Barral Lab
@barrallab.bsky.social
Immunology lab at King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute
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@barrallab.bsky.social
· Nov 24
IFN-γ-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis by NKT cells
The crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells is vital to maintain intestinal
homeostasis. Lebrusant-Fernandez et al. identify NKT cells in the small intestine
as key regulators of epithelial biol...
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Our first 🦋 post! Very happy to share our latest paper just out in Cell Reports, exploring the crosstalk between immune and epithelial cells in the gut. Check it out!
@vivianlilab.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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@vivianlilab.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Taking advantage of a natural experiment, this follow-up by @pascalge.bsky.social of their earlier study in Nature on the beneficial effects of shingles vacination on dementia. Very cool stuff!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course
A natural experiment found that herpes zoster vaccination reduced the occurrence of
mild cognitive impairment and deaths due to dementia, indicating that the vaccine
may slow the progression of dement...
www.cell.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Taking advantage of a natural experiment, this follow-up by @pascalge.bsky.social of their earlier study in Nature on the beneficial effects of shingles vacination on dementia. Very cool stuff!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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BBC News - Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
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Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
BBC News - Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
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"Why do we put hurdles in the way of the people that are actually going to drive our economy? It makes zero sense."
Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
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Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
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December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Why do we put hurdles in the way of the people that are actually going to drive our economy? It makes zero sense."
Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prof Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel prize winning scientist, says the UK's scientific future is being put at risk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We need to apply @nc3rs.bsky.social principles, ensure animal welfare & do the best possible by research animals. But let's not confuse people or ourselves by thinking they're dispensable.
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters
Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments
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December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We need to apply @nc3rs.bsky.social principles, ensure animal welfare & do the best possible by research animals. But let's not confuse people or ourselves by thinking they're dispensable.
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Key points on the need for continued animal use in scientific research. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters
Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Key points on the need for continued animal use in scientific research. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women. In 2024, an estimated 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members worldwide. That is 137 women and girls every day. One every ten minutes. www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | United Nations
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women aims to create awareness of the fact that violence against women is a human rights violation that impedes progress in many areas, in...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today is the International day for the elimination of violence against women. In 2024, an estimated 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members worldwide. That is 137 women and girls every day. One every ten minutes. www.un.org/en/observanc...
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#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
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For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
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Sudan: MSF calls for protection of health facilities and staff after health worker killed | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF calls for protection of health workers and facilities after a colleague was killed at Zalingei Hospital in Central Darfur, disrupting care.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
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We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
Reader in/Professor of Immunobiology | King's College London
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
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'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
Gender pay gap growing across majority of UK universities
More than half of higher education institutions failed to improve gender pay equity last year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
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'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
UK needs new ‘disruptive’ labs for frontier science, says think tank.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
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Not sure why @lpachter.bsky.social did not post this here. But it is brilliant. Single cell genomics finally makes it to the clinic.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Not sure why @lpachter.bsky.social did not post this here. But it is brilliant. Single cell genomics finally makes it to the clinic.
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Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
@barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
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Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
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It is not often that a new flow cytometry protocol makes the newspaper! I also got a kick out of seeing our science tagged as "quirky"!
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
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Fairy Liquid unveiled as secret ingredient in University of Cambridge scientists’ near-universal magic formula
It helps them with experiments studying the inside of cells.
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It is not often that a new flow cytometry protocol makes the newspaper! I also got a kick out of seeing our science tagged as "quirky"!
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...
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I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dear funding agencies,
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.
Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.
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www.linkedin.com/posts/paola-... Looking for a PhD? We are offering a project for the 2026 intake at the Crick!
Bonfanti and Sancho Lab | Dissecting disease-associated pathways and autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes and congenital hyperinsulinism using iPSC-derived beta cells and spatial multi-omics | Paola Bonfan...
The 2026 #PhD recruitment at The Francis Crick Institute is now open!
We are please to announce an additional opportunity to join our laboratory through a PhD project in collaboration with the Rocio...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
www.linkedin.com/posts/paola-... Looking for a PhD? We are offering a project for the 2026 intake at the Crick!
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For #BCAM, know the "rule of 40s": start mammography at age 40 for 40% reduction in risk of death due to #breastcancer and easier treatments. For the 40% of women with #densebreasts, 40% of cancers are missed on mammography and adding MRI helps; US if MRI not possible. @densebreastinfo.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For #BCAM, know the "rule of 40s": start mammography at age 40 for 40% reduction in risk of death due to #breastcancer and easier treatments. For the 40% of women with #densebreasts, 40% of cancers are missed on mammography and adding MRI helps; US if MRI not possible. @densebreastinfo.bsky.social
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Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro...
crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
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Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch?
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Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
CYP PhD Studentships
For students embarking on their research career
Applications for 2026 PhD studentships in Children and Young People's cancer are open!
Applications are now open!
The Children and Young People's ...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch?
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick
🧪🧑🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬🧫🦠🔬
Do you want to develop new #biotherapeutics?
Find cancer cures for #youngpeople?
Applications for our fully funded 4-year PhD programme starting in Autumn 2026 are open!
bit.ly/4mHbPIH
#uclcancer #QMBCI #KCLcancer_pharm #KCL #TheCrick