Marga Dominguez-Villar Lab

My lab is offering a PhD scholarship funded by Diabetes UK. The topic is innate immunity in people with T1D and the role of metabolism in controlling innate responses. Interested? Apply and get in touch if you have any questions! findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

Are you looking for a postdoc/research assistant position in human T cell immunology? Come join our lab!imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

Very interesting read.

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

Please share this - UK science funding is having a bit of a brain fart (for want of a better term) nature.com/articles/d4158…

As of January 2026, the ELSA (EarLy Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes) study has passed a major milestone, with over 40,000 families signed up to participate in the UK-wide research. 🔬🧬📚🩺 Please visit our website for more information elsadiabetes.nhs.uk

Today we’re excited to launch our refreshed Research Strategy for 2025-2030. It sets out our plans over the next five years to fund and stimulate the most vital research to tackle unmet needs.

diabetes.org.uk/our-research/f….

The first @DUK_research supported type 1 diabetes #stigma papers, undertaken at @ImperialMDR, is published in Diabetic Medicine here doi.org/10.1111/dme.70… 🔓. Important insights for healthcare professionals from work led by Dr Vicky McKechnie and recruited from @ADDRESS_T1DRes

@KGillespieBris @T1DRAdiabetes @georgina_mort Congratulations again, @georgina_mort! It was a pleasure to discuss your project with you!

Congratulations on a successful viva Dr Georgina! Enjoy the celebrations before returning to work on @T1DRAdiabetes. Thank you so much to external examiners Mike Christie and Marga Dominguez-Villar

🎉 A warm welcome to all our students joining the department on our master's programmes in virology, molecular medicine, and applied paediatrics. We’re looking forward to supporting your academic journey at @imperialcollege!

The MDV Lab is hiring! We have a Research Assistant position (part time) to characterize EBV virus-specific T cells in people with multiple sclerosis, funded by the @mssocietyuk. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo… Come work with us! Please feel free to share.

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Out now in @AutoimmunJ!🚨doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut… Can #Tregs be a useful biomarker in autoimmunity? We use our @nanoString Treg signature and #spectralflowcytometry to differentiate inactive from active #JIA, identify subclinical disease and predict flares. @meryl_attrill @iit_ucl

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!

@MDJoseph97 @ssimoncelli @uclbiosciences @LondonNanotech @KingsCollegeLon @LIDo_DTP Many congratulations Megan! Time flies…

Thrilled to announce that yesterday I passed my PhD viva examination 🥳 Thank you to my supervisors for all their support @ssimoncelli and Prof. Andrew Cope and to @uclbiosciences, @LondonNanotech @KingsCollegeLon, and @LIDo_DTP. Here are some celebratory Simoncelli lab photos

We're backing research to help combat the #stigma people living with #diabetes face day in and day out✊🏽 Hear from Prof Nick Oliver on his project to understand #Type1Diabetes stigma👇🏽 #WorldDiabetesDay

@AidaMartinezS Many congratulations!!

We will be looking at whether miRNA action is different between subtypes of beta-cells in T1D and in beta-cells grown from stem-cells. This will identify miRNAs to manipulate which could help us to grow the very best beta cells in the lab (2/2): type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funded-project…

Absolutely thrilled to have received funding from the SMF-DUK #Type1DiabetesGrandChallenge to work with the awesome @prashant1003 and @Teresa_IDF1 and in collaboration with @LabSancho to look at how my favourite molecules, microRNAs, behave differently between beta-cells (1/2)

Still time to apply!

The MDV Lab is hiring! Are you looking for a postdoc in human immunology, focused on regulatory T cells in autoimmunity? If so, apply to this 3 year post funded by the @mssocietyuk ! Please share. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…