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Great day yesterday EastBio DTP induction in Stirling! Enjoyed meeting the new cohort and chatting about my experience so far. If any student / supervisor has follow up questions about the programme - please feel free to drop me a message!

Congratulations to our 3rd Year PhD poster prize winners! 1st Prize: Philippa Rosewell MRC PPU 2nd Prize: Josh Richards Cell Signal and Immunology, University of Dundee 3rd Prize: Hajra Bibi Cell Signal and Immunology, University of Dundee buff.ly/3zuIOtU Doctoral Academy, University of Dundee

Great turnout for the #IDRIS2023 symposium! ⁦The University of Edinburgh⁩ ⁦Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh⁩ ⁦The Roslin Institute⁩ SPPIRIT Network⁩ ⁦WCAIR Univ of Dundee⁩ @UofG _IIB

🆕 Protection from T cell-dependent #colitis by the #helminth-derived immunomodulatory mimic of transforming growth factor-β, Hp-TGM ✍️ @DrDJSmyth Madeleine White 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Chris Johnston @HenryMcSorley Maizels Lab UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology Early view 👉bit.ly/403aH8k

Exciting news: SPPIRIT's website is live! Head over to sppiritnetwork.squarespace.com where you'll find information about future events, various resources, and important contact details. We'd also like to thank British Society for Parasitology for supporting the SPPIRIT website.

🎤 Event: Young parasitologists party (#YPP23) on 12 April at 7:30 PM; Networking, food and drink, followed by a pub quiz. All #ECR parasitologists attending British Society for Parasitology at The University of Edinburgh are welcome! Sponsored by Cambridge University Press and British Ecological Society

Heading to Edinburgh for Day 1 of #BSP2023 🪱

#BSP2023 Day 1 ✅ Really enjoyed the opening ceremony in the beautiful Playfair Library The University of Edinburgh - Very excited for some great talks tomorrow!

It was great to meet prospective PhD students, Eastbio alumni and supervisors. Best of luck to all the students starting their research projects this summer!

We will shortly be hiring a lab tech. If you've just finished your undergrad/masters in the UK, this is a great opportunity to get more lab experience before taking your next step. Will share the application link once it's live! Pls retweet SPPIRIT Network

Common colds caused by #rhinovirus can exacerbate #asthma via IL33 and NETosis from #neutrophils: mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-…

How does helminth worms infection suppress allergic responses? A few years ago @HenryMcSorley discovered the protein HpARI which binds to the human cytokine IL-33 and blocks its function. Abhishek Jamwal and I teamed up with Henry's team to discover how..

SPPIRIT members: Do you know talented undergrads who may benefit from a fantastic summer placement? Then encourage them to apply for Carnegie Trust's or Medical Research Scotland's funded opportunities. Deadline to apply in Feb. carnegie-trust.org/award-schemes/… medicalresearchscotland.org.uk/undergraduate-…

It's been 1 month since our successful ECR Symposium at University of Dundee! Watch out for our upcoming newsletter with highlights from the day. We'd also like to hear news or updates from your local, Scottish institute. Please DM or email us and we'll feature you in our newsletter 📰

Congrats Team! Proud to be part of the SPPIRIT Network

Final PhD experiment done, marking the end of my lab work! I'm due to finish writing by July and would be grateful if you could keep me in mind for future postdocs in immunoparasitology, mucosal immunology and host-pathogen interactions 👩🏻‍🔬🪱🫁

Very enjoyable few days in Newcastle for BSI Immunometabolism Fuelling the immune response III Looking forward to the next one! Great talks from Dundee representatives Linda Sinclair / @AJMHowden

Heparan sulphate binding controls in vivo half-life of the HpARI protein family biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

If you're looking for a PhD, & passionate about #helminths & #mucosal #immunity, please apply! This project in Edinburgh will investigate intestinal/lung #inflammation, tissue damage & repair during murine #schistosome infection (deadline 10th August) 🪱🤓findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

Only 3 weeks left to register for our ECR symposium! Keynote speakers have been announced and more information on the registration web 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/sppirit-ecr-… Registration and Abstract deadline is September 30th. See you all there!