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The School of Infection & Immunity (Sii), @UofGlasgow: Scientists & clinicians working to develop research, drug discovery & improvements in patient care.
🆕 | @UofGSii's Dr @MeganMacleod15 recently partnered with @GSofA artist Jane Topping for a display at @PintofScience's ‘Creative Reactions’. Taking inspiration from a trip to Dr Macleod’s lab, Jane created a pamphlet exploring immunological concepts. 🔗gla.ac.uk/schools/infect…

A great collaboration with #MaurizioPesce and @rGayeBamba on Rheumatic valve disease and acceleration of cardiac aging in Africa: next-generation answers for an old, orphan problem academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti… @UofGSii @UofGCoRENCD #Africa-EuropeCoRE @ARUA_News @guildeu
‼️ Today is the last day to register for the Glasgow Virology Workshop! 📆 Friday 5th September 2025 📍 Hunter Halls, @UofGlasgow More info and registration links: gla.ac.uk/research/az/cv…
📢 EVENT | 27th Glasgow Virology Workshop Join us for a day of interesting talks & discussions. Speakers: Adam Bailey, Louis Lambrechts, Kirsty Roy, Judy Breuer, Sheila Graham, Juan Reguera & a selection of students. 📆 Fri 5th Sept 2025 🔗 Register: gla.ac.uk/research/az/cv…
Well done guys! Looks amazing 👏
Today we have been at the Glasgow Science Centre showcasing our new Lego based DNA sequencer: GO-Seq, to learn about respiratory viruses, their DNA and sequencing. @gsc1 @CVRinfo @CVRbioinfo @CVR_Genomics @KathySmollett @QuanGuCVR
Tackling cardiovascular diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the Africa-Europe CoRE in non-communicable disease and multimorbidity academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti… @FredBukachi @XavierJouven @ntobekon @CVR_TomaszGuzik @rGayeBamba @mayowaoowolabi #IbrahimaBaraDiop
🎓 | Everyone at @UofGSii sends our warmest congratulations to our Class of 2025 on their recent graduation. Our Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection Biology cohorts graduated at a ceremony on Friday, 4 July, and enjoyed a reception in the SGDB beforehand. #UofGGrad2025




The brain as a window into rheumatoid arthritis stratified medicine? Linked Comment by Neil Basu & Kristian Stefanov @UofGSii bit.ly/40akaMK
🆕 | The @UofGSii Musculoskeletal Research Team has been named a @EULAR_org Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology Research. A distinction the group has now held for a decade, the renewed status was awarded for 2025–30 at the June congress in Barcelona. 🔗 gla.ac.uk/schools/infect…

📢 NEW | UK-Uganda team launches major study on deadly Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus. (CCHF). The international partnership will allow scientists to better understand CCHF transmission & immunity in East Africa. gla.ac.uk/research/az/cv… @UKRI_News @USDA
Graduation day for two of our #Phd students today. Congratulations @arianna_raponi & @RinterKarimi A great achievement. Well done to all supervisors & supporters as well @jimbrewer84 @Fra_ndu @scales_hannah & Prof Paul Garside @UofGSii @UofGMVLS
Fantastic seminar from @davchaima, visiting lecturer from @KUHeS_mw, on his research work using molecular diagnostics & genomics to investigate enteric pathogens in Malawian children @CVRinfo @UofGSii @MagneticGlasgow @UofGGCID 🧬🔬👶💩🇲🇼
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mark Carrington (@Cambridge_Uni) discusses the identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense genes that enable resistance to the human trypanolytic lytic factor. The full @WCIPGLASGOW seminar is now available on our YouTube channel. 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=b2QEFX…
A lovely evening fundraising for #Malawi well done to all the organisers and all who donated 🏴 🇲🇼
Well done @smileawi & @Bridge2Aid ! @rcpsglasgow @pamossey @WCIPGLASGOW @UofGDental @bigsmilebigband @ScotlandMalawi @ScotGovID Midsummer Jamboree for Malawi a great success - hats off to Smileawi and Bridge2Aid! themaldentproject.com/2025/06/26/mid… via @bagg_jeremy
🆕 | @UofGSii Bacteriology Research Fellow Dr Liam Rooney (@lmr_1994) was recently recognised with the @MicrobioSoc’s Infection Sciences Award, as well as election to the council of the @RoyalMicroSoc. Congratulations, Dr Rooney! 🔗 Read more: gla.ac.uk/schools/infect…

Excited to be part of @UofGlasgow delegation to meet with @unibirmingham colleagues today to discuss potential collaborations on global health research. 🌍 🤝