Henry McSorley
@henrymcsorley.bsky.social
I use parasites to mess with the immune system. Reader at University of Dundee. I also like bikes and cats.
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📣 We’re thrilled to announce the 5th Scottish Immunology Groups Network symposium! #SIGNET26
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📣 We’re thrilled to announce the 5th Scottish Immunology Groups Network symposium! #SIGNET26
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
🗓️ 11 March 2026
📍 Perth, Scotland
A full day of cutting-edge research, collaboration & networking across the Scottish #Immunology community. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LxUJA5
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My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Happy Longest Day Of The Year
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Longest Day Of The Year
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Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
Cryptosporidium oocyst wall proteins are true components of the oocyst wall and COWP8 is not required for parasite transmission
Author summary Infection with Cryptosporidium causes diarrhoea, which can be fatal for malnourished children or people who are immunocompromised. There is no vaccine or effective medicines available t...
journals.plos.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
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urgently need you guys to know that this French politician below 1) didn't know he'd been appointed as a minister until he saw it on TV 2) reacted by going: "bah pfff voilà"
Le nouveau ministre de la Ruralité, Michel Fournier, raconte avoir appris sa nomination à la télé
Le plus vieux ministre nommé sous la Ve République précise avoir discuté avec le Premier ministre «deux jours avant», sans que rien ne soit arrêté. «Comment j’ai réagi ? Bah pfff voilà», résume-t-il.
Le plus vieux ministre nommé sous la Ve République précise avoir discuté avec le Premier ministre «deux jours avant», sans que rien ne soit arrêté. «Comment j’ai réagi ? Bah pfff voilà», résume-t-il.
Le nouveau ministre de la Ruralité, Michel Fournier, raconte avoir appris sa nomination à la télé
Le plus vieux ministre nommé sous la Ve République a précisé avoir discuté avec le Premier ministre «deux jours avant», sans que rien ne soit arrêté.
www.liberation.fr
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
urgently need you guys to know that this French politician below 1) didn't know he'd been appointed as a minister until he saw it on TV 2) reacted by going: "bah pfff voilà"
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Dr. Seuss went hard during WWII.
Lessons should have been learned.
Lessons should have been learned.
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Dr. Seuss went hard during WWII.
Lessons should have been learned.
Lessons should have been learned.
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If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.
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Yay immunology! Tregs FTW! www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
www.nobelprize.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Yay immunology! Tregs FTW! www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
real bravery
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
real bravery
Doing the Glentress 7 today - 7h mountain bike race. I plan to become a machine which turns peanut butter and jam sandwiches into laps.
September 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Doing the Glentress 7 today - 7h mountain bike race. I plan to become a machine which turns peanut butter and jam sandwiches into laps.
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We're looking for a Lead Scientist to join Flow Cytometry Centre in Aberdeen! Fantastic opportunity to deliver services, work with varied research groups, promote cytometry and further develop the facility. Aberdeen is a great place to live/work- APPLY NOW www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/cyto...
Cytometry Facility Lead Scientist (IMS313A) | University of Aberdeen
A Lead Cytometry expert post is available for a highly motivated flow cytometrist to deliver cytometry services, promote and develop the Iain Fraser Cytometry Centre (IFCC). This post is for a highly...
www.abdnjobs.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We're looking for a Lead Scientist to join Flow Cytometry Centre in Aberdeen! Fantastic opportunity to deliver services, work with varied research groups, promote cytometry and further develop the facility. Aberdeen is a great place to live/work- APPLY NOW www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/cyto...
Latest McSorley lab paper is out! Led by Vivien @vshek.bsky.social, this is a story about the immunomodulators from H. polygyrus bakeri (Hpb), and how their analysis led to the identification of HpBoRB, a secreted protein which binds host RELM-beta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Latest McSorley lab paper is out! Led by Vivien @vshek.bsky.social, this is a story about the immunomodulators from H. polygyrus bakeri (Hpb), and how their analysis led to the identification of HpBoRB, a secreted protein which binds host RELM-beta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins
Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.
www.science.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Extremely happy to see our work out in #ScienceImmunology. We show allergen-induced ECM remodelling occurs independently of IL-13 or IL-17 driven inflammation. Rather chitinase-like proteins drive airway ECM accumulation & inhibition of Ym1 can remarkably reverse it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins
Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
September 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
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Hominid re-diversification
September 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Hominid re-diversification
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September 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
I have marked 6 MSc theses in 2 days and I cant read any more words. No more words thank you.
Or acronyms. Especially acronyms.
Or acronyms. Especially acronyms.
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have marked 6 MSc theses in 2 days and I cant read any more words. No more words thank you.
Or acronyms. Especially acronyms.
Or acronyms. Especially acronyms.
Great postdoc opportunity available in the Konkel lab in Manchester!
New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road
Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Great postdoc opportunity available in the Konkel lab in Manchester!
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IL-25-induced memory type 2 innate lymphoid cells enforce mucosal immunity
Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
IL-25-induced memory type 2 innate lymphoid cells enforce mucosal immunity
IL-25 treatment induces persistent adaptation of the small intestine, which is maintained
by ILC2s with functional and epigenetic qualities of immune memory. Effector-memory
ILC2s arise in multiple ti...
www.cell.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
IL-25-induced memory type 2 innate lymphoid cells enforce mucosal immunity
Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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"chatGPT 5 is like having a bunch of phds in your pocket" here's ten trillion dollars
"bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
"bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
September 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"chatGPT 5 is like having a bunch of phds in your pocket" here's ten trillion dollars
"bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
"bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
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Super proud that my PhD paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/all.... RSV leaves long-lasting marks on the lung, potentially boosting future immune responses but also contributing to allergen sensitisation.
Epithelial Memory After Respiratory Viral Infection in Mice Results in Prolonged Enhancement of Antigen Presentation
RSV infection induces lasting epigenetic and transcriptional changes in LECs, upregulating MHC-I and MHC-II, further amplified by LPS exposure. This is accompanied by increased antigen uptake, proc...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Super proud that my PhD paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/all.... RSV leaves long-lasting marks on the lung, potentially boosting future immune responses but also contributing to allergen sensitisation.