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Helena Aegerter @helligator.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Registrations are open! We are delighted to organise the 18th edition of Mucins in Health and Disease in Ghent next year It's already an amazing line-up - get those abstracts in! www.vibconferences.be/events/mucin...

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Mucins in Health and Disease

15-18 June 2026, Ghent, Belgium

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Helena Aegerter @helligator.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The New Scientist @newscientistnl.bsky.social has selected me for their Talent in Science competition: Vote for me here! www.newscientist.nl/polls/new-sc... If you need a little convincing, I made a little video explaining why researching mucus is so important youtu.be/dYnXBnq4ttc

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Learning about Charcot-Leyden crystals in mucus with Miles and Slime

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Mariem Radhouani @mariemradhouani.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm excited to share my first-author PhD paper, now out in Science Immunology! @science.org We show that S.aureus skin infection leaves a lasting imprint on bone marrow eosinophils, fueling allergic responses in the lungs. 📄 Read the full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Let’s dive in 🧵 1/9

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Eosinophil innate immune memory after bacterial skin infection promotes allergic lung inflammation

Staphylococcus aureus skin infection induces eosinophil innate immune memory to exacerbate allergen-induced airway inflammation.

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