QMUL Centre for Oral Immunobiology and Regenerative Medicine
@qmul-coirm.bsky.social
We are a collaborative group of academics, clinicians, and researchers in cancer, immunology, microbiology, oral medicine, surgery, periodontology, cell biology, and neurobiology, at the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
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New preprint! 🧪
This was a fantastic collaboration led by an expert team of skin biologists at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social who developed 3D skin models to study host–microbiome interactions in dandruff. Our lab @qmul-coirm.bsky.social contributed to the microbiology! 1/
This was a fantastic collaboration led by an expert team of skin biologists at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social who developed 3D skin models to study host–microbiome interactions in dandruff. Our lab @qmul-coirm.bsky.social contributed to the microbiology! 1/
Microbially-competent skin organotypics reveal dysregulated AhR signalling in microbial dysbiosis
Microbial dysbiosis is increasingly linked to skin disorders, yet the mechanisms driving these pathological processes remain poorly understood. This study developed microbially competent 3D skin organ...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New preprint! 🧪
This was a fantastic collaboration led by an expert team of skin biologists at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social who developed 3D skin models to study host–microbiome interactions in dandruff. Our lab @qmul-coirm.bsky.social contributed to the microbiology! 1/
This was a fantastic collaboration led by an expert team of skin biologists at the @blizardinstitute.bsky.social who developed 3D skin models to study host–microbiome interactions in dandruff. Our lab @qmul-coirm.bsky.social contributed to the microbiology! 1/
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Prof Farida Fortune CBE recipient of the Slack Award 2025
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Prof Farida Fortune CBE recipient of the Slack Award 2025
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We co-produce research with the people it's for. Our CAB includes British Pakistani & British Bangladeshi community voices and we work with social orgs, charities & faith groups.
Here’s #2 of 10 in our anniversary countdown. #GenesAndHealth10
Here’s #2 of 10 in our anniversary countdown. #GenesAndHealth10
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We co-produce research with the people it's for. Our CAB includes British Pakistani & British Bangladeshi community voices and we work with social orgs, charities & faith groups.
Here’s #2 of 10 in our anniversary countdown. #GenesAndHealth10
Here’s #2 of 10 in our anniversary countdown. #GenesAndHealth10
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Thanks for your support. To all Crowd funders. multiple-sclerosis-research.org/2025/04/than...
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COVID-19 exposure risks and protective measures in East Londons healthcare and academic sectors: Insights and applications of GloBody technology for infectious disease monitoring
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for effective protection and rapid development of tests to track and quantify seroconversion through natural infection and vaccination. Recombinant proteins,...
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April 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thanks for your support. To all Crowd funders. multiple-sclerosis-research.org/2025/04/than...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Don't forget to secure your place and submit your abstract for the LSCN 8th Annual Symposium!
🔗Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/8th-annual...
Website: lscn.co.uk (where the final agenda will be published soon)
Abstract submission (deadline 04/04!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/8th-annual...
Website: lscn.co.uk (where the final agenda will be published soon)
Abstract submission (deadline 04/04!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Don't forget to secure your place and submit your abstract for the LSCN 8th Annual Symposium!
🔗Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/8th-annual...
Website: lscn.co.uk (where the final agenda will be published soon)
Abstract submission (deadline 04/04!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/8th-annual...
Website: lscn.co.uk (where the final agenda will be published soon)
Abstract submission (deadline 04/04!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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New steps for Open Science actions at @qmul.ac.uk, including the official support to the Peer Community In Initiative @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @alexmielke.bsky.social
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/news/4917/ne...
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/news/4917/ne...
New steps for Open Science actions at Queen Mary University of London, including the official support to the Peer Community In Initiative
Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce its official support for the Peer Community In (PCI) initiative. This marks a pivotal moment in advancing ethical, transparent, and accessible ...
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New steps for Open Science actions at @qmul.ac.uk, including the official support to the Peer Community In Initiative @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @alexmielke.bsky.social
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/news/4917/ne...
www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/news/4917/ne...
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Exciting opportunity! The @nihrspcr.bsky.social Summer Internship Programme 2025 has launched.
A fantastic chance for UK undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in primary care research.
Apply now: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
#PrimaryCare #Internship
@qmulprimarycare.bsky.social
A fantastic chance for UK undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in primary care research.
Apply now: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
#PrimaryCare #Internship
@qmulprimarycare.bsky.social
NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) (@nihrspcr.bsky.social)
NIHR School for Primary Care Research is a partnership between 9 leading academic centres for primary care research in England.
A/C managed by Directorate Team
nihrspcr.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Exciting opportunity! The @nihrspcr.bsky.social Summer Internship Programme 2025 has launched.
A fantastic chance for UK undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in primary care research.
Apply now: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
#PrimaryCare #Internship
@qmulprimarycare.bsky.social
A fantastic chance for UK undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in primary care research.
Apply now: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel...
#PrimaryCare #Internship
@qmulprimarycare.bsky.social
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From big data and experimental models to clinical trials: Iterative strategies in microbiome research: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
From big data and experimental models to clinical trials: Iterative strategies in microbiome research
For microbiome research to be translated into clinical applications, the field needs
to move beyond correlational studies; we suggest adopting a multi-phase iterative
approach that leverages in vivo a...
www.cell.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
From big data and experimental models to clinical trials: Iterative strategies in microbiome research: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Congratulations to Professor of Dental Public Health, Eduardo Bernabé, and a group of international colleagues on the publication of global, WHO region, and country-level estimates of the prevalence of oral health conditions. Read more at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Trends in the global, regional, and national burden of oral conditions from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
The WHO Global Oral Health Action Plan has set an overarching global target of achieving a 10% reduction in the prevalence of oral conditions by 2030.…
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March 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Congratulations to Professor of Dental Public Health, Eduardo Bernabé, and a group of international colleagues on the publication of global, WHO region, and country-level estimates of the prevalence of oral health conditions. Read more at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Just opened: state-of-the-art facilities to replace animal testing with c£750k from @nc3rs.bsky.social and industry partners.
www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/7091/on...
#animaltesting #organonchip #invitromodels #BiomedicalEngineering #engineeringstudent @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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#animaltesting #organonchip #invitromodels #BiomedicalEngineering #engineeringstudent @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
One of Europe's largest organ-on-a-chip facilities opens at Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London opens state-of-the-art facilities to replace animal testing with c£750k from NC3Rs and our industry partners.
Queen Mary University of London has officially opened one...
www.sems.qmul.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Just opened: state-of-the-art facilities to replace animal testing with c£750k from @nc3rs.bsky.social and industry partners.
www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/7091/on...
#animaltesting #organonchip #invitromodels #BiomedicalEngineering #engineeringstudent @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/7091/on...
#animaltesting #organonchip #invitromodels #BiomedicalEngineering #engineeringstudent @qmulse.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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A new study in @elife.bsky.social led by #COIRM researchers Dr. Saima Usman & Prof. Ahmad Waseem reveals that swapping one amino acid (cysteine→serine) in the protein vimentin makes breast #cancer cells far more aggressive. 🧪 1/n
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
A single cysteine residue in vimentin regulates long non-coding RNA XIST to suppress epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stemness in breast cancer
valuable: Findings that have theoretical or practical implications for a subfield
elifesciences.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A new study in @elife.bsky.social led by #COIRM researchers Dr. Saima Usman & Prof. Ahmad Waseem reveals that swapping one amino acid (cysteine→serine) in the protein vimentin makes breast #cancer cells far more aggressive. 🧪 1/n
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
A new study in @elife.bsky.social led by #COIRM researchers Dr. Saima Usman & Prof. Ahmad Waseem reveals that swapping one amino acid (cysteine→serine) in the protein vimentin makes breast #cancer cells far more aggressive. 🧪 1/n
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
A single cysteine residue in vimentin regulates long non-coding RNA XIST to suppress epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stemness in breast cancer
valuable: Findings that have theoretical or practical implications for a subfield
elifesciences.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A new study in @elife.bsky.social led by #COIRM researchers Dr. Saima Usman & Prof. Ahmad Waseem reveals that swapping one amino acid (cysteine→serine) in the protein vimentin makes breast #cancer cells far more aggressive. 🧪 1/n
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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We're delighted that our colleagues in the Institute of Dentistry have received a silver #AthenaSwan award! The award recognises the Institute's continuing commitment and achievements in gender equality. Read more about the award here: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
February 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We're delighted that our colleagues in the Institute of Dentistry have received a silver #AthenaSwan award! The award recognises the Institute's continuing commitment and achievements in gender equality. Read more about the award here: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
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📣 Workshop announcement! Join us on the 5th of Feb at @qmul.ac.uk to discuss the latest advancements in #organoids research!
Info and registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organoids-...
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social @inesequeira.bsky.social @qkine.bsky.social @qmul-coirm.bsky.social
Info and registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organoids-...
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social @inesequeira.bsky.social @qkine.bsky.social @qmul-coirm.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📣 Workshop announcement! Join us on the 5th of Feb at @qmul.ac.uk to discuss the latest advancements in #organoids research!
Info and registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organoids-...
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social @inesequeira.bsky.social @qkine.bsky.social @qmul-coirm.bsky.social
Info and registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organoids-...
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social @inesequeira.bsky.social @qkine.bsky.social @qmul-coirm.bsky.social
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Goal accomplished! First @walkolab.bsky.social PhD student project published as pre-print on (Austrian) Christmas Day 🥳
YAP engages RIF1 to dampen replication stress in squamous cell carcinoma. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.20.629444v1
December 24, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Goal accomplished! First @walkolab.bsky.social PhD student project published as pre-print on (Austrian) Christmas Day 🥳
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🚨 Postdoc Opportunity in London! 🚨
Join us to explore oral & skin inflammation with single-cell and spatial omics. We're supporting candidates for the Newton International Fellowships.
Interested? DM me! More info: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
#Postdoc #Omics #Inflammation #NewtonFellowships
Join us to explore oral & skin inflammation with single-cell and spatial omics. We're supporting candidates for the Newton International Fellowships.
Interested? DM me! More info: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
#Postdoc #Omics #Inflammation #NewtonFellowships
Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
royalsociety.org
January 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity in London! 🚨
Join us to explore oral & skin inflammation with single-cell and spatial omics. We're supporting candidates for the Newton International Fellowships.
Interested? DM me! More info: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
#Postdoc #Omics #Inflammation #NewtonFellowships
Join us to explore oral & skin inflammation with single-cell and spatial omics. We're supporting candidates for the Newton International Fellowships.
Interested? DM me! More info: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
#Postdoc #Omics #Inflammation #NewtonFellowships
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Dr Grace Megan Howell Graduation at QMUL with supervisors. Louisa James and Angray Kang
December 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Dr Grace Megan Howell Graduation at QMUL with supervisors. Louisa James and Angray Kang
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Rahaf Alsharani & Wasan Alfayez Graduation in MSc Experimental Oral Pathology at QMUL
December 17, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Rahaf Alsharani & Wasan Alfayez Graduation in MSc Experimental Oral Pathology at QMUL
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🚨Deadline is 6th Jan to apply for a PhD with me and @drsimonmcarthur.bsky.social, at the EPSRC funded QMUL CDT. Come and work on the host-microbe interactions in the human mouth with us at the @qmul-coirm.bsky.social group based in the Blizard Institute! #PhD #3D #organotypics #metabolomics
December 17, 2024 at 12:12 PM
🚨Deadline is 6th Jan to apply for a PhD with me and @drsimonmcarthur.bsky.social, at the EPSRC funded QMUL CDT. Come and work on the host-microbe interactions in the human mouth with us at the @qmul-coirm.bsky.social group based in the Blizard Institute! #PhD #3D #organotypics #metabolomics
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The researchers also found that a class of ‘inhibitor’ type drugs – which can block chemical reactions in the body – showed promising results in being able to prevent this damage from occurring. Find out more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cerebrovascular damage caused by the gut microbe/host co-metabolite p-cresol sulfate is prevented by blockade of the EGF receptor
The gut microbiota-brain axis has been associated with the pathogenesis of numerous disorders, but the mechanism(s) underlying these links are generally poorly understood. Accumulating evidence ind...
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December 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
The researchers also found that a class of ‘inhibitor’ type drugs – which can block chemical reactions in the body – showed promising results in being able to prevent this damage from occurring. Find out more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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P-cresol sulfate is a molecule produced by the gut microbiome and has been seen to accumulate in the blood of patients with CKD. The study found that the toxin triggers a process which damages the critically protective blood–brain barrier, increasing the risks of strokes and other issues.
December 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
P-cresol sulfate is a molecule produced by the gut microbiome and has been seen to accumulate in the blood of patients with CKD. The study found that the toxin triggers a process which damages the critically protective blood–brain barrier, increasing the risks of strokes and other issues.
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New research by @drsimonmcarthur.bsky.social and colleagues at Nottingham Trent University has found that a toxin found in the blood of patients with chronic kidney disease (#CKD) damages the body’s protective blood–brain barrier, likely contributing to the risk of #stroke.
December 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
New research by @drsimonmcarthur.bsky.social and colleagues at Nottingham Trent University has found that a toxin found in the blood of patients with chronic kidney disease (#CKD) damages the body’s protective blood–brain barrier, likely contributing to the risk of #stroke.
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Bit of commentary on fantastic exciting area using antibodies in Dentistry. Prof Takahashi group in Japan leading the way. Will follow this research closely. Immunotechnology in Dentistry coming of age. One day maybe even collaborate?
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth
People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.
www.france24.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Bit of commentary on fantastic exciting area using antibodies in Dentistry. Prof Takahashi group in Japan leading the way. Will follow this research closely. Immunotechnology in Dentistry coming of age. One day maybe even collaborate?
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Congratulations to Walko Lab research assistant Elodie Sins for being selected to join the “Project management for technicians” programmes from the Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy next year. So well deserved 😊
December 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Congratulations to Walko Lab research assistant Elodie Sins for being selected to join the “Project management for technicians” programmes from the Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy next year. So well deserved 😊