Getting the band back together 😊

Commensal lysis fuels STm.#Salmonella Typhimurium-induced inflammation increases aspartate,which fuels STm growth. #Microbiota killing upon inflammatory response increases aspartate, allowing STm to overcome competitors Nic Shealy Woongjae Yoo Mariana Byndloss cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Hypoxia limits C. albicans. Anaerobiosis limits growth of C. albicans. #Antibiotic disruption of anaerobiosis drives C. albicans bloom, which can be prevented w/probiotic bacteria that respire oxygen or pharmacological restoration of anaerobiosis Andreas Baumler cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Congratulations to Barry Bradford and the team! 🎉🥳 Our study on CD44 and CNS #prion disease is out now in Scientific Reports rdcu.be/dKNNb

Our new research - showing that babies lack nasal protection against Respiratory Syncytial Virus, due to their low levels of cathelicidin expression - is now published in Scientific Reports. Free Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s41598… The Centre for Inflammation Research Institute for Regeneration and Repair Edinburgh Infectious Diseases

Junior Research Group Leader with University of Würzburg - Come join us! Würzburg offers a fantastic collaborative and supportive environment with many outstanding scientists. Great place to start your independence - contact me if you have questions! nature.com/naturecareers/…

Congratulations to ⁦WT-HPGH⁩ student Guy Oldrieve for winning the Ker memorial prize for his PhD research at the 2024 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases annual symposium! ⁦Edinburgh Infectious Diseases⁩ ⁦Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh⁩ ⁦Wellcome⁩

It’s about to happen! Congratulations to all the university of Edinburgh grads!

Perfect weather for a BBQ here the Kings Buildings! ☀️😎 Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh King's Buildings (Ps: please fix the electric grills.)

First insights into the Neolithic plague epidemic that ravaged early farmers and likely paved the way for a Yamnaya expansion. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Congratulations to our recent graduate and PIGlet, Helmi, who has successfully completed her dissertation in our lab and has been interning with us for the past month. We are incredibly proud of her achievements! 🥳🥳

I am happy to share our latest review article on bile acids and the microbiota modulating host immunity. Great effort by Mike Lee, together with Sean-Paul Nuccio, Ipsita Mohanty, Lee Hagey, Pieter Dorrestein, and Dr. Hiutung Chu 朱曉彤 @chulab.bsky.social. Here is a link with the full text: rdcu.be/dNQbW

Great visit today to see the microbiology labs at Scottish Water 🚰🧫 What a massive operation - so much water testing! 👏🏼 All in prep for honours projects next year on urban water and #AMR around #Edinburgh. 🌊 Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Institute of Immunology & Infection 👩🏼‍🔬🥼💊💩

First show of the #Fringe! ✅ Great show by Jens Radda, Skank Sinatra, with wiebke_nahrendorf. 💅🏼 & 🍺

Exciting post doc with the Lamberton Lab on population genetics of Onchocerca, inc. sibship analyses & within host spatial distributions Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Arne Jacobs, Barrett_Lab & @ JamesCotton (with potential 2 more years on a schistosomiasis project). jobs.ac.uk/job/DJC635/res…

How can something so big be so quiet? Because we are still living in a bubble that shields us from experiencing the threat - but not for long: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

📢 Two days to go until the first EIG mini-symposia! Looking forward to welcoming you to Institute for Regeneration and Repair this Thursday at 13:30, Seminar Room 1.05. 🎯IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU British Society for Immunology

Is this how you pumpkin? 🤓