🏆 Huge congratulations to our Director Professor Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social who has been awarded the Nature 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science for her exceptional support of emerging scientists. #ImmunoSky @nature.com sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

The Old Quad by night 🌙 📸@alderley_aerial_photography on Instagram

New paper out from the lab, led by Maddy Hurry. We investigate how stroke leads to peripheral complications in the gut through dysregulation of IgA mediated host-commensal crosstalk. @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @diiirm.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

BIG NEWS! The Innate Lymphoid Cell (ILC) 6 Meeting (ILC6) will take place on June 2nd-4th, 2026, in Vancouver! Keynotes include: Andrew McKenzie, Kazuyo Moro. ilc6vancouver.com #ILC6 #ILC6Vancouver #2026ILC6 (1/3)

A few more weeks to apply for this postdoc in mucosal immunology and ILC biology, please share in your networks and with interested candidates.

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...

Nice article about the community of Lister fellows in Manchester!

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...

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👇🏼🔬

Aberdeen is hiring - Neuroimmunology Lectureship! Really exciting opportunity to join our supportive, collaborative and multidisciplinary Institute to carry out cutting edge translation research. Not to mention the scenery in the North East of Scotland is amazing www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

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...

New paper alert! 🎉 Check it out here: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here we show that intestinal bacterial, helminth and fungal challenges polarise CD4 T cell populations in the dural meninges.

Following on from the PDRA adverts, we are also happy to announce the MRC Core in Exposome Immunology PhD scheme, details below. Reach out with any questions www.findaphd.com/phds/program... www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...

closing at the end of this week!

Another PDRA position! Join our team exploring how the mammalian immune system shapes microbiome ecology & evolution, and vice versa. In collaboration with @hepworth-lab.bsky.social funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Cell Symposia: Host-microbiome dynamics May 10–12, 2026 | Bruges, Belgium by @cp-immunity.bsky.social @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social and @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social www.cell-symposia.com/microbiome-2...

🚨 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...

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-...

Big news! Manchester, together with colleagues in Oxford, have been awarded an MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!! Exciting times ahead to uncover how pollution and other environmental factors worsen inflammatory diseases!!

ILC3s are a RORγt+ APC that sense the microbiota through STING to induce microbiota-specific Treg cells www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @cp-immunity.bsky.social

So cool to see our recent review highlighted on the cover of @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social !!

Come and work with me! The Nature Micro team is expanding and we're looking for someone to champion microbial ecology, plant micro & related areas for the journal Knowledge of microbial ecology/plant micro is desirable but we're open to applications from all microbiologists Link below 👇

Our latest study @science.org #Immunology on perception of #hunger and #immunity. #BrainBody #Melanocortin #AgRP #POMC neurons. #Brain-liver axis. Permissive action of #stress #hormones. @ukri.org @fbmh-uom.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A pleasure to be a part of this study with @dagostinolab.bsky.social revealing how hunger sensing neurons in the brain act to modulate circulating monocyte levels. Out now in #scienceimmunology

On the April cover of #ScienceImmunology: The brain’s perception of hunger (rather than nutrient availability) regulates circulating immune cell dynamics. Read more here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Brain-initiated hunger signals control circulating monocyte dynamics @sciimmunology.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Because it's always good to have innate lymphoid cells on your radar...here a link to an ILC researcher starter pack by @immunology.bsky.social go.bsky.app/BNuUVCx #immunosky

When you don't have new results to show in your lab meeting

Interested in investigating the principles that regulate the establishment of tumour environments that promote or inhibit the anti-tumour function of the immune system? Our group is currently recruiting a postdoctoral fellow. Learn more about our research 👇 www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/research-gro...

Today is #InternationalWomensDay - the Becker is proud to be home to women conducting world-leading immunology and inflammation research. Watch this video for their advice to young girls and women pursuing a career in science + what today means to them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMr4... #ImmunoSky

I'm very pleased to have two lab positions open this week, to join our team looking at immune regulation in infection and co-infection. We're especially interested in tissue-based immunity, cytokine regulation and immune metabolism. Join us! Postdoc (3y) and research technician (12mo) posts open.

GABA production by enteric neurons suppresses ILC3 activation to prevent inflammation and maintain gut homeostasis @natimmunol.bsky.social N&V by @hepworth-lab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... on www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Had the pleasure of writing a commentary for Nature Immunology on this article out today from Nian Liu, Zusen Fan and colleagues. A really interesting piece of gut NeuroImmunology dissecting the interplay between GABAergic neurons and ILC3. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Commentary: rdcu.be/eb28A

She was also a biologist who exchanged ideas with Charles Darwin. The @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social institute was named after her in 2018.

#BeckerProfile @iashiamulholland.bsky.social From taking a 12-year break after high school to raising a family & working in industry, to researching lung inflammation & the endothelial glycocalyx in the Dyer Lab - read about Iashia's journey into academia! 👇 sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

OUT NOW: ILC3s regulate the gut microbiota via host intestinal galactosylation to limit pathogen infection in mice #microsky #immunosky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It was a pleasure to write a review for @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social "Emerging Leaders" series, with lab members @lukeocyte.bsky.social and Alanna Kelly. Always a pleasure working with this journal. More below 👇🏻

The pre-proof version of our new review is online now at @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social. @lukeocyte.bsky.social and Alanna Kelly (not on Bluesky) deep dive into ILC niches, and discuss how cellular interactions, nutrients and ECM shape our innate immune system! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Love Mucosal Immunology? Check out the amazing speakers at MIMS2025, on the glorious Sunshine Coast, Australia (May 2025).. www.immunology.org.au/events/ASI-M... Registrations as low as 200 US. Travel awards available for ECRs. Abstract deadline 31 Jan - only 4 days left!

Delighted to see our study on #DendriticCell control of #fungal #allergic airway #inflammation finally out in the wild! Spearheaded by @drpetercook.bsky.social, with so many fantastic collaborators - thanks to all! #ImmunoSky 🧪 rdcu.be/d68MU @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

🚨 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...

Exciting new pre print out now from @ph-papotto.bsky.social and @profjudiallen.bsky.social... Bluesky-orial below!

Ready to decode #omics to boost your #immunology research? 🧬 Learn the essentials of #bioinformatics and data visualisation on our highly-rated online 'Omic data analysis using #R' course 🤩 Limited spots available! Register now 👉 bit.ly/3BZOnSQ

Interesting review from @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social and co.