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Cellular Immunology/Cell Biology Lab at the University of Manchester, UK worboyslab.com

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Marson Lab @marsonlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A truly incredible first paper from Julia's lab finally out in @nature.com! Just one of many big things to come from her group. @gladstoneinst.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @parkerici.bsky.social
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Lydia Becker Institute @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📣 We are delighted to announce world-leading immunologist Prof Sarah Gaffen as the incoming Director of the Lydia Becker Institute. Prof Gaffen succeeds founding Director @tracyh9494.bsky.social on Jan 1, 2027, as Tracy steps down after 8 years to focus on mentoring talent. 👉 tinyurl.com/3n4x5ave
Professor Sarah Gaffen Quote - "I am delighted to take on the role of 
Director of the Lydia Becker Institute. 
The ecosystem in Manchester provides opportunities to bridge immunology across disciplines. I'm eager to work across partner centres in fields like cancer immunology, neuroimmunology, and women’s health."Professor Duncan Ivison Quote - "Sarah is an outstanding choice to lead the Lydia Becker Institute. Her vision and leadership will build on existing strengths, helping to drive innovation, deliver real-world impact, and further enhance our world-leading immunology research."Professor Tracy Hussell Quote - “Every institute benefits from a fresh perspective. Sarah shares the same energy and enthusiasm I have for thinking beyond traditional research silos and nurturing people at all stages of their career.”
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Jessica Stark @jcstark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thrilled to share that postdoc @megtriesscience.bsky.social was awarded a @cancerresearchinst.bsky.social Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship! Her funded work is defining a role for glycans in colorectal cancer initiation. Learn more: www.cancerresearch.org/cri-funded-s... Congratulations, Megan! 🍾
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Megan Priestley, PhD - Cancer Research Institute
Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer worldwide, and rates are rising alarmingly among younger adults. Although immunotherapy has transformed treatment for some cancers, more than 90% of co...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
All dSTORM data is now freely accessible at nano-org.bham.ac.uk
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New research that our group was involved in is now out at BioRxiv, where we helped determine the nanoscale architecture of the NLRP3 inflammasome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Overall, our study shows that TIGIT signalling is logic gated. This reveals a regulatory element controlling checkpoint signalling, limiting its activity to the precise moment a T cell is being activated. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Mechanistically, TIGIT phosphorylation and subsequent internalisation required both CD155 ligation and TCR activation. This means TIGIT signalling depends on the activation state of the T cell. (8/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thus, put simply, CD155 ligation alone was not enough for TIGIT to engage these signalling, cytoskeletal and endocytic pathways. It needed concurrent T cell receptor stimulation. (7/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
By comparing the proximity proteome of ligated TIGIT with or without TCR stimulation, we saw that the CD155-ligated and signalling-dependent TIGIT-proximal proteins also required TCR stimulation to be recruited. (6/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Previously, using nanoscopy, we demonstrated that TIGIT clusters upon ligation, which coalesce with TCR clusters. As many of the proximity proteomics hits could be indistinguishable from a TCR signalosome, we sought to differentiate the two. (5/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We next asked whether TIGIT’s cytoplasmic signalling motifs were needed to recruit these pathways. A TIGIT mutant, Y225A/Y231A, incapable of inhibitory signalling, failed to recruit the identified proteins. (4/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The identified TIGIT-proximal proteins specifically enriched after ligand engagement were linked to signalling (i.e. Grb2, SOS1), cytoskeletal regulation (CD2AP and SdcBP) and endocytosis (IST1 and SNX3). (3/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
To study this, we used proximity proteomics to map the TIGIT signalosome upon engagement with its ligand CD155 in T cells. This allowed us to ask what pathways TIGIT recruits upon ligation. (2/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
TIGIT is an inhibitory immune checkpoint receptor, but the signalling molecules and rules that control its inhibitory activity in T cells remain poorly defined. We set out to better understand how TIGIT signals. (1/9)
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How does the immune checkpoint TIGIT know when to inhibit a T cell? Our new research suggests the answer is logic: TIGIT needs both its ligand, CD155, and TCR stimulation to signal. A short summary 🧵
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our lab’s latest research is now published at Cell Reports. Inhibitory TIGIT signaling is dependent on T cell receptor activation: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Inhibitory TIGIT signaling is dependent on T cell receptor activation
Immune checkpoint receptors, such as TIGIT, act to restrain T cell responses, but their regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. Zammit et al. discover that inhibitory TIGIT signaling requires bot...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have a technician post available in my lab and am looking for a passionate and ambitious team player to join our group. If you're interested in the role, please get in contact. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
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Research Technician:Oxford Road
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Really interesting findings and beautifully executed experiments! PD-1 signaling and PD-1 blockade–mediated tumor control are established at microvillar T cell contacts | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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PD-1 signaling and PD-1 blockade–mediated tumor control are established at microvillar T cell contacts
Microvillar contacts serve as sites of TCR and PD-1 signal integration, modulating T cell activation and tumor control.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 19/03/2026
This new type of immunotherapy shows promise for treating different cancers including prostate cancer, leukaemia and lung cancer.
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Masked T-cell engagers: cancer immunotherapies for the future?
This new type of immunotherapy shows promise for treating different cancers including prostate cancer, leukaemia and lung cancer.
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A promising advance in mass spectrometry, inspired by a natural biological process! This will surely provide even greater depth of sequencing. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A nature-inspired ion trap for parallel manipulation of ions on a massive scale
A nature-inspired ion trap enabling massively parallel mass spectrometry.
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
An article @sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote on the exciting promise of 'Masked' T cell engagers is now available at the Conversation. doi.org/10.64628/AB....
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Masked T-cell engagers: cancer immunotherapies for the future?
This new type of immunotherapy shows promise for treating different cancers including prostate cancer, leukaemia and lung cancer.
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It was fantastic to contribute to the latest research from @owenlabuob.bsky.social now out at @natcomms.nature.com. This is a great initiative and could be an important resource for the SMLM community. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nano-org, a functional resource for single-molecule localisation microscopy data - Nature Communications
An open-access resource, nano-org, enables researchers to explore and compare the nanoscale 2 organisation of proteins imaged using single-molecule localisation microscopy, advancing insights 3 into cell biology, disease, and drug response.
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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road
Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:
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Olatz Niembro @olatznv.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Our new paper is out! Khodor Hazime led the brilliant work at the @dandavis101.bsky.social lab that shows *how* engagers that bring NK cell receptors together at the immune synapse boost activation against tumour cells www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Immunotherapy Advances @imtadvances.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
🧩 Antigen presentation is complex - but imaging is bringing clarity. @doreenlau.bsky.social‬ & @timmunologist.bsky.social‬ review how advanced imaging illuminates T-cell–APC interactions, peptide-MHC dynamics, and more in cancer immunity. 📖 bit.ly/3TkIasN #CancerImmunology
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Delighted to advertise a collaborative postdoc position available in the lab to develop new proximity labelling tools, funded by a BBSRC Transformative Research Technology grant: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry
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Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology:Oxford Road
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Brilliant overview of ‘Click Biology’ rdcu.be/etLqI
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Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions
Nature Chemical Biology - This Perspective discusses click biology as an analogy to click chemistry and examines reactions carried out using building blocks present in every living cell, enabling...
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨 The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc! Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases @ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Delighted to have visited the Dept. of Pathology at the University of Cambridge today to present our work. Some fantastic discussions!
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
More evidence that TIGIT is an important player in autoimmunity and independent of its effect on CD226 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #immunosky
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TIGIT deficiency promotes autoreactive CD4+ T-cell responses through a metabolic‒epigenetic mechanism in autoimmune myositis - Nature Communications
Aberrant activation of autoreactive T cells is a hallmark of autoimmune diseases. Here, by analysing CD4 T cells from patients with polymyositis and mice with experimental autoimmune myositis, the aut...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The subfornical organ is a nucleus for gut-derived T cells that regulate behavior @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The deadline for this PhD is fast approaching. We are looking for a promising synthetic chemist to make new chemical biology tools to learn more about nucleic acid interactions. This is a collaborative project with the Trowbridge Lab in @uomscieng.bsky.social. If interested, get in touch soon!
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our latest research is now available as a pre-print at BioRxiv. We show that the immune checkpoint receptor TIGIT cannot signal in T cells without simultaneous TCR stimulation. #ImmunoSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Inhibitory TIGIT signalling is dependent on T cell receptor activation
TIGIT is an immune checkpoint receptor that can signal via cytoplasmic ITT-like and ITIM motifs to regulate T cell function. The signalling molecules that mediate inhibitory TIGIT signalling in T cell...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social‬, @drmichaelway.bsky.social‬ & Giulia Zanetti. To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Journal of Cell Science Meeting 2026 
Imaging Cell Dynamics
Date: 11 – 14 May 2026
Venue: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain
Register your interest
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We have a PhD available in the lab to design new chemical tools to do super resolution proximity labelling of nucleotides. Come join us!! #ChemSky #ChemBio www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(EPSRC DTP) Super-resolution proximity nucleotide labelling at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (EPSRC DTP) Super-resolution proximity nucleotide labelling at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Matthew Sinton 🏳️‍🌈 @mcsinton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Hi everyone 👋 I’ve been nominated for the role of ECR representative position on the Member Representative Forum at @britsocimm.bsky.social. If you’d like to see me in this position and want to vote for me, you can follow this link: www.immunology.org/news/bsi-com... #immunosky
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BSI committee elections 2025 | British Society for Immunology
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our latest research is now available as a pre-print at BioRxiv. We show that the immune checkpoint receptor TIGIT cannot signal in T cells without simultaneous TCR stimulation. #ImmunoSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Inhibitory TIGIT signalling is dependent on T cell receptor activation
TIGIT is an immune checkpoint receptor that can signal via cytoplasmic ITT-like and ITIM motifs to regulate T cell function. The signalling molecules that mediate inhibitory TIGIT signalling in T cell...
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function. Please get in touch if interested in applying. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy
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Research Associate in Imaging Human Immunology:Oxford Road
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Gillian Mackie @gillianmackie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
New postdoc position in @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab. Great opportunity to join a new group, doing exciting work 🧪 Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ImmunoSky
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Research Associate in Breast Cancer Metastasis:CRUK Oglesby Cancer Research Building, 555 Wilmslow Road, M20 4GJ
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Our lab has a postdoc position available to use super-resolution microscopy to understand how nanoscopic localisation of immune checkpoints dictates their function. Please get in touch if interested in applying. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ImmunoSky #Imaging #Microscopy
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Research Associate in Imaging Human Immunology:Oxford Road
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Worboys Lab @worboyslab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A recent study we were involved in is now online showing distinct populations of NK cells with different killing potential: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Frontiers | CD8α and CD70 mark human natural killer cell populations which differ in cytotoxicity
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Faraz Mardakheh @mardakheh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🚨Thanks to generous support from @cancerresearchuk.org, we have multiple postdoctoral positions available in our lab (www.mardakhehlab.info) @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social to study ribosomes synthesis in cancer. Get in touch if you’re interested + RT and spread the word! 📣 #cancer #RNA 🚨
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Stefano Barbera @barbera-stefano.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If you're a T cell enthusiast, check out our latest findings published recently in #Science Magazine | #Immunology. Uncovering the mechanism of CAR trogocytosis between T cells has been extremely fun. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Trogocytosis of chimeric antigen receptors between T cells is regulated by their transmembrane domains
Chimeric antigen receptor trogocytosis transfers antitumor immunity between T cells and is dictated by their transmembrane domain.
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Dr Róisín McManus @roisinmcmanus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I am thrilled to share our latest article that has been published in @cp-immunity.bsky.social. We describe a new role for NLRP3 outside of its #inflammasome complex, where it can regulate microglial #metabolism & key metabolites that affect the epigenetic landscape(1) www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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NLRP3-mediated glutaminolysis controls microglial phagocytosis to promote Alzheimer’s disease progression
How NLRP3 impacts Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is unclear. McManus et al. find that NLRP3 is located at mitochondria where it regulates microglial metabolism. Depletion or chronic pharmacological inhibiti...
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 04/02/2025
🦠🤲 Scratching: Friend or Foe? A new study found that scratching worsens allergic inflammation but also helps fight infections by activating neuroimmune pathways. The itch-scratch cycle has a complex role in health. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Immunology #Neuroscience #SciComm 🧪
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Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation
Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which scratching exacerbates inflammation and wheth...
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Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If anyone fancies giving it a go we can run a workshop at the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025. More details at www.centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25, deadline for applications is 17th January 2025. More details at bsky.app/profile/liam...
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Jörg Enderlein @joergenderlein.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Super happy to see the manuscript of my former PhD student and close friend Arindam Ghosh, @arindam92.bsky.social, and the Markus Sauer lab, @sauer-lab.bsky.social, being pblished in Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Decoding the molecular interplay of CD20 and therapeutic antibodies with fast volumetric nanoscopy
Elucidating the interaction between membrane proteins and antibodies requires whole-cell imaging at high spatiotemporal resolution. Lattice light-sheet (LLS) microscopy offers fast volumetric imaging ...
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Enfu Hui @enfuhui.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Thrilled to share our @sciimmunology.bsky.social paper! We report that rodent PD-1 is weaker than human PD-1 (reduced ligand binding & signaling) & lacks a conserved vertebrate motif. Humanizing mouse PD-1 disrupts T cell anti-tumor responses, raising many questions. science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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