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Judi Allen

@profjudiallen.bsky.social
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Infectious disease immunologist

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 04/09/2026
Are you an immunologist or environmental scientist with an interest in human health? Join our upcoming scientific meeting on the topic of the exposome and chronic inflammatory diseases. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Majority of UK smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as cigarettes, experts find
Analysis shows public understanding about vaping, which is far less harmful than smoking, has plummeted in past decade
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Don’t compete, collaborate: why collective funding applications are the future
Scientists with disparate expertise writing grants together can identify knowledge gaps and drive progress — but systems must change to incentivize them.
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Immunology of the exposome: addressing the crisis in chronic inflammatory disease | Royal Society
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Judith Allen FMedSci FRS and Dame Fiona Powrie DBE FMedSci FRS
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Stephanie Flores @icis-stephanie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Countdown to Cytokines 2026 — Glasgow Glasgow, here we come! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cytokines 2026 | Oct 18–21 | Glasgow, Scotland Abstract deadline: May 15 | Early-bird reg: June 26 🔬 500+ scientists. One unforgettable meeting. Bookmark it 👉 2026.cytokinesociety.org #Cytokines2026 #CytokineSociety
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Scary stuff as RFKJr looks set to enable widespread use of injectable peptides despite a lack of clinical data showing efficacy OR safety. Quite the contrast with his views on letting people use well tested n validated vaccines
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The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial
Editorial: The US health secretary says he is a big fan of peptides. Many are promising drugs, but the only way to know their utility is proper clinical trials
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David Posner, PhD @davidposner.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@hepworth-lab.bsky.social new paper alert. Matt and I wrote a research highlight about recent papers that describe mechanisms of ILC2-neuron crosstalk. If you're interested in reading it, check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Emerging roles of ILC2 in neuronal crosstalk across organs. In a series of studies published in 2025, ILC2 were shown to regulate nervous system function across a range of organs across the body. Wit...
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Wonderful to be on another paper with my fantastic colleague Steve Jenkins - another important IL-4 macrophage story www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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IL-4 treatment induces apoptosis of blood monocytes and proliferation of recruited injury-associated macrophages to resolve liver injury
IL-4 can have significant therapeutic benefit in many injury settings, but its mechanism of action is unclear. Using a model of carbon tetrachloride (…
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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🚶‍♂️Spotted one of the Ardwick Climate Action Green Route signs today! The route was developed by @ardwickclimate.bsky.social in partnership with Becker researchers to help the community avoid high-pollution areas, reducing the environmental triggers that drive inflammation and impact our health.
Ardwick Climate Action Green Route sign. Developed in partnership with researchers from the Lydia Becker Institute.
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International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) @cytokinesociety.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Announcing the Award Season that truly matters: The Cytokine Society is accepting nominations for its most prestigious awards. Senior career nominations accepted until March 6. Young Investigator nominations until April 3.
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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social offers insight in The Guardian @theguardian.com on the science behind sneezing and what it reveals about our health #ImmunoSky www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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The sneeze secret: how much should you worry about this explosive reflex?
It is one of the most powerful involuntary actions the human body can perform. But is a big sneeze a sign of illness, pollution or something else entirely?
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The most in depth and thorough review you'll find on serous cavity immunology. Massive effort by Lucy and James bringing together all this knowledge! www.science.org/eprint/HBIIM... [science.org].
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Immunobiology of the serous cavities
Local immune function and cross-tissue communication in the serous cavities are reviewed.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Very much looking forward to this meeting in June 2026: meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
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Pathogen Immunity and Signalling
Viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens pose a serious threat to human health, requiring a coordinated response from the innate and adaptive immune systems. Our immune system relies on pathogen recept…
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My main PhD paper is finally out! 🎉 After ~5 years, it’s published today in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. @natimmunol.nature.com It all started with an unexpected observation 🔍: 👉 Mice lacking the dendritic cell receptor DNGR-1 developed tumours earlier ⏩ and more frequently 📈 than wild-type mice. 1/11 🧵
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
When the Trump administration slashed foreign aid, it gutted a program that had reduced malaria deaths world wide. In northern Cameroon, health workers tried to protect children in one last rainy season.
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How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding
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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
In the Guardian, ft. me: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Is it true that … you’re more likely to get sick when you’re stressed?
Stress releases hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, which can suppress your immune system – but chronic concerns are more of an issue than short-term worries
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Another great output from a joyful long-term collaboration between Montevideo and Manchester onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Published in the excellent journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13653024...
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Parasite Immunology: Vol 47, No 12
Click on the title to browse this issue
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Pedro Papotto @ph-papotto.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Isn't this the coolest Christmas present (or miracle) for a #gdTcell aficionado?! Our latest preprint showing the role of BATF3 on gd T cells is ou on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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BATF3 controls the homeostatic maintenance and function of innate-like γδ T cells
γδ T cells compose an evolutionarily conserved lineage of lymphocytes, with both adaptive- and innate-like characteristics, contributing to tissue homeostasis, immune surveillance, and rapid responses...
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Great Lab Christmas Lunch Festivities. I love this gang!!
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Super secret Santa to get us in the spirit for Christmas lunch
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Seytyagyaeyva!! Well done Emiliya for passing your viva with flying colors - and thanks to the examiners Brian Stramer and Jordi Bella, who we forgot to photograph! Photo of supervisor Tony Day, Emiliya and co-supervisor me
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International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) @cytokinesociety.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Cytokines 2026 in Glasgow (Oct 18-21) has an incredible Scientific Organizing Committee! Simon Jones, Iain McInnes, Clare Bryant, Clare Lloyd, and Luke O'Neill creating the program. This one's going to be special. Details: 2026.cytokinesociety.org
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health @fbmh-uom.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Professor Tracy Hussell, Director of the @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social at @manchester.ac.uk has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science by @nature.com.
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Bertuzzi Lab @bertuzzilab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We are recruiting a Research Tech! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social, join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) Deadline: 5th January www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We’re hiring! Two postdoctoral research positions are available in our lab - one in mucosal immunology, and one in exposome immunology (MRC CoRE)! Apply by December 22nd!🎄 Position 1: tinyurl.com/2mh44tn4 Position 2: tinyurl.com/5ffzxsfb @kiroxford.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Our Director, Prof Tracy Hussell @tracyh9494.bsky.social has been shortlisted for a prestigious @nature.com Award for Mentoring in the Life Time Achievement category! 🤞Everyone at the Becker wishes Tracy the best of luck at this evening's Awards Ceremony. www.nature.com/nature/award...
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Mentoring | Nature
Mentoring
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We are so proud of Georgia - winning a prize for her amazing talk on our favourite molecule Ym1 @britsocimm.bsky.social - Delay in posting because I needed to get the photo from Brian @thelabninja.bsky.social (the lab photographer!)
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Great time at BSI - with both past and current lab members (photo mostly current - @ph-papotto.bsky.social has his own lab now, and Georgia has an exciting new post with Jo Konkel)
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Beautiful talk by Matt Hepworth, so many exciting things happening at barrier surfaces. @hepworth-lab.bsky.social #BSI2025 @britsocimm.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Amazing talk from Andrea Graham. So much to learn from rewilding mice. @grahammunology.bsky.social #BSI2025 @britsocimm.bsky.social
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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Day 1 of the BSI 2025 on Monday saw the wonderful Judi Allen deliver a fabulous keynote talk! We were also very excited to see Judi share the news of our new MRC Exposome Immunology Manchester/Oxford collaboration👩‍🔬 @profjudiallen.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Wonderful reunion of Edinburgh gang (now in Manchester, New Jersey, Aberdeen & Edinburgh) at BSI congress opening night. @britsocimm.bsky.social #BSI2025
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Clive McKimmie @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Fantastic start to #BSI25 with @profjudiallen.bsky.social ; a masterclass in scientific storytelling. Her career journey was engaging and full of long-view perspectives. Loved her celebration of mentees, and the message to chase those exciting “distractions” in science. #macrophage #Th2 #infections
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters
Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Barrier sites under the microscope! 🔬 Discover how our skin, gut & lungs fight infection, heal, and keep our microbiota happy. Don’t miss this session at #BSI25! PS. Early bird registration closes on Wednesday 22 October ⚡
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🧫How can spatial profiling reveal the hidden organisation of the immune system? Join this parallel session at #BSI25 to explore how multi-omics and computational biology are uncovering new insights into immune cell interactions! Register here: bit.ly/3IkxWq8
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🌿 Discover how the immune system operates in the real world! Join Prof Amy Pedersen & Prof Andrea Graham for the session “Ecoimmunology: the immune system in context”, exploring how environment, ecology & evolution shape immunity. 🕒 Don’t miss it! #BSI25
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
'Type 2 immunity in health and disease' takes place 11am–12:45pm, Wed 3 Dec! Explore the cells and signals driving type 2 responses and why their regulation remains elusive by joining this parallel session at #BSI25. Registration is still open: bit.ly/3IkxWq8
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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We’re thrilled to share that we’re part of the Experimental Medicine Collaboration (EMC) with GSK! The EMC will put translational science at the forefront of developing treatments for immune mediated inflammatory diseases👩‍🔬🧬🧫 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11... @gsk.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social
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Oxford and GSK launch Experimental Medicine Collaboration |
GSK invests £10 million over five years to establish the Experimental Medicine Collaboration with the University of Oxford.
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Students in ‘quality’ jobs have higher chance of academic success www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...
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Students in ‘quality’ jobs have higher chance of academic success
Incentivise universities to facilitate ‘meaningful’ part-time work by offering rebates on fee levy, says study
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Stimulating day at MRC Biomedicine Science Conference. Super keynote from Sarah Teichmann, Entertaining and thought provoking talk from George Davey Smith, MRC Millennium Medal recipient, and amazing views from the loo @mendelrandom.bsky.social @ukri.org
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome
Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Big experiment day in the Menon lab 🧪🧫🔬
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The weather has turned. No boats can cross. The small team on island have the experience to reshape our field plans so the work continues safely and without exhausting people. This is the reality of a “wild laboratory” @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
PhD opportunity working with me, Mark Viney, Iris Mair and Rowan Bancroft studying the Isle of May wild mice is open now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(BBSRC NWD) Capillaria hepatica – a neglected and understudied zoonotic parasitic nematode at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Capillaria hepatica &#8211; a neglected and understudied zoonotic parasitic nematode at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kathryn Else @kathelse.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We are back on the Isle of May for our final winter season of our BBSRC funded research exploring the effects of environment on immunity. Traps are out and we are having an evening by the fire @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social
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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
What a week! So pleased to now also see the peer reviewed version in Science Signaling of @megtriesscience.bsky.social PhD work joint with the Saunders lab, see her great thread for explanation below www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leukocytes have a heparan sulfate glycocalyx that regulates recruitment during psoriasis-like skin inflammation
Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.
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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Interested in joining the Powrie Lab? We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the neutralisation capacity of human anti-IL-10 autoantibodies. You’ll be part of our new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!🧫🦠 Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
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