George Robinson
banner
georgearobinson.bsky.social
George Robinson
@georgearobinson.bsky.social
Principal Research Fellow & PI 🔎 UCL 🥼 PhD in immunology 🦠 Research in Lupus 🐺🦋 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7473-7652
Dad, husband, & family man 🏠 Spurs fan ⚪️
Author & illustrator of ImmuNinjas 🥷📕
https://amazon.co.uk/ImmuNinjas-2-book-series/dp/B0C65S1J5L
Pinned
Delighted to share our new @natrevrheum.nature.com article: “Insights into the pathogenesis of childhood-onset SLE in the past decade”
Grateful to an amazing team of co-authors and editors for building and shaping this work.
We hope it helps the field and guides future discoveries.
Delighted to share our new @natrevrheum.nature.com article: “Insights into the pathogenesis of childhood-onset SLE in the past decade”
Grateful to an amazing team of co-authors and editors for building and shaping this work.
We hope it helps the field and guides future discoveries.
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
There's a new episode out now!

Dr. @georgearobinson.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk talks about his research on #lupus and #SexDifferences in autoimmunity.

📍 https://bit.ly/3JL4pXI
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
Review @natrevrheum.nature.com @georgearobinson.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
Insights into the pathogenesis of childhood-onset SLE in the past decade
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Career highlight being asked to be on one my favourite podcasts!
Had lots of fun recording this with Brenda Raud and Jason Goldsmith on the @immunologypodcast.com
Great to chat research and spread the word about lupus. Please go check it out!
There's a new episode out now!

Dr. @georgearobinson.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk talks about his research on #lupus and #SexDifferences in autoimmunity.

📍 https://bit.ly/3JL4pXI
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
#Throwback 🧪

REVIEW | Dysregulated cellular metabolism in atherosclerosis: mediators and therapeutic opportunities

A Yurdagul et al.
Dysregulated cellular metabolism in atherosclerosis: mediators and therapeutic opportunities - Nature Metabolism
Yurdagul and colleagues offer an integrated picture of metabolic changes at the cellular and at the lesion level in atherosclerosis.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
It’s the last day of #LupusAwarenessMonth
Please spread the word to help improve the lives of patients
You can also grab a copy of our book explaining how lupus develops in the body in an interpretable and accessible way: The Zombie Invasion
All profits go to lupus charities
amzn.eu/d/5qdGIOe
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As we near the end of #LupusAwarenessMonth, I hope this video with @royalfreecharity.org helps highlight why research is so important to help improve the lives of patients, particularly those with younger onset disease. Thank you for this support and please raise awareness!
youtu.be/bXHFWIwRWE0?...
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
Congrats @heather--cross.bsky.social on a great talk at the EFIS sex difference meeting today! @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Catch these fantastic session openers from @heather--cross.bsky.social and @bcellsrosser.bsky.social this morning, both presenting sex differences #immunosky research from @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social!
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Simple things are always the best 🎃
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Loved it!
Thank you @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social for hosting me and @madhvimenon.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in this fantastic @britsocimm.bsky.social MIG seminar series!
Really impressed with the research going on and great to make new collaborations.
See most of you at #BSI25 congress!
This afternoon, we're excited to be joined by @georgearobinson.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk for our next @britsocimm.bsky.social MIG seminar:

“The interferon nexus: sex differences, autoimmunity, and cardiovascular disease”

📅 Thursday 16th October
🕐 3 pm
📍 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre

#ImmunoSky
October 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
This afternoon, we're excited to be joined by @georgearobinson.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk for our next @britsocimm.bsky.social MIG seminar:

“The interferon nexus: sex differences, autoimmunity, and cardiovascular disease”

📅 Thursday 16th October
🕐 3 pm
📍 Michael Smith Lecture Theatre

#ImmunoSky
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Heading up to Manchester this morning to speak in the @britsocimm.bsky.social Manchester Immunology Group Seminar Series @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
Looking forward to it!
October 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
Surprisingly, it is not yet obvious to all researchers and funding agencies that sex and gender matter in research, and should be recorded and addressed properly. So we wrote it authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxSmbah1w...
authors.elsevier.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Fantastic to see and congratulations!

Did you know there are sex differences in Tregs too?
Check out our paper published in @thelancetrheum.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/s266...

@jury-lab.bsky.social
@ciurtinlab.bsky.social
@inespinedatorra.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
We're delighted to see immunologists once again recognised by the #NobelPrize! 🏆

Warm congratulations to the winners - their contributions have been vital in shaping our understanding of the immune system.

More here: www.immunology.org/news/british...
British Society for Immunology response to 2025 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine | British Society for Immunology
www.immunology.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
Happy #LupusAwarenessMonth! 💜

October is Lupus Awareness Month in the UK, which aims to raise awareness and understanding of lupus amongst the public and medical profession. 

Join us in helping to #MakeLupusVisible! 💜
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Incredible achievement and amazing lecture! Congratulations @ciurtinlab.bsky.social! 🎉
September 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
Congratulations 🥳 to Prof Ciurtin @ciurtinlab.bsky.social who will deliver the 2025 Lady Estelle Wolfson Lecture in Translational Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians today! Coziana will focus on improving risk stratification and management of cardiovascular risk in young people with lupus.
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
We now have over 600 followers! Hello everyone from our new UCL department! Give some of our members a follow when you have a chance (we’ll post the in the thread below!) and stay tuned for our research updates 🧬 🎇 😃
September 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And that’s a wrap for #YIM2025! Congratulations to the amazing organising team led by Erdal and Sonia. Fantastic meeting!
Now it’s time for #PReS2025!
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Exciting week ahead in Helsinki for #PReS2025! 🇫🇮
First up it’s the young investors meeting!
Fantastic science and a privilege to be on the organising committee of #PReSEMERGE
An @arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social takeover later for the #cSLE session with @junjie-peng.bsky.social @heather--cross.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Reposted by George Robinson
Children with the rare, debilitating muscle disease juvenile dermatomyositis may benefit from exciting new research by experts including Dr Merry Wilkinson and Professor Wedderburn (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health) and at Great Ormond Street Hospital @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
Research breakthrough ‘open doors to new treatments’ for rare muscle disease
Children with a rare, debilitating muscle disease could benefit from the findings of new research by experts at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by George Robinson
✨We’ve just launched our new guide to #vaccinations during #pregnancy!

Understand how immunity changes, which vaccines the NHS recommends, and how they protect both parent and baby during pregnancy and beyond.

Download a copy for trusted information: bit.ly/4fuRqVw
August 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM