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Dr Helen Wright

@drhelenwright.bsky.social
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Former academic at University of Liverpool - neutrophils, inflammation, metabolomics, transcriptomics #academicsky 🧪 #Immunosky also keen gardener #allotment 🌱

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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Allotment maths is making chutney with two courgettes, then visiting the plot. Now you have three more courgettes 😂 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The courgettes have gone absolutely mad this year at the allotment. Must have picked 50+ in the last month. I’ve had 12 in the last 48h. 😂
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
And here it is, new paper on the role of non-coding RNAs in regulating neutrophil gene expression and function in systemic lupus erythematosus academic.oup.com/jleukbio/art... #immunosky 🧪
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A role for noncoding RNAs and alternative splicing in the regulation of neutrophil activation and gene expression in systemic lupus erythematosus
SLE neutrophil transcriptome and activated phenotype is regulated by small noncoding RNAs and alternative splicing of genes.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Absolutely thrilled my last academic paper has been accepted for publication today. It was a fun and interesting project with Dr Grace Filbertine, and some fab new collaborations. Watch this space! #neutrophils #SLE #snoRNA #immunosky 🧪
Image shows Dr Helen Wright and Dr Grace Filbertine smiling in front of an almost perfect nanodrop RNA reading.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Beautiful elephant hawk moth trapped under netting on my allotment this morning. What a treasure 🧡 🌱
Elephant hawk moth
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My cactus flowered and I’m ridiculously excited about it 🌵 🌺 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Proud to share the 2nd PhD paper from @gnna.bsky.social We performed RNAseq & assays (ROS,NETs, chemotaxis, killing) to describe inflammatory #neutrophils in people with #frailty academic.oup.com/cei/article/...
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Altered neutrophil signalling linked to impaired chemotaxis and increased ROS and NET production in older people with frailty
In this study we have combined RNAseq with functional experiments to describe the phenotype of neutrophils from people with frailty. We found that frailty
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
New paper from @gnna.bsky.social investigating altered neutrophil metabolism in healthy ageing & frailty. We found signatures of neutrophil activation, lipid metabolism & oxidative stress. #immunosky @vivensa.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Using 1H NMR metabolomics, we measured polar and lipid metabolites from human blood neutrophils from people with frailty (n = 31, mean age 84Y), people with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 16, mean age 55Y...
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
New paper from PhD student Sarah Shirley & @jmadine.bsky.social on the role of neutrophils in aortic amyloid disease www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Frontiers | Neutrophils and aortic medial amyloid: mutually beneficial or a dangerous combination?
IntroductionAmyloid deposition and inflammation are associated with many human diseases, with inflammatory cells found co-localised with amyloid in a range o...
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Delighted that the 2nd paper from Dr Grace Filbertine is now online, we performed multiomics analysis of #neutrophils from adult and pediatric #SLE patients - similarities & differences reported @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cei/article/...
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Multiomics analysis of neutrophils in SLE: insights from adult and paediatric disease
In this study we have taken a multiomics approach to study metabolism (NMR Metabolomics) and gene expression (RNA sequencing) in blood neutrophils from adu
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Congratulations to Dr Genna Abdullah @gnna.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Thanks to examiners Dr Amy Chadwick & Dr Sonja Vermeren. Supervised by Dr Marie Phelan, Dr Asan Akpan & me. @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Thrilled to share this pre-print from @gnna.bsky.social PhD. We combine RNAseq with functional experiments to describe #neutrophil phenotype in older people with #frailty @vivensa.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Altered neutrophil G-protein receptor signalling linked to impaired chemotaxis and increased ROS and NET production in older people with frailty
Background: Immune function alters with age, and is often accompanied by chronic, low-grade inflammation (inflammageing). In individuals with frailty, inflammageing is increased, reducing immune funct...
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Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Yesterday (19 November) we hosted our Early Career Researcher event at the Building Centre, London. Posters, peer networking, research showcases and a lively panel discussion made for an inspiring day. Read more here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/2025-ea... #FundingForAgeingWell #ECREvent2025
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2025 Early Career Researcher Event - Vivensa Foundation
All the highlights from our Early Career Researcher event in central London on 19 November 2025, including the speakers and panel.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Congratulations to @gnna.bsky.social who has been named Vivensa Foundation academy member of the month for her fantastic patient involvement activities during her research project in frailty & ageing of the immune system. Read more about her #PPI work here vivensafoundation.org.uk/award-holder...
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Fab new pre-print from @gnna.bsky.social which identified biomarkers of oxidative stress & ageing in #neutrophils #frailty ⬇️
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Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Find out how @gnna.bsky.social @drhelenwright.bsky.social and Professor Chrissy Hammond are using PPIE. They share practical tips for tailoring PPIE activities to older participants and funding models that help PPIE to flourish: vivensafoundation.org.uk/award-holder... #PPIE #FundingForAgeingWell
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Shaping science together: Patient, carer and public involvement and engagement in ageing research - Vivensa Foundation
We spoke to three Vivensa-funded researchers about the power of patient, carer and public involvement and engagement (PPIE).
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Delighted to share our latest review article written by @gnna.bsky.social on #neutrophil #ageing #inflammageing #frailty #immunosky 🧪 @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @vivensa.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jleukbio/adv...
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Tried my hand at foraging today. Lovely ripe elderberries from the local park. Added fresh ginger, cinnamon and honey. Made just under 500ml. Yummy. 🌱
Four images showing the making of elderberry syrup.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New paper identifying the role of autophagy in the production of #neutrophil #NETs A potential novel therapeutic target in #SLE #rheumatoidarthritis ? Congratulations to Dr Andy Nolan & colleagues in @pseudoenzyme.bsky.social lab @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social academic.oup.com/rheumatology...
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Autophagy inhibitors block pathogenic NET release in immune-mediated inflammatory disease without impairing host defence
AbstractObjectives. Activation of neutrophils and release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), proteases and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is pathogen
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New paper on the application of NMR and IR metabolomics to identify responders to TNF inhibitors #rheumatoidarthritis #livuni @micfresneda.bsky.social @roygoodacre.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Serum metabolomics identifies unique inflammatory signatures to distinguish rheumatoid arthritis responders and non-responders to TNF inhibitor therapy - Metabolomics
Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune disease which causes irreversible damage to tissue and cartilage within synovial joints. Rapid diagnosis and treatment with disease-modifying t...
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Super excited for the tomato harvest that’s just starting. We’ve got Lizzano cherry toms in hanging baskets and gardeners delight, crimson crush and marmande in the polytunnel 🍅 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
First cabbage of 2025! 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Yesterday was my last day at the University of Liverpool after 20 incredible years. We’ve still got some papers to finish so watch this space for updates. Now, to the allotment!
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Nice haul for a Friday at the allotment - new potatoes, blackberries, lettuce, runner beans, tomatoes, courgettes, cucumber, sweet peas 🌱
From the allotment - potatoes, blackberries, lettuce, runner beans, courgettes, cucumber, tomatoes, sweet peas
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thrilled to receive the ‘Mentor’ award at @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social away day. Supporting the next generation of scientists has always been incredibly important to me, and it’s lovely to be nominated so THANK YOU if you were one of the people who put me forward for this award.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The allotment is bountiful this year. Lunch today was courgette and kale soup. Absolutely delicious. 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Was called a “c*nt in a mask” this morning at my local Sainsbury’s 😷 Have a lovely day mate and good luck with your “summer flu” (BTW it’s not flu) 🦠
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
First courgette of the year, so had to make this absolute banger of a salad - courgette, rocket, feta, pine nuts, garlic and lemon juice 😘 👌🏼
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New paper on #neutrophil #transcriptomics in #rheumatoidarthritis now online, congrats @micfresneda.bsky.social @gnna.bsky.social #immunosky academic.oup.com/jleukbio/adv...
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Complexity of the neutrophil transcriptome in early and severe rheumatoid arthritis: a role for microRNAs?
Rheumatoid arthritis neutrophils have heterogeneous gene expression profiles associated with neutrophil polarization and activation states, which we propos
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Nature is beautiful. This gorgeous poppy is growing in a tiny patch of soil in a messy corner of the allotment, on top of old bits of plastic and stones. Self seeded. Absolutely stunning. 🌺🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
About 15 years ago we were in Liverpool centre & Robinsons fruit juice were giving away black currant bushes. Can’t remember why. Anyway, we’ve lovingly cared for “Ben” since and today we had our first harvest! 🫐
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Picked 3.8 kilos of gooseberries from the allotment this morning! Worth all the scratches. 🌱
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It was our absolute pleasure to speak at Sefton Older Persons Forum in Southport today about research into ageing at the University of Liverpool. @gnna.bsky.social absolutely enthralled them with her PhD research into neutrophils and frailty #immunosky 🧪 @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Asked my technical team for a polystyrene box and they did not disappoint- they led me to the palace of polystyrene boxes! 🧪
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Absolutely delighted that our recent pre-print has been accepted for publication in JLB, watch out for the link to the publication soon 👀 #neutrophil #leukocytes #immunosky 🧪
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Particularly sad to say goodbye to Izzy 😢 She did her Hons project with me last year as well as a summer internship in Bangkok with me and a Thai collaborator. She’s worked very hard in the lab this year but sadly I wasn’t able to secure PhD funding for her 😢
Helen and Izzy
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Just like that we wave goodbye to this years master’s students Amelia & Isobel who have been working on #neutrophil metabolism & signalling in #rheumatoidarthritis & #lupus Good luck in your careers ladies 👋🏼🧪 #immunosky
Amelia, Helen and Isobel standing against a brown wall that says Biosciences Building
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Flash back two years to when I tried a bit of live polling in my lecture. Did not go well 😂 🧪
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Already get a sense the butterflies are in a better state this year. Today I’ve seen orange tip, speckled wood, peacock and this beautify Holly blue in our garden 🦋 lots of bees as well 🐝 🌱
Holly blue butterfly on a green shrub
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Allotment selfie! 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We’ve had a lot of holes appearing in our garden overnight. Clearly made by an animal. Has anybody got any ideas what might have made them? We are in an urban environment close to a public park in NW England 🌱
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It’s time to play the annual game of Covid or hayfever? As I’ve been travelling this week I had more concern. However, it does appear I am Covid negative, hayfever positive for the 6th year running. 😷 🦠
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Excellent talk by @gnna.bsky.social on her PhD work in #neutrophils at the UK neutrophil network meeting in Newcastle
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
5 years since I sent my lab home for Covid lockdowns, we expected to be out of the lab for 3 months, in reality it was 12 months. The world has moved on but I haven’t. Covid is still a serious threat to our immune system & long term health. Did I lecture for 2h today in a mask 😷? You bet! #ImmunoSky
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s #InternationalWomensDay so here is a shout out to the fabulous women scientists in the @liverpooluni.bsky.social #neutrophil research group 🧪 #SciSky #ImmunoSky
Helen Genna Grace Sarah and Isobel are women scientists at the University of Liverpool
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
New pre-print from my lab with @h-b-t.bsky.social #neutrophils #immunosky 🧪🧬
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Fantastic European Ageing Network meeting in Liverpool this week. Lots of brilliant presentations & opportunities for networking. Thanks to the organisers. @gnna.bsky.social & I learned lots! 🧪
Two ladies standing in front of a wall of plants with the word Spine spelled out
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New PhD project available in my #neutrophil lab in #liverpool for self-funded students only #RNA #microRNA #immunology #immunosky #medsky #science #academicsky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigating the regulation of neutrophil gene expression by intracellular signalling and micro RNAs at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating the regulation of neutrophil gene expression by intracellular signalling and micro RNAs at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Dr Helen Wright @drhelenwright.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Me entering the office tomorrow knowing our paper’s been accepted over the weekend 🙌🏼
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