Julie Worrell

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We’re delighted to announce that the BALR conference 2026 will be hosted at the University of Leicester 23-25 June 🫁

More details coming soon!

Don't miss out on your chance to attend "Fuelling the immune response IV: #UKimmunometabolismMeeting2026"

Those that have joined before will know these are fantastic meetings providing an open & productive forum to discuss really cool science

📆16-17th April

www.immunology.org/events/fuell...

#BSI25 the graphical abstract @britsocimm.bsky.social lots of fun caching up with everyone in #Liverpool and learning about ongoing exciting #immunology research. Enjoyed presenting my poster #354 on #DIPNECH 🫁 and blood immune cell metabolism! 💪 @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

You too!

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Coffee ☕️ time? #BTSWinter2025 Say hello at the #BALR stand 😃 learn about @balrcommunity.bsky.social great membership opportunities for #ECRs and 🫁 #RespiratoryResearchers Maybe grab some treats 💙

Thanks to #BTSWinter2025 🫁@btsrespiratory.bsky.social for the opportunity to present our work on #DIPNECH @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social

Thanks to the fantastic speakers in our BTS/BALR session on novel lung models (Part 1) 🫁🔬and our fabulous chairs @alisonejohn.bsky.social @julieworrell.bsky.social

Like great movies, great topics get a sequel! Don’t miss Part 2 at 11am, back in Westminster (4th floor) #BTSWinter2025

Interesting article 💥 Ant1 acts as as metabolic checkpoint in emphysema 💥 implications for monocyte derived macrophage infiltration 🫁 Check out our editorial here: www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/... #ImmunoSky @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

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...

Dear funding agencies,

I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.

Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.

Joint Symposium - At the cutting edge of models for lung disease. Winter Meeting 26-28 November 2025

This 2-part Symposium prepared jointly with @balrcommunity.bsky.social covers a huge range of research topics within the field. Don't miss this fascinating deep dive into the latest developments in lung disease.

👉 brit-thoracic.uk/WM25

#BTSWinter2025

⚠️ 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

Optimization of the Blocking and Signal Preservation Protocol in High‐Parameter Flow Cytometry High quality input data is the key to successful interpretation of any scientific assay. In flow cytometry, fluorescently-conjugated antibodies allow us to simultaneously measure an incredible range ...

New #flowcytometery protocol drop from Oliver Burton.

This one is on optimising blocking while preserving signal, in particular how to overcome Fc interactions and dye-dye interactions, and preventing tandem break-down.

currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#BALR2025 🫁 @cardiffuni.bsky.social what a fantastic 3 days 👏 lovely to see everyone and to present some #fibroblast data updates 🤗 Really high standard from all #ECRs and great #flashtalks #posters #presentations. Superb keynote from @tatalab-duke.bsky.social thanks @balrcommunity.bsky.social

Well done to all presenters! Excellent time keeping and a pleasure to chair this 😀 #ECR #speedyscience #scicomm @balrcommunity.bsky.social #BALR2025 🫁 🔔 only got to ring my bell once at the start of the session 😂

Do you want to become part of a dynamic committee and contribute to the strategic planning of the BALR?
Apply for the open positions on our committee!
Chair
Treasurer
Communications Secretary
Publications Secretary
RSB Representative
Post-Doc Rep
More info at balr.co.uk/about

Multimodal profiling reveals tissue-directed signatures of human immune cells altered with age @natimmunol.nature.com @teichlab.bsky.social @donnafarber.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ever thought: 'If only I had 1 more day!' Well, you have not 1, but 5 more days to submit an abstract to #BALR2025!
⏰NEW abstract submission deadline: 15/08
⏰Late breaking (posters only): 25/08
⏰Registration deadline: 25/08 balr.co.uk/meetings

Lung structural cells are altered by influenza virus leading to rapid immune protection following re-challenge @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks we hope you enjoy!

Also thanks to @cvrinfo.bsky.social @JamiesonSpatialLab @mvls-srf.bsky.social

Thanks to the MacLeod lab @georgeefinney.bsky.social @kerrie @tom @cliodhna
And all other collaborators/co-authors @john @jagtar @fraser @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social @euanbrennan.bsky.social @Kathleen @Jay @Georgios @Vanessa @Claire @Yoana @Nigel @Massimo and @immunememorylab.bsky.social

Lung structural cells are altered by infeluenza virus leading to rapid immune protection following re-challenge Nature Communications - Here the authors show that lung epithelial, fibroblast, and endothelial cells retain an imprint of influenza A infection, including increased MHCI/II expression and that...

NOW in @natcomms.nature.com my postdoc work @uofgsii.bsky.social @immunememorylab.bsky.social
🫁 structual cells retain an imprint of IAV infection💪
Rapidly controlling a localized antiviral response BRFORE memory-T cells are required! rdcu.be/eyQ0F #ImmunoSky #PulmSky @wellcometrust.bsky.social

🌟 Immunology #PostDoc🌟 @ucd-chas.bsky.social Novel surgical innovation investigating sentinel skin flaps in acute solid organ rejection 🔬
🔗 #immunosky Apply NOW: my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
@britsocimm.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social @hrbireland.bsky.social

📣Registrations and abstract submissions are OPEN for #BALR2025 in Cardiff 8-10 Sept! A stellar program and ECR awards await! Head here www.balr.co.uk/meetings to submit your abstract by 10/08 and register by 25/08!

🌍✨ Today is World Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day! ✨🌍

Let’s come together to raise awareness of these often invisible, but life-altering diseases. 💙

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hen it rains it pours!! What an amazing #ATS2025 for #CurePF4ALL! Nerandomilast -> ⬇️FVC decline compared to placebo in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis patients on antifibrotics or untreated. 👏🏼 Drs Maher, Martinez & #FibroneerILD team!!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Happy to share our new collaborative review in #ERJBreathe focusing on #ILD and recent insights into 🫁#pathogenesis @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social #ECR #PulmSky 😄 publications.ersnet.org/content/brea...