Heather Cross
@heather--cross.bsky.social
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PhD student @ UCL | Interested in sex differences and metabolism in immune cells ๐ฅผ
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Hannah Peckham (she/her)
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If you have 30 seconds pretty please could you vote for our research: 'Option 5. Sex differences in the immune system' at the link below! We truly appreciate your support!! ๐ฌ๐๐๐ป
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Amazing talk from Lizzy Rosser
@bcellsrosser.bsky.social
at
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
So cool to hear about how sex determinants influence B cells!
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3 months ago
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George Robinson
3 months ago
Catch these fantastic session openers from
@heather--cross.bsky.social
and
@bcellsrosser.bsky.social
this morning, both presenting sex differences
#immunosky
research from
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
!
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Thank you Lizzy!
@bcellsrosser.bsky.social
looking forward to your talk later today
@efis-immunology.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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George Robinson
4 months ago
Nailed it!
@heather--cross.bsky.social
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
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George Robinson
4 months ago
Great day yesterday, onto YIM day 2, and PReS opening ceremony tonight
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George Robinson
4 months ago
Exciting week ahead in Helsinki for
#PReS2025
! ๐ซ๐ฎ First up itโs the young investors meeting! Fantastic science and a privilege to be on the organising committee of
#PReSEMERGE
An
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
takeover later for the
#cSLE
session with
@junjie-peng.bsky.social
@heather--cross.bsky.social
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Second talk of the PhD โ Thank you so much to the
@london-immuno.bsky.social
for selecting my abstract on sex hormone/chromosome driven mechanisms of cSLE risk
#LIG2025
#LIG25
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@georgearobinson.bsky.social
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
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Bethan Goulden
6 months ago
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British Society for Immunology
7 months ago
#Diversity
in
#immunology
- donโt miss talks on sex-specific mechanisms in lupus, rethinking progress in STEM, & multi-system response to viral infection!
@london-immuno.bsky.social
๐ฆ Early bird registration closes 25 June - make use of this discount!
#LIG2025
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Thank you so much! ๐
#EULAR2025
was an amazing first conference talk and I am so pleased and grateful to have been featured in the highlights as well!
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7 months ago
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Thank you George and Coziana
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
for the support and encouragement. Also thank you
@eular.org
#EULAR2025
for the opportunity to present and share my research, it was amazing ๐๐
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7 months ago
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Heather Cross
George Robinson
7 months ago
@heather--cross.bsky.social
presenting very soon on sex hormone/chromosome driven mechanisms of cSLE risk
#EULAR2025
! Join us in room A1 to hear some super interesting research! ๐งฌ ๐ฆ
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
Fantastic session with Jean-Charles Guery and Amy Roberts too ๐
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Heather Cross
George Robinson
7 months ago
Other
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
highlights from our amazing
@jury-lab.bsky.social
HLH Team including: โญ Jess Manson (MAS, Thurs, 1.30-4.45pm, room 6.3) โญ Lexie Oppong (POS0716) โญ Amelia Holloway (POS0442) Also Maria Leandro POS1238 and talk/meet the expert from
@anisurrahman.bsky.social
#EULAR2025
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Heather Cross
7 months ago
Posters all about our
#HLH
research on now
#EULAR
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
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George Robinson
7 months ago
Made it!
#EULAR2025
Iโm looking forward to presenting later today on a novel approach to investigating type I interferon signalling in cSLE. Interrogating different signalling levels gives unique pieces of information and new disease endotypes. Hopefully see you there to hear more!
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George Robinson
7 months ago
Itโs
#EULAR2025
week! ๐ Weโve got a EULAR sandwich ๐ฅช this year with me presenting on type I interferon signalling in cSLE on Wednesday afternoon (4.30-6pm, room 6.4), then
@heather--cross.bsky.social
presenting on sex hormones and cSLE risk on Saturday (12-1.15pm, room A1) See you in Barcelona! ๐ช๐ธ
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Thank you for the spotlight!
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
Iโm super excited for
#EULAR2025
@eular.org
and looking forward to chatting with everyone, science related and beyond ๐
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8 months ago
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George Robinson
8 months ago
We are lucky to have you
@heather--cross.bsky.social
! Such an exciting future in research!
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Heather Cross
UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
8 months ago
When she's not in the lab
@heather--cross.bsky.social
is baking, cooking and hanging upside down in an aerial hammock! Something to talk to her about (alongside science ofc!) when you see her at EULAR!
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Heather Cross
UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
8 months ago
If you want to hear about
@heather--cross.bsky.social
findings you can catch her at
#EULAR
where she giving a talk in the 'how does sex and gender predispose to autoimmunity?' session winning a travel grant ๐ซ Check her out with her poster at our recent Division of Medicine Research Retreat below๐
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Heather Cross
UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
8 months ago
@heather--cross.bsky.social
is on the competitive MRC UCL-Birkbect Doctoral Training Programme๐๏ธโโ๏ธ Her final rotation was in our dept & we were delighted that this rising star โญ decided to stay. A wet-lab researcher originally, Heather she is becoming an expert in 'omics' analysis ๐ป
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
8 months ago
It's time for our next ARR dept research spotlight๐กwith 1st year PhD student
@heather--cross.bsky.social
! Heather is working in
@georgearobinson.bsky.social
's lab with
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
to uncover the impact of sex and gender โง๏ธ on metabolism and its relevance to autoimmune conditions๐ฅ
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Had my first internal presentation of my PhD project with
@georgearobinson.bsky.social
and
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
at
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
basic science meeting ๐ nervous but excited to share what I have been doing the last 6 months with everyone ๐ฉโ๐ฌ ๐
8 months ago
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Heather Cross
Diana E Matei
8 months ago
We all know how important
@britsocimm.bsky.social
is so here I am trying to contribute a bit ๐ 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! ๐
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
9 months ago
๐ Time for our next PI researcher spotlight and itโs Dr George Robinson
@georgearobinson.bsky.social
. Funded by a
@versusarthritis.bsky.social
Fellowship, George transitioned to independence and group leader in 2022. His research focuses on the development of lupus in children and adolescents ๐ฆ
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Heather Cross
George Robinson
9 months ago
Heather is now on Bluesky!
@heather--cross.bsky.social
Drop a follow to keep track of her exciting research around sex differences in immunology, metabolism, and autoimmune disease risk!
@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
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