Lecturer of Respiratory and Precision Medicine, Division of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester focusing on the pathophysiology of IPF

And poster prize winners Phoebe Ross from @cardiffuni and Gunjan Jaiaprasat from @uniofleicester 🎉
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Congratulations @drkatyroach and the team at @uniofleicester for a very successful #BALR26. It’s been a blast! Handing back the account to @MereteLong, it’s been lovely to briefly be back on Comms. See you all next year! @DrManuPlate
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Continuing with one of BALR main aims, ECR support, we now have the Postgraduate Competition. The first speaker is Mathuscha Ratnasingham, from @uniofleicester.
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After a day and a half of hard work, it is time to relax and enjoy some delicious food and lovely music at the #BALR26 conference dinner!
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Next up is Dr Panayiota Stylianou from @uniofleicester, talking about conservation of donor response profiles in cryopreserved lung tissue supported by initial metabolic and secretory cytokine analyses.
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#BALR26 is coming to a close with the winners of the competitions! The early career prize goes to Dr @AmandaTGoodwin from @UniofNottingham, the APF Prize goes to Dr Nancy Gomez, also from Nottingham, and the Mid-career prize goes to Dr Ruth Saunders from @uniofleicester! 🎉
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Now at #BALR26, Three forces shaping lung disease: Genetics. Damage, and Mechanisms of Repair. First up is Prof Martin Tobin from @uniofleicester talking about what we have learnt from 18 years of consortium genome-wide association studies of lung function.
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Next up Prof @LouiseDResp from @ImperialNHLI about Lung damage driving COPD #BALR26
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Supporting and promoting early career respiratory scientists is a major part of our charitable aims. And so we kick off the first of our competitions at #balr2026 the early career researcher competition with dr Rohan Paranjpe from University of Nottingham
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And we’re off! Organiser @drkatyroach is welcoming everyone to Leicester. #BALR26
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New preprint: KCa3.1 in aortic stenosis. Our data suggest this channel contributes to pro-fibrotic activation in valve cells, and that inhibition may attenuate these responses. Excited to put it out for discussion and feedback. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Missed the BALR 2026 abstract deadline? There’s still time! ⏰ Submissions are now open until Thursday 30th April. Join us at #BALR2026 at @uniofleicester, hosted by @drkatyroach and team. We’d love to see your work there! #RespiratoryResearch #Science #UniversityofLeicester
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We are delighted to host the Annual British Association of Lung Research (BALR) Conference 2026 at University of Leicester - 23rd to 25th June 2026. Just 1 day left to submit your #RespiratoryResearch abstract - check out the program here balr.co.uk/meetings
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Exciting PhD opportunity at the @uniofleicester exploring the mechanisms of fibrosis across organs. If you’re passionate about translational science and multi-omics research, I’d love to hear from you! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… #findaphd #PhD
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Our exciting new publication - TGFβ1 generates a pro-fibrotic proteome in human lung parenchyma that ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📢The BALR is thrilled to welcome @drkatyroach as our new Secretary and @EmilyRCash as new PhD Rep. Thank U @kyliebelchamber, Chloe Hughes and @DocMoschos who are stepping down from their current committee positions. More about BALR and its committee: balr.co.uk/about
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Published Review article - The Role of TRP Channels in Lung Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @UoLRespSci @LeicesterBRC #pulmonaryfibrosis #science @ActionPFcharity
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A really interesting paper released by Prof. Peter Bradding and colleagues highlighting The effects of inhaled corticosteroids on healthy airways. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #asthma #Respiratory #lungs #UoL
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Dr Katy Roach retweeted
In symposia we have @drkatyroach chairing and @amandatatler speaking in the BTS/BALR session, and @sarah_diver delivering an impressive talk on the microbiome in asthma in the Churchill room. #BTSWinter2023 #Respisbest
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Excited to chair the first session @BTSrespiratory @BALRcommunity BTS/BALR symposium with @TomlinsonOwen
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