Julia Edgar

Just heard David Walsh talk. Shocking and fascinating. @mickcraig.bsky.social

Three questions about measles: why is it on the rise, is the vaccine effective, and can you catch it at any age? A few years ago, measles seemed to be on the verge of being eradicated in many countries. The recent rise in cases raises several questions. Why is measles making a comeback? Is the measles, mumps and...

🦠 Measles is back. Cases have exploded in 2025 in France, UK, US & Europe due to falling vaccine coverage.

The MMR vaccine is ~100% effective with 2 doses. It's saved 94M lives since 1974.

Measles isn't just for kids – 34% of US cases were adults over 20.

www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...

#Measles

Professor Donal Wall in lab coat in the lab.

The front cover of the Microbiology Society briefing, with society logo, an image of a hand holding soil, and text.

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Donal Wall has been acknowledged by @microbiologysociety.org for his expert review of their new briefing exploring the role of microbiomes across human, animal, and environmental health.

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@milngavie.bsky.social The underpass from the train station, perhaps……

Benromach single cask whisky from Aberdeen Whisky Shop

Time to say farewell (with a sizeable pour) to this old friend. It’s been one of my absolute favourite whiskies over the last few years. Benromach from a bourbon cask hitting the spot perfectly. Aberdeen Whisky Shop don’t half pick some amazing exclusive bottlings #Whisky

A group selfie taken by Dawn Mylet in the foreground, with the rest of the group stood together on a slipway with local landmark Crocodile Rock, the sea, and boats behind.

An image taken from a distance showing the group standing with their bikes in front of the bay and boats ahead of their cycle round the island.

A member of Sii staff stood on crocodile rock in Millport with her dog, a black poodle, and pointing into the distance.

☀️ | On Saturday, 2 August 2025, staff and PhD students from across @uofgsii.bsky.social came together for a fantastic day trip to Millport.

Organised by Social Committee Chair Dawn Mylet, the group enjoyed a cycle around the island, the fresh sea air, stunning views - and ice cream! 🚴⛵️🍦

Thalamic nucleus reuniens preferentially targets inhibitory interneurons over pyramidal cells in hippocampal CA1 region The prefrontal - hippocampal - entorhinal system is perhaps the most widely-studied circuit in cognitive and systems neuroscience, due to its role in supporting cognitive functions such as working mem...

We have updated our nucleus reuniens paper: now with added data from rat (courtesy of Zaf Bashir's lab in Bristol). They also failed to evoke a synaptic response in CA1 pyramidal cells when activating reuniens axons, in either dCA1 or vCA1. #NeuroSkyence

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Rajani Lab is hiring! We are looking for a postdoc to join us at @ukdri.ac.uk @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to investigate neuronal activity and white matter changes in vascular dementia.

Apply here 👇
bit.ly/44AFJHx

We’re recruiting 2 senior anatomy technicians the Department of Anatomy at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social One 12-mth maternity cover post (👇) and one permanent position (advert on its way). Please share and get in touch if you would like to know more: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Bruno Weber plenary lecture at #Glia2025 #FLIM
The auditorium is full!
✅ Neurons can sustain activity with lactate
✅ Astrocytes become more oxidized under a ketogenic diet.
✅ Similar glucose concentrations in astrocytes and neurones
✅ Higher concentration in the ECS!

Professor Iain McInnes (Head of College of MVLS), Ronald Van Vollenhoven (Research Chair of EULAR), Professor Neil Basu (Sii Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine & Vasculitis) stood in front of a pull-up banner with EULAR branding, with Ronald holding the presentation plaque.

🆕 | The @uofgsii.bsky.social Musculoskeletal Research Team has been named a @eular.org Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology Research.

A distinction the group has now held for a decade, the renewed status was awarded for 2025–2030 at the June congress in Barcelona.

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Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:

The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine

- @hislopmd.bsky.social

Gosh!!!

Being part of the myelin field has been the most rewarding aspect of my scientific career ❤️

The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis Neuronal proteasomal dysfunction is a hallmark of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. This study reveals that the interferon-induced immunoproteasome drastically decreases proteasomal ac...

Our latest work:
The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Last week we spoke to our Principal & Vice Chancellor
@uofgvc.bsky.social about the ARC & how this interdisciplinary & collaborative space enables us to do things differently. Hosting the Carbon Exhibition is a fantastic example. The exhibition is on until the 29th June.

New study featured on the June cover of Nature Neuroscience used Vizgen’s MERSCOPE® to uncover how microglia and CD8⁺ T cells drive white matter degeneration in aging brains.

Learn more: vizgen.com/study-publis...

#SpatialBiology

If heterochromatin is really a liquid-like condensate, why is it not spherical?
We investigated whether mechanical interactions between a condensate and a fiber network can explain the variety of morphologies seen in phase-separated nuclear compartments
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Beautiful!

Expansion microscopy reveals nano-scale insights into the human neuromuscular junction Ramadan et al. employ expansion microscopy to visualize neuromuscular junctions in human and mouse muscles. Their findings demonstrate expansion microscopy as an accessible and cost-effective approach...

New paper from the lab 🚨: Expansion microscopy reveals nano-scale insights into the human neuromuscular junction: Cell Reports Methods www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Microglia activation orchestrates CXCL10-mediated CD8+ T cell recruitment to promote aging-related white matter degeneration - Nature Neuroscience White matter aging leads to degenerative and inflammatory changes. Here the authors show that microglial dysfunction exacerbates glial CXCL10 expression, harmful CD8+ T cell recruitment, myelinated ax...

Pleased to share our latest work on neural-immune interactions in aging white matter.
It was a long journey, made possible by incredible support and persistent efforts of many colleagues across various locations.
Many thanks to everyone involved.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

View of the Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow on a clear sunny day, with its iconic Gothic Revival tower rising above the trees and blue sky in the background.

Our Gilbert Scott building in all its Gothic Revival glory!

Captured on a beautiful Glasgow day by UofG student Zhijun Dong.

#TeamUofG

University of Glasgow, Student Opportunities Hub and Find A Solution logos with text: Apply for a paid summer internship; We're advertising 41 paid summer internships with Glasgow-based charities and third sector organisations; Learn more at bit.ly/sohinternships

@uofgcareers.bsky.social is advertising 41 paid, summer internships on the Student Opportunities Hub!

Find out how you could help charities and third sector organisations make a positive impact in the community!

Learn more and apply at bit.ly/findasolution2025.

⌛Apply by Monday, 14 April.

OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word
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Uncovering the viral aetiology of undiagnosed acute febrile illness in Uganda using metagenomic sequencing - Nature Communications Acute febrile illness is common in sub-Saharan Africa and causative agents are often unknown. Here, the authors perform metagenomic sequencing on samples from patients with acute febrile illness in Ug...

New in Nature Comms: We applied metagenomic + targeted NGS to serum from febrile patients in Uganda. Post-COVID, LMICs have sequencing infrastructure that could be repurposed for pathogen discovery.
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The burden of viral disease in many African countries is underreported. Here, using the latest #sequencing approaches, this much needed study has identified the viral aetiology in patients with #fever. Numerous (re) emerging #arboviruses of concern found; #CCHFV #YFV #RVFV #DENV

A spectacular photograph of the beautiful University of Glasgow in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social Our hosts for the #ISATT2025 international conference in July. @ioz100.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social @sineadgormally.bsky.social @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social

“Your job is to have ideas and spread them so that they impact other people’s work. Writing is your job. Nothing else,” argues computational biomedicine researcher Dennis Hazelett in an open letter to early-career scientists. While offering encouraging advice on how to overcome writers’ block, read difficult prose and tackle your next scientific manuscript, Hazelett is unstinting in his assertion that “writing is the only thing you do that matters”. “Doing top-tier science requires deep thinking,” he says. “Deep thinking means writing.”

Absolutely loving this call-to-arms by @vigocarpathian.bsky.social in @naturebiotech.bsky.social — here it is summarized in today's Briefing