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Andy Greenhalgh

@headimmume.bsky.social
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Greenhalgh Lab: Neuroimmunology and Brain Injury, MRC CDA Fellow @ The Lydia Becker Institute, University of Manchester. Meninges, macrophages, microglia!

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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Excited to host @saravalpione.bsky.social from @cruk-mi.bsky.social for this week’s @britsocimm.bsky.social l MIG Seminar. Dr Valpione discusses precision oncology for cancers of unmet need, integrating multi-omics and liquid biopsy. 📆 Thursday 19th March 🕛 12PM 📍 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre
British Society for Immunology MIG seminar, Dr Sara Valpione, CRUK Manchester Institute:

“Precision Oncology for cancers of unmet need”

Thursday 19th March
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Michael Smith Lecture Theatre
Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation
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Brain Injury Canada @braininjurycanada.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This #InternationalWomensDay, learn more about how #IPV and brain injury are connected, and participate in our calls to action to advocate for more supports: ow.ly/gHUg50YpmWi #IPV #IWD2026 #braininjury
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Bordeaux School of Neuroscience @bdxneuroschool.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
📸 Group picture from our Cajal course on #Neuroimmunology in Physiology and Disease A lovely moment with our course directors @paolicellilab.bsky.social and @agnesnadjar.bsky.social Thanks to all, especially the instructors, for your dedication to this fantastic start of course!
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Bordeaux School of Neuroscience @bdxneuroschool.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Career Talk is coming tomorrow! We’re happy to welcome @headimmume.bsky.social for an inspiring session on career paths in neuroscience. Join us for insights and inspiration! #Neuroscience #CareerTalk #CajalCourse @cajal-training.bsky.social
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Bordeaux School of Neuroscience @bdxneuroschool.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚨 Last CAJAL course of 2025 in Bordeaux! Full list of speakers and their talks for “Neuroimmunology in Physiology and Disease” is now available. @paolicellilab.bsky.social @agnesnadjar.bsky.social @pluchinolab.bsky.social #Neuroimmunology #Neuroscience
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
PhD opportunities at our new Manchester-Oxford MRC Core - come and join us 🧠 www.findaphd.com/phds/program... [findaphd.com]
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FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Postdoc position on top glyco-immuno-neuro-biology lab @douglaspdyer.bsky.social Can’t recommend highly enough www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road
Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We’ll be in Lund at this great conference!!
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European Neurotrauma Organisation (ENO) @enoneurotrauma.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We are thrilled to invite you to the ENO Summit in Lund, Sweden! Please join us for a gathering of leading researchers and clinicians working towards improving neurotrauma care 🧠 💡Submit your abstract today: mkon.nu/ents2025/abs... Further information: mkon.nu/ents2025
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European NeuroTrauma Summit
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New review from the lab led by neurosurgeon Abed Islim on extra-axial brain tumours and how they interact with the meninges 🧠 academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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Skull-meninges-brain connectivity and extra-axial brain tumours
Islim et al. provide an overview of meningeal anatomy and function, illustrating how the skull–meninges–brain immunological axis can both orchestrate the b
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Do you want to know about the ECM and basement membranes in the 🧠 ? Huge effort from Shaun Wright….and those figures! journal-inflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Basement membranes’ role in immune cell recruitment to the central nervous system - Journal of Inflammation
Basement membranes form part of the extracellular matrix (ECM), which is the structural basis for all tissue. Basement membranes are cell-adherent sheets found between cells and vascular endothelia, i...
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
A fantastic year with a great bunch people 🎄 very fortunate and looking forward to 2025
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Not sure this is the Luke O’Neill I thought I was following
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Matthew Sinton 🏳️‍🌈 @mcsinton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Yesterday was such a special day, being surrounded by LGBTQ+ immunologist from around the world, as well as allies. Over the years, many people have asked why we need these events, so here’s a couple of reasons 1/🧵 #LGBTQSTEM #Immunosky 🧪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A lecture theatre full of people, at The STEM Village Immunology Symposium in Manchester
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Matthew Sinton 🏳️‍🌈 @mcsinton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
After 5 years, our first in-person event is happening! So grateful to @juanquintana.bsky.social and @alex-cocker.bsky.social for making this happen. And to @drtesutherland.bsky.social and @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social for all of their help!
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Andy Greenhalgh @headimmume.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Here’s a bit about the lab, one of our major interests (mild TBI) and how I got here as a neuroimmunologist 🧠 sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker...
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Could the immune system be responsible for the acute symptoms and long-term issues associated with concussion
Dr Andy Greenhalgh writes about his research on concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) and the role the immune system might play in neurological problems that can follow.
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