Bourke Lab
@bourkelab.bsky.social
Translational immunologist; Senior Lecturer; Collaborative; Curious; Population-health focused; University of Glasgow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-0895
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-0895
**PhD Opportunity** apply for a BBSRC NorthWestBio PhD to join our team to study nutrient availability & epithelial-immune crosstalk in the gut. Organoid culture, immunology & bioengineering skills.
@gwotzerho.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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@gwotzerho.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - Dr Claire D Bourke
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October 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
**PhD Opportunity** apply for a BBSRC NorthWestBio PhD to join our team to study nutrient availability & epithelial-immune crosstalk in the gut. Organoid culture, immunology & bioengineering skills.
@gwotzerho.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@gwotzerho.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Interested in the biology of pregnancy and improving birth outcomes? Don't miss out on next year's UK Preterm Birth Conference in London, January 2027. Sessions on advanced technologies, in vitro modelling, systems biology, climate impacts and more... @qmul.bsky.social
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September 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Interested in the biology of pregnancy and improving birth outcomes? Don't miss out on next year's UK Preterm Birth Conference in London, January 2027. Sessions on advanced technologies, in vitro modelling, systems biology, climate impacts and more... @qmul.bsky.social
pretermconference.com
pretermconference.com
Out latest preprint from the @ukri.org-funded GI Tools study: circulating innate immune cell activation is associated with more severe disruption of duodenal architecture in adults with environmental enteropathy in low- versus high-income communities in Lusaka, Zambia.
tinyurl.com/4m8vcpkw
tinyurl.com/4m8vcpkw
Circulating Immune Cell Phenotypes are Associated with Socioeconomic Status and Severity of Environmental Enteropathy Among Zambian Adults
Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a chronic, subclinical disorder of the small intestine common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to sanitation and exposure to enteric pathogen...
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August 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Out latest preprint from the @ukri.org-funded GI Tools study: circulating innate immune cell activation is associated with more severe disruption of duodenal architecture in adults with environmental enteropathy in low- versus high-income communities in Lusaka, Zambia.
tinyurl.com/4m8vcpkw
tinyurl.com/4m8vcpkw
Our latest work showing that restoration of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function lags behind nutritional recovery among children convalescing after hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Restoration of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function lags behind nutritional recovery among children convalescing from complicated severe acute malnutrition - Nature Communications
Children recovering after hospital admission with complicated severe acute malnutrition have a high risk of infectious mortality and morbidity. Here the authors analyse blood samples from a longitudin...
doi.org
July 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Our latest work showing that restoration of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function lags behind nutritional recovery among children convalescing after hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New work from Jon Sturgeon & the HOPE-SAM study team at Zvitambo parsing out features of leaky gut during complicated severe acute malnutriton that could contribute to inflammation & adverse outcomes @nutritionorg.bsky.social
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Intestinal Permeability Is Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Children Hospitalized with Severe Acute Malnutrition
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most critical form of undernutrition, associated with high inpatient and postdischarge mortality. It is hypothe…
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July 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
New work from Jon Sturgeon & the HOPE-SAM study team at Zvitambo parsing out features of leaky gut during complicated severe acute malnutriton that could contribute to inflammation & adverse outcomes @nutritionorg.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bourkelab.bsky.social members sharing our research at the British Society of Immunology Annual Congress in Liverpool this week. Well done for all your hard work Leticia & Tracy
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@bourkelab.bsky.social members sharing our research at the British Society of Immunology Annual Congress in Liverpool this week. Well done for all your hard work Leticia & Tracy
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
*NEW PREPRINT* Find out more about how innate immune cell function changes over the course of nutritional recovery of children after an acute admission to hospital with severe malnutrition in our new work, currently in revision.
@bourkelab.bsky.social
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@bourkelab.bsky.social
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Restoration of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function lags behind nutritional recovery among children convalescing from complicated severe acute malnutrition
Children recovering after hospitalisation with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a high risk of infectious mortality and morbidity. In a cross-sectional cohort of SAM inpatients in Zamb...
www.researchsquare.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
*NEW PREPRINT* Find out more about how innate immune cell function changes over the course of nutritional recovery of children after an acute admission to hospital with severe malnutrition in our new work, currently in revision.
@bourkelab.bsky.social
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
@bourkelab.bsky.social
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Join us next month to discuss best practice in impactful international collaborations. Some fantastic speakers sharing their experience: Dr. Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Prof. Jay Berkley, Dr. Duy Pham Thanh, Dr Margaret Ebubedike and more.
@acmedsci.bsky.social
@acmedsci.bsky.social
⌛ One month until our career development event!
Join us to discuss how we can build fair and impactful global research collaborations between the Global North and South 🌍
📅 Wed 29 Oct, 10am GMT
📍 Online
👉 Register now: ow.ly/uJHB50X4Swx
Join us to discuss how we can build fair and impactful global research collaborations between the Global North and South 🌍
📅 Wed 29 Oct, 10am GMT
📍 Online
👉 Register now: ow.ly/uJHB50X4Swx
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Join us next month to discuss best practice in impactful international collaborations. Some fantastic speakers sharing their experience: Dr. Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Prof. Jay Berkley, Dr. Duy Pham Thanh, Dr Margaret Ebubedike and more.
@acmedsci.bsky.social
@acmedsci.bsky.social
**New policy report on sustainable health research**
A privilege to be part of this US-UK partnership discussing how we can work together to make the health research sector more sustainable. Read our report and let us know what you think! @nam.edu @acmedsci.bsky.social
A privilege to be part of this US-UK partnership discussing how we can work together to make the health research sector more sustainable. Read our report and let us know what you think! @nam.edu @acmedsci.bsky.social
How can we make health research more sustainable? 🌱✨
We brought together leaders from the UK and US, as part of our joint initiative with @nam.edu to explore and develop key actions.
Read and share our new report: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
We brought together leaders from the UK and US, as part of our joint initiative with @nam.edu to explore and develop key actions.
Read and share our new report: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
October 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
**New policy report on sustainable health research**
A privilege to be part of this US-UK partnership discussing how we can work together to make the health research sector more sustainable. Read our report and let us know what you think! @nam.edu @acmedsci.bsky.social
A privilege to be part of this US-UK partnership discussing how we can work together to make the health research sector more sustainable. Read our report and let us know what you think! @nam.edu @acmedsci.bsky.social
Join our MRC-funded GLAMIRIS Study team with
@drtoniho.bsky.social @louisapollock.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social - aiming to understand more about how maternal vaccination during pregnancy protects babies against RSV.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
@drtoniho.bsky.social @louisapollock.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social - aiming to understand more about how maternal vaccination during pregnancy protects babies against RSV.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research - About Us - Work with us
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August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Join our MRC-funded GLAMIRIS Study team with
@drtoniho.bsky.social @louisapollock.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social - aiming to understand more about how maternal vaccination during pregnancy protects babies against RSV.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
@drtoniho.bsky.social @louisapollock.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social - aiming to understand more about how maternal vaccination during pregnancy protects babies against RSV.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
New paper in @nejm.org: clinical outcomes from the COMBI trial of anti-microbial & anti-inflammatory prophylaxis during pregnancy to improve birth outcomes. Congratulations to Bernard, Zvitambo Institute & the COMBI team. Only possible thanks to our participants. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Trial of Trimethoprim–Sulfamethoxazole in Pregnancy to Improve Birth Outcomes | NEJM
Maternal infections underlie several adverse birth outcomes. Whether trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole
prophylaxis during pregnancy will improve birth outcomes is unknown. In a double-blind,
randomized...
www.nejm.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New paper in @nejm.org: clinical outcomes from the COMBI trial of anti-microbial & anti-inflammatory prophylaxis during pregnancy to improve birth outcomes. Congratulations to Bernard, Zvitambo Institute & the COMBI team. Only possible thanks to our participants. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....