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Lydia Becker – Herbology Manchester Posts about Lydia Becker written by Rachel, David Green, and Suzanne

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Fascinating look at cell transferred from foetus to mother and vice versa.

@madhvimenon.bsky.social thank you Madhvi for organising the nomination!

Thanks so much Hannah! I was bowled over by this!

What team science shouldn’t feel like.

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Airway macrophage specific expression of a dense glycocalyx and its remodelling following viral infection The glycocalyx is best studied for its regulation of immune cell trafficking from the vasculature into inflamed tissues. The glycocalyx is composed of a range of glycans and glyco-proteins that form a...

Delighted to share our new pre-print from PhD student Ziyun Zhang joint with @tracyh9494.bsky.social demonstrating that lung alveolar macrophages have a dense glycocalyx and interstitial macrophages do not, @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...

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

🧬 Explore how TCRs, BCRs & HLAs shape immunity in “Decoding and harnessing diversity in adaptive immune receptor repertoires.”

From omics to modelling, discover new insights driving personalised medicine & vaccine innovation. #BSI25

Venomous reptiles to Ozempic. We must protect science funding.

(Bicentenary) Understanding how air pollutants alter viral immune responses. at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - (Bicentenary) Understanding how air pollutants alter viral immune responses. at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are looking for a motivated student to join our teams to do a PhD focused on immune responses to pollutants and viruses. Details on how to apply can be found in the link! @sheencr.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

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The world’s first plastics treaty is in crisis: can it be salvaged? Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without an agreement.

Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without an agreement.

go.nature.com/3J74xjN

Learn bioinformatics from scratch with our highly rated beginners’ #bioinformatics #training course!

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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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Had a fantastic time at Dangerous Matter – a powerful opera on the history of vaccination, premiered at the RNCM in collaboration with the University of Oxford. It’s been a privilege to be involved in project – from speaking at the Science and Industry Museum workshop to hosting students in the lab.

Millions of tonnes of nanoplastics are polluting the ocean These plastic particles smaller than a human hair can pass through cell walls and enter the food web

These plastic particles smaller than a human hair can pass through cell walls and enter the food web

go.nature.com/44TofaH

Congratulations on receiving the MBE

New technologies provide more detailed information. What old concepts should we revisit? To start - do all lymphocytes really express CD45?

Side effects of common treatments need more research!

A bar graph showing that the earlier career stage a researcher was, the more likely they were to think that it was appropriate to use AI in editing research papers. It was also more likely that earlier career researchers have themselves used AI to edit their own papers.

The most popular use of AI was to edit papers, and here, career stage mattered.

Early career academics were far more likely to have used, or think it was acceptable to use, AI in editing their work.

Why bad philosophy is stopping progress in physics Theoretical physicists are in thrall to a misguided mindset that allows viable ideas to be advanced only by overturning what already exists.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A very interesting read for anyone who is interested in how prior assumptions may influence progress. In Immunology, new techniques enable us to rewrite the past. Sometimes the old concepts need checking

Need to learn the basics of immunology?

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Let us hope that sense prevails. You would have thought COVID was the perfect example of the importance of science

Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...

👏Congratulations to Katie Lowles from our Wellcome Trust ICD PhD Programme supervised by Joan Chang, Karl Kadler and our Director @tracyh9494.bsky.social on her first manuscript on macrophage regulation of fibroblast collagen deposition through circadian rhythms.

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Look at this... 👀

This is happening globally. We need to use our influence and voice to protect the future of Science.

Lydia Becker Institute Profile - Iashia Mulholland - PhD student - Dyer Lab

#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! 👇

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