Dr Martina Schroeder

We have moved to more beautiful skies... and are now also on LinkedIn. Please follow us on one or both platforms as we won't be posting here anymore. @RNASociety #RNASalon

Transposable elements as instructors of the immune system bit.ly/4354nR3

We have a new preprint, led by PhD student Patric & (former) postdoc @PariN39103649, reporting a chordate-specific mechanism linking codon usage to mRNA translation/stability, mediated by 2 prologue RBPs ZC3H7A/B. Huge thanks to amazing collaborators! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@kitschycox Congratulations Donal and good luck with your research!

Delighted to have been awarded TCD Med Seed Award to fund my research in TB osteomyelitis. It will help me explore new paradigms in infectious disease research at this crucial time in my career.

@fondaz_inf_act My sincere condolences to his family, colleagues, lab members, and students. We collaborated on DDX3X and hosted several students from his lab here in Ireland. He was an inspiring, generous, and supportive scientist and we will miss our interactions with him. Very upsetting news.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Giovanni Maga, scientific director and leader of our R&I program. He was one of the creators of our program and contributed daily to its growth to make it a national reference point for emerging infectious diseases.

Funded 4-year #PhD in the exciting BBSRC NILAB program. @WWIEM_QUB Receive multidisciplinary training, develop #infection models and #AI image analysis to reveal bacterial & viral disease mechanisms & discover new antimicrobials. Fight #AMR Get in touch! tinyurl.com/e5k6ptua

Dr Carla Mateus from the @Maynoothgeog examines the short history of extreme weather events around #StPatricksDay in Ireland. Historical reports tell us it was a day which often featured intense cold, torrential rain, thunderstorms and the odd tornado. ☔ maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotl…

This Friday @GalwayRNA @myriadjpnd @IrishRNA will host RNA seminar, all welcome - hybrid format. We look forward to great talks @ruaslab @MUHost_Path @kelliedean99 @mariaborjaa @DwyerLab @LaraOute

This is such a big deal, such wonderful recognition, and so, SO well-deserved @aoifemcl ! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 tcd.ie/news_events/ar…

Our @IrishRNA meeting hosted by @GalwayRNA and @KasiaWhysall is coming closer... Abstract deadline for short talks extended until this Friday, the 7th of March. @lexogen @RNASociety #RNASalon

Wer Robert #Habeck weiterhin in Führungsrolle sehen möchte. Act now! 👇🏼 weact.campact.de/petitions/offe…

Ich möchte Robert #Habeck weiter in einer führenden Rolle bei @Die_Gruenen haben. Und du?

It's clear that many do not understand what @NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on NIH-funded research—that’s all 210 drugs. But what the public sees is just the tip of the iceberg. Pharma takes credit for the final product, but beneath each drug developed, there are ~20 years of basic research, and 90% of the cost is from basic research funded by the NIH, which discovers drug targets, understands disease mechanisms, and creates life-saving treatments. Figuring out how cancer evades the immune system, how addiction rewires the brain, and how heart disease develops is the role of the NIH, creating the foundation for the breakthrough drugs that come 20 years later, and the NIH does all that with only 0.8% of the US budget. Without NIH, there would be no cancer immunotherapy, no anti-overdose medication, no anti-heart attack or stroke medication, no cutting-edge treatments. If NIH funding is cut, the iceberg will melt. That means fewer cures, more suffering, and more lives lost. The science beneath the surface keeps us afloat. Invest in NIH. Invest in life

We are delighted to be hosting the next @IrishRNA All-Ireland RNA Club event on 14th March! Registration and abstract submission is open. All welcome. @RNASociety @lexogen

A large dataset we hope is helpful for patients who may have CAPS, an #autoinflammatory condition associated with gene variants in NLRP3. Many variants of uncertain significance now have a readout from our in vitro assay which can aid clinical diagnosis. rdcu.be/d9iRG

Mechanisms of NLRP3 activation and inhibition elucidated by functional analysis of disease-associated variants nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatImmunol @sethmasters @shouya_feng

Our next online All-Ireland RNA club meeting is happening this Friday, the 14th of February, 1-2pm. Scan the QR code to join the Teams meeting, all Ireland-based researchers welcome to attend! #RNASalon @lexogen @RNASociety

@Cooganlab One of the most enjoyable parts of the 'work' though, no?!

Three one hour meetings with PhD students today, plus an admin task directly related to one of their projects that will take at least three hours, but at least I am re-assured by a recent statement that this can be viewed as “work”.

I am thrilled to share our latest article that has been published in @ImmunityCP. We describe a new role for NLRP3 outside of its inflammasome complex, where it can regulate microglial metabolism & key metabolites that affect the epigenetic landscape (1) cell.com/immunity/fullt…

Applications for undergraduate summer studentships @WWIEM_QUB are now open. We would love to host enthusiastic students from anywhere in the world in Belfast! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬🧪💊🌎 Details: qub.ac.uk/research-centr…