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Diana E Matei

@dianaematei.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Rosser group at UCL investigating the role of dietary and bacterial metabolites in arthritis with a focus on B cell development and function 🔬🧑‍🔬🥦🦠

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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolute joy to come back from A/L to another amazing @london-immuno.bsky.social meeting - this year on signals and senses woo metabolites and stuff 😄 Of course loved the talk from our very own @bcellsrosser.bsky.social 🤩 earlier and now onto cool pollution effects from @sheencr.bsky.social 🧐
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
So excited for all that this new journal section and @bcellsrosser.bsky.social are about to bring to the table 😍💪
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Woo!
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
⌛️ 5 days to go! Submit your abstract for our event with @london-immuno.bsky.social here: vist.ly/59p7t
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Meanwhile the person who broke Britain 10 years ago. Irony is dead.
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We have a new YouTube Channel! Please follow and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/channel/UChp... We'll be highlighting our amazing researchers across career stages with short interviews each month… taking over from our BlueSky Highlights….
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Ageing Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine
Based within the UCL Division of Medicine, The Department of Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine combines different disciplines to improve health and find new cures for disease. Our departmen...
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Reposted our new tube channel! Check the thread out for our new interview with @drsianh.bsky.social
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domearlycareers.bsky.social @domearlycareers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Ticket update: 1/3 sold - with limited spaces reserved specifically for DoM early Career researchers, get yours now!
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domearlycareers.bsky.social @domearlycareers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Babe wake up, new ECR Away Day programme just dropped. If you like what you see, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecr-away-d...
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Fantastic to see this important conversation tackled head on. How will medical research be changed by AI…. Hoping more comments like these will become common place as we tackle this huge change in our field.
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What a conference!! Thank you @britsocimm.bsky.social Immunometabolism affinity group for an amazing 2 days in Newcastle for #UKimmunomet26 - learned so much and met even more amazing people it was the best! 🤩🤓🤩
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Indeed 2 in Newcastle, 2 in Lubeck - proper Rosser representation across Europe 😁 - here’s to coming back with all the ideas as usual! 🤩
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As much as I’m so excited for the #UKimmunomet26 @britsocimm.bsky.social leaving her was trickier this time because the whole walk was ‘but I just wanna come with you mumma I just want to come with you😭’ 😳🥹 Also equally excited and worried about presenting in the postdoc bright sparks sesh 😬✨
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Don’t miss the latest publication from @bcellsrosser.bsky.social @dianaematei.bsky.social on GPR183-dependent B cell responses in SLE pathology. Congrats to the team!
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We're excited to share our latest publication on immune dysfunction in refractory MG! Huge shoutout to the brilliant clinical scientist @katycdodd.bsky.social - from patient recruitment across the country to experiments and data analysis, you did it all! Can't wait to see what you do next 🌟
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Check out @madhvimenon.bsky.social 🌟 new paper on refractory myasthenia gravis - such an important unmet need. Congratulations Madhvi and the whole team!
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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Go team! @heather--cross.bsky.social and @ciurtinlab.bsky.social presenting at the @mrc-lms.bsky.social Sex Differences in Biology Symposium! @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congrats @bcellsrosser.bsky.social @dianaematei.bsky.social and team!
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It was indeed an adventure but we made it past the finish line and here's hoping for some impact! 🎉 Please have a read, do you now believe it's important to sex segregate your data? ♀️♂️
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Got immune metabolism research to share? Submit an abstract for our UK immunometabolism meeting 2026 taking place 16-17 April 2026. The deadline is next Thursday, 5 March, so don't miss out! #UKimmunomet26 Submit and register here: bit.ly/493uE45
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Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Did you know that some of the immune mechanisms involved in eyes and joints are related? Visit the new website of one of our brilliant researchers, Dr Lizzy Rosser, and her team to find out how! rosserlab.com/eyes--joints...
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy Women and Girls in Science Day! To honour the occasion.... we're launching our website - rosserlab.com. Have a look around, it's designed for young people who participate in our studies, their families and other scientists. HUGE thanks @hlpeks.bsky.social for designing it 🤠
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy women and girls in science daaay!! Always an absolute pleasure to be surrounded by you all 🤩🙌
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 12/01/2026
Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes. From @hlpeks.bsky.social, @emmaschambers.bsky.social, @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Ciurtin et al. 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/... 📘 In 2025: The Year in Experimental Medicine rupress.org/jem/collecti...
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Amazing study, great data, a must read! 👏🎉
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Altered B cell activation contributes to the immunopathogenesis of childhood arthritis-associated uveitis @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dr Emma S Chambers @emmaschambers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am delighted to introduce the 'ImmunoPause' consortium. This is a collection of immunologists who are working on understanding how the immune system changes during the menopause. An important yet understudied research area. immunopause.my.canva.site#home
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UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health @uclchildhealth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Study sheds new light on sight-threatening arthritis in children @uclnews.bsky.social @greatormondst.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...
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Study sheds new light on sight-threatening arthritis in children
A team led by UCL researchers with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found B cells—alongside T cells—play a key role in arthritis-related eye disease (JIA uveitis), a co...
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UCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Wow! What a week.. our #BSI25 Congress in stats: 3 invited talks 3 selected for abstracts for short talks 1 lunch industry talk and… 14 posters! Not bad for a department less than 1 yr old 👏🏼
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Yes I’m reposting myself! Vote!!!
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And we've officially reached the end of #BSI25 🤩 Thank you @britsocimm.bsky.social cannot wait for the next one! Now let's go put all we learnes into practice 😁🙌
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Always a pleasure to catch up on collaborators work and see what they do with tissues we share 😊 great work Chloe and cannot wait to see what comes next! 👏🤩 #BSI25
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Incredibly proud of @hollysedgwick.bsky.social for a fantastic presentation at the Bright Sparks in Immunology PhD session #BSI25
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Second @bcellsrosser.bsky.social talk #BSI25 and so proud to have helped with this amazing project for Vicky's PhD! It's all about the gut ofc 😁👏👏
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The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Congrats to @bcellsrosser.bsky.social et al. for one of @arthritisuk.bsky.social's top research outputs for 2025. 🗳️Now vote Click below and choose 5️⃣ (other papers are available, but today we are unashamedly biased and proud of Lizzy's excellent work) www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 02/12/2025
Congratulations to the authors! Find the original paper here by @hlpeks.bsky.social et al. 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Sex hormones and chromosomes work in tandem to impact immune responses, with estrogen influencing class-switched memory B cell frequency exclusively in ind
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Now more than usual (since I'm considering applying for a sex-differences based fellowship) I enjoyed and appreciated @ciurtinlab.bsky.social talk #BSI25! We really really need to sex-dissegregate our data!! ♂️♀️
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Very excited to see this very fresh and preliminary data out in the wild #BSI25 and hope many got to see and appreciate - very well done Ben!! 👏💪 @bcellsrosser.bsky.social
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Loving #BSI25, especially @ciurtinlab.bsky.social and @emmaschambers.bsky.social highlighting our paper in @jem.org is one of #ArthritisUK top research output of ‘25! If you have 5 minutes, give us a vote (number 5) below, sex differences in the immune system: www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...
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Research Highlight of the Year
Arthritis UK Research Highlight of the Year: celebrate the outstanding work that’s made a real impact over the past year.
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Too many good talks so hard to choose #BSI25! For now let's see how our @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social HoD Derek Gilroy presents the great story of @oliviabracken.bsky.social 's PhD 👏🤩
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Excited for all the amazing talks at the #BSI25! Here we go with the most special of them - #BrightSparks 👏 PS this venue is insane!!
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Diana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Left too early today for #BSI25 so slight change in the 'walk me out' pic 😁 we'll take the Bluey jammie no worries and here's to all the amazing immunology from all across the country 🤩🥰
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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Delighted to share our new @natrevrheum.nature.com article: “Insights into the pathogenesis of childhood-onset SLE in the past decade” Grateful to an amazing team of co-authors and editors for building and shaping this work. We hope it helps the field and guides future discoveries.
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Carers In STEMM @carersinstemm.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Less than 3 weeks until our final report launch event 9th Dec. (London) 10am We will be welcoming a fantastic panel: 🌟Jo O'Leary (UKRI) 🌟Sara Mole (UCL) 🌟John Tregoning (Imperial) 🌟Katie Perry (Daphne Trust) 🌟Jennie Evans (BSI) 🌟Ilaria Meazzini (RSC) Register here: www.carersinstemm.co.uk
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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Join us at the Wellness Walkthrough: A Community Health Fair this 📆 Saturday, 1st November (🕛 12–4 PM) at 📍Castlemere Community Centre, Rochdale! 🔬 @madhvimenon.bsky.social will be there to discuss her research exploring how the immune system drives #COPD and other chronic diseases. #ImmunoSky
Wellness Walkthrough: A Community Health Fair, Saturday, 1st November (12–4 PM) at Castlemere Community Centre, Rochdale.

Dr Madhvi Menon from the Lydia Becker Institute will be in attendance to discuss her research exploring how the immune system drives #COPD and other chronic diseases. #ImmunoSky
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Fantastic meeting in Paris yesterday with @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social. Was an absolute pleasure to share our data and make new connections in this important space ✨
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Dr Emma S Chambers @emmaschambers.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace....
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Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Rosser team takes its fake blood on the road! Olive oil prep and a hand crank centrifuge as our primary learning tool 😹 thanks to the @medresfdn.bsky.social and @newscientist.com live for a rewarding experience 👀
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Immune Sex Differences @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Today we meet face to face for the first time!
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George Robinson @georgearobinson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Catch these fantastic session openers from @heather--cross.bsky.social and @bcellsrosser.bsky.social this morning, both presenting sex differences #immunosky research from @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social!
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