Immunology of the body cavities | Inflammation | Infection | Disease

Lancaster University, UK
A new study from the @JacksonJonesLab reveals a novel mechanism for anti-phospholipid antibody production within the pleural space in an induced model of the auto-immune disease #SLE #Lupus
🆕 Pericardial & mediastinal fast-associated lymphoid clusters are rapidly activated in an alkane induced model of systemic #lupus erythematosus Karolina Bentkowska @Alex_Hardgrave @NimuMacharia @LucyHJackson_J et al. @BLSLancasterUni @KirOxford #OA ➡️bit.ly/3ruuP6U
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A (very) belated Welcome to @IvoQueijo who started his Masters by Research @JacksonJonesLab in October. Ivo is investigating the relevance of chemokine source during inflammation within the pleural cavity. Exciting data on the way! 🔬
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Do you know any finished BSc/MSc/MRes students looking for a funded PhD? @CoffeltLab & I have a project investigating pleural gamma-delta T cells available @BLSLancasterUni from Oct' 23 - application details 👉lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate… Please RT far & fast due to tight deadline
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Jackson-Jones Lab retweeted
Today we said thank you and farewell to our amazing Research technician @Alex_Hardgrave who has been keeping everything sailing smoothly @JacksonJonesLab for the last couple of years. Best of luck in your new role at MRC Harwell, they’re lucky to have you ♥️
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We had the honour of hosting Laura in our group for her Final year Research Project- a very well deserved reflection of Laura's achievement as a student- CONGRATULATIONS
Replying to @BLSLancasterUni
Laura Gresty won the @RoyalSocBio Top Student Award - presented to the highest achieving student across Biosciences👇
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Every 10 seconds someone has a potentially life-threatening asthma attack in the UK. We need more research to change this so we are supporting @asthmalunguk’s ambition to see UK annual spend on lung research tripled #WorldAsthmaDay
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Busy week in the lab with 4 new UG students joining us to complete their research projects @BLSLancasterUni Our Biology with Psychology students pictured are working on microglial responses, a new area for the lab. We've learned a lot about #amyloid and #myelin this week
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The @UnterholznerLab, @JacksonJonesLab and Worthington groups were well represented at #BSI21 with posters from students Rebecca Barker, Nadia Iqbal and Megan Dooley #WomenInScience #Immunology
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Very happy to Welcome @NimuMacharia who has joined the @JacksonJonesLab @BLSLancasterUni I'm really excited for our next few years of pleural cavity research!
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This week we welcomed @Alex_Hardgrave to the group- Alex joins the Team as a Research Technician @BLSLancasterUni Here he is mid-experiment #Technician #Immunology #flowcytometry #confocal #macrophages
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We are recruiting! 3 year @The_MRC funded PDRA position available to study pleural cavity inflammation with us @BLSLancasterUni hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.… Applications via the link below - closing 14th July - RTs welcomed! #ECR #Immunology #PDRA #Job #Macrophages #Lipids #Metabolism
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We are hiring! Research Technician position available from July within our group working on macrophages, antibodies & inflammation, all details & applications 👇 Closes on 13th June ! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
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Jackson-Jones Lab retweeted
The Wilson Lab is hiring! Interested in parasites in the brain? Together with @KarineLeRoch1 the genomics, metabolomics and host cell environment of Toxoplasma recrudescence will be your playground in beautiful SoCal @UCRiverside Email me! Please RT! Merci! (Karine’s line!)
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We have an opening for a research technician to join our group to work on #immunology #macrophages and #IgM @BLSLancasterUni for more information and to apply, click on the link. Please RT! Apply by 15/11/20 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
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The Jackson-Jones lab will be recruiting a technician in the autumn- please contact Lucy directly if you have immunology experience & wish to discuss the position in advance of the official recruitment process. #ECR #Immunology #Technician #Job #Macrophage #antibodies
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#Immunologists, do you want to present your data in an very cool meeting? Submit an abstract to our virtual "Translational Immunology" meeting #LIGTransImmunol @bsicongress Deadline Friday afternoon! immunology.org/events/virtua…
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Jackson-Jones Lab retweeted
Our paper describing the effects of biological sex on the phenotypic identity and function of #Peritoneal_Macrophages is just out @SciImmunology. Thanks to all colleagues at @EdinUni_MeetCIR and beyond involved in this study! @EdinburghImmuno immunology.sciencemag.org/co…
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Today the JJ-lab waves Goodbye to #Technician Nadin @bleu__moonn who is moving on to an exciting new career in the #NHS. Thanks for all your hard work during the most challenging time the lab has known!
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