🎄 | Wishing all @uofgsii.bsky.social staff and students, and colleagues across @uofgmvls.bsky.social and #UofG, a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy new year!

🆕 | A collaborative study led by @uofgsii.bsky.social, in partnership with @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social and @nhsggc.bsky.social has uncovered how immune features in artery tissue can predict if patients with GCA will respond to steroid treatment. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🧵1/2

Our Emerging Leaders Prize winner, Dr Eve Smith, recently co-led a two-day workshop as part of her research which focuses on #lupus in children. Find out more here ⬇️

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Eve Smith recently co-led an important milestone for paediatric rheumatology: the International T2T Consensus Meeting for cSLE. Supported by EATC4Children, the two-day workshop was held in Liverpool during November. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (@umontpellier.bsky.social) discusses RNA-binding Proteins and Organellar Gene Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum. The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...

🆕 | We are delighted to report that a paper by @uofgsii.bsky.social academics has been shortlisted for @arthritisuk.bsky.social Research Highlight of the Year 2025. 🗳️ Voting is open! (✅6): www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research... 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📜 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social recently joined @uofgmvls.bsky.social colleague Professor Konstantinos Gerasimidis on the Catherine McEwan Foundation podcast to discuss Inflammatory Bowel Disease research. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🎙️ youtu.be/i51kE4Nvslc?...

Thanks for sharing @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social. This work was led by @lizihegarty.bsky.social during her PhD @edinuni-irr.bsky.social funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Now being continued after our relocation to @uofgsii.bsky.social. Might be of interest to @emds2025.bsky.social attendees!

🆕 | Professor @danielstreicker.bsky.social and his team at @cvrinfo.bsky.social were recently featured across BBC television, radio, & online coverage, showcasing their work on vampire bat-transmitted rabies in Peru. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📰 BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🧵1/2

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Donal Wall has been acknowledged by @microbiologysociety.org for his expert review of their new briefing exploring the role of microbiomes across human, animal, and environmental health. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📝 online.flippingbook.com/view/7778675...

🦠 | Sii Level-3 Microbiology students are hosting a coffee afternoon tomorrow to raise funds and awareness for AMR Action UK as part of #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek. 📆 Tuesday, 18 November 🕐 12.30–4pm 🏢 SGDB Level 2 meeting room Drop in for a coffee & pastry to support AMR Action UK.

👻 | A spooktacular trio of @uofgsii.bsky.social professors took part in the GUII Society's recent Halloween-themed Terrifying Microbes event. 🎃 Andy Roe, 🦇 Richard Burchmore, and 🕸️ Ed Hutchinson haunted the audience with presentations at the well-attended event in the Boyd Orr on 27th October.

🆕 | Sii's Dr @leighannsherry.bsky.social has been shortlisted for a BRILLIANT award alongside @uofgmvls.bsky.social colleagues Nairn Scobie & Fiona Stubbs. Their embedding of industry internships into Life Sciences degrees has received well-earned recognition. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🎉 Fletcher lab PhD student Emma Davies reflecting on her prize winning talk - we’re super proud of you Emma - many congrats! 🎉 @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social postgrad researchers have taken top honours in the @microbiologysociety.org Sir Howard Dalton Early Career Microbiologist of the Year competition. Emma Davies (@cvrinfo.bsky.social) was named winner, with Phoebe Crossley (Microbiology) 3rd. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social researchers played a key role in delivering the 38th EMDS meeting, held 16–18 Sep in Edinburgh. Led by @bainlab.bsky.social and @mariolaks.bsky.social with colleagues at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, the event hosted over 260 delegates. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🆕 | Dr Laura McCaughey has co-authored a new report highlighting how Life Sciences educators can enhance skills frameworks to support students. It is the key output from a symposium held at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and supported by @uofgsii.bsky.social and @sulsa.bsky.social. 🧵 1/2

📢 | Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social has been appointed @uofgsii.bsky.social Director of Education, succeeding Professor Olwyn Byron. The pair will work closely to ensure a smooth transition ahead of Prof Veitch's official start this Friday. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

📢 | Professor Donal Wall from @uofgsii.bsky.social was 1 of just 6 experts, selected from over 300, invited to give oral evidence to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk SIT Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK’s microbiome research landscape. 🎥 Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwyr...

🗣️ | Congratulations to Professor @nicolaveitchuofglt.bsky.social on her recent inaugural lecture, Blending the Biosciences in a Digital World. Delivered to a full house, it was a truly memorable event hosted by @uofgsii.bsky.social and @uofgmvls.bsky.social LTSN. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

Delighted all of @lizihegarty.bsky.social's hard work as paid off. She shows that tissue resident colonic #macrophages persist through #inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair. Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻 @uofgsii.bsky.social

Well done @lizihegarty.bsky.social. You are an exemplar postdoc - hardworking, well-read, conscientious, supportive, collegiate, all while being good fun (and expert in where to dine!!). Delighted to have you as a colleague. @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social

🆕 | Rachael Hamilton MSP, Deputy Convenor of the @scotparl.bsky.social's group on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions, recently visited @uofgsii.bsky.social for a tour of our Sir Graeme Davies Building and discussion with @racegbn.bsky.social staff. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

It has been lovely being back in Glasgow this week, giving a keynote talk at the Glasgow Computational Biology conference & an invited seminar at @uofgsii.bsky.social in the Hogwarts building 🏰(thank you @liam-rooney.bsky.social) -both such vibrant research communities & highly enjoyable discussions

📆 | Save the Date! The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers. 🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events

@marquescata.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new findings on stable polyploid Trypanosoma brucei at @microbiologysociety.org #Eukaryotes25

@scotomorph.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new insights into Trypanosoma congolense at #Eukaryotes25 @microbiologysociety.org

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Rick Maizels has been prominently featured in a fascinating Freethink* article exploring the surprising relationship between parasitic worms and the human immune system. 👉 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🗞️ Article: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...

🛶 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Bacteriology enjoyed a two-day retreat at the Firbush Outdoor Centre on Loch Tay at the beginning of July. During the stay, discussions were had on the future of the research area, new opportunities for outreach and public engagement, and development of new curricula.

Delighted to be one of the funded projects for the @innovateuk.bsky.social Engineering Biology SPARKS Award together with partners CC Bio Ltd and supported by Dr Ryan Kean. "Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens" lnkd.in/et3H9iQq @uofgsii.bsky.social

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @liam-rooney.bsky.social recently co-organised the UK’s largest and most comprehensive light microscopy training programme, SOMC 2025, bringing together experts and students from around the world for an advanced upskilling course. 👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

☀️ | On Saturday, 2 August 2025, staff and PhD students from across @uofgsii.bsky.social came together for a fantastic day trip to Millport. Organised by Social Committee Chair Dawn Mylet, the group enjoyed a cycle around the island, the fresh sea air, stunning views - and ice cream! 🚴⛵️🍦

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social has received £310k from Jon Moulton Charity Trust to support his UK investigator-led Phase 2 Marvel Study, investigating use of oral mitochondrial antioxidants in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. 👉 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Rheumatology Dr Eve Smith has received the prestigious @eular.org Abstract Award – FOREUM: Clinical Science at this year’s #EULAR2025 Congress in Barcelona. 👉 More on this achievement: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum. The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...

Our second lecture of Day 4 at #SOMC25 was delivered by me (@uofgsii.bsky.social) covering aspects of live cell and in vivo microscopy.

🆕 | Head of @uofgsii.bsky.social Professor Julia Edgar (@juliae.bsky.social) is delighted to announce that Professor Simon Milling (@simmunology.bsky.social) has accepted the role of Good Research Practice Advisor, succeeding Professor Rick Maizels. 🔗 Full story www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🧵 1/2

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Head of Bacteriology Professor Donal Wall recently presented expert oral evidence to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk SIT Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK’s microbiome research landscape. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🧵 1/2

🎓 | Everyone at @uofgsii.bsky.social sends our warmest congratulations to our Class of 2025 on their recent graduation. Our Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection Biology cohorts graduated at a ceremony on Friday, 4 July 2025, and enjoyed a reception in the SGDB beforehand. #UofGGrad2025

🆕 | The @uofgsii.bsky.social Musculoskeletal Research Team has been named a @eular.org Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology Research. A distinction the group has now held for a decade, the renewed status was awarded for 2025–2030 at the June congress in Barcelona. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Megan Macleod recently partnered with @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social's artist Jane Topping for a fascinating display exploring immunological concepts at @pintofscience.uk's ‘Creative Reactions’. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mark Carrington (University of Cambridge) discusses the identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense genes that enable resistance to the human trypanolytic lytic factor. The full Parasitology seminar is now available on our YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QE...

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Bacteriology Research Fellow Dr Liam Rooney (@liam-rooney.bsky.social) was recently recognised with the @microbiologysociety.org Infection Sciences Award, as well as election to the council of the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🦠 Influenza's Great Escape New research from @danielweiriav.bsky.social & colleagues reveals that flu viruses use secret tunnelling nanotube-like structures to escape your immune system. Full video: youtu.be/Opfpwy9yUew gla.ac.uk/research/az/... @socialinfluenza.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social

Please consider applying for the Young Investigator Award @emds2025.bsky.social Full details at www.emds2025.com @britsocimm.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @natrevimmunol.nature.com

🎥 | WATCH | Dr James Hewitson (@minsterbantam.bsky.social | University of York ) discusses how chronic helminth infection induces widespread haematological changes. A recording of the full GRiP-ing seminar can be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kvK...

🏳️‍🌈 | Happy #PrideMonth | 🏳️‍⚧️ @uofgsii.bsky.social stands with our LGBT+ staff and students. Together, we promote safety, solidarity, respect, and inclusion. Let’s celebrate equality, diversity, and progress this June. 🔗 Pride Month at @uofglasgow.bsky.social: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/st...

🆕 | We are thrilled to announce that two @uofgsii.bsky.social Technicians have been shortlisted for 2025 Papin Prizes: ⏺️ Miss Deborah Sym (Outreach) ⏺️ Dr Lesley Morrison (Research) Good luck to both in the final round at the HETS on Wednesday, 9 July 2025! 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

🎉 Massive congratulations to the Sinkins' Group for being shortlisted for a #PrixGalien UK Award for their groundbreaking Wolbachia-based #dengue virus control strategy! 👏 gla.ac.uk/research/az/... @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social