Countdown to Cytokines 2026 — Glasgow
Glasgow, here we come! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cytokines 2026 | Oct 18–21 | Glasgow, Scotland Abstract deadline: May 15 | Early-bird reg: June 26 🔬 500+ scientists. One unforgettable meeting. Bookmark it 👉 2026.cytokinesociety.org #Cytokines2026 #CytokineSociety

The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial Editorial: The US health secretary says he is a big fan of peptides. Many are promising drugs, but the only way to know their utility is proper clinical trials

Scary stuff as RFKJr looks set to enable widespread use of injectable peptides despite a lack of clinical data showing efficacy OR safety. Quite the contrast with his views on letting people use well tested n validated vaccines

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library Emerging roles of ILC2 in neuronal crosstalk across organs. In a series of studies published in 2025, ILC2 were shown to regulate nervous system function across a range of organs across the body. Wit...

@hepworth-lab.bsky.social new paper alert. Matt and I wrote a research highlight about recent papers that describe mechanisms of ILC2-neuron crosstalk. If you're interested in reading it, check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

IL-4 treatment induces apoptosis of blood monocytes and proliferation of recruited injury-associated macrophages to resolve liver injury IL-4 can have significant therapeutic benefit in many injury settings, but its mechanism of action is unclear. Using a model of carbon tetrachloride (…

Wonderful to be on another paper with my fantastic colleague Steve Jenkins - another important IL-4 macrophage story www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ardwick Climate Action Green Route sign. Developed in partnership with researchers from the Lydia Becker Institute.

🚶‍♂️Spotted one of the Ardwick Climate Action Green Route signs today!

The route was developed by @ardwickclimate.bsky.social in partnership with Becker researchers to help the community avoid high-pollution areas, reducing the environmental triggers that drive inflammation and impact our health.

Announcing the Award Season that truly matters: The Cytokine Society is accepting nominations for its most prestigious awards. Senior career nominations accepted until March 6. Young Investigator nominations until April 3.

The sneeze secret: how much should you worry about this explosive reflex? It is one of the most powerful involuntary actions the human body can perform. But is a big sneeze a sign of illness, pollution or something else entirely?

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social offers insight in The Guardian @theguardian.com on the science behind sneezing and what it reveals about our health #ImmunoSky

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The most in depth and thorough review you'll find on serous cavity immunology. Massive effort by Lucy and James bringing together all this knowledge! www.science.org/eprint/HBIIM... [science.org].

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Very much looking forward to this meeting in June 2026: meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...

My main PhD paper is finally out! 🎉

After ~5 years, it’s published today in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺.
@natimmunol.nature.com

It all started with an unexpected observation 🔍:
👉 Mice lacking the dendritic cell receptor DNGR-1 developed tumours earlier ⏩ and more frequently 📈 than wild-type mice.

1/11 🧵

How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding

When the Trump administration slashed foreign aid, it gutted a program that had reduced malaria deaths world wide. In northern Cameroon, health workers tried to protect children in one last rainy season.

Is it true that … you’re more likely to get sick when you’re stressed? Stress releases hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, which can suppress your immune system – but chronic concerns are more of an issue than short-term worries

In the Guardian, ft. me: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Parasite Immunology: Vol 47, No 12 Click on the title to browse this issue

Another great output from a joyful long-term collaboration between Montevideo and Manchester
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Published in the excellent journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13653024...

BATF3 controls the homeostatic maintenance and function of innate-like γδ T cells γδ T cells compose an evolutionarily conserved lineage of lymphocytes, with both adaptive- and innate-like characteristics, contributing to tissue homeostasis, immune surveillance, and rapid responses...

Isn't this the coolest Christmas present (or miracle) for a #gdTcell aficionado?! Our latest preprint showing the role of BATF3 on gd T cells is ou on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Great Lab Christmas Lunch Festivities. I love this gang!!

Super secret Santa to get us in the spirit for Christmas lunch

Congratulations to Dr. Seytyagyaeyva!! Well done Emiliya for passing your viva with flying colors - and thanks to the examiners Brian Stramer and Jordi Bella, who we forgot to photograph! Photo of supervisor Tony Day, Emiliya and co-supervisor me

Cytokines 2026 in Glasgow (Oct 18-21) has an incredible Scientific Organizing Committee! Simon Jones, Iain McInnes, Clare Bryant, Clare Lloyd, and Luke O'Neill creating the program. This one's going to be special.

Details: 2026.cytokinesociety.org

Professor Tracy Hussell, Director of the @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social at @manchester.ac.uk has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science by @nature.com.

We are recruiting a Research Tech! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social, join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent)
Deadline: 5th January
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

We’re hiring! Two postdoctoral research positions are available in our lab - one in mucosal immunology, and one in exposome immunology (MRC CoRE)! Apply by December 22nd!🎄

Position 1: tinyurl.com/2mh44tn4
Position 2: tinyurl.com/5ffzxsfb

@kiroxford.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

Our Director, Prof Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social has been shortlisted for a prestigious @nature.com Award for Mentoring in the Life Time Achievement category!

🤞Everyone at the Becker wishes Tracy the best of luck at this evening's Awards Ceremony.

www.nature.com/nature/award...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

We are so proud of Georgia - winning a prize for her amazing talk on our favourite molecule Ym1 @britsocimm.bsky.social - Delay in posting because I needed to get the photo from Brian @thelabninja.bsky.social (the lab photographer!)

Great time at BSI - with both past and current lab members (photo mostly current - @ph-papotto.bsky.social has his own lab now, and Georgia has an exciting new post with Jo Konkel)

Congratulations!

Beautiful talk by Matt Hepworth, so many exciting things happening at barrier surfaces. @hepworth-lab.bsky.social #BSI2025 @britsocimm.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Amazing talk from Andrea Graham. So much to learn from rewilding mice. @grahammunology.bsky.social #BSI2025 @britsocimm.bsky.social

Day 1 of the BSI 2025 on Monday saw the wonderful Judi Allen deliver a fabulous keynote talk! We were also very excited to see Judi share the news of our new MRC Exposome Immunology Manchester/Oxford collaboration👩‍🔬
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
@exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
@britsocimm.bsky.social