Lindsay Broadbent
lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social
Lindsay Broadbent
@lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social
Lecturer/ group leader at The University of Surrey investigating respiratory viruses, lung disease and innate immune responses 🦠🔬
Honoured and surprised to be awarded the @microbiologysociety.org Outreach & Engagement prize for 2026.
Previous winners are impressive scientists and fantastic communicators, a list I feel very under-qualified to now be part of!
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Two-year postdoc position available! 🦠🔬

Investigating a COPD drug to see if it can reduce inflammation & tissue remodelling following respiratory virus infection.

Lots of cell culture and primary cell culture, qPCR, microscopy

jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Fellow A in Virology & Cell Biology
The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Lindsay Broadbent
We've curated a media guide in collaboration with @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social to support safe communication of key areas of microbiology in the media. Click the link in our bio to read about common misconceptions, interpreting press releases and useful analogies.🦠
April 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A useful guide to microbiomes for the media and anyone interested in the topic!
Our "Guide to communicating microbiomes in the media", created in collaboration @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social aims to help navigate the complexities of communicating microbiome research. Click the link in our bio to read and download the guide.
April 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We have just published a review on the Recent Advances in RSV Prevention and Treatment. A much needed, but tricky review to write, considering the fast-pace of RSV pharmaceutical development recently!

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus disease
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with considerable healthcare burden; as such, prevention and treatment of RSV have long been considered a priority. Historic failures in RSV vaccine dev...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great to be back at @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference, always a great week.
Already caught some great talks (and great videos @alanlparker.bsky.social!)
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Most of the lab group attending RSV2025
March 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM