Andrew S. MacDonald
@ProfAndrewMac
Prof at Edinburgh University. Immunologist. Inflammation, infection, helminths, allergy, metabolism and the microbiome - also on @profandrewmac.bsky.social
Today is my first day back @EdinburghUni! I’ll miss amazing colleagues & friends @LydiaBeckerIII, but can’t wait to reconnect with the brilliant Edinburgh & @EdinUni_IIIR community - exciting times ahead! Also, I’m stopping Twitter for a while, maybe for good. #FindMeOnBlueSky
For obvious reasons, thinking about shutting this account down...sad about that, as I love the #immunology community here, but it's getting harder & harder to avoid the toxic white noise. Please, move to the sky blue place. Not enough immunologists on there yet...#Findmeonbluesky
“Bite size immunology” @grainger_konkel review immunity at the gingiva mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-…
Elgol, Isle of Skye #Scotland #IsleofSkye #Highlands damianshields.com
It’s amazing who you bump into in the bar in Manchester… @HussellTracy @grencisgroup
Very strong effort from the lab for this years bar rally!
Tiny the tapeworm is ready to go at Royal Welsh! Come and see all our amazing parasite 🪱 #Wormlove @AberUni @AberDLSAGB
I will be presenting tomorrow if anyone is going. Can't wait to see old friends @maria_tokuyama, @PCHo_Lab and more!!
A pleasure to play a small part in this interesting study from @DrCinziaCanta and colleagues exploring the dynamics of #schistosome-#microbiota relationships in a human microbiota-associated mouse model 🪱🐭🦠animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Drs Francisca Mutapi, Amadou Garba, Mark Woolhouse & Paul Kazyoba discuss #paediatric #schistosomiasis: last mile preparations for deploying paediatric #praziquantel. #arPZQ #Schistosoma #implementation @PIG_Edinburgh @EdinburghUni @NIMR_Tanzania @WHO authors.elsevier.com/a/1jSUN5Eb1xJI…
Biomphalaria grabrata exposed to transgenic miracidia
The “Atopic March” occurs when individuals with one atopic disorder are more likely to develop other allergies. The connection between #AtopicDermatitis and #FoodAllergy is reviewed here: mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-…
What if we could map every cell in the body, revealing its location and molecular identity? In this @NatureMethods perspective, we discuss the new era of 3D-omics by tissue clearing and AI, called Deep 3D Histology: rdcu.be/dNBe8 PDF: bit.ly/3WaD0QU 🧵👇🏼
Here's the one that goes on all the posters for people to say "ooh nice images". Goblet cells = best cells #FluorescenceFriday #FluorescentFriday
REVIEW @ScienceMagazine Host control of the microbiome: Mechanisms, evolution, and disease science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…
@MFIG_Bertuzzi describes fascinating study of how lung airway epithelial cells kill spores of Aspergillus and Cryptococcus. Mannose and surfactant dependent uptake and host dependent killing.@MRCcmm @BritSocMedMyc