Simran Kapoor

Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD Student working on mast cells @ Gentek Lab University of Edinburgh 👩🏻‍🔬

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

Had a great time at the BSI SIGNET, really enjoyed all the fantastic talks and hearing about exciting immunology research🔬 And was honoured to receive a prize for my poster on #mastcells in the mammary gland! Special thanks to @lab_gentek @GentekRebecca #SIGNET2023

[Rebecca Gentek @GentekRebecca]

... and last but not least, a success for our own lab and #ProudPI moment with a poster prize for our PhD student @SimranK64242265 for her work on #mastcells in mammary glands👏🏻

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@ifeanyi_omah Congratulations!

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@abigayle_duffy @jonykipnis @IdoAmitLab @eyolab Congratulations, well deserved! Really enjoyed your work and your fantastic poster!😊

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

Had the fantastic opportunity to attend one of the best symposiums with fascinating talks in the field of neuroimmunology! Cutting edge science @WUSTL #ReThinkNeuroimmunology
A brilliant scientific meeting! @jonykipnis @IdoAmitLab

[Alex Teagle @alex_teagle]

Really delighted to have our paper on PTPN22 in T cell exhaustion in cancer published in @jitcancer !

Thank you to the reviewers and editors for their insightful comments, and to all my co-authors who worked so hard to get it out

[Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute]

🆕 How do human hands and feet grow?

A first-ever spatial limb cell atlas reveals genetic and cellular processes behind human limb development

This will help us find new ways to diagnose and treat limb syndromes 🔬

https://t.co/rzmSlT5xS6

[Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer @jitcancer]

New #JITC article: Deletion of the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 for adoptive T cell therapy facilitates CTL effector function but promotes T cell exhaustion https://t.co/BCXs3SobSh @alex_teagle @SimranK64242265 @BonesR620W @SalmondLeeds

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@amybpedersen @RowanBancroft @sclknowles @HelenKAlexander Many many congratulations @RowanBancroft 🎉😊 🎊

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@alex_teagle Congratulations Alex!! 😊

[Magmarlene on bluesky @MarleneMaPi]

The PostDoc dream team! @lab_gentek

Often found pipetting and occasionally in the pub discussing groundbreaking ideas (2/3 of these activities being sponsored by the PI @GentekRebecca). Great colleagues&friends🏆

#LovePostdocs #PostdocAppreciationWeek
@EdinUni_IRR @BQPDS

[Medannex Ltd @MedannexLtd]

Excited to announce that the 1st patient has been dosed with our first-in-class monoclonal antibody, in a Phase 1b #clinicalstudy in #cancer patients. We are very grateful to the participants volunteering to enrol in the ‘ATTAINMENT’ study. Full story: https://t.co/BQ7jtdg9Mc

[Seth Thomas Scanlon @ImmunoEditor]

In @ScienceMagazine this week, Ziegler, Engelhardt & al (@TU_Muenchen, @dzhk_germany) report that #sleep disruption in #HeartDisease is driven #macrophage-mediated loss of #neurons projecting from #SuperiorCervicalGanglia into #PinealGland!

https://t.co/5moq1ZxUlE

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

Combining whole-tissue imaging & single-cell RNA sequencing datasets, Tauber, Basso, Martin et al @InfinityTLS present a pan-organ analysis of mast cells (MCs) in mice & humans at steady state, revealing an unexpected heterogeneity of MC populations https://t.co/tE4TEoVmps

[Rebecca Gentek @GentekRebecca]

And there's more to #mastcells! Two studies identifying their key role in mediating food avoidance. Congratulations to @Plum_immunology and @florsheim_eb and the Rodewald and Medzhitov labs on landmarking studies and creative technological approaches👏🏻

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@Dr_ClaireEllen @DrFalkUK @Gastro_GRJ Congratulations!

[Trends in Immunology @TrendsImmuno]

Opinion special issue: Systems immunology II 'Conditioning of the immune system by the microbiome' from Daniel Graham & Ramnik Xavier @broadinstitute @Harvard https://t.co/jiFYfwWRgS

[Cell @CellCellPress]

In the latest issue! A sound mind in a sound body: Stress-induced glucocorticoids exacerbate gut inflammation https://t.co/3BCCQUeZ0u

[New Scientist @newscientist]

People with inflammatory bowel disease may notice flare-ups during stressful times. Researchers have now found the mechanism behind that https://t.co/vKwSGqW5fT

[Simran Kapoor @SimranK64242265]

@bainlab @HegartyLizi @EdinUni_IRR @EdinUni_MeetCIR @Edin_IBDScience congratulations @HegartyLizi!