Mahdad Noursadeghi
@mnoursad
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Joined November 2014
New role for macrophages in Shigella infection control Margarida Gomes @DBrokatzky
@LSHTM
@CellReports
https://t.co/zyKZJpuwJx
cell.com
Trained immunity enhances host innate defenses against secondary infections. Gomes et al. innovate zebrafish infection models to investigate Shigella-induced training, demonstrating that Shigella...
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š£ We are hiring! Postdoc opportunity in Quantitative Immunology @ucl. š¬ Develop computational approaches to discover clonal and functional T cell determinants of protection against Tuberculosis. Fully funded 2-year position. šļø Apply by Dec 10 https://t.co/TbTtuuLg6d
ucl.ac.uk
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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take noteā¦
New, highly requested, guidance from us @wellcometrust on how to discuss Research Environment in your application, and the kinds of things you might want to tell us about!
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pass on my congratulations tooš„³
Congratulations to ā¦@CBRB_Imperialā©ās Ho Kwong Li on passing his PhD viva-Many many thanks to his examiners Tom and Avinash! ā¦
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Roll-up roll-upā¦.
Still time to sign up for our pan-London open evening 7th Oct on Infectious Diseases Academic Training. Its for you if you are an IMT2/IM3 interested in Academic Clinical Fellowships OR a post-PhD Registrar interested in an Academic Clinical Lectureships https://t.co/ya4eXgRPhJ
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Unofficial poster for the @EMBO #TB meeting. Great line up - from East to West. Registration deadline is 20th Oct, We have started getting applications. @TB_NewsDaily @CDC_TB @TBAlliance @gatesfoundation @institutpasteur @EmboMolMed @ICGEBNewDelhi @ccmb_csir
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Really fab meeting š„³
#Mycobact2024 Day 3, lot of new friends @StabellBenn @mnoursad @ProfTtweetsTB Thanks Maria, Susanna, Gabrielaš for organiging this fabulous meeting #Stockholm. See you all in mystic @ccmb_csir @idlabs_astar @ICGEBNewDelhi #Hederabad #EmboTB2025
https://t.co/4v4qzMRfxE
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Many congratulations Rik
Happy and proud to receive the ERC Starting grant! We will investigate how genome-wide binding kinetics and energy landscapes of oncogenic transcription factors are regulated! Interested in joining our team? Apply before the 22th of Sept. #ERCStG
https://t.co/umtqBpchED
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Many congratulations Billš„³
Years ago while I was weighing the offer of a faculty job here a very senior British scientist in my field sniffily told me āTheyāll never give you tenureā But that turned out to be one of their less good predictions, and I am now not only a full professor - but with tenure
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Great to have you back @LucyCKBell - looking forward to working with you againš„³
Brilliant to be back @UCLInfectImm starting as an @NIHRresearch Clinical Lecturer in infectious diseases!
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If you are an IMT2/IM3 interested in an Academic Clinical Fellowships in Infectious Diseases OR a post-PhD ID Registrar interested in an Academic Clinical Lectureships then sign-up for our pan-London open evening 7th October https://t.co/ya4eXgRPhJ
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...and for sub-clinical TB, particularly in combination with IGRA in low-burden settings:
medrxiv.org
Background Translation of blood RNA signatures may be accelerated by identifying more parsimonious biomarkers. We tested the hypothesis that single-gene transcripts provide comparable accuracy for...
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Still potential value for sputum scarce & EPTB:
medrxiv.org
Background Limited data are available on the diagnostic accuracy of blood RNA biomarker signatures for extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). We addressed this question among people investigated for TB lymphade...
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TLDR: Blood RNA biomarkers for TB? ..still limited by specificity & canāt be used for confirmatory test. What about triage test? No advantage to direct Mtb PCR testing for people who produce sputum!
In this editorial, we discuss the role of blood RNA biomarkers as triage tests for pulmonary TB @Rishi_K_Gupta @mnoursad @ERSpublications
#IDTwitter
https://t.co/jgfTbhoafB
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Exciting work coming.. get in the mix!
Advance notice: Recruiting @LSHTM over next year Genomics Post-doc Clinical Post-doc/CL (maybe 2) for UK ID trainees Modelling Post-doc Diagnostics RA UK & Global Health. Focus STI/Syphilis but may be opportunities across my work. Adverts here/LSHTM. If interested get in touch!
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2 Associate Prof or Full Professor jobs @LSHTM Open to people doing 1) Clinical Research in LMICs (ideally a clinician) 2) Immunology Infectious Diseases 3) Entomology/Vector Control. Adverts here: https://t.co/ysAaCzgWNa. Closes 19th Sep. Happy to talk about the first option!
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Our thoughts and very best hopes are with our friend and former colleague Tom Doherty, his wife Anne and all family since his fall and disappearance in the Pyrenees. We desperately hope he is found soon. Our great thanks to all supporting the search.
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Are you developing a next-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine? The MusiCC consortium are looking for vaccine developers who are interested in providing vaccine candidates for a COVID-19 human challenge study Find out more: https://t.co/ylGDWT6wY4
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