London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
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London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE)
@londoninfectionecr.bsky.social
We are a London-based network for scientific & social exchange among Early Career Researchers interested in Infection Biology. Run by ECRs for ECRs. 👩‍🔬🧫🧬 (Formerly LIPN)
📢📢📢 Our next LINE seminar is approaching. This time with a twist:
On Wed the 26th of Nov, we will be meeting in Cambridge @mrclmb.bsky.social! Sina Krokowski and @juliasg.bsky.social will be sharing their science!
All info and registration to join in person or online here: tinyurl.com/LINEseminar
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Our next LINE seminar is coming up on the 10th of September! 🙌 This time we are at UCL! @nellymak.bsky.social and Baptiste Pradel will be showcasing their cool science! Register here for free: shorturl.at/jDMUn
As always followed by a networking social!
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Another big thank you to all presenters, attendees, panel members and sponsors who made this day very special! It would not be possible to do this without all of you! We hope to see you next year!
June 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks for coming to our #LINEsymposium2025! What a great day!
Congratulations to the winners of our attendees' vote for best presentation and poster: @wjbranchett.bsky.social @immun0liver.bsky.social @ziqizhou.bsky.social @dylanpostmus.bsky.social
(With live captions for all to enjoy!)
June 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This has been a fantastic day! We’re excited that we are ending on an inspiring keynote by @amayabustinduy.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social on her science focussing on schistosomiasis and reflecting on her journey as a clinical scientist. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our last (but not least) selected speaker for today is @immun0liver.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk with a great talk on how ADP-ribosylation poses an important barrier to infection that viruses like SARS-CoV-2 have to overcome. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our next speaker in this session is Audrey Peters (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social showcasing her work on phage-bacteria interactions in complex environments, spanning in vitro and in vivo models. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are heading straight into session 3 of our selected talks. @wjbranchett.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk is up first, focussing on M. tuberculosis infection. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re excited to have @laurawolz.bsky.social and @carterlj.bsky.social from @carersinstemm.bsky.social with us today to tell us about their important work advocating for equitable and accessible support for those balancing caring and career. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Time for our career panel: Tina Chowdhury (Reader, QMUL), @peterwshill.bsky.social (Group leader KCL), Cat Gale (Producer/Director), Henry Blest (Co-founder @polarilabs.bsky.social), Catrin Beetham (Policy adviser) and Aimé Palomeras (Clinical Project Manager @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social).
June 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Our third speaker in session 2 is Wenye Ma @bristoluni.bsky.social who is studying interkingdom interactions between fungi and bacteria with the aim to combat Group B Streptococcus neonatal disease. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Next in session 2 is Chloe Rees-Spear @ucl.ac.uk presenting her work using a novel tonsil organoid system to study human antigen-specific germinal centre B cell responses to viral infections. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Energized into session 2: How do antibiotics kill bacteria? @ejadouglas.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social  is casting light onto the mode of action of polymyxin. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Closing session 1 is Raul Y Sanchez David @qmulfmd.bsky.social. A fascinating talk on self-amplifying mRNA, its interaction with our innate immunity and how we can exploit and modulate its function!
June 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Next up in session 1: Tom Williams @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social presenting his work on fungal infection in the airways to understand key immunological pathways that drive airway disease. #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And we’re off with the session 1 of selected abstracts at #LINEsymposium2025: first up @atlopezjimenez.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social showcasing a novel proximity labelling approach to discover mechanisms of cell-autonomous immunity against bacteria.
June 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We’re starting off with the invited plenary by @grovearmada.bsky.social (@cvrinfo.bsky.social). An inspiring tour de force about using AI for discovery science to understand the virosphere! #LINEsymposium2025
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We can see our ECR-focused LINE symposium already on the horizon (9th of June) @crick.ac.uk. shorturl.at/MyWNl 🥳
You can submit your abstracts (talk or poster) until the EXTENDED DEADLINE on the 12th of May here: shorturl.at/7KuXL
Free registration shorturl.at/wLyWY
We're excited to see you there!
April 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Dont miss the 2025 edition of the UK cellular microbiology network meeting - one week before ours, June will be packed with a lot of good stuffs!

Registration/information: estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
April 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thanks to everybody who made it to our seminar yesterday (IRL and remotely)! It was great to hear about their exciting science from @oscart32.bsky.social and @melghazaly.bsky.social. See you very soon at our symposium or the next seminar!
April 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨INCOMING! Join us for our next LINE seminar (9th of April) at UCL. We are excited to host @oscart32.bsky.social and @melghazaly.bsky.social to hear about metagenomics in diagnostics and how host/pathogens battle it out! As always: Followed by a networking social! Register here: shorturl.at/kGmfh
March 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📣NEWS ALERT: Our 3rd annual LINE symposium will be on the 9th of June @crick.ac.uk .
Details: shorturl.at/MyWNl

Join us for fantastic ECR-science, networking, a brilliant careers panel and so much more.
Submit your abstract by 25th April: shorturl.at/7KuXL
Free registration: shorturl.at/wLyWY
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📣 Our next seminar is on the 13th of Feb at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social .
Sean Carlson from @qmul.ac.uk and Anna McNaughton from @bristoluni.bsky.social will tell us about fungi and HBV! Don't miss it, register here: tinyurl.com/ymfhsbea
Come for the science, stay for the networking social!
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
First post from the new account: Don't miss our upcoming #LIPNseminar next week at LSHTM on the 5th of December! Register here: shorturl.at/mNmce
Come for the science, stay for the networking! See you there!
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 PM