Reminder: new #InflammaZoom free Webinar is today at 2 pm BST with James Murphy @pseudokinase.bsky.social from WEHI and Jonathan Maelfait from VIB Ghent. Register via Abcam link below. See you soon!

#InflammaZoom free Webinar is back on Monday October 20th! With James Murphy (WEHI, Melbourne, Australia) @pseudokinase.bsky.social and Jonathan Maelfait (VIB-UGent, Ghent, Belgium)

Register now: bit.ly/4iXGqjw

Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Esther L. Jones @estherlj.bsky.social on her successful DPhil viva! A great collaborative project between the L. Dustin and Jelena Bezbradica @jelenalab.bsky.social labs. Many thanks to examiners Irina Udalova @udalovalab.bsky.social and Menna Clatworthy.

Excited to share that our paper examining how GM-CSF potentiates cytokine responses in human monocytes during bacterial infection is now online at the @asm.org journal Infection & Immunity! Congrats to @vvazquez.bsky.social, @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social, & co-authors! journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to share our @elife.bsky.social paper "Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages" by 1st author Dr. @marisaegan.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social alum, now faculty @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social)! elifesciences.org/articles/90107 🧵(1/n)

Elegant work by @jkagan1.bsky.social and team on identifying how innate immune receptor Caspase 11 recognises molecular patterns in LPS and self lipids.

Thanks Dave 😊

Epidermal ZBP1 stabilizes mitochondrial Z-DNA to drive UV-induced IFN signaling in autoimmune photosensitivity ZBP1 and mitochondrial Z-DNA drive autoimmune photosensitivity via cGAS-STING activation.

#InterferonFriendOrFoe?! Klein @kahlenberglab.bsky.social &co show Science Immunology that UV drives mitochondrial Z-DNA to induce type I & III IFNs in keratinocytes. IFN-I upregulates ZBP1 that binds Z-DNA activating cGAS-STING to boost IFNs, photosensitivity & inflammation in #Lupus skin!

Absolutely, it is one of its oldest described functions. Work by many groups is uncovering that TBK1 can licence antiviral responses while also putting the brakes on premature cell death. People and mice with loss of TBK1 suffer from uncontrolled cell death even in the absence of any infection.

Thank you so much ♥️

Lovely work, lead by Fabi Fischer, in collaboration with @kaiwenchen-lab.bsky.social Dom De Nardo, Benjamin Demarco, Felicia Chan and Michelle Yeap. Thank you all for making this project and team work interactive and fun !

TBK1 and IKKε prevent premature cell death by limiting the activity of both RIPK1 and NLRP3 death pathways TBK1 and IKKe prevent premature cell death by limiting the activity of multiple death pathways in myeloid cells.

The loss of TBK1, or both TBK1 and the related kinase IKKε, results in uncontrolled cell death–driven inflammation. We show that TBK1/IKKε prevent premature cell death by limiting the activity of multiple death pathways in myeloid cells. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are excited to announce the 2nd Symposium on the Immunobiology of Pattern Recognition Receptors, Oct 1-2 2025, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Registrations open March 1 - Attendance limited to 150 participants.

More info: wp.unil.ch/immunobiolog...

#ImmunoSky

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Absolutely fantastic work by Vivian Lau and @gerardlab.bsky.social on IFNy-related tumour escape! Must-read for all tumour immunologists! 💯

Ok, let's start here on @bsky.app by reposting this truly outstanding paper by @lozanzi.bsky.social and colleagues!

Congratulations 🎊!

Congratulations, Dr. De Jong! We are so proud 👏