Gemma Moncunill
@moncunill.bsky.social
Group Leader at CaixaResearch Institute
Associate Research Professor at @isglobal.org
Systems Immunology, Vaccines & Infectious Diseases
#malaria #systemsimmunology #genderequity
Associate Research Professor at @isglobal.org
Systems Immunology, Vaccines & Infectious Diseases
#malaria #systemsimmunology #genderequity
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This week we are sharing a video where our group leaders, Carlota Dobaño and @moncunill.bsky.social, explain our research on immune responses, vaccines and longterm impact of infections. It was filmed in our new lab space at the Barcelona Science Park, where we moved this September.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This week we are sharing a video where our group leaders, Carlota Dobaño and @moncunill.bsky.social, explain our research on immune responses, vaccines and longterm impact of infections. It was filmed in our new lab space at the Barcelona Science Park, where we moved this September.
Such a great experience! 😊
1/ This week our research group made an important discovery: scientists look fantastic in Dutch academic togas 🎓✨ Our two PIs went to Leiden to take part in not one, but two PhD thesis defenses! This experience was filled with rich scientific discussions… and a definite Hogwarts-like atmosphere.
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Such a great experience! 😊
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1/ This week our research group made an important discovery: scientists look fantastic in Dutch academic togas 🎓✨ Our two PIs went to Leiden to take part in not one, but two PhD thesis defenses! This experience was filled with rich scientific discussions… and a definite Hogwarts-like atmosphere.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1/ This week our research group made an important discovery: scientists look fantastic in Dutch academic togas 🎓✨ Our two PIs went to Leiden to take part in not one, but two PhD thesis defenses! This experience was filled with rich scientific discussions… and a definite Hogwarts-like atmosphere.
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1/ Last week, @moncunill.bsky.social and Rebeca Santano attended the #LongCOVIDIntl in Boston, where they presented our work on antibody signatures and T-cell phenotypic differences between long COVID and recovered individuals, a work carried out in collaboration with IDIAPJGol.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
1/ Last week, @moncunill.bsky.social and Rebeca Santano attended the #LongCOVIDIntl in Boston, where they presented our work on antibody signatures and T-cell phenotypic differences between long COVID and recovered individuals, a work carried out in collaboration with IDIAPJGol.
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1/ This week, part of our team attended the CIBER-BBN-INFEC Annual Meeting in Sevilla.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
1/ This week, part of our team attended the CIBER-BBN-INFEC Annual Meeting in Sevilla.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org
Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱
Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!
We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org
Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱
Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org
Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱
Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!
We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org
Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱
Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!
Reposted by Gemma Moncunill
This week our PhD student Silvia Ruiz Rius led our Journal Club session with an excellent presentation on recent findings about Tfh cells and their associations with antibody responses in malaria.
💬 What papers or topics have sparked interesting conversations in your journal clubs lately?
💬 What papers or topics have sparked interesting conversations in your journal clubs lately?
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This week our PhD student Silvia Ruiz Rius led our Journal Club session with an excellent presentation on recent findings about Tfh cells and their associations with antibody responses in malaria.
💬 What papers or topics have sparked interesting conversations in your journal clubs lately?
💬 What papers or topics have sparked interesting conversations in your journal clubs lately?
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Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold.
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold.
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Greetings from the #WORMVACS annual meeting in Siena! 👋
🪱💉We are discussing the past year’s progress in the search for a #helminth vaccine and agreeing on the next steps in tackling #NeglectedTropicalDiseases.
Learn more ➡️ wormvacs.org
#HaDEA @ec.europa.eu @isglobal.org
🪱💉We are discussing the past year’s progress in the search for a #helminth vaccine and agreeing on the next steps in tackling #NeglectedTropicalDiseases.
Learn more ➡️ wormvacs.org
#HaDEA @ec.europa.eu @isglobal.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Greetings from the #WORMVACS annual meeting in Siena! 👋
🪱💉We are discussing the past year’s progress in the search for a #helminth vaccine and agreeing on the next steps in tackling #NeglectedTropicalDiseases.
Learn more ➡️ wormvacs.org
#HaDEA @ec.europa.eu @isglobal.org
🪱💉We are discussing the past year’s progress in the search for a #helminth vaccine and agreeing on the next steps in tackling #NeglectedTropicalDiseases.
Learn more ➡️ wormvacs.org
#HaDEA @ec.europa.eu @isglobal.org
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Longitudinal cohort studies are essential to understand diseases, identify risk factors and guide #PublicHealth action.
During #COVID19, #ENDVOCproject united 33 cohorts from 24 countries to study emerging variants and the burden of #LongCovid.
@horizoneu.bsky.social
During #COVID19, #ENDVOCproject united 33 cohorts from 24 countries to study emerging variants and the burden of #LongCovid.
@horizoneu.bsky.social
END-VOC Issues Strategic Recommendations to Strengthen Cohort-Based Research for Future Health Threats
The recommendations call on researchers, authorities and funders to ensure consistent protocols, robust infrastructure, and flexible ethical and funding mechanisms
Longitudinal cohort studies, which track individuals over time, have proven invaluable for understanding disease progression, identifying risk factors, and evaluating interventions such as vaccines. During the COVID-19
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October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Longitudinal cohort studies are essential to understand diseases, identify risk factors and guide #PublicHealth action.
During #COVID19, #ENDVOCproject united 33 cohorts from 24 countries to study emerging variants and the burden of #LongCovid.
@horizoneu.bsky.social
During #COVID19, #ENDVOCproject united 33 cohorts from 24 countries to study emerging variants and the burden of #LongCovid.
@horizoneu.bsky.social
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Pre-print alert 🚨
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum disrupt the blood-brain barrier
Plasmodium falciparum accumulation at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a hallmark of cerebral malaria, a life-threatening complication. Conversely, the contribution of the immune response to vascular ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Pre-print alert 🚨
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Just hot out of the press! Rory developed a 3D microvessel model that recapitulates physiological pericyte coverage. We found that Plasmodium falciparum egress products disrupt the barrier and halt ang-1 secretion. The activator AKB-9778 could rescue barrier disruption! Congratulations, Rory!
Today my main PHD project in the lab of Dr. Maria Bernabeu was published!
Using a 3D brain microvessel model, we show:
1) an unappreciated role of brain pericytes in cerebral malaria pathogenesis
2) Tie-2 activation by AKB-9778 as a potential therapeutic avenue
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Using a 3D brain microvessel model, we show:
1) an unappreciated role of brain pericytes in cerebral malaria pathogenesis
2) Tie-2 activation by AKB-9778 as a potential therapeutic avenue
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just hot out of the press! Rory developed a 3D microvessel model that recapitulates physiological pericyte coverage. We found that Plasmodium falciparum egress products disrupt the barrier and halt ang-1 secretion. The activator AKB-9778 could rescue barrier disruption! Congratulations, Rory!
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#Noma has been reported for the first time in Mozambique, revealing an incidence similar to Ethiopia & Nigeria.
Despite being preventable and treatable, this devastating disease still affects children living in extreme poverty and remains overlooked by health systems.
Despite being preventable and treatable, this devastating disease still affects children living in extreme poverty and remains overlooked by health systems.
Noma, the forgotten disease that remains invisible - ISGLOBAL
An ISGlobal study confirms the presence of noma disease in Mozambique and warns that the problem is global
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September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#Noma has been reported for the first time in Mozambique, revealing an incidence similar to Ethiopia & Nigeria.
Despite being preventable and treatable, this devastating disease still affects children living in extreme poverty and remains overlooked by health systems.
Despite being preventable and treatable, this devastating disease still affects children living in extreme poverty and remains overlooked by health systems.
Reposted by Gemma Moncunill
La ferroviària basca CAF, una de les empreses "responsables de sostenir" un govern genocida que apareixen documentades en un nou informe d'Amnistia Internacional
La ferroviària basca CAF, entre les còmplices del govern d'Israel segons Amnistia Internacional
La publicació del seu darrer informe coincideix amb la fi del termini que l’ONU va establir fa un any a Israel per deixar els territoris ocupats. Durant el dia hi ha convocades mobilitzacions per denunciar l'incompliment i els crims a Palestina
directa.cat
September 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
La ferroviària basca CAF, una de les empreses "responsables de sostenir" un govern genocida que apareixen documentades en un nou informe d'Amnistia Internacional
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Els científics Europeus hem de demanar que Israel sigui expulsat amb efecte immediat de l’Àrea de Recerca Europea
L'opinió de l'investigador Javier del Campo
L'opinió de l'investigador Javier del Campo
Ciència contra el genocidi
L’Estat d’Israel utilitza la seva posició dins del món científic i acadèmic per blanquejar la colonització del territori palestí. Alhora, en molts casos, la seva recerca i innovació acaba al servei de la tecnologia militar o bé es fa servir per desenvolupar unes capacitats que sostenen genocidi
directa.cat
September 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Els científics Europeus hem de demanar que Israel sigui expulsat amb efecte immediat de l’Àrea de Recerca Europea
L'opinió de l'investigador Javier del Campo
L'opinió de l'investigador Javier del Campo
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La comunitat científica ha de sumar-se a la pressió a Israel per aconseguir aturar el genocidi a Gaza.
Mantenir-se neutral és ser-ne còmplice.
🍉
Feu una ullada a l’opinió que em publiquen les companyes de @ladirecta.bsky.social 👇
directa.cat/ciencia-cont...
Mantenir-se neutral és ser-ne còmplice.
🍉
Feu una ullada a l’opinió que em publiquen les companyes de @ladirecta.bsky.social 👇
directa.cat/ciencia-cont...
Ciència contra el genocidi
L’Estat d’Israel utilitza la seva posició dins del món científic i acadèmic per blanquejar la colonització del territori palestí. Alhora, en molts casos, la seva recerca i innovació acaba al servei de...
directa.cat
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
La comunitat científica ha de sumar-se a la pressió a Israel per aconseguir aturar el genocidi a Gaza.
Mantenir-se neutral és ser-ne còmplice.
🍉
Feu una ullada a l’opinió que em publiquen les companyes de @ladirecta.bsky.social 👇
directa.cat/ciencia-cont...
Mantenir-se neutral és ser-ne còmplice.
🍉
Feu una ullada a l’opinió que em publiquen les companyes de @ladirecta.bsky.social 👇
directa.cat/ciencia-cont...
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Explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar]
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar]
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
August 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar]
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar]
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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La Plataforma de Resposta Immunitària i Biomarcadors d’#ISGlobal rep la certificació ISO 9001:2015.
Un reconeixement internacional a la qualitat i eficiència en l’àmbit de la recerca biomèdica.
Un reconeixement internacional a la qualitat i eficiència en l’àmbit de la recerca biomèdica.
ISGlobal obté la certificació ISO 9001:2015 per a la Plataforma de resposta immunitària i biomarcadors - ISGLOBAL
El reconeixement internacional avala l’excel·lència operativa i el compromís amb la qualitat en el disseny i l’anàlisi de respostes immunitàries i biomarcadors
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July 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
La Plataforma de Resposta Immunitària i Biomarcadors d’#ISGlobal rep la certificació ISO 9001:2015.
Un reconeixement internacional a la qualitat i eficiència en l’àmbit de la recerca biomèdica.
Un reconeixement internacional a la qualitat i eficiència en l’àmbit de la recerca biomèdica.
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We just published a piece about the participation of people deprived of liberty in #tuberculosis vaccine trials. Should they be protected from research, or through research?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @isglobal.org @mtbi.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @isglobal.org @mtbi.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We just published a piece about the participation of people deprived of liberty in #tuberculosis vaccine trials. Should they be protected from research, or through research?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @isglobal.org @mtbi.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @isglobal.org @mtbi.bsky.social
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We are travelling back in time! So tragic!!
As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky-high viral loads as cuts hit HIV care in Africa
As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We are travelling back in time! So tragic!!
As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Reposted by Gemma Moncunill
The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid
@themrise.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid
@themrise.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid
@themrise.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid
@themrise.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
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🆕 Out now in JEM (@jeukmicro.bsky.social)! Using rrn gene and organelle phylogenies from recovered cysts, we describe 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢, an apicomplexan parasite found in the ovaries of the Japanese sea cucumber 🥚 🥒 🇯🇵 dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... #ProtistsOnSky
The Sea Cucumber‐Infecting Parasite Apostichocystis gudetama gen. nov. sp. nov. Expands Marine‐Host‐Specific Clade of Apicomplexans
Unknown ellipsoid bodies, later classified as apicomplexan cysts, are prevalent in the ovaries of Japanese sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus), where they can lead to lower fecundity in infected i....
dx.doi.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🆕 Out now in JEM (@jeukmicro.bsky.social)! Using rrn gene and organelle phylogenies from recovered cysts, we describe 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢, an apicomplexan parasite found in the ovaries of the Japanese sea cucumber 🥚 🥒 🇯🇵 dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... #ProtistsOnSky
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#OPINIÓ | Catalunya, un refugi per a la investigació acadèmica només d’alguns països https://directa.cat/catalunya-un-refugi-per-a-la-investigacio-academica-nomes-dalguns-paisos/ ✍️ Un text de Javier del Campo, Investigador de l’Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC – Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#OPINIÓ | Catalunya, un refugi per a la investigació acadèmica només d’alguns països https://directa.cat/catalunya-un-refugi-per-a-la-investigacio-academica-nomes-dalguns-paisos/ ✍️ Un text de Javier del Campo, Investigador de l’Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC – Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
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Cuando surgen nuevas amenazas sanitarias, la #inmunología ofrece respuestas que salvan vidas. ¿Estamos escuchando a la ciencia?
En el #DíaMundialDeLaInmunización, Carlota Dobaño, @moncunill.bsky.social y @sarukhan.bsky.social hablan de ello en @lavanguardia.com:
www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025042...
En el #DíaMundialDeLaInmunización, Carlota Dobaño, @moncunill.bsky.social y @sarukhan.bsky.social hablan de ello en @lavanguardia.com:
www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025042...
La inmunología: una ciencia que nos protege hoy y mañana, por Grupo de Inmunología de la Malaria de ISGlobal
Escrito por Carlota Dobaño, Gemma Moncunill y Adelaida Sarukhan (ISGlobal) Cuando surgen nuevas amenazas sanitarias, la inmunología ofrece respuestas que salvan vidas.
www.lavanguardia.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cuando surgen nuevas amenazas sanitarias, la #inmunología ofrece respuestas que salvan vidas. ¿Estamos escuchando a la ciencia?
En el #DíaMundialDeLaInmunización, Carlota Dobaño, @moncunill.bsky.social y @sarukhan.bsky.social hablan de ello en @lavanguardia.com:
www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025042...
En el #DíaMundialDeLaInmunización, Carlota Dobaño, @moncunill.bsky.social y @sarukhan.bsky.social hablan de ello en @lavanguardia.com:
www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025042...