Mahima Swamy

Amazing science on immune cells at gut, lung, skin and brain being presented at the #EMBOBarrierTissues meeting in Basel now -immune cells do so much more than protecting against infection

⏰ Only 1 week left! Submit your abstract for #BSI25 and share your research at the UK’s flagship immunology event.

Don’t miss your chance to connect, present, and compete for awards. Click the link below for guidance.

Deadline: midnight 3 Sept! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5

Scholarships are available to attend the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting in Jan 2026! Want to be considered? Submit your abstract by 16th Sept. Links and details in post below 👇🧪 #KSFungalPath2026 #immunosky

I can’t log in to #Bluesky when I’m on my home network or in some places. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

Interesting read calling out DEI initiatives and the lack of consideration of within-gender differences - “The motherhood penalty, for example — the career disadvantage that women face on becoming parents — won’t disappear simply because more women are being hired at senior levels”

I want a weekend immune system- I always seem to fall ill when the weekend comes around! 😄

Mahima Swamy @mahimaswamy.bsky.social and co-workers @dundee.ac.uk show that #inflammation and IL-4 regulate #Parkinson’s and #Crohn’s #disease associated kinase LRRK2.

-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Adaptive immunity in barrier tissues Immune responses lie at the heart of almost every aspect of human health, including host responses to infection, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolism and aging. While adaptive immune responses by B and T…

🚨🦠🔬 Last month to register to the EMBO workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues.

📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025

Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social

#EMBOBarrierTissues

This will be a fantastic meeting 👇🏻 A little bird tells me that the abstract deadline has been extended so go for it! There will be plenty of opportunities for ECRs to present 🧫🧬🔬🧪

FEBS Press The unfolded protein response (UPR) is engaged by perturbations of protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we compile evidence that the UPR is activated by physiological and patholog...

A reviewer asked: but why is IRE1 activated when glucose is low?
A committee member for Mabel Cruz's PhD asked: why is the UPR activated upon glucose deprivation?
So we wrote a review about it.
Here it is!
@ericchevet.bsky.social @febsj.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Retromer promotes the lysosomal turnover of mtDNA Lysosomal uptake of mtDNA controls mitochondrial quality.

Excited to share our latest paper in Science Advances! We finally dissected a new pathway for mitochondrial quality control upon mtDNA replication stress! Let’s start a short thread! 🧵

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Let's not forget that apart from science advocacy the Rauch lab also does kick-ass science!
Together with the @psmitchej.bsky.social and Tait Wojno labs, we show that #tuftcells can induce specific protective signaling after recognition of intracellular bacterial infection via the #inflammasome!

Friends! The science that we love is under threat. World-wide, there're forces seeking to make it corporate-like, focused on deliverables, or even the enemy of society. Take a stand & celebrate science & music! #theconferencetoendallconferences - Registration starts NOW!
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It's Coming! The Mucosal Immunology Podcast to launch on MONDAY! 🌟

Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.

#MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch

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Must remember not to accept seminar invitations in the U.K. in Jan/feb. Second year in a row I have had to cancel because of terrible weather conditions😄

Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play Nature - Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play

Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

www.nature.com/artic...
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As another year comes to an end, I am grateful to my lab for all the hard work they put in, all the undergrad students who keep us on our toes, my excellent colleagues and mentors, and the reviewers and editors of our publications who helped us make our science better. 😊 here’s most of the team!

Check out this bombshell publication by Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social and coworkers @stanford-chemh.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, imagine a cancer immune therapy/vaccine where treatment begins and ends with a painless topical skin treatment! 🤯

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

Anyone for R????

A fabulous course for budding and aspirational coders! The delivery, the support and the materials - spot on! Great value for money.

We have a number of exciting events coming up in 2025 ⭐

#CVIG25
🗓️ 30 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4fKoeZi

#OIS25
🗓️ 24 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4elJmnG

#SIGNET2025
🗓️ 27 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4euIWLO

We look forward to seeing many of you in the new year! 😄

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.

That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

Great new study from Liu lab @WUSTL dissecting the interaction between #autophagy, cigarette smoke, and #IBD risk mutations #LRRK2 #ATG16L1 driving Paneth cell defects through macrophages www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The amount of sugar a child consumes after turning six months old seems to have the biggest effect on the risk of developing a chronic disease later in life. However, people exposed to more sugar in the womb also had a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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