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@AlopeciaUK This Barbie is an inspiration 😍 she's going to make a wonderful friend & mascot, wherever her journey takes her!

Our Advent Calendar begins today! 🎄🎅 First is a festive giveaway! For your chance to win, please tell us in the comments below what is the best present you have ever received. A winner will be randomly selected before 9am on Monday (4th Dec). Good luck! 💙 (UK entries only)

@DrDJSmyth @UoDCellSigImm @UoDLifeSciences @UoD_SLS_Sustain Love this idea! We'd love to welcome these little helpers in the lab!

A great pitch by Anna from @MillingLab on intestinal DC2! #EMDS2023

@david_mccarey @AurelieRheumo @RheumNow It doesn't look promising currently! There are some reports of decreased CRP in various rheumatological conditions with probiotic use though... perhaps their use could be complementary to more conventional therapies? 🦠🤔

@AurelieRheumo @RheumNow @MillingLab disappointing result!

MEDIPSA: probiotic vs PBO RCT in PsA 12 weeks Using strains Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus No effect on DA or PROMs in PsA No effect on gut parameters either Good safety profile Wrong strains or not an generally efficient intervention? ABST0778 @RheumNow #ACR23

Couldn't agree more @AmyShergold ! Congratulations on the fantastic work & paper 🥳

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

We had an absolute blast at the Spring Fling at @UofGSii yesterday! Thanks for arranging it @hcbialic & can't wait to try again next year 🥳 we'll be working away on our artistic skills!

Join @s_milling, @A_N_Ferguson, @Erika_Aqu1no, @AdrienneICPV & Vivienne Wilkes at #BSI22 today at 13:15 in Hall 1C to discuss the importance of public & patient involvement in research. Spoiler: it's hugely valuable to everyone involved in more ways than you may have thought...

Finally, @A_N_Ferguson has been investigating trained immunity in monocytes from people with axial spondyloarthritis, and pondering how the gut-joint axis contributes to this disease

Then you can catch @annaandrusaite's work at P-156 to learn intestinal dendritic cells and how these are modified by helminths to skew the host immune response

Last chance to catch a glimpse at #BSI22 of the work going on in the Milling lab before our posters get packed away! First up, we have P-041 where Alana Brown showcases her work investigating the role of macrophages in alopecia areata

We've had an incredible time at #BSI22, catching up with both old & new friends, and being inspired by all the remarkable research that we've come across here! Can't wait for #BSI23 in Belfast next year! 🥳

A fascinating talk from @FredeAnnika today at #BSI22 on the effects of autophagy on Treg cells - always love to hear the work going on in the @kjmaloy lab!

THANK YOU to all our participants – 65 people with alopecia areata & 38 healthy volunteers – whose generous donations made these discoveries possible! And thank you to @AlopeciaUK, @AstraZeneca & Medical Research Scotland for their funding & support throughout this research!

Atopy often occurs in people with alopecia – but little is understood about how the diseases are linked. Here, we found that people with both alopecia areata & atopy showed changes to their B cell subsets – could B cells be a key component linking these diseases? 6/🧵

2% of people in the UK are affected by alopecia areata. Have you heard of alopecia areata? 1/🧵