Fränze Progatzky
Group Leader @kiroxford.bsky.social Wellcome Career Development Fellow
Peripheral #glia in barrier tissue #immunology
#NewPI #FirstGen | Mother | she/her 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyUpcoming seminar: 🎓Dr Fränze Progatzky @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social, @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ndorms.bsky.social 📢"Outside the brain: how glial cells orchestrate tissue immunity" 📅 4:30-5:30PM, Thur 16 October 📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social buff.ly/IPj6StT #CITIID
- Huge congratulations to @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social from the lab who has been awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in the skin focusing on the role of peripheral glial cells #proudPI
- Julia Karjalainen, A DPhil candidate at the Kennedy Institute, has been awarded a competitive Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in skin disease! www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/julia-k...
- In case you missed it: @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social co-authored this recent review with our lab on glia in barrier organs in @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social We summarise cutting-edge findings and highlight future directions for the field - timely reading: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyCongratulations to Dr Fränze Progatzky, who has been awarded a Lister Institute Research Prize to support her research into glial cell biology! www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-fran... @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social
- Excited to be part of this newly awarded MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Together with colleagues from Oxford and Manchester we will investigate how environmental exposures contribute to chronic inflammatory diseases.
- Huge news! A £50M MRC CoRE will bring together Manchester & Oxford to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory disease. The CoRE will be Directed by Prof Judi Allen (Manchester) & co-Directed by Prof Dame Fiona Powrie, Director of the KIR. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ps5...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyAre you interested in the gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA)? 🧠💡 We are building a national research network to improve understanding of the connection between the gut and nervous system. Join our growing community 👇 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- Deeply honoured to have been awarded the @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social 2025 Research Prize alongside such inspiring fellow researchers. The award will enable us to study how the peripheral nervous system, through glial cells, regulates tissue repair in the gut, lung and skin. 🧬🖥️🔬
- We are very proud to introduce our brand new 2025 #ListerFellows! This year there are eight Prize recipients. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco...
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky@dr-vmosienko.bsky.social showing the 100+ crowd that came to #Sheffield for the 1st UK glia network meeting. Next one will be in Bristol in 2026 & we have a very special international guest confirmed ✨ #BNA2025 #astrocyte #microglia #schwann #oligodendrocyte #microglia #neuroscience
- 🚨 We have TWO exciting open positions in our lab! 🚨 We are looking for talented, highly motivated, and collaborative individuals to join our dynamic team as: 🔬 Research Assistant www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/researc... 💻 Bioinformatics Postdoc www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/bioinfo... 📢 Please share!
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyFirst Post on blue-sky. We are hiring! Post-doctoral position available in the neuroimmunology of stroke. Please check out link below and share elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky📢 LAST CHANCE to submit your abstracts for BSI Oxford and @immunologyoxford.bsky.social's #OIS25 Symposium This is your opportunity to take part in this celebration Oxford's outstanding #immunology research 🔬 Submissions are open until midnight on Friday 7th Feb 👉 bit.ly/4elJmnG
- 📣 New Review Alert! Do you think glial cells are simply neuronal support cells in the CNS? Did you know glial cells are integral to barrier organs? Check out our latest review exploring the fascinating crosstalk between glia and immune cells in the gut, lung and skin! #GlialCells #ImmuneSystem
- Glial-immune interactions in barrier organs are reviewed by @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social and colleagues: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
- I had a great time writing this review with @juliakarjalainen.bsky.social and Sofia Hain. Watch this space for what’s next for these two brilliant researchers in my lab as they set out on their journeys to make exciting discoveries about glial-immune interactions in barrier organs! 🚀
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyStill time to apply for this truly interdisciplinary BBSRC funded PhD project in Aberdeen with @mdmorgan.bsky.social and myself. Develop computation models to analyse ECM-cell interactions and then test them a lab setting! Deadline 17th Jan
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyWe just can't stop recruiting! Associate professor in cell and molecular biology @dunnschool, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly Come and be our colleague Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
- Check out today’s (12th January 2025) Biomedical Picture of the Day by @lucaverger.bsky.social from our lab showing beautiful glial cells in the skin #proudPI bpod.org.uk
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky3 reviews on planning, execution, & validation of transcriptomic experiments in neuroscience published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social #NatureNeuroscience. A MUST READ if you're doing transcriptomics. 3 reviews, an amazing editorial, a beautiful cover – this is the issue of the year! (mini thread)
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyBeyond classical immunity: Mast cells as signal converters between tissues and neurons: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyFantastic paper by @mhaniffa.bsky.social @humancellatlas.org www.nature.com/articles/s41... We know #macrophages are versatile but inducing skin vascularisation! 🤩 #immunosky #medsky 🧪 #morphogenesis #organoid #spatialtranscriptomics #singlecellsequencing
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyWe are opening a call for applications 2025 – Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur in Paris @pasteur.fr all details on our web site : research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
- Great idea to start a weekly lab meeting. We tried the 'flashlight' 🔦 today and it was a total success. We now use the 🔦 at the beginning of every lab meeting, together with a short discussion about sustainability ♻️ 🍃initiatives.
- One year ago we started a new experiment in the lab - not a scientific one, but a social one! We now use the 'flashlight' 🔦 at the start of every lab meeting ⏬ Its been great to hear from so many people who love it too - maybe try it out for your group also? 🧪⚕️🩺 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyJoin Dr Jess Wade on 10 December for the Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture as she explores the technologies of the future, how the most exciting science happens at the intersection between disciplines, and why we need to overhaul research culture to bring the most benefit to society and the economy.
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyJoin the Sutherland Lab in Aberdeen! We have a research fellow opening to explore IL-13 regulation of hyaluronan extracellular matrices drug lung injury, repair and chronic pathology with funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social www.abdn.ac.uk/research/job...
- Follow the next generation of immunologists #Immunosky.
- A starter pack for PhD students and Postdocs in Immunology to connect 🔽 Drop a 🧬 and I'll add you to the list. Let's build the upcoming immuno community! #ImmunoSky 🧪 go.bsky.app/RABVXY4at://did:plc:xwfnlcvkqh7d7qvxj2uq3ocy/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lchlvjozes2m
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky🧠NON-NEUROCENTRIC STARTER PACKS FOR BRAIN RESEARCH: I this thread 🧵 I will post starter packs for fields of research not directly related to neurons: #meninges, #vasculature, #glia, #immunecells, #dementia, #headache, #microscopy, and resources to get started with #Bluesky.at://did:plc:t7jalxa4jyjkmy2lr4k5fsdr/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbrjld5tau2n
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky
How does mechanosensation work? Nerves are critical, but recent work from Gary Lewin, Patrik Ernfors et al (nature.com/articles/s41...) builds on findings a few years ago that Schwann cells are involved in nociception (science.org/doi/10.1126/...) #neuroscience #touch #pain 🧪 - Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyIt is great to finally share our systematic review on structural extracellular matrix components in soft tissues in osteoarthritis! Congratulations to my co-authors Iwan Raza and @sarahsnelling.bsky.social. boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyWomen are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky#LocationLocationLocation! Baghdadi, Kim &co show @science.org that intestinal stem cells #ISCs located at the bottom of the crypts sense a more rigid environment & activate PIEZO to tune their proliferation/differentiation maintaining gut physiology! doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyFascinating new paper about how commensal #fungi can promote #type2 responses in mice, a process involving fungal induction of #IL-33 🍄 🧪 #ImmunoSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyNew PhD opportunity in the lab with @profjudiallen.bsky.social and @douglaspdyer.bsky.social looking at interactions between ILCs and the extracellular matrix. Application deadline Jan 10th 2025 - spread the word Bluesky immunologists! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Honoured to have been invited to present at the Immunosensation Cluster Science Days 2024 that showcased the impressive research going on in Bonn. Fantastic day of science and networking. Thank you
- Fantastic closing talk at the Immunosensation Cluster Science Days 2024 by @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social – glial cells everywhere and insights all around!
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky🎉 the 1st paper from my post-doc is published 🎉 We found that #lunginjury caused by migration of N.brasiliensis induces an #IL-13 dependent #hyaluronan matrix. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Fränze Progatzky🧠 Neuroimmunology is transforming our understanding of health and disease at barrier sites. One of my favourite #MucosalImmunology reviews this year is out now #OpenAccess @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
- Looking forward to hosting Lizi in the lab 😊
- So proud of @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social & @bainlab.bsky.social #postdoc Lizi Hegarty who has been awarded a Career Enhancing Grant in this round to work with @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social! Well done Lizi! 🥳 #immunosky
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyDoing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
- Reposted by Fränze ProgatzkyWonderful to see the #immunology community growing here. The first starter pack is full (they cap at 150), so I created a second one. Let me know if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoDat://did:plc:34vvwie7t4ys6zrcphjna2py/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l5hp62jg542w
- See you there 🙋🏻♀️
- Super excited for @thestemvillage.bsky.social Immunology Symposium next week in Manchester. There aren’t and in-person spots like, but plenty of space to join us online! Why not register now? Timetable/lineup in the next post 1/🧵 #Immunosky #PrideInSTEM 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 forms.gle/Q36YU6YyfJyJ...
