Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 06/06/2025We’ve launched 💥 Was a fantastic day with so many people in attendance.. great discussion, and now time to get in with getting edge translational research..! Hopefully we’ll be able to share some professional photos from the rather than blurry iPhone photos soon 📸 😹 042
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 06/06/2025And today I had a proud supervisor moment watching Albert present the data for his half way checkpoint for his MRes. He did a brilliant job! @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social 072
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Such a privilege to present on behalf of Prof Arne Akbar about the work our lab does yesterday at the @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social launch day! It was a fantastic day 🧪 🧫 🧬 052
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 16/05/2025So proud to have won the poster prize this year!! So grateful for all my wonder colleagues in @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social 281
Reposted by Olivia BrackenDiana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Another great DoM retreat with the best (unbiased) talk given just now by none other than @bcellsrosser.bsky.social and of course very exciting to hear what everyone else in the @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social and the rest of the division have been up to in the past year 👏🤩 052
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Really enjoyed presenting my poster at UCL’s Division of Medicine away day! Always a joy hearing about the brilliant research that goes on in our division! 051
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 09/04/2025To celebrate having over 300 followers 👋 it’s time for our first PI researcher spotlight @bcellsrosser.bsky.social. Dr Lizzy Rosser established her group in 2022 which focuses on understanding what causes B cells to misbehave in childhood and adolescent onset autoimmune diseases 🦠 182
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Absolutely fantastic to see this new STRATIFY lupus trial funded and led by department PI @mikeehrenstein.bsky.social alongside @shipam.bsky.social. This work builds on from the BEAT-LUPUS trial which you can read about here👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comIdentification of biomarkers to stratify response to B-cell-targeted therapies in systemic lupus erythematosus: an exploratory analysis of a randomised controlled trialSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease associated with widespread immune dysregulation and diverse clinical features. Immu… 064
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I’m so honoured to have been able to contribute to this paper. @emmaschambers.bsky.social is the monocyte queen 👑 040
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 26/03/2025@bethangoulden.bsky.social is a brilliant scientist and medic doing fascinating work. I can’t wait to see the results from her latest experiments 👀👀👀 010
Reposted by Olivia BrackenHannah Peckham (she/her) @hlpeks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025And please give a listen to our research featured on BBC Radio 4's Inside Health show! Lucy and Lizzy did a wonderful job talking about our findings! (We're in the second half) @bcellsrosser.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukInside Health - Assisted dying: Who’s eligible under the proposed bill? - BBC SoundsIn the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules 082
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Listening to our own @bcellsrosser.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4!!! What a proud moment!! @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social 062
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I’m so proud to be part of such an amazing department that does such important research. Also all the people I work with are fabulous 💅 🧪 041
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I am so proud to be part of such an amazing department that does such important. Plus all the people I work with are fabulous 💅 🧪 010
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025In @oliviabracken.bsky.social spare time she loves to sing in the City of London Choir ✨ having 🍺 with science and non-science friends AND hanging out with Rosie 🐈⬛ 132
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Most recently @oliviabracken.bsky.social published a review in @naturerevdrugdisc.bsky.social discussing new horizons for therapeutic interventions in immune aging 💊 read it here doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgHome Page 142
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025@oliviabracken.bsky.social did her PhD with our HOD Prof Derek Gilroy - she can’t stay away! Her first love in science was monocytes, lipids, and inflammation… winning a best oral presentation at a @versusarthritis.bsky.social fellows day. 262
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 19/03/2025We are back with our next ARR researcher spotlight and… it’s @oliviabracken.bsky.social turn! Liv is a post-doc in Prof Arne Akbar’s laboratory interested in the role of senescent T cells in immunopathology during ageing 👵 163
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Such an incredible evening yesterday singing The Dream of Gerontius at the Royal Festival Hall with the City of London Choir, Kings College Cambridge choir and @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social. Making music brings me so much joy - I’m so lucky 🎶 011
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Learn what an awesome post-doc @dianaematei.bsky.social is working on in our department!! 030
Reposted by Olivia BrackenDiana E Matei @dianaematei.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Thank you @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social for the highlight 😊 very much looking forward to next week for @oliviabracken.bsky.social and to many more to come so we can celebrate all the brilliant minds of the department 🙌🙌 084
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy International Women’s day ✨ Groups in our dept are dedicated to understanding why rheumatic conditions are female biased & how the female life-course impacts health outcomes. Today, we celebrate our female research innovators & highlight the unmet need to improve outcomes for these conditions. 154
Olivia Bracken @oliviabracken.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Slightly late to the party, but so pleased that this review is out! We discuss therapies on the horizon to target inflammageing and senescence, both of which contribute to loss of function of the immune system during ageing. The future is exciting!!! 0113
Reposted by Olivia BrackenUCL Dept of Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hello! We are excited to be joining blue sky launching our new dept in UCL DoM. We are interested in understanding how age and autoimmunity affects human physiology… and using this knowledge to improve regenerative medicine innovation. Watch this space for research updates 🧐 and team highlights ✨ 173
