, all finding no effect. Yet misinformation that COVID vaccination harms fertility is *still* circulating! I spoke to @sciencefeedback.bsky.social #MedSky #ReproSky #VaccineSky #IDSky

It doesn’t get more corrupt than this. Trump pardoned a tax cheat after his mom attended a $1 million dinner and helped push a smear campaign against Biden. This is pay-to-play at its dirtiest.

During the pandemic, especially in wave 2, I saw many women miscarry or suffer stillbirth as a result of Covid-19. I’ve seen zero pregnant women becoming critically ill or lose their baby through mRNA covid vaccines. This is cruel, stupid and shameful.

This is one of the dumbest health policy decisions I have ever seen.

"People in this country have had enough of exports."

A huge step from HHS that is at odds with science showing significant risks for young children and pregnant women — and that directly contradicts *the FDA's own publication* from last week listing pregnancy as a high-risk condition that would qualify people for this fall's Covid vaccine

🔬Imaging 👩🏻‍🔬micro-dissections 🧙🏻single cell 🦴fate mapping All you KNEEd to know about synovial macrophages. Fantastic collaborators and work with @drbmalengier.bsky.social showing the establishment of protective macrophages in the joint 🐁 How does it look like? When? How? Answers below 👇

My #scicom show "The Perils of Being Born in the Fall" @toronto-fringe.bsky.social‬ is an hour of edu-tainment touring through the wackiness of early 19th century psychiatry, stealthy mid-century reproductive rights activism, and learning why cold & flu season has impacts on mental health. Details⬇️

Sharing our latest publication on modulation of IL-17 mediated inflammation by #HostDefencePeptide LL-37 and citrullinated-LL-37 in the context of lung inflammation #Asthma #Immunosky #Immunomodulation #AntimicrobialPeptides pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40410820/

"One of the single worst examples of journalism I've ever seen in a British newspaper." @mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.

Esther de Lange, "He has made sure that two of his children have German passports" When Nigel Farage objects to a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme, he wants his children to travel freely around the UK and EU, but he doesn't want your children to enjoy the same right

THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11

There are 2 kinds of people in America: Those who believe kids deserve health care And those who voted to take it away 215 House reps just cut $600M from Medicaid To hurt 37 million children So the 1% could get a tax break. And this is a reason to speak up.

We have a funded PhD studentship on RSV antibodies working with RQ bio, deadline June 30 www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/stu...

🚨 New McSorley lab paper just out in Cell Reports! Very happy to see this published - it has been a lot of work, and its turned into a really nice story. In it, we show that HpARI+HpBARI can be used as vaccines Tutorial thread below (1/16): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Join the Jones Lab at the University of Glasgow, as a Research Assistant working on gut immunology & IBD 🧫🧬 Be part of a rapidly growing team working with me, @glasgowgutscience.bsky.social and @bainlab.bsky.social‬ 🗓️ Closing date: 12 June 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC531/r...

How does a scientist’s journey shape their groundbreaking work? Prof @prof-tregoning.bsky.social from the @imperialinfect.bsky.social shares insights on his #ImperialInaugural, discussing his career and the role of collaboration in advancing science.👇 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-med...

After hard work from collaborators across Scotland, our new paper looking at the burden of life-threatening invasive Group A Streptococcus infection is now out @pidjournal.bsky.social journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltex...

This is absolutely incredible -- Kristi Noem repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that Trump brandished an doctored image of Abrego Garcia's tattoos, prompting Eric Swalwell to have a staffer of his brandish an image of them right in her face. Totally dystopian.

Jamie Raskin on Trump's Qatar plane grift: "We’re talking about corruption at just an epic scale." This is a remarkable description from Raskin of how Trump's various corrupt schemes all interlock with each other: newrepublic.com/article/1951...

Today, the Covid Inquiry heard how Boris Johnson lied to the British public about the UK's ability to Test & Trace. Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up. Our loved ones paid the price.

How best to describe a POTUS-endorsed investment opportunity where 58 people make money while 764,000 get taken to the cleaners? www.salon.com/2025/05/07/7...