Dearbhla Murphy
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Dearbhla Murphy
@dervmurphy.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Basdeo Lab at Trinity College Dublin. Interested in all things trained immunity and infection/TB 👩‍🔬🔬🧫(she/her)
Really enjoyed attending the Irish Society of Immunology conference this year and getting to present my poster ❤️ Something very special about Galway!
August 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Thrilled to share our new study showing that lipids drive immune dysfunction in ovarian cancer — and that blocking lipid uptake through SR-B1 can prevent it! @lydialynch.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Researchers led by Ludwig Princeton’s @lydialynch.bsky.social report that certain fats in ascites fluid—which accumulates as ovarian cancer spreads from the ovaries into the abdomen—sabotage anti-tumor immune responses and show how this effect might be blocked for immunotherapy. bit.ly/4jGuUtU
May 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Dearbhla Murphy
I was honored to recieve the Translational Project of the Year Award at the Irish Cancer Society Awards last week! Thanks so much to the ICS for funding and acknowledging this work, and to @lydialynch.bsky.social for all of the support over the years! 😊🥰
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Dearbhla Murphy
Check out our new commentary on this interesting study by @justinaguerrero.bsky.social and team on Glut1 overexpressing CAR T cells. Excited to see what comes next for these metabolically enhanced T cells!
@davidfinlaytcd.bsky.social
La dolce vita: fueling chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T... : Immunometabolism
y of patients relapse, which is concomitant with poor CAR T cell persistence. Similarly, the efficacy of CAR T cell therapy is limited in solid tumors, largely due to tumor antigen heterogeneity, immu...
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January 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM