Mahima Swamy
@mahimaswamy.bsky.social
Intestinal immunologist and Principal investigator at University of Dundee, Scotland. Interested in T cells, open access, equity, good news stories, life in science.
Amazing science on immune cells at gut, lung, skin and brain being presented at the #EMBOBarrierTissues meeting in Basel now -immune cells do so much more than protecting against infection
🇨🇭🔆 Join us this summer in Basel to discuss the latest discoveries in B cells, T cells and mucosal immunology! 🦠🫁🧠💩.
🪁🚂 Childcare support & travel grants available.
🌎 Plus, special bursaries for attendees from Chile, India, Singapore, and Taiwan.
📢 Help us spread the word! #EMBOBarrierTissues
🪁🚂 Childcare support & travel grants available.
🌎 Plus, special bursaries for attendees from Chile, India, Singapore, and Taiwan.
📢 Help us spread the word! #EMBOBarrierTissues
August 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Amazing science on immune cells at gut, lung, skin and brain being presented at the #EMBOBarrierTissues meeting in Basel now -immune cells do so much more than protecting against infection
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⏰ Only 1 week left! Submit your abstract for #BSI25 and share your research at the UK’s flagship immunology event.
Don’t miss your chance to connect, present, and compete for awards. Click the link below for guidance.
Deadline: midnight 3 Sept! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
Don’t miss your chance to connect, present, and compete for awards. Click the link below for guidance.
Deadline: midnight 3 Sept! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
August 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⏰ Only 1 week left! Submit your abstract for #BSI25 and share your research at the UK’s flagship immunology event.
Don’t miss your chance to connect, present, and compete for awards. Click the link below for guidance.
Deadline: midnight 3 Sept! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
Don’t miss your chance to connect, present, and compete for awards. Click the link below for guidance.
Deadline: midnight 3 Sept! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UfF6i5
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Scholarships are available to attend the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting in Jan 2026! Want to be considered? Submit your abstract by 16th Sept. Links and details in post below 👇🧪 #KSFungalPath2026 #immunosky
The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
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Fungal Pathogens Meeting Promo
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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August 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Scholarships are available to attend the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting in Jan 2026! Want to be considered? Submit your abstract by 16th Sept. Links and details in post below 👇🧪 #KSFungalPath2026 #immunosky
Interesting read calling out DEI initiatives and the lack of consideration of within-gender differences - “The motherhood penalty, for example — the career disadvantage that women face on becoming parents — won’t disappear simply because more women are being hired at senior levels”
Book review 📚 How DEI is misunderstood — and the real route to gender equality
https://go.nature.com/3FGL9IO
https://go.nature.com/3FGL9IO
How DEI is misunderstood — and the real route to gender equality
A provocative book explores the barriers that hold women back, why previous diversity, equity and inclusion approaches have failed and how to move forward.
go.nature.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Interesting read calling out DEI initiatives and the lack of consideration of within-gender differences - “The motherhood penalty, for example — the career disadvantage that women face on becoming parents — won’t disappear simply because more women are being hired at senior levels”
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Mahima Swamy @mahimaswamy.bsky.social and co-workers @dundee.ac.uk show that #inflammation and IL-4 regulate #Parkinson’s and #Crohn’s #disease associated kinase LRRK2.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
May 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Mahima Swamy @mahimaswamy.bsky.social and co-workers @dundee.ac.uk show that #inflammation and IL-4 regulate #Parkinson’s and #Crohn’s #disease associated kinase LRRK2.
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
-> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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🚨🦠🔬 Last month to register to the EMBO workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues.
📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025
Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social
#EMBOBarrierTissues
📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025
Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social
#EMBOBarrierTissues
Adaptive immunity in barrier tissues
Immune responses lie at the heart of almost every aspect of human health, including host responses to infection, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolism and aging. While adaptive immune responses by B and T…
meetings.embo.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨🦠🔬 Last month to register to the EMBO workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues.
📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025
Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social
#EMBOBarrierTissues
📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025
Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social
#EMBOBarrierTissues
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This will be a fantastic meeting 👇🏻 A little bird tells me that the abstract deadline has been extended so go for it! There will be plenty of opportunities for ECRs to present 🧫🧬🔬🧪
Dear mucosal immunologists!
Registration for the European Mucosal Immunology Group (EMIG) meeting in Aachen, Germany is now open.
Register and see you this July in Aachen! 👇🏼
emig2025.de
@petterbrodin.bsky.social @wiag.bsky.social @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social
Registration for the European Mucosal Immunology Group (EMIG) meeting in Aachen, Germany is now open.
Register and see you this July in Aachen! 👇🏼
emig2025.de
@petterbrodin.bsky.social @wiag.bsky.social @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This will be a fantastic meeting 👇🏻 A little bird tells me that the abstract deadline has been extended so go for it! There will be plenty of opportunities for ECRs to present 🧫🧬🔬🧪
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A reviewer asked: but why is IRE1 activated when glucose is low?
A committee member for Mabel Cruz's PhD asked: why is the UPR activated upon glucose deprivation?
So we wrote a review about it.
Here it is!
@ericchevet.bsky.social @febsj.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A committee member for Mabel Cruz's PhD asked: why is the UPR activated upon glucose deprivation?
So we wrote a review about it.
Here it is!
@ericchevet.bsky.social @febsj.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
FEBS Press
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is engaged by perturbations of protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we compile evidence that the UPR is activated by physiological and patholog...
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A reviewer asked: but why is IRE1 activated when glucose is low?
A committee member for Mabel Cruz's PhD asked: why is the UPR activated upon glucose deprivation?
So we wrote a review about it.
Here it is!
@ericchevet.bsky.social @febsj.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A committee member for Mabel Cruz's PhD asked: why is the UPR activated upon glucose deprivation?
So we wrote a review about it.
Here it is!
@ericchevet.bsky.social @febsj.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Excited to share our latest paper in Science Advances! We finally dissected a new pathway for mitochondrial quality control upon mtDNA replication stress! Let’s start a short thread! 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Retromer promotes the lysosomal turnover of mtDNA
Lysosomal uptake of mtDNA controls mitochondrial quality.
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Excited to share our latest paper in Science Advances! We finally dissected a new pathway for mitochondrial quality control upon mtDNA replication stress! Let’s start a short thread! 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Let's not forget that apart from science advocacy the Rauch lab also does kick-ass science!
Together with the @psmitchej.bsky.social and Tait Wojno labs, we show that #tuftcells can induce specific protective signaling after recognition of intracellular bacterial infection via the #inflammasome!
Together with the @psmitchej.bsky.social and Tait Wojno labs, we show that #tuftcells can induce specific protective signaling after recognition of intracellular bacterial infection via the #inflammasome!
First authors Madeline Churchill and Ankit Pandeya @nkeet50.bsky.social from @rauchlab.bsky.social show that tuft cells, known for their role in anti-parasite defenses, can also contribute to anti-bacterial responses in the small intestine. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#InfectiousDisease
#InfectiousDisease
March 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let's not forget that apart from science advocacy the Rauch lab also does kick-ass science!
Together with the @psmitchej.bsky.social and Tait Wojno labs, we show that #tuftcells can induce specific protective signaling after recognition of intracellular bacterial infection via the #inflammasome!
Together with the @psmitchej.bsky.social and Tait Wojno labs, we show that #tuftcells can induce specific protective signaling after recognition of intracellular bacterial infection via the #inflammasome!
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Friends! The science that we love is under threat. World-wide, there're forces seeking to make it corporate-like, focused on deliverables, or even the enemy of society. Take a stand & celebrate science & music! #theconferencetoendallconferences - Registration starts NOW!
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March 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Friends! The science that we love is under threat. World-wide, there're forces seeking to make it corporate-like, focused on deliverables, or even the enemy of society. Take a stand & celebrate science & music! #theconferencetoendallconferences - Registration starts NOW!
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It's Coming! The Mucosal Immunology Podcast to launch on MONDAY! 🌟
Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.
#MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch
Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.
#MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch
January 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's Coming! The Mucosal Immunology Podcast to launch on MONDAY! 🌟
Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.
#MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch
Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social.
#MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch
Must remember not to accept seminar invitations in the U.K. in Jan/feb. Second year in a row I have had to cancel because of terrible weather conditions😄
a black and white drawing of a cat in the rain with the name marko on the bottom
ALT: a black and white drawing of a cat in the rain with the name marko on the bottom
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January 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Must remember not to accept seminar invitations in the U.K. in Jan/feb. Second year in a row I have had to cancel because of terrible weather conditions😄
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Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play
Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
www.nature.com/artic...
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Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
www.nature.com/artic...
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Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play
Nature - Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play
Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
www.nature.com/artic...
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Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
www.nature.com/artic...
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As another year comes to an end, I am grateful to my lab for all the hard work they put in, all the undergrad students who keep us on our toes, my excellent colleagues and mentors, and the reviewers and editors of our publications who helped us make our science better. 😊 here’s most of the team!
December 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
As another year comes to an end, I am grateful to my lab for all the hard work they put in, all the undergrad students who keep us on our toes, my excellent colleagues and mentors, and the reviewers and editors of our publications who helped us make our science better. 😊 here’s most of the team!
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Check out this bombshell publication by Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social and coworkers @stanford-chemh.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, imagine a cancer immune therapy/vaccine where treatment begins and ends with a painless topical skin treatment! 🤯
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal - Nature
Nature - Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Check out this bombshell publication by Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social and coworkers @stanford-chemh.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, imagine a cancer immune therapy/vaccine where treatment begins and ends with a painless topical skin treatment! 🤯
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Anyone for R????
A fabulous course for budding and aspirational coders! The delivery, the support and the materials - spot on! Great value for money.
A fabulous course for budding and aspirational coders! The delivery, the support and the materials - spot on! Great value for money.
Our top-rated #bioinformatics #training course 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R' starts in less than 2 weeks (9 Dec)
Perfect for those who want to gain new #DataAnalysis and #omics skills 🤩
Don't miss out! Book your place now 👉 bit.ly/4gXvxOF
Perfect for those who want to gain new #DataAnalysis and #omics skills 🤩
Don't miss out! Book your place now 👉 bit.ly/4gXvxOF
November 28, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Anyone for R????
A fabulous course for budding and aspirational coders! The delivery, the support and the materials - spot on! Great value for money.
A fabulous course for budding and aspirational coders! The delivery, the support and the materials - spot on! Great value for money.
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We have a number of exciting events coming up in 2025 ⭐
#CVIG25
🗓️ 30 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4fKoeZi
#OIS25
🗓️ 24 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4elJmnG
#SIGNET2025
🗓️ 27 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4euIWLO
We look forward to seeing many of you in the new year! 😄
#CVIG25
🗓️ 30 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4fKoeZi
#OIS25
🗓️ 24 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4elJmnG
#SIGNET2025
🗓️ 27 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4euIWLO
We look forward to seeing many of you in the new year! 😄
November 28, 2024 at 12:45 PM
We have a number of exciting events coming up in 2025 ⭐
#CVIG25
🗓️ 30 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4fKoeZi
#OIS25
🗓️ 24 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4elJmnG
#SIGNET2025
🗓️ 27 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4euIWLO
We look forward to seeing many of you in the new year! 😄
#CVIG25
🗓️ 30 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4fKoeZi
#OIS25
🗓️ 24 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4elJmnG
#SIGNET2025
🗓️ 27 Mar
🔗 bit.ly/4euIWLO
We look forward to seeing many of you in the new year! 😄
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Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
Great new study from Liu lab @WUSTL dissecting the interaction between #autophagy, cigarette smoke, and #IBD risk mutations #LRRK2 #ATG16L1 driving Paneth cell defects through macrophages www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 16, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Great new study from Liu lab @WUSTL dissecting the interaction between #autophagy, cigarette smoke, and #IBD risk mutations #LRRK2 #ATG16L1 driving Paneth cell defects through macrophages www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The amount of sugar a child consumes after turning six months old seems to have the biggest effect on the risk of developing a chronic disease later in life. However, people exposed to more sugar in the womb also had a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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November 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM
The amount of sugar a child consumes after turning six months old seems to have the biggest effect on the risk of developing a chronic disease later in life. However, people exposed to more sugar in the womb also had a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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