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Sophie Acton

@actonlab.bsky.social

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Professor of Immunology /Cancer Research UK Senior Fellow @MRC_LMCB @UCL | Lymphoid tissue biology #immunity #cancer | #SciArt | @CRUKresearch

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Latest preprint now online! doi.org/10.64898/202... Veronika Lachina generates a vertex model to integrate active cellular forces and passive extracellular mechanics to produce rapid, cyclical tissue remodelling Collaboration with the brilliant @yanlanmao.bsky.social at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Please share your opinions - students, postdocs, group leaders! we're collecting data on the funding and publishing landscape in the UK - following up on data from 3 years ago. Are things improving? or not? please follow the link below and share your thoughts docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

more information here:

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

To apply, please email the following as one PDF document to Olive Byrne (o.byrne@ucl.ac.uk):

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

*Recruiting new group leaders* The @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London are looking for outstanding candidates to sponsor for career development fellowships. Fellows would then be assessed for tenured positions at the end of the fellowship term.

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Lovely trip to @institutcurie.bsky.social this week for student viva. Paris in the sunshine ☀️

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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Our latest preprint! - led by @makris1.bsky.social we find that Podoplanin expression in lymphoid tissue fibroblasts regulated their inflammatory signalling and crosstalk with immune cell populations doi.org/10.1101/2022...

single cell RNAseq data showing shifts in fibroblast phenotypes after genetic deletion of Podoplanin in lymph node stroma.

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