Defensive lipid droplets are PUFA reservoirs driving bacterial clearance and inflammation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.12.711356v1
I'd like to see this problem analysed at the single cell multi-omics level
'Advances in research technolo- gies are crucial for the scientific enterprise but have an unintended consequence: when pow- erful techniques become widely available, they tend to be applied without a good question in mind.'
Many of you in the mycobacterial community attended the awesome inaugural 2025 Biology of Mycobacteria GRC, organized by @heran.bsky.social and myself: www.grc.org/biology-of-m....
I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.
In this new paper by @nelson-lab.bsky.social, we found that pre-exposure of NHP to glucocorticoids impairs control of SARS-CoV-2 and is associated with reduced pDC, eosinophil and γδT cell responses.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Harnessing mucosal immunity for protective vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do you work with the Aspergillus fumigatus model isolates Af293 or CEA10? If so, we want to collaborate with you! In return for your lab's participation we will sequence your strain for free and provide co-authorship on the final paper.
Learn more here: asp-fumi-seq-project-2025.vercel.app
📢2nd Annual Meeting of the EFIS-IL Sex Differences in Immunity Study Group!
🗓️October 8-9, 2026
📍Hamburg, Germany
🔗https://linktr.ee/EFIS_ISD
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @dgfi-org.bsky.social @sfi-immunologie.bsky.social @swimm-immuno.bsky.social @irishimmunology.bsky.social @finnsocimm.bsky.social
Help me welcome our latest Plague Dr.! Congratulations to Dr. Sheneman on successfully defending her PhD on Friday the 13th 🎉🍾!
'Tumours boost their own growth by attracting & commandeering nearby sensory nerves (...) By ‘plugging into’ tumour cells, these nerves can send a signal to the brain that subdues the protective activity of immune cells at the tumour site — allowing the cancerous cells to proliferate unchecked'
Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.
A ‘simple’ experiment but an amazing gem of a reference!
Just stimulate blood, observe and describe…
#ImmunoSky
Please share and distribute
ILC6 in Vancouver
Abstract submission and registration are open:
ilc6vancouver.com
#immunosky #ILC6vancouver #ILC6
Lots of presenter spots available
Secure your spot and discounted fees during early bird registration and come visit beautiful Vancouver.
This is a very appealing meeting in Paris later this year...
"The complexity of mycobacterial infections: from research to real-world impact"
#EMBOComplexInfections
#TBSky for the tuberculosis research, but also #NTM #Leprosy #IDSky #ImmunoSky
meetings.embo.org/event/26-myc...
Important paper by Björn
Corleis. For decades a central tenet of #tuberculosis immunology has that IFNγ-driven iNOS expression in macrophages is the primary mechanism of bacterial control. Turns out this is really only in mice and maybe cattle. It’s not true in most species including humans an NHP.
The Barber lab is looking to hire post-docs to work on #tuberculosis #immunology using murine and NHP models. BSL3 experience not required. Check out our lab in the NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD!
The @ragoninstitute.bsky.social is launching a new faculty search for a computational immunologist! Applications are open now and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share broadly with your networks! #immunosky
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Check out our new paper with @nelson-lab.bsky.social. We used scRNAseq to profile the function of Mtb peptide-specific T cells from NHP and human lung granulomas. Beyond IFNγ, Mtb-specific T cells make a bunch of unexpected stuff, and human and NHP cell are really similar.
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate - some macrophages you just can’t reach!
Multiple features of granulomas limit effective T cell:MΦ interactions, posing a major barrier for vaccine-mediated protection.
Check out our new review!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Job Alert
Junior Research Group Leader – Translation of Next Generation Anti-Cancer Cellular Immunotherapies
Deadline: 2026-01-07
Location: Germany, Mainz
👉 www.academiceurope.com/ads/junior-r...
#CancerResearch #DataScience #Immunology #MedicalScience #Medicine #PhD #leadershipskills #hiring
Splenic cDC1 efferocytosis and cross-presentation to CD8 T cells is promoted by GPR34 and lysophosphatidylserine, say Hanson Tam, Jason Cyster and colleagues: rupress.org/jem/article/...
#InnateImmunity #inflammation
@HHMI.org
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
if you are interested in a PhD in tuberculosis drug discovery, check out our opportunities 🧪🦠 #Tuberculosis lstm.ac/PhD
📢Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in #immunology and/or related field? We are hiring, but hurry, call closes 27 November! Apply and join us in Finland! Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4r83ktP
#ImmunoSky #MedSky #LifeScience
We have a last few chances to get your spot at #KSFUNGALPATH26 meeting next year! Submit your abstract by Dec 5 to be considered. Don't miss out!
#immunosky 🧪🍄
How do cytokines shape immune cells?
We analyzed and visualized Parse Bio's 10M PBMC dataset to give researchers a powerful tool for exploring the dynamics between cytokines & peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
More: https://apps.allenimmunology.org/aifi/resources/parse-10m-cytokines/
#ImmunoSky
#Immunosky people! 6th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells - ILC6 in Vancouver.
ilc6vancouver.com
First program draft online. Abstract submission and registration officially open!
#ILC6 #ILC6Vancouver #2026ILC6
This the lung micro environment regulates the macrophage glycocalyx via local cytokines at rest and following infection, a process likely crucial to viral infection
Delighted to share our new pre-print from PhD student Ziyun Zhang joint with @tracyh9494.bsky.social demonstrating that lung alveolar macrophages have a dense glycocalyx and interstitial macrophages do not, @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We're hiring! Check out our ad and please re-post or forward to interested #Microbiology parties: apply.interfolio.com/174783
