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Rachel Edgar

@racheledgar.bsky.social
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Group leader at Imperial College & the Francis Crick Institute, studying cell biology, viruses, immune responses and more. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Cancer survivor & trustee of @BrainTumourCharity.bsky.social profiles.imperial.ac.uk/rachel.edgar

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 18/08/2026
Supported by a grant from @theflulab.bsky.social, researchers are investigating whether we can reduce the spread of respiratory viruses by inactivating them while they are still airborne. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-08-18_spr…
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Spray to stop the flu virus in its tracks
Respiratory viruses causing conditions like Covid-19 and flu are hard to control as they spread easily through the air. A new project between the Crick, Imperial and the Pirbright Institute asks if we...
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Department of Infectious Disease @imperialinfect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New research could help stop flu before it spreads. @racheledgar.bsky.social & @anikasinga.bsky.social have been awarded £1.3m by @TheFluLab to explore whether glycol-based air treatments can reduce airborne virus transmission of flu and other airborne diseases. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...
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£1.3m awarded to Imperial team investigating new approach to stop flu transmission
The funding from Flu Lab will be used to explore new ways to stop flu spreading through the air.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 27/02/2026
New #LMBResearch led by @drbatmo.bsky.social in John O’Neill’s group (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) has identified the molecular switch decides day or night. Click here to read how the mTOR pathway controls when mammals are active and the role it’s played in evolution: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
Person on ladder adjusting clock hands against a sky transitioning from day to night.
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Rachel Edgar @racheledgar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Beautiful study Andrew, thanks for including us in this fascinating research!
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Laboratory of Seasonal Biology @stevensonlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Check out Sayatan @sayantansur.bsky.social latest publication in the Philosophical Transaction of RS! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Excellent resource for scientific literature on seasonal variation in avian immune function. @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social
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Endocrine and molecular regulation of seasonal avian immune function | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Birds have evolved seasonal adaptations in multiple aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Seasonal immunological adaptations are crucial for survival in harsh environmental conditions and...
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities. We set out some of our thoughts, and also why it is valuable to know about gating. With Pirita Paajanen and @jkimmey.bsky.social #chronobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Circadian clocks provide a biological measure of time that coordinates metabolism, physiology and behaviour with 24 h cycles in the environment. Circadian systems have a variety of characteristic prop...
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Hannah Rees @hannahcr6.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Out today! Our article about the importance of creating impact from circadian rhythm research. A collaborative effort from the BioClocks UK volenteer team! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Published as part of a Royal Society special issue on circadian rhythms in infection and immunity.
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BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the oppor...
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Check out this special issue of Phil Trans R Soc on “circadian rhythms in infection and immunity.” Loads of articles on diverse topics in chronobiology @royalsociety.org royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1918
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact. Great to see this article, which sets out the vision for the BioClocks UK programme and how chronobiology research has a huge breadth of impact #chronobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the opportunities presented within applied chronobiology, we ...
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Rachel Edgar @racheledgar.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Out today ‘Circadian rhythms in infection and immunity’! Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Royal Society meeting and made this theme issue very special, a pleasure working with you all 😊 @reecelab.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1918
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Robert Dallmann @chrono-bob.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Registration is now open for the Spring UK Clock Club in Coventry on 21 March 2025. More information and sign-up on the BioClocks UK webpage: www.bioclocks.uk/event-detail... and after you signed up, do not forget to submit an abstract here: forms.gle/WQjUKrZGd621... See you in the Midlands in 2025
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Come and work with us at the John Innes Centre! We’re recruiting a technician to investigate circadian rhythms in plants and bacteria. Expertise in microbiology, gene cloning, imaging are welcome #chronobiology #arabidopsis #bacillus www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/re...
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Research Assistant (Dodd Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant to join the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre, conducting cutting-edge research into circadian rhythms in bacteria and plants.
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Emmottlab @emmottlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Reminder - if you are a new PI in UK virology and you aren’t yet registered for RIVR2025 on Jan9-10th in Liverpool, registration closes on December 5th! If you are a new group leader in virology in the UK and aren’t yet on the RIVR mailing list, get in touch to be added.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 22/11/2024
🌟 Welcome to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Bluesky! We’re thrilled to connect with you and share our research insights, job opportunities, events, and more. Join us on this journey as we advance science and improve human health together! #MolecularBiology #Research #Innovation
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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Do you want to become a virologist? The @CVRinfo PhD programme is now recruiting for both UK and international applicants - rotate in two labs then choose a project tailored to your interests. Also you get to live in Glasgow, which is fab. Please RT! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
A photo of the Sir Michael Stoker Building, a research centre housed inside a golden metal cube, against the parkland of the Garscube campus as the sun rise lights up the clouds above the Campsie Fells. Image Credit: Rob Gifford.
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here’s my spreadsheet of starter packs (>80!) related to broadly ‘mechanistic biology’ plus some intriguing extras Complete with collective nouns I’ve been tracking these but now can’t keep up Hope it’s helpful 2/2 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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@mjafreeman.bsky.social's BlueSky starter packs for 'mechanistic' biologists
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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’ve made a Starter Pack of #innateimmunity and #inflammation researchers to follow! Please contact me to get added or to suggest others to add. We are just getting started 😎 #immunosky #academicchatter go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB
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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A starter pack for all virologists out there on the blue side ! Might be missing some people but it’s a good start ! go.bsky.app/DmphBCT
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Liam @lmhodgson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Thought I’d share a guide that we have created at The Brain Tumour Charity to help support our community members that are seeking to engage with the 10year health plan consultation. Hoping it helps in any small way and happy to discuss how it was built: www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-involved...
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Have your say on the future of NHS England!
Share your experiences on care you've received to help inform the government's upcoming 10-Year Health Plan for NHS England!
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Robert Dallmann @chrono-bob.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
First announcement: Spring UK Clock Club at the University of Warwick on 21 March 2025. Keynote by John B. Hogenesch. Associated policy and media training workshops on 20/21 March. Watch the www.bioclocks.uk for more info coming soon.
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Home | Bioclocks Uk
BioClocks UK home page
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Clive McKimmie @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Excited by viruses and how our bodies repel them? A fully funded PhD project now available combining expertise from the lab to the clinic. #virology #immunology #dermatology #CRISPR #vector-vertebrate biology. Help us spread the word. ☺️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Can skin inflammation stop mosquito-borne virus infection? at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Can skin inflammation stop mosquito-borne virus infection? at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Postdoc positions available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge @PDN_Cambridge! Join us and help discover the role that supracellular actomyosin assemblies and cell adhesion play in sculpting organs in Drosophila! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48942/
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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My new book is out in January oneworld-publications.com/work/live-fo...
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Live Forever? | Oneworld
Nature wants you dead. Not just you, but your friends, family, pets – everyone you’ve ever met, in fact… With over 17,000 known diseases affecting humans, and countless poisons, carcinogens and toxi...
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
This is a brilliant list of all the "usual" political peeps who are now transferring from X to Bluesky....all in one handy parcel thanks to @adambienkov.bsky.social Cheers Adam Pls repost Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 12/11/2024
My app for finding 🦋 accounts you may want to follow has had a make-over: it now displays names and bios, and allows adding an "app password" for direct follow buttons in the listing bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
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Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
A repertoire of immunologists by @rodrahimi.bsky.social go.bsky.app/PY5tCas
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A repertoire of immunologists
Join the conversation
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
go.bsky.app/NCtEXtT
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Rémi Fronzes @fronzeslab.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I see more and more life science institutes/departments joining the party. I have put together a starter pack. Please let me know if you see others that could be added. go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ
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Nicholas Per Huffeldt @nphuffeldt.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Interested in chronobiology and biological rhythm research? Here’s some folks to follow! Want to be added? Reply here go.bsky.app/Sw8L4aS 🧪 🌍 🦑 #EvoBio
Starter pack image for chronobiology
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Jesse Erasmus @jesseerasmus.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU
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