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Remember to submit an abstract to the BSI Congress 2025 in Liverpool. Deadline 3rd September: www.bsicongress.com
There is a great line up of speakers so don't miss out! @britsocimm.bsky.social #BSI2025

Very excited that we are looking for a new lab member. If you are interested in viral immunology have a look at this job advert. You will work in 2 labs, ours and @prof-tregoning.bsky.social at @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social

Now we are almost up to date so more posts to follow.

Type I interferons induced upon respiratory viral infection impair lung metastatic initiation Invasive breast cancer accounts for 7% of all cancer-related deaths, with the lungs being a common site of metastases. At the same time, lower respiratory tract infections are a common cause of morbid...

And we, together with the lab of Ilaria Malanchi@ila07.bsky.social, also published a preprint on how type I IFNs impair seeding of lung metastases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ana Farias is the first author on this work.

Adding insult to injury during RSV infections YouTube video by Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI)

If you want to hear more about this story listen to this podcast: youtu.be/_2R10x04Cl8?...
@societymucosalimm.bsky.social

Exposure to bacterial PAMPs before RSV infection exacerbates innate inflammation and disease via IL-1α and TNF-α Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause severe lower respiratory tract infections. Understanding why some individuals get more serious disease may…

During this time we also published a paper "Exposure to bacterial PAMPs before RSV infection exacerbates innate in... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.
Well done to Amber Owen on getting the first paper from her PhD published.

We were the first to move into the newly renovated Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (VPD) @imperialnhli.bsky.social.

In January we moved the lab from the St Mary's site to the Hammersmith Hospital site. We are still at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

We have been a bit silent on social media the last 6 months. A lot of things have happened in the lab so here are some updates.

RORing for oral tolerance An antigen-presenting cell subtype tames the immune response to food antigens in early life

Exciting data on oral tolerance induction are just out from several groups! I had the pleasure of writing a commentary www.science.org/stoken/autho... on the elegant study from @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social.
Don’t miss it if you're interested in mucosal immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations Wendy!! What a fantastic scientist and role model!

We have finally joined Bluesky properly!!! Follow us to find out what is new in innate immunity to respiratory viral infections!!