Open Box Science Immunology
Shaping Macrophages: Microplastics and Developmental Origin

🔹Ana Codo @anaccodo.sky.social
@WCM_IMP @wcm-imp.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
🔹Siling Du
Moderator: @asalboix.bsky.social

📅 Thrusday, April 30
⏰ 2 pm ET
💻 us02web.zoom.us/j/82008313506

Simultaneous spatial transcriptomics and morphology profiling as tools to explore how microglia change with age @nataging.nature.com @stephenquake.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

OBS Immunology
Immune cell ontogeny, and functional specialization of immune cells

🔹Laura Jiménez Gracia, PhD @cnag-eu.bsky.social
🔹Jing Chen
Moderator: Dr. rer. nat. Anna Salamero Boix @uocuniversitat.bsky.social

📅 Tuesday, April 14
⏰ 12 pm ET, 6 pm CET
💻 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Abstract deadline extended to April 10!

Join the #FrankfurtCancerConference 2026 (Sept 2–4) at @Goethe University Frankfurt. Submit your abstract, present your research & engage with global leaders in #CancerResearch.

🔗 More information and abstract submission: www.frankfurtcancerconference.org

Distinct origins and niches determine the cellular responsiveness of CNS macrophages after repopulation - Nature Immunology Prinz and colleagues examine the distinct functions and repopulation properties of leptomeningeal and perivascular macrophages that mediate immune responses at brain boundaries.

New insights on brain macrophage repopulation by the Prinz group:

Distinct origins and niches determine the cellular responsiveness of CNS macrophages after repopulation | @natimmunol.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OBS Neuroimmunology Webinar — Monthly on the 3rd Thu at 12 PM ET

PAPER HIGHLIGHT #2:
The MR1/MAIT cell axis impacts the gut–brain axis through both cognition and microbial community structure in 5XFAD mice
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

*Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

OBS Neuroimmunology Webinar — Monthly on the Third Thursday at 12 PM ET

PAPER HIGHLIGHT #1
The role of myeloid cells in the skull-to-brain axis & neuroprotection
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

*Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our view of new (and old but re-formulated) determinants of myeloid biology in tumors is out in @jem.org! Amazing work from #marianogales #mariolamunarriz, #teresaaceña, & a fantastic editing process (thanks @gaiajexpmed.bsky.social). Hope you like it! #cancerimmunitylab @cniostopcancer.bsky.social

OBS Immunology Seminar
Regulation of Dendritic cell Tolerogenic Function & Migration

Speakers:
🔹 Xiangyue Zhang, PhD (Stanford)
🔹Victor Collado-Diaz, PharmD (ETH-Zurich)

Moderator: Daniel T. McManus, PhD

📅 Thursday, March 26
⏰ 12 pm ET | 11 am CT | 9am PT
💻 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

OBS Immunology Seminar

Speakers:
🔹 Eva Conde García - @regeneron.com
🔹 Louise Webb - @babrahaminst.bsky.social - @linterman.bsky.social man.bsky.social

Moderator: @eugecc.bsky.social

📅 Thursday, March 12, 2026
⏰ 11am ET | 3pm GMT | 4pm CET
💻 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Upcoming OBS seminar:
Decoding Cancer Immunoregulation and Drug Target Landscapes.

Speakers:
🔹 Igor Santiago-Carvalho
🔹 Ben Pang

Moderator: Anna Salamero Boix

📅 Tuesday, March 3, 2026
⏰ 12pm ET | 5pm GMT |
💻
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Upcoming OBS seminar:
Systemic Immune Remodeling in Cancer and Therapy

Speakers:
🔹 Ruijun He @washumedicine
🔹 Elizabeth Coop @Elizabeth_coop @Gilbertson_lab @CRUK_CI

Moderator: Anna Salamero @asalboix

📅 Tuesday, March 3, 2026
⏰ 12pm ET | 5pm GMT |
💻
us02web.zoom.us/j/81926144790

TODAY AT 5PM EST!!!

'Understanding CD8+ T cell Tolerance'

Ian Parish, PhD
Assoc. Professor & Group Leader,
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
tinyurl.com/Parish-Lab
@IanParish_AU

🎙️@dmcmanus123

Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026
5pm ET | 4pm CT | 2pm PT
Zoom👇️
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

OBS Immunology Seminar
Disentangling Tissue-resident Memory and Exhausted CD8 T cells

📢Two papers published back-to-back in @natimmunol.nature.com (2026)!
Feb 26, 2026 | ⏰5pm ET/ 4pm CT/ 2pm PT

🔬 Simone Park
🧪 Tom Burn
🎙️ Dan McManus @danmcmanus123.bsky.social

Zoom link🧵👇️

¿Qué nos dicen las últimas investigaciones sobre el cambio climático de la Tierra?

Los hallazgos científicos de 2025:

➡️Fuerte aumento del desequilibrio energético.
➡️Rápido calentamiento de los océanos.
➡️El sumidero global de carbono terrestre se está debilitando.

Hilo🧵

Great honor to be included among such esteemed speakers at the European Central Nervous System Metastasis Conference- encompassing basic, translational, and clinical research, along with valuable patient perspectives.
Thank you for the excellent organization!
@lifesciencezurich.bsky.social

Registration is OPEN for the cancer research community to join us for the #EACR2026 Congress! 🥳

Don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of our discounted early registration rate to attend, available until 21 April.

2026.eacr.org

OBS Immunology | Young Investigator Seminar

'Dissecting T cell Differentiation in Chronic Settings'

Mohamed Abdel Hakeem, PhD, MSc, BPharm
Asst. Professor, Emory University
tinyurl.com/Hakeem-Lab

📅 Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026
⏰ 11am ET | 10am CT | 8am PT
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

OBS Neuroimmunology Webinar, monthly on the 3rd Thu at 12 PM ET!
🧠 Inhibition of ACAT 1 promotes shedding of soluble TREM2 and LRP1-dependent phagocytosis of amyloid beta protein in microglia
🔬 Speaker: Moriah Hovde (MGH)

💻 Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The evolving landscape of brain metastasis: volume II Brain metastasis (BrM) represents the most common intracranial malignancy, arising in up to 30% of all adult cancer patients and contributing significantly to cancer-related morbidity and mortality. B...

Volume II of The Evolving Landscape of Brain Metastasis: 17 leading figures in the field looked back and identified the most relevant discoveries since volume I, 8 years ago. The landscape is starting to look better, but still lots of things to do! www.cell.com/trends/cance...

Register for our next ECLC webinar by Aeson Chang, PhD on 'Breast cancer got the nerves to resist chemotherapy' - January 15th, 2026 - USA: 5:00 PM EST | Europe: 11:00 PM CET | January 16th, Australia: 09:00 AM AEDT - bit.ly/44APSVI

OBS Immunology Seminar

👩‍🔬 Alejandra Mendoza @scripps.edu @science.org
👨‍🔬 Mehdi Benamar @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @cp-immunity.bsky.social
📣 @eugecc.bsky.social

🗓️ Thu , 01-08-26 12 PM EST, 5 pm GMT, 6 pm CEST
👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎉 Happy New Year!
We're excited to launch our year-long, free-access #Neuroimmunology Webinars! This forum features first authors of recently published work on neuroimmune interactions.
📅 3rd Thu of each month, 12 PM ET
💡 Interested in presenting your work or hosting a session? Contact us! 🌐

First day of the #Microbiome Symposium at #Georg-Speyer-Haus organized by LOEWE-FCI professor Canan Arkan was a great success.
Thanks to all speakers & supporters (Cathrin Schleussner from Schleussner Stiftung and Martin Zörnig, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung).
Looking forward to the second day!

Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold.

Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

⚠️ Half of commercial antibodies miss their target!
So how do you pick the right one for your experiment?

Here’s the solution 👉
Antibody characterization data (all tested in KO cells) are now available at:
🔗 onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

Tested by @ycharos.bsky.social & @oga-community.bsky.social

We are honored to announce that our speaker, Florian Greten, has once again been recognized as one of Clarivate's highly cited researchers for his work on the #tumormicroenvironment of #colorectal #cancer.

#HighlyCited2025
@proloewe.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to @melanietichet.bsky.social on being awarded the prestigious #Metastasis Prize by the #Beug Stiftung für Metastasierungsforschung.
@proloewe.bsky.social

Study reveals dynamics of breast tumor microenvironment over time | Johanna Joyce posted on the topic | LinkedIn How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses — and which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way? In this new study, a wonderful collaboration with Jean Hausser and his l...

How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses - & which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way?

Excited to share our new study on the #TME answering this question!

Great collaboration with the Hausser lab 🧪🧬🔬

Open access link: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Read more ⏬