Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the 14th Fellows’ Meeting in Nuremberg 🇩🇪
The energy and curiosity of the next generation of rheumatologists was striking, exactly what we need as we enter an era of complex, mechanism-driven therapies.
Very grateful to the organisers for the invitation!
Looking forward to contributing to the development of this evolving curriculum and to helping bring cutting-edge science closer to everyday clinical care 💊
#Rheumatology #MedicalEducation #EULAR #CellTherapy #GeneTherapy #Autoimmunity #Lupus
What stood out most this weekend was the shared ambition across the EULAR community to move beyond traditional teaching models and move towards more interactive, case-based, and translational learning that truly reflects modern practice 🏥
With the pace of innovation in this space from CAR T cell therapies to next-generation cell therapies there’s a real opportunity (and responsibility) to rethink how we teach these concepts in a clinically meaningful way in the midst of a rapidly evolving and exciting landscape 🔍
Great to spend the weekend in Budapest at the @eular.org Teaching & Learning Seminar. An inspiring few days focused on how we educate in rheumatology💡
I’m delighted to have recently taken on the role of Lead Author for Cell and Gene Therapies within the EULAR Course 🧬
🥇 Honoured to receive the Best Abstract Award at the European Lupus Meeting in Lisbon 🇵🇹 for our abstract “Functional iron deficiency drives metabolic reprogramming in classical monocytes in #SLE.”
Grateful to an amazing team & the patients who make this research possible
Wonderful news to start 2026 with! Access to Obinutuzumab has been granted for patients living with lupus nephritis!
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...
It’s a privilege to join such a great faculty again at the Foundations of Immunology course 💡
Ideal if you’re new to immunology or want a refresher on fundamentals and why they matter in disease & therapy
🗓️ 18 March | 📍 Online
👉 www.immunology.org/training/Fou...
Really looking forward to speaking (for the 3rd year!) at the British Society for Immunology (@britsocimm.bsky.social) Foundations of Immunology course on 18 March 🧬
A brilliant one-day online course covering core immunology for all backgrounds 🧪
Register 👉 www.immunology.org/training/Fou...
📚 Our first publication of 2026 is out!
🧪 Aberrant B cell responses as drivers of autoantibody generation and epitope diversification in SLE pathogenesis
👏 Huge thanks to Dr Farah Tariq, Yathavi Charavanamuttu & Kazi Labiba
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... #Immunology #SLE
To now be recognised for teaching feels incredibly special. Huge thanks to the School of Medical Education, and to the brilliant students & trainees who bring energy, curiosity & enthusiasm to every interaction. This one is for them. 🙏✨
Humbled to receive the Educational Supervisor Award at the GKT School of Medical Education Awards
On rushing from clinic to the award ceremonially I past the med school library, which made me reflect on my own student days & the excitement of learning medicine 💡
Super proud of Rym Abida (MD and PhD student) presenting our data on the work she has been leading on investigating predictive biomarkers of sustained remission in #SLE at the British Society for Immunology conference last week! ⭐️
@britsocimm.bsky.social
“This is what you get, when you mess with us!”
Radiohead at the O2. It’s been too long!
A huge thank you to the Emirates Society for Rheumatology for the very kind invitation to speak on the subject of CAR T Cell Therapy and T Cell Inhibitory Molecules at their annual meeting today in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 #ESR2025
This weekend I had the huge honour of being invited to speak at the 25th Turkish National Rheumatology Congress in Antalya 🇹🇷
It was a pleasure to deliver two talks entitled “#SLE - Clinical Assessment and New Treatment Strategies” & “Cellular Therapies in Autoimmune Conditions” 🧬
Thank you to Lupus UK for asking me to participate in their 35th birthday celebrations! 🥳
On a personal level, the charity supported my very first steps into lupus research, which I will always be incredibly grateful for!
Happy birthday Lupus UK! 🎂
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A wonderful day at the Scottish Society for Rheumatology meeting today! 🏴
A real privilege to be invited to provide an update on #SLE and cellular therapies! 🧬
It’s also great to spend some time in the beautiful autumnal surroundings of Loch Lomond! 🍂🍁
🚀 Interested in cellular therapy in #SLE? Join us!
Reuben Benjamin and I are hiring a Research Associate to join our translational research team at King’s College London 🔬
Help develop next-gen CAR-T therapies for autoimmune disease 💡
👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/127305-...
It’s my great pleasure to be invited to speak at the Royal College of Physicians Med+ Conference in November 👨🏫
I’ll be speaking on managing #lupus on the medical wards 💡
Full programme and registration details here - rcpconferences.co.uk/med-plus-2025
The seeing wasn’t great but was nice to have an opportunity to capture some shots of the moon as the clouds parted tonight 🔭
🌟 Fantastic visit to AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre, Cambridge, to discuss the PERSONAL SLE study
💡From concept to reality in 2 years—thanks to amazing collaboration between academia, industry & our incredible patients!
🤝 Huge thanks to everyone involved
🧬 Exciting early data on the horizon! 🔬
Oh wow! This is so cool! 🌒
A great (and very rapid) trip to Birmingham this morning. It was a pleasure to be invited to speak at the National Lupus Nurse Network meeting today
After a couple of months of trying, I took advantage of last night’s new moon, and with Saturn in opposition, I was finally able to capture a decent shot from my East London rooftop 🪐
Really interesting & important data here!
HCQ does not prevent progression from an at risk state to full classification criteria #SLE ⚡️
I suspect we need to better define molecularly who will progress. My personal feeling is adaptive immunity may be the required target 🎯
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/art....
🧬 Really excited to be speaking at the CAR T Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases in London today! 🧬
🩸Looks like a fantastic programme and very honoured to be invited to participate 🩸
💡 I’ll be speaking on research opportunities in these exciting times! 💡
An absolute pleasure to be invited to speak at the Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology in Malmo 🇸🇪
It was wonderful to have the opportunity to speak on “The evolution of B cell directed therapies: from monoclonal antibodies to cell-based approaches”
Absolutely incredible Gorillaz show at the CopperBox Arena last night
Can’t quite believe that the gig was held at my local gym!
Side note. My first ever cassette tape was Blur - The Great Escape (aged 11 at the time) and I’ll never tire of getting to see Damon Albarn perform live
🚨 Delighted to share the @eular.org recommendations for a core dataset to support clinical care research in #SLE 🚨
It was a great privilege to be involved with these recommendations, which will hopefully allow for standardisation of care & research 🔬
🔗 ard.eular.org/action/showP...