Jenny Dickens

Looking forward to working with new colleagues on a collaborative project in lung disease modelling and transcriptomics - please share! And email Jenny @jennydickens41.bsky.social, or me, with any questions. 😀

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52936/

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*job alert**
Wanted - 2 enthusiastic postdocs to join me @thecimr.bsky.social and Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social to build complex models and use -omic approaches to understand mechanisms in human lung disease in collaboration with GSK. Contact us for more info!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52936/

*PhD opportunity alert*

Interested in ILD? We are offering an exciting MRC iCASE studentship which will use spatial transcriptomics to identify + interrogate pathogenic mechanisms. Working with GSK and @labrawlins.bsky.social as part of a large collaboration:
www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/mrc-doctoral...

Like many, I’m guilty of not *really* ever mentally checking out of work. Except this time I have. And it’s been wonderful. Thank you South Africa, Zimbabwe and the less-exotic-but-still-lovely Cromer for the quality family time and life-long memories.

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We're excited to announce that @jennydickens41.bsky.social will be speaking at our Respiratory Genomics Conference (4th & 5th November). You can read more about Jenny's work here: le.ac.uk/genetic-epid...

Endogenous gene editing of alveolar organoids reveals that expression of pathogenic variant SFTPC-I73T disrupts endosomal function, epithelial polarity and wound healing Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal lung disease of progressive lung parenchymal scarring caused by the aberrant response of an alveolar epithelium repeatedly exposed to injury. Under...

New preprint alert! Endogenous gene editing of alveolar organoids to investigate mechanisms of epithelial dysfunction in familial ILD. Kudos first author @eimearrutherford.bsky.social and thanks @thecimr.bsky.social @labrawlins.bsky.social @profmarciniak.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Had already been here an hour….

Interested in lung epithelial ageing in IPF? Check out our new review - just landed in Thorax @drrjhewitt.bsky.social @lpearmain.bsky.social thorax.bmj.com/content/thor...

Absolutely delighted and privileged to have been appointed as a new group leader at @thecimr.bsky.social this week. The Dickens lab will be up and running later this year, continuing to understand mechanisms of disease in genetic forms of pulmonary fibrosis.

Each to their own! I spent my time at Naples airport this morning drinking a LOT of coffee, buying pasta and eating Neopolitan street food…

Time for a break. A rather nice view from the window along the Amalfi coast to start the wind down process.

Did it! Thanks for all the support, which really will make a difference to @actionpfcharity.bsky.social

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Bring them to the lab?

Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

New postdoc position investigating interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) and mechanisms driving early lung fibrosis @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @rbandh.bsky.social @gstt-nhs.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk

Please do consider applying:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS668/p...

Closing date 18th Feb.

Front cover of the current issue of the EMBO journal featuring microscope images of organoid models of alveoli

Great to be front page news! Congratulations @jennydickens41.bsky.social Read the paper here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

A novel human fetal lung-derived alveolar organoid model reveals mechanisms of surfactant protein C maturation relevant to interstitial lung disease
Jennifer Dickens, Emma Rawlins and collaborators
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Delighted to have led this work along with Emma Rawlins!

Thanks to @thecimr.bsky.social for all the ongoing support

Delighted to chat!

A novel human fetal lung-derived alveolar organoid model reveals mechanisms of surfactant protein C maturation relevant to interstitial lung disease | The EMBO Journal imageimageDisorders of surfactant protein biology cause dysfunction of alveolar type 2 cells and can lead to interstitial lung disease. This study describes the development of genetically manipulable, mature human fetal-derived alveolar type 2 ...

Great to see this collaborative effort out! Check out our new alveolar organoid model, ripe for studying disease mechanisms including those involving surfactant proteins:

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

Front cover image to follow soon!

@eimearrutherford.bsky.social @profmarciniak.bsky.social

Fundraising started! Jenny Dickens has launched a fundraising campaign, show your support with a donation!

Running the Cambridge half marathon for @actionpfcharity.bsky.social! I'm an absolute beginner so need all the help I can get. Would very much appreciate sponsorship!
actionforpulmonaryfibrosis.enthuse.com/pf/jenny-dic...

Was it mine?!

Kicking off my Bluesky career with a plug - come and hear about all things familial pulmonary fibrosis (including a talk from me about our Royal Papworth clinic) Windsor Room @ 1515 #winterbts2024

Please could you add me?