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Pedro Papotto

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Dean's Prize Fellow @ The University of Manchester Currently using worms to uncover the secrets of rare immune cell populations ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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Research Associate | King's College London

We are recruiting!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop this exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life. #ILC #organoids #FoodAllergy

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...

21.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(MCR DTP) Macrophage clearance of hyaluronan: mechanisms and consequences for lung disease at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - (MCR DTP) Macrophage clearance of hyaluronan: mechanisms and consequences for lung disease at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

๐Ÿ“ฃ PhD project available ๐Ÿ“ฃ
Interested in immuno-matrix interactions and matrix regulation?
This project will investigate how hyaluronan is cleared from the lungs after infection. ๐Ÿซ
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
@lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

15.10.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Decoding ฮณฮด T cell-epithelial interactions in the human intestine in health and disease - MRC DTP The human gut epithelium performs vital absorptive functions, while simultaneously forming a physical barrier between the gut contents and the body. As such it is essential for health and its dysregul...

PhD opportunity to study intestinal immune cells using our pioneer human organoid models at the Joana F Neves and Robin Dart labs @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social through #MRC Doutoral training program
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/deco...
Applications opening soon!
#gdTcells #IBD #gut #organoids

07.10.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Needing some help from all the mouse doctors around! Does anyone know who might keep a B10.D2 mouse colony in the UK (or even mainland Europe)?

04.08.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Centre to study how exposome causes chronic inflammatory disease A new Medical Research Council (MRC) centre will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases.

Super excited to announce that MRC has funded a new Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Working together, Manchester and Oxford are going to tackle a major challenge of our times. For those who wonder what the Exposome is - see yesterday's posts! www.ukri.org/news/centre-...

16.07.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New ยฃ50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases A groundbreaking ยฃ50M research centre at Manchester and Oxford will explore how environmental exposures, like pollution and microbes, rewire our immune system and drive chronic inflammatory diseases.

๐Ÿšจ A new ยฃ50M MRC Centre at @manchester.ac.uk and @ox.ac.uk will explore how pollution, microbes & other environmental exposures rewire our immune system and cause chronic inflammatory diseases.
#Exposome #ImmunoSky

sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...

16.07.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology:Oxford Road

Delighted to advertise a collaborative postdoc position available in the lab to develop new proximity labelling tools, funded by a BBSRC Transformative Research Technology grant:

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry

14.07.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interested in working on Mucorales adaptation? Thanks to new funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social, we will have two postdoc and a technician positions advertised very soon! if interested, please get in touch for more information.

04.07.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICYMI: Junior PI positions in Kyoto at @ccii-kyoto.bsky.social, a new center led by Tasuku Honjo (DIrector) & Sidonia Fagarasan (Vice Director)
#Immunology #Immunotherapy #ScienceJobs

01.07.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸšจGreat new MSc and PhD positions available @gimmfoundation!

Check out the links or use the QR code.

MSc:
www.medicina.ulisboa...

PhD:
gimm.pt/course/phd-p...

03.06.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The deadline for this PhD is fast approaching. We are looking for a promising synthetic chemist to make new chemical biology tools to learn more about nucleic acid interactions. This is a collaborative project with the Trowbridge Lab in @uomscieng.bsky.social. If interested, get in touch soon!

29.05.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inhibitory TIGIT signalling is dependent on T cell receptor activation TIGIT is an immune checkpoint receptor that can signal via cytoplasmic ITT-like and ITIM motifs to regulate T cell function. The signalling molecules that mediate inhibitory TIGIT signalling in T cell...

Our latest research is now available as a pre-print at BioRxiv. We show that the immune checkpoint receptor TIGIT cannot signal in T cells without simultaneous TCR stimulation.

#ImmunoSky

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

14.05.2025 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
BSI committee elections 2025 | British Society for Immunology

Hi everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹ Iโ€™ve been nominated for the role of ECR representative position on the Member Representative Forum at @britsocimm.bsky.social. If youโ€™d like to see me in this position and want to vote for me, you can follow this link: www.immunology.org/news/bsi-com... #immunosky

08.05.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(EPSRC DTP) Super-resolution proximity nucleotide labelling at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - (EPSRC DTP) Super-resolution proximity nucleotide labelling at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

We have a PhD available in the lab to design new chemical tools to do super resolution proximity labelling of nucleotides. Come join us!!

#ChemSky #ChemBio

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

16.05.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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So excited to share our first neuro focused paper from the lab, we show that CXCL4 (PF4) is transported into the brain by proteoglycans within the endothelial glycocalyx and that GAG binding also mediates the pro neurogenesis effects of CXCL4. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

28.04.2025 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Nerve- and airway-associated interstitial macrophages mitigate SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis via type I interferon signaling The local immunoregulatory mechanisms that safeguard the host from excessive lung infection inflammation remain unclear. Yeung, Yokota etย al. uncover the essential role of nerve- and airway-associated...

Excited to share our latest study
@cp-immunity.bsky.social. Heartfelt thanks to the editorial and review teams , to my co-first @yeungadventures.bsky.social, our co-authors, and to @khannakm.bsky.social
for his outstanding mentorship throughout! Pls read/share!๐Ÿ‘‡
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

25.04.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Dual modulation of cytotoxic and checkpoint receptors tunes the efficacy of adoptive Delta One T cell therapy against colorectal cancer - Nature Cancer Silva-Santos and colleagues provide in vivo preclinical evidence supporting a therapeutic use of Delta One T cells to tackle colorectal cancer and propose activating natural killer cell receptor NKG2D...

Dual modulation of cytotoxic and checkpoint receptors tunes the efficacy of adoptive Delta One T cell therapy against colorectal cancer.

#gdTcells

17.04.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brain sensing of metabolic state regulates circulating monocytes Brain-initiated hunger signals control circulating monocyte dynamics.

Our latest study
@science.org #Immunology on perception of #hunger and #immunity.

#BrainBody #Melanocortin #AgRP #POMC neurons. #Brain-liver axis. Permissive action of #stress #hormones.

@ukri.org @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

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

07.04.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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What really happens to your immune system when you fast?

New research from @fbmh-uom.bsky.social could be a game-changer for how we think about immunity, nutrition, and inflammation.

Letโ€™s break it down. #scicomms

07.04.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast.Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS...

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...

05.04.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Really thrilled to have been awarded an @acmedsci.bsky.social Springboard Award! This new PI thing is definitely starting to feel real now!

The #Springboard25 will help me to kickstart some cool work on innate-like T cells in skin and lungs at the @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social! Exciting times ahead!

08.04.2025 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Three people wearing lab coats and talking to each other while writing on a whiteboard

Three people wearing lab coats and talking to each other while writing on a whiteboard

๐Ÿ“ข We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers

Through #Springboard25, weโ€™re investing ยฃ7.6m in 62 researchers to drive innovations that improve health and wellbeing ๐Ÿ”ฌ

Congrats to all 2025 awardees! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/springboard2...

@thebhf.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

07.04.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Research Associate in Imaging Human Immunology:Oxford Road

Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function.

Please get in touch if interested in applying.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

#ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy

26.03.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ”ฌ Looking for OP9 cells overexpressing Notch ligands (Jagged1, Jagged2, Delta1, Delta3, Delta4). We already have Jagged1, Delta1, and Delta4 but need the full setโ€”happy to cover shipping & set up an MTA! Any leads? ๐Ÿงซ #immunology #Notch

08.03.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking for an excellent & highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team to develop an exciting project focused on the generation of beneficial Innate Lymphoid Cells #ILC for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease #IBD using #organoids. Please share!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/109186-...

03.03.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
University of Glasgow - Explore - Jobs at Glasgow - Appointments - Research Associate (Breast Cancer Now) [164192]Search iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3

#hiring #postdoc
We are looking for a postdoc to work on anti-tumor gamma delta T cells in breast cancer metastasis mouse models. Apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...

07.02.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library PhD training is incredibly versatile, with the possibility of leading to a myriad of downstream careers. However, it is often only in retrospect that the options and optimal strategies behind your ca...

#PhD researchers - want to build your #career options for post-PhD? This article provides you the necessary goals and timeline to ensure you have a good range of career options after you graduate. ๐Ÿงต1/4

@immunolcellbiol.bsky.social with @makaroff.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

19.01.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester

๐Ÿšจ The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc!

Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases @ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

16.01.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

If you like parasites and gamma delta T cells, don't miss out on my webinar tomorrow (16/01) @ 5pm GMT! I'll be talking about our recently posted preprint! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

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

15.01.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Research Fellow (IMS301RX) | University of Aberdeen The Sutherland lab, based at the University of Aberdeen, studies lung diseases at the interface between immunology and extracellular matrix biology. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, creat...

Still time to apply to join our lab in Aberdeen as a post-doc, in a well-funded position. If you're interested in immune-ECM cross talk and want to use cutting edge spatial technologies, apply now. www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...

13.01.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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