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British Association for Lung Research

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The British Association for Lung Research provides a focus for exchange of ideas between respiratory researchers. Registered Charity: SC010151

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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Check out the winner of the 2026 Nikon Small World in Motion competition, a microscopic look at the airway cilia from a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia, a genetic disorder that affects respiratory function: www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
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Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) | 2026 Small World in Motion Competition
Ning Xu - Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function.
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Simon Cleary @simoncleary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Grateful for any feedback or questions. Thanks to @acmedsci.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @bioimaginguk.bsky.social for funding that enabled this work - a result of the summer projects of talented undergraduate students Amy Rivers and Mahhum Saqib!
Co-authors Amy Rivers (left) and Mahhum Saqib (right) in the lab.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨 PostDoc Job Opportunity! Join Renata Jurkowska’s highly skilled and supportive team at Cardiff University as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Lung Tissue Imaging 🔬🫁 Work across lung biology, advanced microscopy & mechanobiology 📅 Apply by 4 Sept cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/23...
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations Dr Katy Roach and the team at @uniofleicester.bsky.social for a very successful #BALR26. It’s been a blast! Handing back the account to @meretelong.bsky.social, it’s been lovely to briefly be back on Comms. See you all next year! @drmanuplate.bsky.social
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
So sad that #BALR26 is over already! BALR Chair @amandatatler.bsky.social and conference organiser and BALR Secretary Dr Katy Roach delivering the closing remarks. We’ve had amazing science and lots of fun. If you missed it this year, don’t make the same mistake again!
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#BALR26 is coming to a close with the winners of the competitions! The early career prize goes to Dr Amanda Goodwin from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, the APF Prize goes to Dr Nancy Gomez, also from Nottingham, and the Mid-career prize goes to Dr Ruth Saunders from @uniofleicester.bsky.social! 🎉
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And we end the spoken sessions of #BALR26 with Prof Simon Johnson from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social talking about ‘Lung injury and repair in LAM: altering the balance’.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dr Ellen Forty from @asthmaandlung.org.uk now talking about ‘Funding, priorities, and partnership: using the Lung Research Grand Challenges to advance your research’ at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
At #BALR26, Partnering for progress, industry insights and lung research challenges. Dr Claire Goatman from BI is talking about Working with industry.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dr Drew Farr from @epicentr.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk is talking about how p63 regulates stem cell maintenance and age-associated functional decline in human airway basal cells, at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We now move to: ‘Breaking the cycle, from lung injury to emerging mechanisms. First up is Dr Maurice Dungey from @uniofleicester.bsky.social, talking about Targeted treatment for Mesothelioma.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Last but not least for the mid-career competition, here at #BAL26, Dr Robert Hall from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is presenting on Mapping the molecular lung response to biomass smoke using spatial transcriptomics.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Next up is Dr Panayiota Stylianou from @uniofleicester.bsky.social, talking about conservation of donor response profiles in cryopreserved lung tissue supported by initial metabolic and secretory cytokine analyses.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Day 3 of #BALR26 is underway with the Mod-career competition. The first speaker is Dr Ruth Saunders from @uniofleicester.bsky.social, talking about TGF and senesce in airway smooth muscle.
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Dr Amanda Tatler @amandatatler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Absolute pleasure to introduce the first keynote speaker at my first balr meeting as chairperson! And what a speaker to introduce 🤩 #balr2026
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Keynote speaker on day 2 of #BALR26 is Prof Anna Hansell from @uniofleicester.bsky.social: ‘From air pollution epidemiology to interdisciplinary research in respiratory health.’
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And finally at #BALR26 Kevin Liu from @imperialnhli.bsky.social is presenting on Spatial transcriptomics in IPF and genotype associate remodelling.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
At #BALR26 now: ‘From Injury to Fibrosis: Mechanisms of Dysregulated Lung Repair’. First up is Dr Nicola Robinson from @glasgow.ac.uk on ‘Lung repair in a new era of CF’
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And finally for the Postgraduate Competition at #BALR26, Sasha-Gaye Richards from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social on neutrophil recruitment, activation and CXCR1/2 regulation in LAM.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Next up in the #BALR26 postgraduate competition is Anita Valand from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, presenting her work on integration of SNPs, differential methylation and gene expression in IPF.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Continuing with one of BALR main aims, ECR support, we now have the Postgraduate Competition. The first speaker is Mathuscha Ratnasingham, from @uniofleicester.bsky.social
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And we conclude another outstanding session at #BALR26 with Dr Carl Whitfield from University of Manchester on ‘Linking lung physiology to function through patient-specific computational modelling’.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Prof @bindibrook.bsky.social from University of Nottingham and the @bioreme.bsky.social is presenting ‘Airway remodelling in asthma, tissue destruction in emphysema: two sides of the same coin 🪙? #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
‘Predicting the Breath: Computational and Experimental models of Lung Disease’. Prof Nick Hannan from University of Nottingham is now presenting Immune-competent, stem-cell derived models of the Lung.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Last but not least in this #BALR26 session, Dr Simon Lea from University of Manchester on how inhaled particulate matter affects macrophage dysfunction.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dr Helen Davies from @yorkuniversity.bsky.social talking about a new computational model for predicting asthma exacerbation risk from indoor air pollution at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Exhaust is not the only source of vehicle-generated particles, nor the main one. Prof Matthew Loxham at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Prof Matthew Loxham from @unisouthampton.bsky.social kicks off ‘The air we breathe: environmental drivers of lung disease’ at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Day 2 of #BALR26 is ready to kick off!
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And we conclude this session with Dr @dustin-bagley.bsky.social from King’s College London at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Next up Prof @louisedresp.bsky.social from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social talking about Lung damage driving COPD #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
So what have we learnt you ask? Here’s a summary of this excellent talk by Prof Martin Tobin at #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Now at #BALR26, Three forces shaping lung disease: Genetics. Damage, and Mechanisms of Repair. First up is Prof Martin Tobin from Leicester talking about what we have learnt from 18 years of consortium genome-wide association studies of lung function.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
‘Understanding Disease Mechanisms Guides Personalised Therapy’ #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
BALR Chair @amandatatler.bsky.social introducing the keynote speaker Prof Ian Adcock, talking about Multi-omics to explore airway disease. #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And we’re off! Organiser Katy Roach is welcoming everyone to Leicester. #BALR26
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The hottest respiratory conference of the year is about to kick off! If you are not coming due to the heat, trains shenanigans or poor life choices, fear not, keep an eye on this account and we will make sure to give you all the FOMO.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨 Last chance! Registration for the BALR Summer Meeting closes today. Join us in Leicester for 3 days of innovative #RespiratoryResearch. Thanks to Dr Katy Roach and the University of Leicester team for a fantastic programme! 🫁 Register now: www.balr.co.uk/meetings 🫁
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Abstract submissions close for #BTSWinter2026 tonight ⬇️ www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/education-an... #EarlyCareerResearchers submitting the best basic, translational or clinical research are eligible for the BTS/BALR/A+LUK Early Career Investigator Competition! #BritishThoracic @asthmaandlung.org.uk
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Abstracts | British Thoracic Society | Better lung health for all
The British Thoracic Society exists to improve standards of care for people who have respiratory diseases and to support and develop those who provide that care.
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🚨Just 1 day to go until the deadline⏰ Turn discovery into impact- science moves forward when we come together! Don’t miss out on #BALR2026 Summer Meeting registration 🫁⬇️ balr.co.uk/meetings #RespiratoryResearch #LungScience #ResearchCommunity
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Final call! Abstract submissions for #BALR2026 close today 🫁⬇️ See you in Leicester!
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Don’t miss your chance to showcase your research at this year’s BALR Summer Meeting at the University of Leicester! 🫁 ⏰ Final call: abstract submission deadline is TOMORROW Get involved, share your work, and be part of the conversation shaping #RespiratoryResearch
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Missed the BALR 2026 abstract deadline? There’s still time! ⏰ Submissions are now open until Thursday 30th April. Join us at #BALR2026 at @uniofleicester.bsky.social er, hosted by Dr Katy Roach and team. We’d love to see your work there! #RespiratoryResearch #Science #UniversityofLeicester
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
⏰Just 1 day left to submit your #RespiratoryResearch abstract for #BALR2026 this June! Need 1 more reason to join us in Leicester? Check out the full programme ⬇️ packed with exciting #RespiratoryScience and opportunities for you to share your work! www.balr.co.uk/meetings
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The countdown to #BALR2026 #conference continues! ⏰ 2 days left to submit your abstracts! With 2 great opportunities to present your #RespiratoryScience in oral or poster sessions, and prizes across career stages, join us in Leicester- a city with over 2 millennia of history!
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Great idea for a short-term project in #RespiratoryScience, providing students with high-quality research experience? We’d love to fund it! 🫁 Just 3 days left to apply for a BALR joint studentship to fund a project in Summer 2026 ⬇️☀️
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The countdown to the #BALR2026 is on! ⏰ 3 days left to submit your abstract! 🌟 3 award categories for presentations (Postgraduate, Early and Mid-Career) 🔬3 exciting keynote sessions 🗓️3 days packed with #RespiratoryScience Submit your #Research today!
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
From discovering DNA fingerprints to uncovering a king under a car park 🧬 👑 Leicester knows a thing or two about breakthroughs. Be part of the next one! Just one week left to submit your #RespiratoryResearch abstracts for #BALR2026 at @uniofleicester.bsky.social 🫁⬇️ #Science #Lungs #ECR
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British Association for Lung Research @balrcommunity.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NOW OPEN: Abstract submission & registration for BALR 2026 in Leicester (23–25 June) 🫁 Abstract deadline: 17 April 🫁 Registration deadline: 30 May From genes to environment, injury to repair, and models to new mechanisms www.balr.co.uk/meetings #BALR2026 #RespiratoryScience
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