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#BiInSci
🏳️🌈 | Immunology researcher | He/Him General lover of all things nerdy 🤓
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Hello everyone 👋🏻 I'm Alex and I'm a postdoc at Imperial College exploring how membrane structures on NK cells relate to their function. I have previously looked at the immune system in HIV-1 and pregnancy, and the chronic virus-associated CD56-negative NK cells 👇🏻
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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-0774
about 1 year ago
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Zack Polanski
about 14 hours ago
A £240m defence contract without tender. Their fingerprints all over our health care data. A meeting in the USA but without any minutes. Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
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Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25841925.zack-polanski-pressures-streeting-palantir-mandelson-texts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1770728812
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British Society for Immunology
4 months ago
We're delighted to see immunologists once again recognised by the
#NobelPrize
! 🏆 Warm congratulations to the winners - their contributions have been vital in shaping our understanding of the immune system. More here:
www.immunology.org/news/british...
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British Society for Immunology response to 2025 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine | British Society for Immunology
https://www.immunology.org/news/british-society-immunology-response-2025-nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine
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Viki Male
4 months ago
The relentless Jessica McDonald has spent two weeks and hundreds of emails to fact check claims about the safety of
#CovidVaccination
in
#pregnancy
made at the
#ACIP
meeting. She couldn't have been any quicker. A lie can get around the world before the truth can get its shoes on.
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Dan Davis
5 months ago
Our new paper, in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, on a Natural Killer cell immune therapy, is just published here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#immunesynapse
#nkcells
#immunetherapy
#microscopy
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Nanoscale restructuring of the immune synapse with an engager enhances NK cell function | PNAS
Engagers are antibody-based therapies which bind immune cell receptors and a target cell ligand. Next-gen engagers typically bind two activating re...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2507336122
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Check out this excellent paper from Khodor Hazime and
@dandavis101.bsky.social
! It's got NK cells, it's got engagers, plus super-resolution microscopy!
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Dr Dean Burnett
7 months ago
Got a bit of writer's block, so maybe this will help. Or not. Or maybe nobody will respond Or maybe too many will? I'm not sure I have more than 12 opinions, so that would also be bad
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Good Law Project
8 months ago
The EHRC’s rushed guidance caused harm from the moment it was released. But now they’re u-turning 👀
goodlawproject.org/ehrc-formall...
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EHRC formally abandons single-sex toilet stipulation | Good Law Project
The EHRC’s rushed guidance caused harm from the moment it was released. But now they’re u-turning.
https://goodlawproject.org/ehrc-formally-abandons-single-sex-toilet-stipulation/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=transfund_post_16606&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=24-06-2025
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This looks great!
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8 months ago
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What The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️
10 months ago
April's nearly over. But the protests aren't stopping. We still have a bunch of protests happening all over the country next month. Check out if there are any near you on our website! And please get in contact if you know of any not on the list!
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Cannot recommend presenting and attending these enough, it's a great chance to share your work and highlight the work that LGBTQ+ Immunologists do!
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Matthew Hodson
10 months ago
Postscript: Emerging LGBTQ rights were weaponised for political gain in the 1980s. The same is happening now, with trans rights the focus of hostility. I will stand up for trans rights and dignity. Peaceful protest is powerful.
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Jess O'Thomson
10 months ago
I will be attending this protest today. We need urgent action to protect trans human rights. See you there.
feministgenderequality.network/urgent-parli...
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URGENT: Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm– Stand for Trans Rights - Feminist Gender Equality Network
🚨 URGENT: Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm– Stand for Trans Rights This Saturday at 1:00 p.m in Parliament Square, there will be a critical protest in support of trans rights, following todays Supr...
https://feministgenderequality.network/urgent-parliament-square-this-saturday-1pm-stand-for-trans-rights/
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Disability Rights UK
10 months ago
🚨DR UK's Statement Opposing the Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Biological Sex' 'We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives.' Read our full statement here:
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
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Tristan J Barber
10 months ago
Yesterday it felt like the Supreme Court slammed a massive door, one shockingly and almost immediately embraced by almost every political party. With ever limited access to gender affirming care, the mountain young people needing it have to climb just got even higher, the world yet more toxic (1/2)
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British HIV Association
10 months ago
Short BHIVA statement following UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Upholding the rights of women does not need to erode the rights of our trans peers. We all face many intersecting issues, often stemming from the same misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-trans groups. 1/2
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Jess O'Thomson
10 months ago
My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
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UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-court-rules-that-trans-women-arent-women-under-the-equality-act-2010/
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David K Smith
10 months ago
Head of Human Rights Commission on
#r4today
confirms trans women cannot access women's public toilets. She says trans people 'should advocate for sex-neutral third spaces'. And in the meantime? How are they supposed to have a wee when they are out and about? How does that not infringe their rights??
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David K Smith
10 months ago
Under this ruling, can anyone confirm what spaces trans women or trans men with a gender recognition certificate can use according to their gender? Public toilets? Changing rooms in a single gender clothes shop? Or does it legally restrict all such freedoms? BBC News -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
Judges say the
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
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Chise
10 months ago
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed an antiviral chewing gum that may help reduce the spread of viruses. In lab studies, it cut down viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) by more than 95%. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Worboys Lab
11 months ago
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
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Research Associate in Imaging Human Immunology:Oxford Road
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=31964
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Doryen Bubeck
11 months ago
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Big questions, tiny machines
YouTube video by Imperial College London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14PeFtUAiM
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Went to this yesterday and it was great! Thank you to all the panelists and organisers, please keep this event going!
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11 months ago
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γδ T cell Forum
11 months ago
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Zarah Sultana MP
12 months ago
No-one risks their life in the Channel in a flimsy boat unless they have no choice. Labour’s cruel move to block refugees from citizenship — bypassing Parliament — shows a dangerous rightward shift, ditching human rights & international law. It must be reversed.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
12 months ago
Getting tested for HIV is the first step to accessing the best treatment & support. This
#NationalHIVTestingWeek
, take the test and take control of your health: ✔ Get a free, confidential test at a clinic or GP ✔ Order online:
startswithme.org.uk
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It Starts With Me
Be part of the generation that stops HIV. Your body, your sexual health, your wellbeing – looking after them starts with you.
https://startswithme.org.uk
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Claudia Contini
about 1 year ago
One week left to apply to this exciting PhD project! 👇👇👇
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Microbiology Society
about 1 year ago
Come and meet with fellow queer microbiologists at our LGBTQ+ Networking Event on Tuesday 1 April 20:30 GMT, with a Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. For further information and to secure your place, visit our website:
https://microb.io/Microbio25
#Microbio25
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Claudia Contini
about 1 year ago
🚨Three weeks left to apply for this
#fullyfunded
#PhDopportunity
in my group! 🚨 Are you an UK-Home student interest in
#SyntheticCells
science? We are looking for you!
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social
@imperialsci.bsky.social
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Beck Laboratory
about 1 year ago
In a great collaboration with
@hummerlab.bsky.social
and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
@mpibp.bsky.social
@uniheidelberg.bsky.social
A thread below:
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Zarah Sultana MP
about 1 year ago
After 15 months of genocide in Gaza, a ceasefire has been declared — but the US, UK & others must be held accountable for arming these atrocities. We’ll keep speaking out until the siege lifts, aid flows, schools & hospitals are rebuilt, the Occupation ends & Palestine is free.
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Tara Sutherland
about 1 year ago
Still time to apply for this truly interdisciplinary BBSRC funded PhD project in Aberdeen with
@mdmorgan.bsky.social
and myself. Develop computation models to analyse ECM-cell interactions and then test them a lab setting! Deadline 17th Jan
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Dan Davis
about 1 year ago
Congrats Olatz!!
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Tara Sutherland
about 1 year ago
Still time to apply to join our lab in Aberdeen as a post-doc, in a well-funded position. If you're interested in immune-ECM cross talk and want to use cutting edge spatial technologies, apply now.
www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Research Fellow (IMS301RX) | University of Aberdeen
The Sutherland lab, based at the University of Aberdeen, studies lung diseases at the interface between immunology and extracellular matrix biology. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, creat...
https://www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/research-fellow--577498.html
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Al Jazeera English
about 1 year ago
Israel's relentless attacks across Gaza continue to worsen the humanitarian situation, with Doctors Without Borders warning of a 'catastrophic situation' for patients as hospitals run out of fuel for power generators. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage:
aje.io/jgxs7w
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John Tregoning
about 1 year ago
My book is out today - buy it (please)
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Claudia Contini
about 1 year ago
We are live! 🎉 Our official group website is now online! 🎉 Discover our
#projects
, meet the
#team
and stay tuned for job
#openings
and exciting
#news
! 👉 Check it out here:
continilab.com
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Contini Lab
Bottom-up Synthetic Biology: from Soft Matter to Cell Mimicry
https://continilab.com
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Tara Sutherland
about 1 year ago
What a journey! So proud of you
@hetompkins.bsky.social
for getting through the last 4 years and passing your viva (and enjoying it). Thanks for joining the lab way back and being the first graduate of the Sutherland lab.
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Arthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
about 1 year ago
Listening to Wes talk about how trans people are unheard particularly annoyed me and I turn my irritation into shitposts unfortunately
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Merry aXe-mas from the Davis lab!
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about 1 year ago
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Preprint Club - Immunology
about 1 year ago
#PreprintClub
is now on Bluesky! Who are we and what are we doing? We are a group of enthusiastic scientists that gather together once a week to discuss fresh preprints in the field of
#immunology
. 🦠🧬
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Claudia Contini
about 1 year ago
Hello, BlueSky!🌟 I'm a PI at
#ImperialCollegeLondon
, specializing in
#cellmimicry
. My group works on bottom-up
#syntheticbiology
, designing
#biomimetic
systems at the micro and nanoscale to mimic biological properties for insights into life-processes and biotechnological applications.
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Al Jazeera English
about 1 year ago
The number of humanitarian workers killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war has reached 341, says the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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Food availability across Gaza ‘at an all-time low’, UN says
The deadly Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon come as US and France say they are monitoring ceasefire violations.
https://aje.io/zsq70j
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Think of all the new CD numbers there could be for immunologists to get excited about!
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about 1 year ago
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Paul Norman
about 1 year ago
Our paper officially out today:
tinyurl.com/yrawpvuc
We identify an NK cell receptor lineage introgressed from ancient humans, now common across Oceania. It binds uniquely well to HLA-A*24, also common in the region. Huge collaboration with Doherty Inst, Monash, Central Queensland, Oxford and others
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An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania
Predominant genetic variants found in First Nations peoples of the Oceania region influence the function of natural killer cells and may explain population-specific susceptibility to diseases, includi...
https://tinyurl.com/yrawpvuc
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franz
about 1 year ago
Hello, I've officially moved the Content Scrapers blocklist to its own dedicated account. The old list will stay for the time being, but you'll need to manually re-subscribe to the new list if you want to stay up to date with the latest additions to the blocklist.
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Arthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
about 1 year ago
I got approved for bottom surgery in May 2023 and found out in April 2024 that they forgot to send my referral. 🧵 A short thread on how fucking dreadful NHS gender clinics actually are
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Tara Sutherland
about 1 year ago
Nicely introduced
@becky-dodd.bsky.social
! New lab pre-print 🎉 explores a new approach of bringing ECM analysis into high-dimensional spatial datasets in the context of lung allergic pathology....cell-cell communication is important but don't forget the ECM!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Kwajo Tweneboa
about 1 year ago
To all my followers please do RT and share🙏🏽 All united to end violence against women and girls.
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Harriet James Hill
about 1 year ago
Monday was such a joy! Thank you so much Matthew for creating this community and letting me be a part of it 💕🙌 Read his whole thread for the reasons why events like these are so important!
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Viki Male
about 1 year ago
I’ve kept my handle from the old place to make it easier to find me here. But I do loves FACS! And today I took delivery of a dedicated bench top sorter for my lab! 🥰
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