Rocío Martínez Aguilar
@rocioma.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher in the Maybin lab. Working on heavy periods (🩸) and the role of hypoxia. Member of the Bioquarter Postdoc Society and UCU. 🇪🇸 in 🏴 (She/Her)
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I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Last Saturday, we opened our doors to the public once again for Doors Open Day.
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last Saturday, we opened our doors to the public once again for Doors Open Day.
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Behind the scenes: researching long COVID and menstruation
@jackiemaybin.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
#WomensHealth #LongCovid #Periods #COVID19 #menstruation #Health
https://bit.ly/4nRbEMa
@jackiemaybin.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
#WomensHealth #LongCovid #Periods #COVID19 #menstruation #Health
https://bit.ly/4nRbEMa
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Behind the scenes: researching long COVID and menstruation
@jackiemaybin.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
#WomensHealth #LongCovid #Periods #COVID19 #menstruation #Health
https://bit.ly/4nRbEMa
@jackiemaybin.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
#WomensHealth #LongCovid #Periods #COVID19 #menstruation #Health
https://bit.ly/4nRbEMa
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Delighted all of @lizihegarty.bsky.social's hard work as paid off. She shows that tissue resident colonic #macrophages persist through #inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair.
Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻
@uofgsii.bsky.social
Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻
@uofgsii.bsky.social
Tissue resident colonic macrophages persist through acute inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677333v1
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Delighted all of @lizihegarty.bsky.social's hard work as paid off. She shows that tissue resident colonic #macrophages persist through #inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair.
Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻
@uofgsii.bsky.social
Lovely collaborative work with colleagues @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and beyond. 🙏🏻
@uofgsii.bsky.social
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🪧We are delighted to announce the winners of the CMVM Postdoc Appreciation Week Awards 2025 - we received lots of super nominations so congratulations to everyone nominated - see🧵for results...
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🪧We are delighted to announce the winners of the CMVM Postdoc Appreciation Week Awards 2025 - we received lots of super nominations so congratulations to everyone nominated - see🧵for results...
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Absolutely delighted that our superstar #postdoc @lizihegarty.bsky.social was awarded the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social Student Support & Supervision Award for #PAW 2025. Thoroughly deserved for everything she does for @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social, @bainlab.bsky.social & @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Absolutely delighted that our superstar #postdoc @lizihegarty.bsky.social was awarded the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social Student Support & Supervision Award for #PAW 2025. Thoroughly deserved for everything she does for @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social, @bainlab.bsky.social & @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
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New research highlights an important connection between long Covid and menstrual health.
Women with long Covid often face heavier, longer periods and worse symptoms around menstruation.
Read more 👉 edin.ac/42xzdRJ
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social | @jackiemaybin.bsky.social
Women with long Covid often face heavier, longer periods and worse symptoms around menstruation.
Read more 👉 edin.ac/42xzdRJ
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social | @jackiemaybin.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New research highlights an important connection between long Covid and menstrual health.
Women with long Covid often face heavier, longer periods and worse symptoms around menstruation.
Read more 👉 edin.ac/42xzdRJ
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social | @jackiemaybin.bsky.social
Women with long Covid often face heavier, longer periods and worse symptoms around menstruation.
Read more 👉 edin.ac/42xzdRJ
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social | @jackiemaybin.bsky.social
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Long Covid study sheds light on link with period disruption 🩸
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
Read our article: edin.ac/3VQcV9Z
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
Read our article: edin.ac/3VQcV9Z
Long Covid study sheds light on link with period disruption | Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
edin.ac
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Long Covid study sheds light on link with period disruption 🩸
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
Read our article: edin.ac/3VQcV9Z
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
Read our article: edin.ac/3VQcV9Z
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#EMDS2025 attendees - if anyone is looking for a postdoc position and likes what they see of #Edinburgh, please come and speak to me or @lizihegarty.bsky.social (poster 71) or @erinwatson.bsky.social (poster 35).
I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#EMDS2025 attendees - if anyone is looking for a postdoc position and likes what they see of #Edinburgh, please come and speak to me or @lizihegarty.bsky.social (poster 71) or @erinwatson.bsky.social (poster 35).
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Official advert coming soon! #postdoc #macrophages @britsocimm.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social
I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Official advert coming soon! #postdoc #macrophages @britsocimm.bsky.social @emds2025.bsky.social
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social
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@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social FIRST DAY OF WELCOME WEEK STRIKE ACTION ‼️#StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social FIRST DAY OF WELCOME WEEK STRIKE ACTION ‼️#StopTheCuts
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📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts.
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts.
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
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Our partnered project 'Breaking Barriers in Research Funding Applications: Evaluating Narrative CVs and Co-designing Solutions' has come to an end! Thanks @edicaucus.bsky.social @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social University of Surrey. Here's an overview of what we have been working on and our key findings
September 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our partnered project 'Breaking Barriers in Research Funding Applications: Evaluating Narrative CVs and Co-designing Solutions' has come to an end! Thanks @edicaucus.bsky.social @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social University of Surrey. Here's an overview of what we have been working on and our key findings
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Take some of your own time, and read 8 stories of casualised and precariously employed academics.
in-their-own-time.ed.ac.uk
Dr Cécile Ménard and Dr Lena Wånggren with artist Maria Stoian received EDICa Flexible Funding to produce this research and artwork highlighting the challenges faced.
in-their-own-time.ed.ac.uk
Dr Cécile Ménard and Dr Lena Wånggren with artist Maria Stoian received EDICa Flexible Funding to produce this research and artwork highlighting the challenges faced.
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Take some of your own time, and read 8 stories of casualised and precariously employed academics.
in-their-own-time.ed.ac.uk
Dr Cécile Ménard and Dr Lena Wånggren with artist Maria Stoian received EDICa Flexible Funding to produce this research and artwork highlighting the challenges faced.
in-their-own-time.ed.ac.uk
Dr Cécile Ménard and Dr Lena Wånggren with artist Maria Stoian received EDICa Flexible Funding to produce this research and artwork highlighting the challenges faced.
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If you're into the immunology of anything reproduction please submit an abstract! I will be chairing the spoken session, and we're hoping for a great poster showing in the field too. From uteruses to sperm, to placentas to babies - send it in ☺️ #BSI25 #reproimmunology
⏰ Just 2 weeks left! Submit your abstract for #BSI25 by 3 September and showcase your research at the UK’s flagship immunology event this December in Liverpool.
🔗 Submit now: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
🔗 Submit now: bit.ly/3UfF6i5
🌟 Got exciting immunology research to share? There’s still time to submit your abstract for BSI Congress! #BSI25
Present your findings to 1,500+ experts, grow your network, and spark new collaborations that can boost your career.
Submit by 3 Sept ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
Present your findings to 1,500+ experts, grow your network, and spark new collaborations that can boost your career.
Submit by 3 Sept ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
August 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you're into the immunology of anything reproduction please submit an abstract! I will be chairing the spoken session, and we're hoping for a great poster showing in the field too. From uteruses to sperm, to placentas to babies - send it in ☺️ #BSI25 #reproimmunology
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UK National Postdoc Appreciation Week (UKNPAW) 2025 is coming!
Join the online and free flagship event 'From surviving to thriving: planning your future', on 15th September 10.30am (expected finish time 12.30pm), register here uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-met...
Join the online and free flagship event 'From surviving to thriving: planning your future', on 15th September 10.30am (expected finish time 12.30pm), register here uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-met...
2025 event :: UK Postdoc Appreciation Week
How can postdocs move beyond day-to-day survival and actively shape their future?
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August 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK National Postdoc Appreciation Week (UKNPAW) 2025 is coming!
Join the online and free flagship event 'From surviving to thriving: planning your future', on 15th September 10.30am (expected finish time 12.30pm), register here uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-met...
Join the online and free flagship event 'From surviving to thriving: planning your future', on 15th September 10.30am (expected finish time 12.30pm), register here uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-met...
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Happy to share our latest preprint doing low cell number (mini-bulk) and single cell #proteomics on tumour associated neutrophils from human glioblastoma where we find multiple functional states that would be invisible to scRNAseq, some showing pro-tumoural states with potential therapeutic value
Single cell proteomic analysis defines discrete neutrophil functional states in human glioblastoma
Neutrophils are vital innate immune cells shown to infiltrate glioblastomas, however we currently lack the molecular understanding of their functional states within the tumour niche. Neutrophils are k...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Happy to share our latest preprint doing low cell number (mini-bulk) and single cell #proteomics on tumour associated neutrophils from human glioblastoma where we find multiple functional states that would be invisible to scRNAseq, some showing pro-tumoural states with potential therapeutic value
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I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!
July 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!
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🔬 Want to strengthen your single-cell and spatial omics skills? Attend our top-rated course starting 20 Oct, running every Monday for five weeks.
Join expert-led sessions designed to fit your schedule and advance your research skills!
Register here before spaces run out: bit.ly/3ywXcF3
Join expert-led sessions designed to fit your schedule and advance your research skills!
Register here before spaces run out: bit.ly/3ywXcF3
July 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🔬 Want to strengthen your single-cell and spatial omics skills? Attend our top-rated course starting 20 Oct, running every Monday for five weeks.
Join expert-led sessions designed to fit your schedule and advance your research skills!
Register here before spaces run out: bit.ly/3ywXcF3
Join expert-led sessions designed to fit your schedule and advance your research skills!
Register here before spaces run out: bit.ly/3ywXcF3
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A discussion of the use of animals in research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk...
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(Warning: Rant coming)
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Director’s Desk: The Future of Animal Models in Research | NIH’s Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer
YouTube video by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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July 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A discussion of the use of animals in research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk...
1/n
(Warning: Rant coming)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk...
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(Warning: Rant coming)
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This remarkable initiative brings together 44 collaborators from 11 countries, resulting in the publication of 1 #editorial and 4 #articles in the latest issue of Molecular Human Reproduction!
@endometriosis #womenshealth
academic.oup.com/molehr/artic...
@endometriosis #womenshealth
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Enhancing collaboration in endometriosis research through the initiative of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project (EPHect)
Endometriosis affects an estimated >200 million women (and those assigned female at birth) during their most active and reproductive years, causing a hi
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July 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This remarkable initiative brings together 44 collaborators from 11 countries, resulting in the publication of 1 #editorial and 4 #articles in the latest issue of Molecular Human Reproduction!
@endometriosis #womenshealth
academic.oup.com/molehr/artic...
@endometriosis #womenshealth
academic.oup.com/molehr/artic...
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I am extremely honoured to say that I have been named as the @iadr.bsky.social Salivary Researcher of the Year 2025 🏆 This is testament to my incredible team & wonderful collaborators over the last 8 yrs & my superb postdoc training at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #salivarygland #salivary #research
July 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I am extremely honoured to say that I have been named as the @iadr.bsky.social Salivary Researcher of the Year 2025 🏆 This is testament to my incredible team & wonderful collaborators over the last 8 yrs & my superb postdoc training at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #salivarygland #salivary #research
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Where is the money going? In the case of for-profit publishers it's very clear:
Your open access fees fund corporate profit margins.
Profit margins for large academic publishers can far exceed those of household names like Amazon and Apple.
chart source: bit.ly/4leULKi
#scipub #academicsky
Your open access fees fund corporate profit margins.
Profit margins for large academic publishers can far exceed those of household names like Amazon and Apple.
chart source: bit.ly/4leULKi
#scipub #academicsky
July 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Where is the money going? In the case of for-profit publishers it's very clear:
Your open access fees fund corporate profit margins.
Profit margins for large academic publishers can far exceed those of household names like Amazon and Apple.
chart source: bit.ly/4leULKi
#scipub #academicsky
Your open access fees fund corporate profit margins.
Profit margins for large academic publishers can far exceed those of household names like Amazon and Apple.
chart source: bit.ly/4leULKi
#scipub #academicsky