Our new review on gd T cell subsets and antigens.

Socially distanced team Christmas tea break

So thankful to receive my vaccine today! Go immune system!

"To move the field forward and translate findings to cures, immunologists must explore the whole body." go.nature.com/3hSvXdi

Dyed the 15year old’s hair today and enjoyed some time for myself reading Caitlin Moran More than a Woman, especially the chapter about parenting teenage children.

Don't forget 12-15s can 'Grab a Jab' TODAY (7 Nov) from 10am - 4pm at Edgbaston Vaccination Hub. No appointment is needed but you must come with a parent/guardian to have the jab. You must live in Birmingham and Solihull too. For info on the vaccine, see: orlo.uk/CqJfN

Boosted! Finally got to sample some mRNA after 2xAZ.

‼️Attention γδ T cell enthusiasts! We are recruiting a motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our team investigating innate-like and adaptive γδ T cells and their ligands: bit.ly/3IP3xf4 A 2nd postdoctoral position will be advertised in Jan. Get in touch if interested!

Our local Covid test centre was being dismantled when I walked by today. I guess the government has decided Covid is over?!?!

Very excited to share our study in Cell Reports on the transcriptional basis of peripheral blood Vδ1+ T cell adaptive differentiation. cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Team Willcox goes out for a meal 💃🏻 Was lovely to get everyone together to celebrate Jack McMurray passing his PhD viva recently 🎉 and to welcome Nekisa Zakeri to Birmingham!

At the Commonwealth Games women’s hockey England v Canada. Fun to see Uni of Birmingham campus and our neighbourhood from a new perspective!

Are you interested in multiple sclerosis, Epstein Barr virus, human endogenous retroviruses, B or T cells? We have some really exciting funded PhD and postdoctoral projects with Rachael Tarlinton. Get in touch.

Enjoyed the seminar by Vaggelis Bekiaris and subsequent discussion about innate vs adaptive gd T cells today. It’s not often we get a @forum_gd visitor in Birmingham!

New study on BTN3A1/BTN2A1/Vγ9Vδ2 TCR interactions out now in Cell Reports! @forum_gd We use mutagenesis, NMR and modelling to probe BTN2A1/3A1 IgV interactions. In a cool NMR expt we show that BTN2A1 IgV domain cannot bind simultaneously to BTN3A1 and TCR cell.com/cell-reports/f…

I came across the sciku project thescikuproject.com while reading for my PHCHE course and of course ended up spending loads of time writing scientific haikus! Here is my γδ based offering: gamma delta T mysterious immune cells what ligands are seen? @forum_gd

Check out our latest review on the Vγ9Vδ2 TCR mode of sensing PAg for detailed and updated info!! doi.org/10.1002/eji.20… Thomas Herrmann Carrie Willcox Willcox LAB European Journal of Immunology Wiley @forum_gd