📢 We're hiring! 🔬
Fascinated by the immune system? Eager to study immune cell proteases and their role in inflammation? We're looking for a highly motivated researcher to join our team!
🔗https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60494943
#Immunology #Immunosky #AcademicJobs #PhDjobs
🌟 Proud supervisor 🌟- Two days ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Belgian MS Research Day in Leuven with my PhD researchers, Eline and Febe, who gave impressive presentations and truly shone.
#MSResearch #PhDLife #ProudSupervisor #ScienceCommunication
We just published one of our #research protocols as a STAR protocol 🌟.
Check out our protocol if you are interested in #macrophage #proteases! 🔬✨
#AcademicTwitter #OpenScience #researchmethods #immunosky
Protocol to generate human monocyte-derived macrophages in the absence of exogenous proteases and protease inhibitors to study proteolysis #protocol #starprotocols #cellpress
The 13th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society will be held in Búsios, Brazil Oct 26-30, 2025. Training workshops will be held at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Oct 23-23. Register now! Links below.
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Not long after I started my lab, a prominent scientist told me it was “impossible” to be a successful PI and a mother
Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can!
#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰
Great day at the #yBIS meeting today!
⭐️ Presenting as a keynote speaker
⭐️ Witnessing Febe and Eline presenting at the poster session #proudPI
⭐️ Febe’s first conference and poster presentation
⭐️ Meeting inspiring young immunologists, a great atmosphere and superb organization
#AcademicLife
The final program for the #yBIS2025 meeting is here:
Check out what #Belgian #ECR #Immunologists have to present.
We are looking forward to next Friday
We’re thrilled to welcome @jennvandooren.bsky.social (KULAK, BE) as keynote #speaker at the yBIS 2025 Annual Meeting!
Her research dives into how #leukocyte proteases shape #immunity, with a special focus on #neutrophils and #macrophages
#yBIS2025 #ImmunoSky #EarlyResearchers
#Updated program
Unfortunately, John McKendrick from UGent cannot present at #yBIS2025.
Jennifer Vandooren ( @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) will share her research on the 9th of May on leukocyte proteases as immune mediators.
I'm super happy that our story is now published!
📖 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But what changed compared to the original preprint?
Also, I feel i should post Movie 1 🎥, that inspired the cover. Back when I did the original bluesky thread, movies were not available.
Particle uptake by macrophages triggers bifurcated transcriptional pathways that differentially regulate inflammation and lysosomal gene expression @cp-immunity.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
microscope image of a postnatal mouse brain showing the entry point of blood vessel into the brain - fibroblasts (yellow: S100a6) form a layer at the brain's edge (meninges) and surround the blood vessel. Astrocyte endfeet (magenta, GFAP) form a layer at the brain's edge, apposed to the fibroblasts. Image also shows macrophages (cyan; CD206) and cell nuclei (DAPI, blue)
I was imaging this weekend, took this image because it was beautiful to me, the blood vessels, fibroblasts, astrocytes, & macrophages as steadfast guardians at the brain's edges. Cheers to the 'guardians' of all that is important. ❤️
Honoured to receive funding from the Charcot Foundation for our research on #proteolysis by myelin-challenged #macrophages in #MultipleSclerosis!
👉 www.fondation-charcot.org/en/winners/2...
Excited to advance our #Research and looking forward to the discoveries ahead! 🔬🤩
#WomenInSTEM #ImmunoSky
#PreprintClub is now on Bluesky!
Who are we and what are we doing? We are a group of enthusiastic scientists that gather together once a week to discuss fresh preprints in the field of #immunology. 🦠🧬
GFAP expressing #astrocytes in orange, IBA1 positive microglia in blue. Images from unsectioned rat hemisphere. #lightsheet #microscopy at #Vanderbilt
Interested in a PhD or MS in Neuroscience?
PhD applications are due Dec 1st!
No GREs
We value and welcome diversity!
Apply to @AlbanyMed! 👇
#NeuroPhD #phdlife #NeurosciencePHD
If you are looking for an exciting PhD in the fields of #ChemicalBiology, #ChemBio, #Proteomics and #Immunology, in a dynamic group with an inspiring PI, Madeline Kavanagh has an open position for a PhD project involving synthesis, chemical proteomics and immunology. drive.google.com/file/d/11Mhm...
"The antibodies don’t work!"
We, like many labs, have faced issues with bad antibodies cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
Great to see that some are tackling this problem head-on!
Read more about their solutions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ImmunoSky #Metaresearch #Openscience
Great community! Can you add me? My lab 🫶🏻 proteolysis in the ECM!
Welcome to BlueSky @jexpmed.bsky.social!
Looking forward to authors being able to provide their 🦋 contact details when submitting manuscripts.
Check out our latest research 👇🧪🔬👩🏻🔬! We studied how protease activity changes in human macrophages upon their activation. We uncovered that IL-4 results in the uptake of matrix metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9) and its nuclear localization. #Macrophages #Immunology #AcademicSky
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Some nice neurons: Khc[8], Rtnl1::YFP, stained for tubulin and with mitoTracker. Happy weekend!
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