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The School of Infection & Immunity (Sii) at the University of Glasgow delivers internationally-leading research and outstanding education to future world-changing students.

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MVLS Shared Research Facilities @mvls-srf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great to see this work published, congrats to the team! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #metabolomics #MassSpectrometry #sequencing @molecularanalysis.bsky.social
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Catabolism of serine enantiomers represses enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence factors via modulation of the nitrogen stress response | PNAS
Attaching and effacing pathogens, including enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), colonize their preferred intestinal niche by sensing diverse...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📺 | WATCH | @cvrinfo.bsky.social's Professor Antonia Ho recently delivered her 2026 Fleming Prize lecture at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference. The talk, Unravelling Respiratory Viral Infections: from Bedside to Bench and Back, is now available to view: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dUr...
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Fleming Prize Lecture: Unravelling Respiratory Viral Infections: from Bedside to Bench and Back
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🆕 | Dr Rahul Kalla will join @uofgsii.bsky.social's Gut Translational Research Group in January 2027 after being awarded a prestigious Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship worth £1.5 million over five years. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Head and shoulders portrait of Dr Rahul Kalla wearing glasses and a pink striped shirt against a black background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🆕 | On Monday, 31 August 2026, colleagues from across @uofgsii.bsky.social gathered at SCENE on the shores of Loch Lomond for our first Scholarship and Learning Innovation Away Day. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A group of School of Infection & Immunity colleagues stands outside the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment. Director of Education Professor Nicola Veitch stands at the centre with her left arm rested on the SCENE signage.
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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐄🦠 New paper from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social! H5N1 avian flu has unexpectedly jumped and established in US dairy cattle. Could it infect other cattle breeds too? 🧵
A photo of a black Aberdeen Angus Cow standing in a misty field.
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Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur @phagepasteur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New lab member at the BBH!! 🚨 Niamh Diver-Hall from the @uofgsii.bsky.social is joining our #gut team for the next year, as part of her Master's degree Her work will center in #phage defense and antidefense systems in gut bacteria 🦠 Welcome!!
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🏫 | @uofgsii.bsky.social was delighted to support the University of @glasgow.ac.uk Undergraduate Open Day on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, welcoming prospective students and their families to experience life at UofG first-hand. 🔗 Learn more: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Professor Simon Milling speaks to visitors at the Immunology information stand during the University’s Undergraduate Open Day.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Cecilia Ansalone has been awarded a prestigious five-year @arthritisuk.bsky.social Career Development Fellowship to investigate why inflammation persists or returns in some people with giant cell arteritis despite treatment. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Side-on view of Dr Cecilia Ansalone examining a tissue sample under a microscope in a laboratory
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📽️ | WATCH Researchers from @uofgsii.bsky.social and attendees at the @bspparasitology.bsky.social annual meeting in @glasgow.ac.uk recently visited Blairmore to explore the legacy of Sir William Leishman and its connection to current research, on a trip organised by Professor Mike Barrett. 🧵 1/3
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social is delighted to report excellent results in this year’s National Student Survey. We ranked 1st or 2nd at @glasgow.ac.uk in all themes, including Learning Opportunities, Organisation & Management, and Student Voice, with scores up on 2025. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Student studying with a tablet in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. The National Student Survey (NSS) logo is overlaid on the image
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social is pleased to announce that Dr Leandro Lemgruber has accepted the role of Sii Good Research Practice Advisor. Dr Lemgruber, who succeeds Prof Simon Milling, will provide confidential support and help improve research training and procedures. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of Dr Leandro Lemgruber wearing clear-framed glasses and a dark top, against a plain background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🆕 | A researcher co-supervised by the @uofgsii.bsky.social’s Professor Harry De Koning has been recognised as the top PhD student of his year at the University of Ghana. Worlanyo Tashie graduated as Valedictorian and delivered an address on Saturday, 25 July. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Worlanyo Tashie, wearing red and black academic robes, delivers the valedictory address from a University of Ghana lectern, surrounded by seated university officials and fellow graduates in the decorated Great Hall.
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Ainsley Beaton @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The real highlight was being involved in @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social first last-author paper! 🎉 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... @emilyhorsburgh.bsky.social @jtcroxford.bsky.social @samkaytucker.bsky.social @drandyjroe.bsky.social @alejandradiag.bsky.social
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Interactions at the Streptomyces – animal interface: ecology, defence and disease
Streptomyces are filamentous, spore-forming members of the Actinomycetota, renowned for their capacity to produce chemically diverse, specialized metabolites with medically important properties. Tradi...
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Ainsley Beaton @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Really enjoyed working on this with colleagues across different groups and departments across @uofgsii.bsky.social and @uofgmvls.bsky.social — one of the nicest parts of moving somewhere new has been getting to collaborate with people in different areas.
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Ainsley Beaton @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Streptomyces make an extraordinary range of specialised metabolites, and their presence in animal-associated niches may hint at what that chemistry is actually used for in nature. Plus, this bee figure by @davidrcomark.bsky.social is super cute 🐝
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Ainsley Beaton @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧵 New paper! 🦠🐝🐜🦇 This was a particularly fun one to write: we took a look beyond the usual view of Streptomyces as soil bacteria and explored the surprisingly diverse interactions they have with animals. From nematodes and insects to bats and humans 👇
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Bacteriology Research Fellow Dr @liam-rooney.bsky.social has seen two separate research projects selected by @sciencecampaign.bsky.social (CaSE) as part of its policy engagement work for the @parliament.scot and @senedd.wales. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Dr Liam Rooney smiles at the camera while standing in a University of Glasgow laboratory, with shelves of scientific equipment and sample bottles visible in the background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🥇 | The @uofglifesci.bsky.social team behind the Practical Resources for Gaza Students initiative, including @uofgsii.bsky.social pair Olwyn Byron and Adnan Al-Hindi, was recognised with a Teaching Excellence Award at the @glasgow.ac.uk graduations last month. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Professor Olwyn Byron, Miss Bethany Mansfield, Dr Lesley Hamilton and Professor Adnan Al-Hindi pose with their University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence Award certificates after receiving recognition for the Practical Resources for Gaza Students (PRGS) initiative at the 2026 graduation ceremonies.
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Gill Wilson @gillwilson00.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank you so much to all our co-authors and colleagues @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social!
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Gill Wilson @gillwilson00.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our paper is out😅 @crgglasgow.bsky.social The atypical chemokine receptor ACKR2 aids regulation of eosinophil and monocyte interactions in the bone marrow. Monocytes from ACKR2-/- mice have altered ability to differentiate into macrophages and clear bacteria during infection. rdcu.be/fxCli
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ACKR2 aids the regulation of bone marrow eosinophils to promote monocyte differentiation and anti-bacterial immunity
Nature Communications - The atypical chemokine receptor ACKR2 aids regulation of eosinophil and monocyte interactions in the bone marrow. Here, the authors show that monocytes from ACKR2-/- mice...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🧑‍🎓| As part of the recent @uofgmvls.bsky.social graduation celebrations, a number of Sii students were recognised with prizes at our pre-graduation reception. Congratulations to this year's recipients, many of whom are pictured below, listed in full here: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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MVLS Shared Research Facilities @mvls-srf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Big win for Glasgow research 🎉 Our BBSRC @ukri.org bid for a Symphony S8 Imaging Spectral Sorter has been successful! Excited to see the discoveries this enables across the West of Scotland! Congrats to the teams from @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social and @uofgsii.bsky.social who made this possible!
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🆕 | A poster by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Alfredo Montes Gomez has won first prize in the Pulmonology/Inflammation/Infection category at the recent European Cystic Fibrosis Society 2026 Conference at the Centro de Congressos in Lisbon, Portugal. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Dr Alfredo Montes Gomez stands beside his award-winning research poster at the 49th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The poster, displayed at the University of Glasgow exhibition stand, presents research investigating the effect of Staphylococcus aureus on the lung epithelial barrier in cystic fibrosis. Some sections of the poster have been intentionally blurred to avoid revealing unpublished research findings.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Harry De Koning recently took part in two significant European initiatives, presenting research policy recommendations at a COST conference in Brussels and serving on an appointment panel at @ub.edu. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Professor Harry De Koning stands at the front of a meeting room beside a projection screen displaying his presentation while presenting the results of a Europe-wide survey of veterinarians on antiparasitic treatments, their environmental impacts and One Health principles at a COST workshop in Brussels.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🎓 | @uofgsii.bsky.social sends our warmest congratulations to our Class of 2026 on their recent graduation. Our Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection Biology cohorts graduated at a ceremony on Monday, 6 July, and enjoyed a reception in the GUU Debates Chamber beforehand. #UofGGrad2026
Group photograph of graduating Microbiology students standing on the steps outside the University of Glasgow's Gilbert Scott Building with Professor Mike Barrett. The graduates, wearing academic gowns and holding their graduation folders, are posed in two rows in front of the University's historic main building following the graduation ceremony.Group photograph of graduating Immunology students standing on the steps outside the University of Glasgow's Gilbert Scott Building with Professor Simon Milling. The graduates, dressed in academic gowns and holding their graduation folders, are arranged in two rows with the University's historic stone façade in the background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🆕 | Foundry120, a digital research platform developed by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @shaunchuah.bsky.social to help researchers connect data, reduce duplicated work and accelerate scientific discovery has been showcased in a new @msftexchange.bsky.social video. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🧵 1/2
Microsoft promotional graphic for a video titled “Foundry120: A governed research operating system for translational science” featuring Dr Shaun Chuah. The Microsoft logo appears in the top left, with the title text on a dark blue background and a head-and-shoulders portrait of Dr Chuah in a suit and glasses on the right.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Nicola Veitch and Dr Claire Donald have co-authored a new study exploring the use of Virtual Reality in higher education. Their pilot used a VR Disease Diagnostic application, enabling students to work in a shared digital space. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A student wearing a virtual reality headset and holding two handheld controllers uses a VR system inside a wood-panelled hall. The space is equipped with tracking hardware, monitors displaying the virtual environment and computer equipment.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🆕 | Dr @shaunchuah.bsky.social has won an abstract prize at the Glasgow Research and Innovation Conference: Better Care, Brighter Futures, recognising his presentation on ChatIBD, an AI tool that supports healthcare professionals caring for IBD patients. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Promotional graphic titled “Better Care, Brighter Futures: Research and Innovation in Glasgow”. The graphic features a blue background with white text highlighting healthcare research and innovation, alongside the logos of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the University of Glasgow. On the right is a professional head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling Shaun Chuah wearing glasses, a dark suit and tie. Beneath the portrait is the ChatIBD logo. The subtitle reads: “Turning Evidence into Everyday Impact.” The design promotes collaboration between healthcare and academic partners to improve patient care through research and innovation.
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CVR Bioinformatics @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our 5-day viral #Bioinformatics course has come to an end 🎉 @cvrinfo.bsky.social Thanks to 16 participants from Europe, Asia & Africa🌍 Huge thanks to course organiser and our instructors from @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social team.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🎥 | WATCH | Professor Boris Striepen (@striepenlab.bsky.social - @upenn.edu) discusses how a parasite invades a host cell and remodels its environment to support infection. The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is available on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/nMkmPvCOYGA?...
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CVR Bioinformatics @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Our Lego Sequencer GO-Seq is ready for #GlasgowScienceFestival 🧬 Join us today at the Riverside museum! @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uogcvrgenomics.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social
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CVR Bioinformatics @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We’re thrilled to launch our 9th annual course on viral bioinformatics & genomics! Welcome speech by head of Bioinformatics @davidlrobertson.bsky.social 🧬 #bioinformatics #genomics @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @woahglobal.bsky.social
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🆕 | As part of the response to the outbreak of Andes hantavirus disease on MV Hondius, @cvrinfo.bsky.social will lead lab research coordination and distribution of samples to research labs on behalf of the consortium of UK universities and @ukhsa.bsky.social. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Professor Emma Thomson, Director of the Centre for Virus Research (CVR), standing outdoors in front of the CVR's Sir Michael Stoker Building, smiling towards the camera.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Megan Sloan has been awarded a 2026 @sulsa.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize for work showing excellent potential to make an impact in the field of life sciences. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📺 SULSA video: youtu.be/nJASKkxqMpA?...
Promotional graphic announcing Dr Megan Sloan of the University of Glasgow as the winner of the SULSA Postdoctoral Prize 2026. The design features the SULSA logo, blue wave graphics, DNA-inspired dot patterns, and a portrait of Dr Sloan on the right
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🆕 | Co-deputy Head of @uofgsii.bsky.social Professor Robert Gray will share in £1.3m of investment from @cysticfibrosis.org.uk. His £800k DEFINE-CF project will use cutting-edge spatial mapping technology to better understand lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis and drive future treatment. 🧵 1/2
Professor Robert Gray sits in a university laboratory, facing the camera. He is wearing glasses and a light-coloured shirt, with laboratory equipment, a whiteboard and workbenches visible behind him. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust logo appears in the top left corner, and on-screen text identifies him as “Professor Robert Gray, University of Glasgow”.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🔜 | Two events led by @uofgsii.bsky.social colleagues feature in the upcoming Glasgow Science Festival: 🦠 #GermsGalore: Dr Hammarton (9–10 June, Botanic Gardens) 🧬 GoSeq Viral Detection, with Lego DNA Sequencing: @cvrinfo.bsky.social's Dr Smollett, Dr Orton & Dr Gu (14 June, Riverside Msm) 🧵 1/2
A Glasgow Science Festival themed illustration of two scientists standing beside three circular panels showing microbes, bacteria and DNA. One scientist holds a laboratory instrument while the other holds a DNA double helix. The colourful cartoon-style graphic represents microbiology, infection research and scientific discovery.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🦠 | The Centre for Parasitology was proud to host the British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting 2026. Over 345 delegates, world-leading research, student opportunities, workshops, and collaboration across three inspiring days in Glasgow. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Delegates attend a presentation during the British Society for Parasitology (BSP) 2026 Spring Meeting in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub at the University of Glasgow, with researchers seated across a large lecture theatre facing multiple presentation screens.Professor Lilach Sheiner speaks at a podium during the Glasgow City Council civic reception for the British Society for Parasitology (BSP) 2026 Spring Meeting, held in an ornate civic hall with another attendee standing nearby.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🆕 | A new research project led by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social has been awarded £22k in funding from the Hannah Dairy Foundation. The project, a collaboration with Dr Rheinallt Jones from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, will address neonatal calf scour. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Rebecca McHugh (left) with two researchers in a laboratory, standing beside a microscope and petri dishes while wearing white lab coats.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🆕 | An initiative co-led by the @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Laura McCaughey has won a prize at the Graduate Futures Institute Academic Employability Awards 2026. Developed with @uofgmvls.bsky.social colleagues, it won the Co-created Employability Initiatives category. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
The competition winners pictured in the UofG cloisters. From left to right: Lesley Hamilton, Laura McCaughey, Fiona Stubbs, and Anna McGregor stand together outdoors beneath a stone archway, smiling at the camera. Trees and historic university buildings are visible in the background.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🆕 | A new partnership between @glasgow.ac.uk & Ahmadu Bello University has been formalised following a visit coordinated by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Harry de Koning. The MoU will support future collaborations between researchers in Glasgow and Nigeria. 🔗 More www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Delegates from the University of Glasgow and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Nigeria, stand together following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). At the centre, Professor Ahmed Adamu, Vice Chancellor of ABU, and Professor Rachel Sandison, Deputy Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Vice Principal for External Relations at the University of Glasgow, hold the signed agreement documents. They are joined by Professor Harry de-Koning and other representatives from both institutions during the visit to the University of Glasgow in April 2026.Professor Ahmed Adamu, Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), and Professor Rachel Sandison, Deputy Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Vice Principal for External Relations at the University of Glasgow, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a meeting at the University of Glasgow in April 2026.
Professor Ahmed Adamu, Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), and Professor Rachel Sandison, Deputy Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Vice Principal for External Relations at the University of Glasgow, hold signed copies of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) following the agreement ceremony at the University of Glasgow in April 2026.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social researchers Professor Richard McCulloch and Dr Jane Munday have contributed to a study showing how Trypanosoma brucei evades the immune system through DNA-driven antigen changes. 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📜 @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Colourised scanning electron microscope image of Trypanosoma brucei and erythrocytes
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🆕 | A new study led by patients and co-authored by @uofgsii.bsky.social researchers marks a significant milestone in how IBD research is conducted. The work highlights the impact of PPIE within Professor @gwotzerho.bsky.social’s research group, with Molly Halligan playing a leading role. Links 👇
Head-and-shoulders portraits of two researchers against a light background. On the left is a Professor Gwo-tzer Ho wearing glasses and a light blue shirt, smiling at the camera. On the right is Molly Halligan with long brown hair wearing a blue striped top, also smiling at the camera.
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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Wonderful to have Dr Rebecca McHugh @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to give a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar today on her BBSRC fellowship work at @uofgsii.bsky.social - fantastic to see talented people (Becca & group) working with talented bacteria (Streptomyces)
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🤞🏻 | Good luck in your exams! With the April/May exam diet upon us, everyone at @uofgsii.bsky.social wishes our students the very best of luck in your exams and assessments. 🗓️ Timetable: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_... 📩 Check out the exam pack sent out by @uofglifesci.bsky.social for guidance.
Students sit at desks in a large, cathedral-like university hall, writing exams under high arched ceilings and hanging lights. University of Glasgow branding appears in the top corners. A pink banner with dark blue text at the bottom reads “Good luck in your exams!”
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social colleagues attended the recent @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast. Spanning all career stages, the team showcased their research and contributed to key sessions, demonstrating the depth of Bacteriology at Sii. 🔗 More: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
A group of 15 members of the Sii community pose together indoors in front of a “Microbiology Society” banner. They are arranged in two rows, smiling at the camera, wearing casual-smart clothing and conference lanyards with name badges. The setting is a modern venue with decorative circular green wall panels behind them.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🆕 | A new study co-led by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Pasquale Maffia reveals that African countries remain severely underrepresented in RCTs published in leading medical and cardiovascular journals. 🔗 Read the full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 📜 Paper: www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
A digital illustration of a human heart rendered in a glowing, geometric wireframe style, with blue and red highlights, floating against a dark blue background.
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CVR Bioinformatics @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📣 We’re still accepting applications for our Introduction to Viral #Bioinformatics course in Glasgow this June! ⏳ Apply by April 30 📅
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc8285zd @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @woahglobal.bsky.social
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr Laura McCaughey has been shortlisted in two categories at the Graduate Futures Institute Academic Employability Awards, for initiatives Complete Graduate, developed with @uofglifesci.bsky.social colleagues, & Business in the Biosciences. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Black-and-white portrait of Dr Laura McCaughey smiling at the camera, with shoulder-length light hair, wearing a dark top and cardigan against a plain background.
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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This work started @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and continues @uofgsii.bsky.social after our relocation in 2025. Most experiments performed across institutions and the @crick.ac.uk to ensure reproducibility. Thanks to all involved. Full post once published 📖
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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Our latest preprint in an awesome collaboration with the Wack Lab @crick.ac.uk. Led by @chrysante-ili.bsky.social, @woutertj.bsky.social and @isobelmouat.bsky.social. We show that monocytes follow a largely conserved differentiation blueprint in the 🫁 when elicited by distinct challenges.
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