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Denise Fitzgerald

@deefitzgerald.bsky.social
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Interested in how the immune system influences tissue damage and regeneration in the central nervous system. Prof of Neuroimmunology at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Particular interest in oligodendrocytes, myelin, Tregs. Views my own.

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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
as our programme and team becomes established. Closing date: 12 noon, Wed 26th Aug 2026. Please share, thank you! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
in collaboration with @futureneuro.bsky.social . This role will initially support lab start-up, collaborating with our exisiting lab at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and then focus on supporting wet-lab experimental work (discovery, clinical and translational studies)...
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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
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
support lab start-up, collaborating with our exisiting lab Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen's University Belfast and then focus on technical lab oversight/managment as our programme and team becomes established. Please share, thank you!
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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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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30 www.thetimes.com/article/6e58...
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HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30
There were no deaths from the disease among women aged 20 to 24 from 2020-2024, according to the research
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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
at TCD, funded by Research Ireland, spans discovery, clinical, translational and engaged research. We use human and murine experimental models and co-produce research with the public. Highly collaborative and committed to positive research culture. Informal enquiries to fitzgeraldlabtcd@gmail.com
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This team will partner with my existing team in Queen's University Belfast, embedded in the Northern Ireland MS Research Hub. Our focus is Regenerative Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis. We love T cells (especially Tregs), oligodendrocytes and myelin regeneration. This 5-year programme...
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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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ara-donia.bsky.social @ara-donia.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I am delighted to see this work published. A big thanks to everyone, particularly the excellent supervision of @lyons-lab.bsky.social, the work of co-first author @juliavdkorput.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators in Amsterdam and Oregon. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Myelin sheaths in the central nervous system can withstand damage and dynamically remodel
Myelin damage is a hallmark of several neurological disorders, but how it occurs remains to be fully understood. In this study, we found that early damage in zebrafish and rodent demyelination models ...
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Excellent advice
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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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Joe Sabatino @jsabatino37.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Overjoyed to share our new work exploring the antigen specificity of CSF-expanded CD8+ T cells in #multiplesclerosis #EBV in @natimmunol.nature.com #immunology 🧪🧵1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Antigen specificity of clonally enriched CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis - Nature Immunology
Sabatino and colleagues examine expanded CD8+ T cell clonotypes from a small cohort of multiple sclerosis patients. They identified several cognate peptide epitopes that derive from Epstein–Barr virus...
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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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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations!!
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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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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Can you add me to this starter pack please?
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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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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Hugely deserved, congratulations 🎉🎉
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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 · 05/10/2025
Huge congratulations Prof Dooley - delighted to hear of this so well deserved recognition!
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Phenomenal achievement
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Then moving from high to low budget (common at new PI stage) coupled with lots of unforeseen costs if setting up a new lab and the 'what if I mess this up' concern can make spending decisions challenging
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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I've experienced both and moving from low budget to high took some adjustment. More money to spend but greater expectations and shorter time frames for delivery.
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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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Denise Fitzgerald @deefitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Love this!
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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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