Super poster presentation from @Courteney_Tun on her #MSC and PPAR delta in ARDS project funded by @scienceirel #BSI2023

Final session of #BSI23, it's been a great conference!

Signs you're ready for the Christmas break: You try to press "ctrl+S" to save what you just wrote down with a pen in your physical lab book. Academic Chatter™ #phdchat #phdvoice

That looks exciting 👀 I'll try to make it!

Final year PhD student vibes: "I know exactly the paper you're looking for, let me send it to you!" Academic Chatter™ #phdchat #phdvoice

My medieval sword fighting club is hosting a one-day tournament this May!

Found a hedgehog in the tall grass of my garden. Peak biodiversity achieved.

Shoutout to Zotero for not letting me down once so far during my almost 4 years of PhD and now late night weekend thesis writing. Academic Chatter™ #phdchat #phdvoice

Getting tattooed at the conference yEFIS yISI EFIS #eci2024

Come get your #yEFIS stamp at the EFIS booth at #ECI2024

Come see my uncensored poster today at #eci2024! Conveniently located at the beginning of the corridor, so you won't have to squeeze past people 😎 yEFIS yISI EFIS

Fascinating talk on sex differences in type I IFN responses for the regulation of antiviral immunity by Prof. Marcus Altfeld. I much appreciated the thoughtful inclusion of transgender individuals and detangling of genetic and hormonal influences #eci2024 EFIS yEFIS

Just in time for my thesis submission, my first research paper on how MSCs can suppress palmitate training of macrophages is now available! A big thank you to my Co-authors and Prof Karen English, this was a team effort. isct-cytotherapy.org/article/S1465-… #AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdvoice

.Laura Bitterlich 🏳️‍🌈 and team at the Prof Karen English show that palmitate drives trained immunity in human #macrophages dependent on epigenetic remodeling. 💡 Learn more in Cytotherapy: bit.ly/40s8YMk

I'm seeing more people migrate, so now you can find me over there too. Just in case.

Lovely to receive Laura Bitterlich 🏳️‍🌈 Hard bound PhD thesis today! The end of 4 years hard work! Well Done and congratulations Dr Bitterlich. Laura's PhD was funded by a John & Pat Hume Scholarship Maynooth University Maynooth Biology

Project 2 in PNAS Nexus: Polychlorinated biphenyls induce immunometabolic switch of antiinflammatory macrophages toward an inflammatory phenotype Riley Behan-Bush James Ankrum Michael Schrodt Laura Bitterlich 🏳️‍🌈 Prof Karen English Iowa BME #NIEHSfunded academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

Delighted to have our latest paper now online in Stem Cell Research & Therapy rdcu.be/ezDs3 Congrats to lead co-first authors @Courteney_tun Laura Bitterlich 🏳️‍🌈 and collaborators James Ankrum and Andy Hogan Maynooth University Maynooth Biology