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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Job alert (please share): Research Assistant in Regenerative Neuroimmunology lab in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Our Multiple Sclerosis research team in Dublin is growing! We're hiring a Research Assistant to work with our new team in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin...

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Updated link to our research Assistant job in Regenerative Neuroimmunology in our new lab at Trinity College Dublin my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Job alert: Research Assistant in Regenerative Neuroimmunology lab in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. We're hiring a Research Assistant to work with our new team in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. This role will initially

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This was super fun to write! The book is out today :)

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Exciting times ahead - we're officially opening a second lab in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with @futureneuro.bsky.social . We'll soon be recruiting Postdocs and Research Assistants. We're particularly keen to hear from glial/oligodendrocyte/myelin biologists!

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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · 10/06/2026

Seven major new Rinn centres have been announced today by Minister James Lawless. The Rinn will focus on Advanced Therapies, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Medical Devices, Pharma & Biopharma, Quantum, & Semiconductor technologies. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/rinn-ne...

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Ulster Immunology Group of the BSI @uigimmuno.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We are delighted to announce the programme for our one-day, in person event, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Society for Immunology. This will feature invited speakers, poster presentations and industry support. 📆Monday 27th April 2026 📍Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast

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lyons-lab.bsky.social @lyons-lab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Latest offering. How myelin ensheathes axons! Born from chat with Dwight Bergles on "weird things" we saw oligodendrocytes do, like making "bridges" between sheaths. Driven forward by Cody Call, Kelly Monk, and myelin folks @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Enjoy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Flexible ensheathment of axons enables myelination of complex CNS networks - Nature

The rate of axon ensheathment varies within individual myelinating processes, resulting in chains of myelin sheaths connected by bridges consisting of thin cytoplasmic processes that provide&nbsp...

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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 03/04/2026

Glia gang, this is for you! In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). 🧠📈 microns-explorer.org

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🚨Job alert - please share🚨 Senior Research Fellow (Programme Manager, Neuroimmunology), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Are you an experienced researcher keen for a unique challenge? Want to help set up and lead a new neuroimmunology research team/lab in TCD...

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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · 02/03/2026

Research Ireland's new Strategy: Curiosity, Capability, Competitiveness – Charting Ireland’s Research and Innovation Future, aims to build a research and innovation system that delivers prosperity for the people of Ireland. Read the full Strategy: www.researchireland.ie/strategy/ #ResearchIreland

Cover of the Research Ireland Strategy, showing an aerial photograph of Ireland, with the Research Ireland and Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science logos; and the text: Curiosity, Capability, Competitiveness - Charting Ireland's Research and Innovation Future

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Recommendations for where to advertise Postdoc jobs for wide reach these days? Free and fee-based suggestions welcomed. Jobs based Ireland in neuroimmunology.Thanks!

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Viki Male @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Among almost 60,000 women aged 18 - 45 in one Swedish county, #Covid #Vaccination did not affect the chance of getting or staying #pregnant. I know of at least a dozen studies that have shown this, but this is by far the biggest! I spoke to @lizszabo.bsky.social

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Large study finds COVID-19 shots don’t affect fertility

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Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine @wwiem-qub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🧪 Want to discover what science really does for your health? Join the Love Your Health event on Sat 14 Feb, 1–4:30pm! Meet local scientists, try hands-on activities & explore research that matters to ALL ages. 💡👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 #NIScienceFest nisciencefestival.com/event/love-y...

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Love Your Health: | NI Science Festival

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We want to develop a Centre of Excellence for MS Research in Northern Ireland, and we want to hear your opinions! Please share! Next Meeting: 29th January 2026 You will be reimbursed for travel expenses. For more information, contact: info@msresearchni.co.uk #multiplesclerosis #MSResearchNI

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🎂 What a nice b-day surprise: 🏆 Congrats to Chengyu Zou on this timely and outstanding Cell Perspective on regulatory T cells. 🧬 Perfectly aligned with the Nobel spotlight on Tregs. Source: Zou C. et al., Cell (2026). authors.elsevier.com/c/1mPZDL7PXu...

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Emma Evergren @evergren.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🔬 PhD Opportunity in Cancer Cell Biology 🔬 Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious scientist looking for a PhD project in cancer cell biology? Apply to join as a PhD student in Emma Evergren's group to help tackle fundamental questions in cancer cell biology. Apply by 30 January lnkd.in/eDrBp-J9

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We're delighted that Professor Sarah Tabrizi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025. Her team's global trial at @ucl-hd.bsky.social showed a new Huntington’s treatment could slow progression by 75%.

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‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy

Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

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@KingOfPathogens @kingofpathogens.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

In the year that Tregs get the respect they deserve - here is our contribution to help understand what regulates their homeostasis. One for lovers of cytokines and Tregs! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

At AIMSRN2025, our team highlighted why the eye matters in MS research. Catch up on the talks via the YouTube links below - worth a watch! Dr Gavin McDonnell www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtm... Dr. Michelle Naughton www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-f4... Dr Lajos Csincsik www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5D...

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Could the eye be a window to the brain in MS? Dr. Michelle Naughton, Queens University Belfast

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Earlier this month, we trained on the new M2OCT at the NI Clinical Research Facility-thanks to Imagine Eyes! This hi-res tech will boost eye research in MS, glaucoma, Alzheimer’s & more, led by Queen’s University Belfast. Thanks to our funders incl. Jules Thorn Trust & iREACH Health! #MSResearchNI

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Last week, Prof. Imre Lengyel and Dr. Lajos Csincsik joined the Eyes on the Brain meeting hosted by Optos in Edinburgh to explore how eye imaging and AI could help detect and monitor brain and nerve conditions, including MS. Thanks to Optos for the invitation and inspiring discussions! #MS #retina

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🔬 Last month, our NI MS Research Hub team shared how the retina may help us better understand Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We presented at the World Sight Day & Pan-Ireland Ophthalmic Meeting in Belfast — a great chance to link eye and brain health to support people with MS. 👁️🧠 #MSResearchNI #WSD2025

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MS Research NI @msresearchni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🎉 Huge congrats to Nira for winning Best Postdoctoral Research Talk at the Irish Society of Immunology Conference in Galway! 👏 She presented exciting work on how the brain repairs itself in MS, highlighting immune receptors that support remyelination. #MSResearchNI @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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adesmazieres.bsky.social @adesmazieres.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Join the Glia community on bluesky go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I hope this Nobel Prize gets people talking meaningfully about our amazing immune systems and the importance of basic research to human health (and funding basic research). I am also glad young women get to see that women can not only work at this level, but that those who do can get recognized.

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Oh how sad Really a towering figure, whose work laid the ground for stem cells, regenerative biology etc I go to know him well over many years and he was definitely one-of a-kind...

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Great summary on the back story to this year's Nobel Prize

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Fantastic thread on budgeting from @labliston.bsky.social . Great advice for new (and not so new!) PIs. I would add awareness of how psychology impacts spending based on moving from low budget to high budget setting and vice versa....

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine @wwiem-qub.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Step inside an immersive experience to learn about the global threat of antimicrobial resistant infections, how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics and the research from @wwiem-qub.bsky.social at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to fight it. Where: W5, 2 Queens Quay Belfast When: 1st-15th Sep

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Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC. We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail. @Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

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Horizon Europe 2028 - 2034: twice bigger, simpler, faster and more impactful

Research and innovation news alert: As part of the next long-term EU budget 2028-2034, the Commission is proposing to double the budget of the research and innovation framework programme to €175 billi...

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Catz Fellow ‪@labliston.bsky.social‬ (2023) is celebrating a £3M @wellcometrust.bsky.social‬ Discovery Award for research into the rules by which immune cells in our blood are able to enter the brain & drive repair processes during #MultipleSclerosis 📸 Louisa Wood/@babrahaminst.bsky.social‬

Professor Adrian Liston with Dr James Dooley in their lab

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Had a great conversation with @lonelypipette.bsky.social and @labliston.bsky.social about building positive research culture. Great to hear the other perspectives on this podcast too. Out now on the ALBA-IBRO diversity podcast @network-alba.bsky.social

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

An interview with Muzlifah Haniffa We spoke to Muzz @mhaniffa.bsky.social following her receipt of the 2025 Tickle Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social‬ , to learn more about her career and her motivations: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Soyon Hong @soyonhonglab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Dear immune/glia lovers of brain, gut and beyond… We’re looking for a lab tech/manager to join our team! Pls see details for application here ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… @ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social - pls help circulate among networks who’d be of interest, thank you!

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Fantastic meeting in Cambridge and really impressive ECR talks!

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is delighted to share that The #BNA2027 International Festival of Neuroscience, will be held in the vibrant city of #Belfast @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @nramnani.bsky.social Register your interest at bna2027.org.uk www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...

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Queen's University Belfast @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Yesterday, we were proud to launch a new research hub dedicated to tackling #MultipleSclerosis. The Northern Ireland MS Research Hub will bring together a collaborative team of experts to help accelerate globally leading research and improve the lives of people affected by the condition.

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Northern Ireland’s first MS Research Hub launches as local team gets funding boost

Multiple sclerosis (MS) research in Northern Ireland (NI) is to be boosted by the launch of a new research hub dedicated to tackling the condition.

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Lida Zoupi @lidazoupi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Our new pipeline is out! We present an ex vivo versatile platform for assessing myelin dynamics of hiPSC oligodendroglia. 🔗 Check it out @STARProtocols: doi.org/10.1016/j.xp... @erinmgibson.bsky.social @annawilliamslab.bsky.social collaboration lead by Themis Tsarouchas!

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Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine @wwiem-qub.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Do you want to join us for our Online Student Programme iENGAGE? Applications Open NOW!!!! You'll have 6 weeks of virtual summer student experience in our research areas across WWIEM

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