Prof Rachel Simmonds

Wellcome Trust Investigator @UniSurreyBioSci on Buruli ulcer pathogenesis, M. ulcerans and mycolactone. Mother,climber,rower, crocheter,breast cancer survivor.

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

I have decided to leave X. Please find me on the marginally less awful LinkdIn

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Old friends and new at #WRC2024

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Great to see @yyasare_ very cool poster on #buruliulcer secondary infection at #wcr2024 @msmosi @WACCBIP_UG

[Lydia Mosi @msmosi]

Celebrating #womeninscience at #WRC24 @TheresaGwira @hmensahbrown @RSimmondsLab @AdzeleySannin @WACCBIP_UG @UnivofGh

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

So much energy in the room for the #WRC24 biotech pitch competition!
#WACCBIPis10

[Maame Ekua Acquah @acquah_maamekua]

Up Next the 1st Ever @WACCBIP_UG Biotech Pitch Competition at #WRC2024
Looking forward to exciting ideas!
On the following measures:
Value proposition
Innovation
Market Potential
Social impact
Team expertise

[Maame Ekua Acquah @acquah_maamekua]

Intriguing talk by Prof Jonathan Geiger on lysosomal stress and it's relevance in HIV-1 associated Neurocognitive disorders. @WACCBIP_UG Plenary Talk 11.
#WRC2024

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

In addition to the great science I’m sitting behind Maame Acquah and really impressed by her real-time impressions of the talks!

[Maame Ekua Acquah @acquah_maamekua]

Angela Ayiku talks to us about Heat shock proteins in tilapia @WACCBIP_UG
#WRC2024

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Amazing to see how @WACCBIP_UG has stemmed the brain drain from West Africa in its first 10 years… great to see and a testament to all involved #WRC24 #WACCBIPis10

[mBio @mbiojournal]

Physiologic media affect macrophage anti-TB function. @maxgabgut @claudiobussi @thecrick #mBio https://t.co/cEp0u8EH9L

[Deborah Dunn-Walters 💙 @beecellnumbers]

Another year gone by with awesome colleagues gathered to celebrate their students’ achievements

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Please share around a fully funded studentship I am co-supervising with Dr Patrizia Camelliti at Surrey on atrial fibrillation using stem cell technology

https://t.co/dDsGXtvVyC

[Laura Piddock 💙 @LauraPiddock]

📢Calling women academic and clinical academic microbiologists/ID researchers/microbial immunologists - please add your name to this list! Key people are missing!! https://t.co/eqchBbP0YR PLEASE RT!

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Just a couple of weeks left to submit your abstracts for this exciting meeting. Really looking forward to getting the #BU gang together

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

📣 IMUC-III keynote speaker highlights: Pathogenesis and host response Ft. Prof Françoise Portaels, @RSimmondsLab & Prof Caroline Demangel
Register for the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III) by JUN 30
🗓️ 20 - 22 NOV
📍 MELB
👉 https://t.co/HwNCKhGyeI

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Congratulations @Scott_Santos93 !!! Fabulous news

[U of Saskatchewan @usask]

Two #USask graduate students are being recognized with Canada’s most prestigious academic honour, the Governor General’s Gold Medal.

#BeWhatTheWorldNeeds

Click below to read more about these outstanding students:
https://t.co/IWI4XZXWbL

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Contact me for details and/or a chat about it - deadline Midnight, Monday 22nd January 2024

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

We have a fully-funded PhD opportunity in the lab through our multi-centre Pathogens and Host Defences DTP. UK nationals only as this is a collaboration with DSTL. (more detail in comments). https://t.co/MpCEjJnNco

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

The project will aim to deliver mycolactone and other translocation inhibitors to selected cells and is entitled "Bispecific molecules for targeted delivery of novel antiviral to infected cells"

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

Save the date for the #buruli meeting in November!

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

📣Save the date for the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III)
🗓️ 20 – 22 November 2024
📍Melb, Aus
Hosted by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans at the Doherty Institute.
Pre-register via https://t.co/OIZHKjqbqN
@UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH

[Prof Rachel Simmonds @RSimmondsLab]

@Lilly_jo_Cullen @ucu @UKRI_News Exactly. None the wiser!

[Biochemical Society @BiochemSoc]

We've supported research capacity building and knowledge exchange visits for individuals from Ghana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Benin and more! If you're planning a similar 4-week lab visit, apply now for our Travel Award. Next deadline 1 July! https://t.co/xyespXiFdR