#UniversityChallenge time for next point wins?

The authors show data indicating that soil extracts contain boba fide prion infectivity following inoculation into transgenic mice. IMO, this is some of the strongest evidence to date for environmental prions.

Our paper just out showing effects of LPS on #macrophages increases susceptibility to #prion infection by 100X nature.com/articles/s4159…

✨It’s Vaccine Engagement Day from British Society for Immunology✨ Join us as we #CelebrateVaccines & share evidence based resources about how vaccines work and improve public health 🙌

#CelebrateVaccines because #VaccinesWork For example, the HPV vaccine has slashed cervical cancer rates news.cancerresearchuk.org/2024/05/16/hpv…

#CelebrateVaccines because #VaccinesWork For example, a single dose of the MVA–BN smallpox vaccine significantly lowers the risk of Mpox virus infection in high-risk close contacts academic.oup.com/immunotherapya…

#CelebrateVaccines because #VaccinesWork For example, our systematic review of 50 independent studies suggests that the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA-1273 #mRNAvaccines confer robust protection against #COVID19 hospitalization academic.oup.com/immunotherapya…

First steps along the route to Everest Base Camp 🇳🇵 and already feeling insignificant compared to the porters

Everest (L), Lohtse (R) air much thinner here now

Measles is a serious disease. An increased number of #vaccine preventable measles cases has been recorded in Scotland. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Two shots of the MMR vaccine provides life-long protection against measles, and is estimated to have saved over 90 million lives.

A week of gigs this week, each very different. First up, Robbie Williams at Murrayfield. As Robbie himself said, it wasn't cool, but he certainly did entertain us!

Second gig of the week, this time #Morrissey in Glasgow. #morrisseytour2025

Fascinating read on the history of peer review. Great quote "anonymous reviewer considered the letter too speculative, more appropriate ‘over Martinis’ than in a communication to Journal of..." 🍸😆Apparently only became a requirement in @nature from 1973! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Kicked off the #LongestDayOfTheYear with a swim across Loch Lubnaig 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Back home in the fog in Edinburgh now 🌫🏰

Not a bad #sunset. Bali on the left and Java on the right

Fascinating study just out in nature reporting that lithium supplementation using lithium orotate may offer new hope for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and reversal of memory loss nature.com/articles/s4158…

By including older people in research studies, healthy ageing can be supported and underpinned by the best possible science. Find out more on how we and CARINA Network are supporting research into healthy ageing: immunology.org/news/british-s…

From livestock to wildlife, veterinary immunology is key to understanding the immune system. 🐷🐓🐑 Our Discovery Immunology Journal highlights for #IVIS2025 showcase research changing how we understand immunity across species. Read the blog here 👉 bit.ly/41BQkRO

Today marks 30 years of active postdoc+ research on prion diseases! The piece below describes how as an immunologist I made the switch from parasites to prions after completing my PhD. journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…