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Dan Davis

@dandavis101.bsky.social

Professor of Immunology, Head of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, author of The Compatibility Gene, The Beautiful Cure, The Secret Body and SELF DEFENCE (Penguin Random House)

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Is it true that… you should take vitamin C when you’ve got a cold? The vitamin has many benefits, but research shows that people who take it are just as likely to get the sniffles as those who don’t

Brief thing from me in the Guardian

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

08.12.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signed books near Euston!

06.12.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back again to chat about immune health!

29.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always such brilliance at @letterslive.com

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Biophysical immunoengineering: from insight to clinical application | Royal Society Discussion meeting organised by Dr Iain Dunlop and Professor Daniel M Davis FMedSci

I’m co-organising a meeting at the Royal Society, 11-12th May 2026, in London on imaging, bioengineering, biophysics and immune therapies. Please register – it’s free – and some early details are online here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

11.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Orange juice won't cure your cold (but this might) – with Professor Daniel M. Davis - Liz Earle Wellbeing Leading immunologist Professor Daniel M. Davis joins Liz to bust immune health myths and reveal what really keeps you well this winter (spoiler: not orange juice).

Podcast chat about Immune Health with Liz Earle lizearlewellbeing.com/listen/healt...

07.11.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immunoloog @dandavis101.bsky.social
onderzoekt in zijn nieuwe boek 'Bescherm jezelf' de effecten van stress, voeding, beweging, het microbioom en andere factoren op het immuunsysteem. β€˜Buitengewoon boeiend. Bijna elke alinea bevat een openbaring.’ – Bill Bryson www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/bescher...

05.11.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TikTok 'is wrong about your immune system': Vitamin C myths debunked Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system

Me in the Metro metro.co.uk/2025/10/15/t...

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Lovely time on Times Radio!

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Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system

Here’s my interview for New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

11.10.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BSI Outstanding Ambassador for Immunology Award: interview with Professor Dan Davis | British Society for Immunology

Check this out - our own Professor Daniel Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social has been named BSI Outstanding Ambassador for Immunology πŸ†for his brilliant science and inspiring public outreach. You can read the interview here. Congrats Dan!

#Immunology #ScienceComm

www.immunology.org/news/bsi-out...

01.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With Ronnie Wood, Carnaby Street

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Out today in the USA!

25.09.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall Books 2025

My new book, SELF-DEFENSE: A myth-busting guide to the immune health, is out thsi week in the USA! And is reviewed in the current issue of Science

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

25.09.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super-resolution microscopy shows how new therapy turbocharges immune cells | Imperial News | Imperial College London A new study has uncovered how a class of cancer drugs called immune engagers can boost the body’s defences.

New paper in PNAS from @dandavis101.bsky.social lab with Khodor Hazime & @bristolmyerssquibb.bsky.social shows how immune engagers, reorganise immune cells’ surface receptors at the tiniest scales to help it fight tumours more effectively.

Congrats to the team!

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268793/...

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Our new paper, discussed here

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268793/...

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Audience Question: What does it take to win a Nobel prize? Roger Penrose: Be lucky. But also, you have to try to be deep and broad at the same time.

Roger Penrose talks to @profbriancox.bsky.social

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Nanoscale restructuring of the immune synapse with an engager enhances NK cell function | PNAS Engagers are antibody-based therapies which bind immune cell receptors and a target cell ligand. Next-gen engagers typically bind two activating re...

Our new paper, in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, on a Natural Killer cell immune therapy, is just published here:

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#immunesynapse #nkcells #immunetherapy #microscopy

19.09.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

New postdoc position available in my lab team! For microscopy of immune cells: please apply or repost or pass on: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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In case you’re interested, my new book about immune health is on sale now for a short time for Β£15

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847...

05.09.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 25th anniversary to us!

20.08.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For one day only - Wednesday August 20th - my new book is Β£1.99 . Self Defence: A myth-busting guide to immune health, here: www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Defence...

19.08.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

New academic faculty posts available at Imperial College London! Assistant/Associate Professors in Life Sciences. Please apply and/or circulate details!

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Signed copies now available in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Tottenham Court Road

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In this week’s Times Literary Supplement!

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In Woman’s Weekly!

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We’re at @latitudefestival.bsky.social - @prof-tregoning.bsky.social and I onstage at The Listening Post stage!

26.07.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Artist | Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever? Profs Daniel M Davis & John Tregoning: Boosting Immune Health – To Live, Well, Forever?

Coming to @latitudefestival.bsky.social β€” With @prof-tregoning.bsky.social. See you there www.latitudefestival.com/artists/prof...

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Humbled, honoured and absolutely thrilled, to receive an MBE for 'services to science communication'. Thanks so much everyone who has helped me. Especially my family.

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