Alaz Ozcan
@alazozcan.bsky.social
@UZH / former Postdoctoral Associate @YaleIBIO / full-time lab rat, part-time cat entertainer, forever an immigrant.
We’re back next Tuesday with two exciting talks! 📣
For those joining us in person, lunch will be provided 🥪 But as always, we’ll also have a Zoom link for online attendance.
Hope to see many of you there!
For those joining us in person, lunch will be provided 🥪 But as always, we’ll also have a Zoom link for online attendance.
Hope to see many of you there!
The SMyLe Seminar Series is back! Join us on September 15th at 11:45 for two exciting talks from Dr. Mohamad El Amki, who will talk about neutrophils in stroke, and Dr. Mathilde Nugue, who will present how FcγR activation supports phagocytosis in monocytes and macrophages. See our flyer for details.
September 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We’re back next Tuesday with two exciting talks! 📣
For those joining us in person, lunch will be provided 🥪 But as always, we’ll also have a Zoom link for online attendance.
Hope to see many of you there!
For those joining us in person, lunch will be provided 🥪 But as always, we’ll also have a Zoom link for online attendance.
Hope to see many of you there!
Tomorrow is SMyLe day! 🧬 Looking forward to welcoming Prof. Isabelle Arnold @arnold-lab.bsky.social and Dr. Laura Fisch for another exciting seminar. Join us in person (and stay for the networking apéro 🥂) or online via Zoom. Details below!
We’re excited to announce our next Swiss Myeloid League seminar taking place on July 14th at 16:30! Join us at UZH Irchel (Y15-G19) or online for talks by Prof. Dr. Isabelle Arnold and Dr. Laura Fisch (see flyer for details). The talks are followed by an apero. We hope to see many of you there!
July 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Tomorrow is SMyLe day! 🧬 Looking forward to welcoming Prof. Isabelle Arnold @arnold-lab.bsky.social and Dr. Laura Fisch for another exciting seminar. Join us in person (and stay for the networking apéro 🥂) or online via Zoom. Details below!
Come join us tomorrow for another very exciting SMyLe seminar!🥳
Please join us TOMORROW at 11.30 at UZH Irchel or online for talks by @seppedeschepper.bsky.social on the gut–brain axis in Parkinson’s disease and @laura-moberbichler.bsky.social
on the IRF5–PPARγ axis in neuroinflammation. See the flyer for more details.
on the IRF5–PPARγ axis in neuroinflammation. See the flyer for more details.
June 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Come join us tomorrow for another very exciting SMyLe seminar!🥳
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
We’re excited to announce our next seminar on June 18 at 11:30! Join us at UZH Irchel or online for talks by @seppedeschepper.bsky.social on the gut–brain axis in Parkinson’s disease and @laura-moberbichler.bsky.social on the IRF5–PPARγ axis in neuroinflammation. See the flyer for more details.
June 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
We’re excited to announce our next seminar on June 18 at 11:30! Join us at UZH Irchel or online for talks by @seppedeschepper.bsky.social on the gut–brain axis in Parkinson’s disease and @laura-moberbichler.bsky.social on the IRF5–PPARγ axis in neuroinflammation. See the flyer for more details.
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
Our Day of Immunology event, co-organized with @syis-ecr.bsky.social, was a great success with the highest amount of attendance for our seminar series yet! Thank you for joining us and thanks to Miltenyi for sponsoring this event and providing awesome prizes for the quiz. Congrats to the winners!
May 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Our Day of Immunology event, co-organized with @syis-ecr.bsky.social, was a great success with the highest amount of attendance for our seminar series yet! Thank you for joining us and thanks to Miltenyi for sponsoring this event and providing awesome prizes for the quiz. Congrats to the winners!
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
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Our new Lancet Respiratory Medicine commentary is out!! While the worlds' attention has shifted to Iran and Lebanon, the health disaster in Gaza continues - and we highlight a topic frequently ignored - the threats to Children's Respiratory Health!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Our new Lancet Respiratory Medicine commentary is out!! While the worlds' attention has shifted to Iran and Lebanon, the health disaster in Gaza continues - and we highlight a topic frequently ignored - the threats to Children's Respiratory Health!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Children's respiratory health risks in the Gaza war: a call to act
The Gaza Strip has undergone extreme military destruction, exposing its civilian population—half
of whom are children—to unprecedented levels of airborne pollutants. The inhalational
exposure to parti...
www.thelancet.com
April 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Our new Lancet Respiratory Medicine commentary is out!! While the worlds' attention has shifted to Iran and Lebanon, the health disaster in Gaza continues - and we highlight a topic frequently ignored - the threats to Children's Respiratory Health!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Our new Lancet Respiratory Medicine commentary is out!! While the worlds' attention has shifted to Iran and Lebanon, the health disaster in Gaza continues - and we highlight a topic frequently ignored - the threats to Children's Respiratory Health!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
Join us this WEDNESDAY at 17.00 for a special event in light of the 2026 International Day of Immunology. Talks by Prof. Dr. Melanie Greter and Dr. Pascale Zwicky (see flyer for more info). Co-organized by SMyLe and @syis-ecr.bsky.social
and sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec.
and sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec.
April 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Join us this WEDNESDAY at 17.00 for a special event in light of the 2026 International Day of Immunology. Talks by Prof. Dr. Melanie Greter and Dr. Pascale Zwicky (see flyer for more info). Co-organized by SMyLe and @syis-ecr.bsky.social
and sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec.
and sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec.
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
One of them in our group 👉
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#PhDPositions #LifeSciences #Research
April 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
One of them in our group 👉
Today! You can join in person or via Zoom, details are below 👇🏽
The next SMyLe seminar is coming up soon! Please join us on March 24th at 16.30 at ETH Höngg (HCI J6) or via Zoom (ethz.zoom.us/j/63706799264) for a talk by @adrover.bsky.social "From Guardians to Foes: Cancer-induced host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity drive tumour necrosis and metastasis"
March 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Today! You can join in person or via Zoom, details are below 👇🏽
Thrilled to welcome the wonderful @adrover.bsky.social to Zurich for our monthly SMyLe @smyle-ch.bsky.social seminar!
📅 March 24 | 16:30
📍 ETH Hönggerberg
Join us to hear José present his great science!
Special thanks to @syis-ecr.bsky.social for supporting this event!
📅 March 24 | 16:30
📍 ETH Hönggerberg
Join us to hear José present his great science!
Special thanks to @syis-ecr.bsky.social for supporting this event!
The next SMyLe seminar is coming up soon! Please join us on March 24th at 16.30 at ETH Höngg (HCI J6) or via Zoom (ethz.zoom.us/j/63706799264) for a talk by @adrover.bsky.social "From Guardians to Foes: Cancer-induced host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity drive tumour necrosis and metastasis"
March 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Thrilled to welcome the wonderful @adrover.bsky.social to Zurich for our monthly SMyLe @smyle-ch.bsky.social seminar!
📅 March 24 | 16:30
📍 ETH Hönggerberg
Join us to hear José present his great science!
Special thanks to @syis-ecr.bsky.social for supporting this event!
📅 March 24 | 16:30
📍 ETH Hönggerberg
Join us to hear José present his great science!
Special thanks to @syis-ecr.bsky.social for supporting this event!
The very first @smyle-ch.bsky.social (SMyLe) seminar is happening tomorrow at 16:30 with @matekiss.bsky.social (Dr. Máté Kiss)!
Looking forward to welcoming lots of myeloid enthusiasts to our first event.
Looking forward to welcoming lots of myeloid enthusiasts to our first event.
Happy to announce our very first SMyLe seminar. Please join us for this exciting talk entitled "Transcriptional regulation of neutrophil plasticity in cancer" by Dr. Máté Kiss @matekiss.bsky.social on February 17th at 16.30 at ETH Höngg (HCI J6) or via Zoom (ethz.zoom.us/j/63706799264).
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The very first @smyle-ch.bsky.social (SMyLe) seminar is happening tomorrow at 16:30 with @matekiss.bsky.social (Dr. Máté Kiss)!
Looking forward to welcoming lots of myeloid enthusiasts to our first event.
Looking forward to welcoming lots of myeloid enthusiasts to our first event.
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
A recent JEM study from Aroca-Crevillén, @drusqui.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jem/article/... ) may provide a novel clue into the connection between neutrophils and the severity of daytime heart attacks. More in @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844961
Why Are Daytime Heart Attacks Worse?
This Medical News article discusses a new study that may reveal why myocardial infarctions tend to be less severe at night and how modulating the circadian rhythms of an immune cell may be a key to…
jamanetwork.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
A recent JEM study from Aroca-Crevillén, @drusqui.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jem/article/... ) may provide a novel clue into the connection between neutrophils and the severity of daytime heart attacks. More in @jama.com: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844961
Really excited for the first SMyLe Seminar Series event of 2026!
Looking forward to the opening seminar on Feb 17 at 16:30 with Dr. Máté Kiss. Hope to see many myeloid enthusiasts there and to keep the discussions going over the apero 🍷
Looking forward to the opening seminar on Feb 17 at 16:30 with Dr. Máté Kiss. Hope to see many myeloid enthusiasts there and to keep the discussions going over the apero 🍷
Happy to announce our very first SMyLe seminar. Please join us for this exciting talk entitled "Transcriptional regulation of neutrophil plasticity in cancer" by Dr. Máté Kiss @matekiss.bsky.social on February 17th at 16.30 at ETH Höngg (HCI J6) or via Zoom (ethz.zoom.us/j/63706799264).
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Really excited for the first SMyLe Seminar Series event of 2026!
Looking forward to the opening seminar on Feb 17 at 16:30 with Dr. Máté Kiss. Hope to see many myeloid enthusiasts there and to keep the discussions going over the apero 🍷
Looking forward to the opening seminar on Feb 17 at 16:30 with Dr. Máté Kiss. Hope to see many myeloid enthusiasts there and to keep the discussions going over the apero 🍷
NeuMap is finally out! 🎉 An outstanding body of work by my favorite scientists! Huge congratulations to
@dcerezowallis.bsky.social,
@drusqui.bsky.social and
everyone who contributed to this brilliant neutrophil atlas! The effort behind this was immense, kudos to the whole team!
@dcerezowallis.bsky.social,
@drusqui.bsky.social and
everyone who contributed to this brilliant neutrophil atlas! The effort behind this was immense, kudos to the whole team!
I’m thrilled to introduce you to the NeuMap! our latest work [email protected]. A global, comprehensive, single-cell transcriptional atlas of neutrophils across 47 biological conditions in human and mice. A real tour de force www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Architecture of the neutrophil compartment - Nature
Mapping of the neutrophil compartment using single-cell transcriptional data from multiple physiological and patological states reveals its organizational architecture and how cell state dynamics and ...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NeuMap is finally out! 🎉 An outstanding body of work by my favorite scientists! Huge congratulations to
@dcerezowallis.bsky.social,
@drusqui.bsky.social and
everyone who contributed to this brilliant neutrophil atlas! The effort behind this was immense, kudos to the whole team!
@dcerezowallis.bsky.social,
@drusqui.bsky.social and
everyone who contributed to this brilliant neutrophil atlas! The effort behind this was immense, kudos to the whole team!
Proud to see the Swiss Myeloid League (SMyLe) officially launch! A focused home for myeloid research in Switzerland, built to support collaboration, mentorship, and community. 🇨🇭
If you work in this field or know someone who does, please share or get involved: myeloid.ch
If you work in this field or know someone who does, please share or get involved: myeloid.ch
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Swiss Myeloid League (SMyLe), a new network uniting myeloid cell researchers across Switzerland. 🇨🇭
Our mission: foster collaboration and strengthen the Swiss myeloid community, locally and globally.
👉 Join our growing network: myeloid.ch
Our mission: foster collaboration and strengthen the Swiss myeloid community, locally and globally.
👉 Join our growing network: myeloid.ch
Home - Swiss Myeloid League
Advancing Myeloid Research Together Join us! Discover SMyLe Connecting Switzerland’s Myeloid Researchers SMyLe unites scientists studying myeloid cells acros...
myeloid.ch
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Proud to see the Swiss Myeloid League (SMyLe) officially launch! A focused home for myeloid research in Switzerland, built to support collaboration, mentorship, and community. 🇨🇭
If you work in this field or know someone who does, please share or get involved: myeloid.ch
If you work in this field or know someone who does, please share or get involved: myeloid.ch
Thrilled to share our Perspective on structural immunity, where we discuss how immune cells double as architects, weaving and reshaping the fabric of our tissues. Grateful to @drusqui.bsky.social, all co-authors, and the wonderful @natrevimmunol.nature.com team for making it such a joy to write!
NEW Perspective by @alazozcan.bsky.social, Tommaso Vicanolo, Veronique Angeli, Yuval Rinkevich & @drusqui.bsky.social presents a model of immune cells as architects of tissue barriers, by depositing matrix components or by interactions with structural cells and the ECM
#structuralimmunity #immunosky
#structuralimmunity #immunosky
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers - Nature Reviews Immunology
This Perspective presents a framework of ‘structural immunity’ that positions immune cells as architects of tissue structure. Beyond their roles in antimicrobial defence, we posit that immune cells co...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thrilled to share our Perspective on structural immunity, where we discuss how immune cells double as architects, weaving and reshaping the fabric of our tissues. Grateful to @drusqui.bsky.social, all co-authors, and the wonderful @natrevimmunol.nature.com team for making it such a joy to write!
Searching for an exciting postdoctoral position? Look no further! @adrover.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and a mentor!
Are you curious about how cancer impacts immune cell progenitors and how that changes mature cell function? My lab will soon be recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow. If you are interested, please find more information here: adroverlab.com/open-positio...
Open call for a Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer Macroenvironment Lab
Open postdoctoral position at the Cancer Macroenvironment Lab led by Dr. Adrover at the Francis Crick Institute in London
adroverlab.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Searching for an exciting postdoctoral position? Look no further! @adrover.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and a mentor!
Super excited to present our recent publication at the #OBS seminar series next week! 🎉
Come join us to talk about the coolest cell in our immune system (#facts). See you there!
Come join us to talk about the coolest cell in our immune system (#facts). See you there!
OBS #Immunology Seminar
Neutrophils and regulation of skin physiology
📆 Thu, 10th April, 12 pm EDT/5 pm CET
🎙️ Speaker
@alazozcan.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social
@drusqui.bsky.social @cnic @nature.com
📣 Moderator
@eugecc.bsky.social
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Neutrophils and regulation of skin physiology
📆 Thu, 10th April, 12 pm EDT/5 pm CET
🎙️ Speaker
@alazozcan.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social
@drusqui.bsky.social @cnic @nature.com
📣 Moderator
@eugecc.bsky.social
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Super excited to present our recent publication at the #OBS seminar series next week! 🎉
Come join us to talk about the coolest cell in our immune system (#facts). See you there!
Come join us to talk about the coolest cell in our immune system (#facts). See you there!
For over a year, I’ve been advocating for postdocs as part of the Yale Postdoc Association, and doing so has never felt more precious and urgent amid the massive attacks on academic institutions and freedom.
March 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
For over a year, I’ve been advocating for postdocs as part of the Yale Postdoc Association, and doing so has never felt more precious and urgent amid the massive attacks on academic institutions and freedom.
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
A final take-home message: In biology, cells are not what they look but what they do. Cell lineages are human divides, and the remarkable plasticity of myeloid cells teaches us that biology works by instructing functional programs at defined times and places.
March 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A final take-home message: In biology, cells are not what they look but what they do. Cell lineages are human divides, and the remarkable plasticity of myeloid cells teaches us that biology works by instructing functional programs at defined times and places.
Reposted by Alaz Ozcan
You can find a lot more details, controls and ideas in the paper
With @alazozcan.bsky.social can we are now exploring if this unconventional matrigenic capacity of immune cells matters in other physiological and pathological contexts… stay tuned for more surprises!
With @alazozcan.bsky.social can we are now exploring if this unconventional matrigenic capacity of immune cells matters in other physiological and pathological contexts… stay tuned for more surprises!
March 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You can find a lot more details, controls and ideas in the paper
With @alazozcan.bsky.social can we are now exploring if this unconventional matrigenic capacity of immune cells matters in other physiological and pathological contexts… stay tuned for more surprises!
With @alazozcan.bsky.social can we are now exploring if this unconventional matrigenic capacity of immune cells matters in other physiological and pathological contexts… stay tuned for more surprises!
Hello @bsky.app! My first post here had to be about neutrophils, which are so much more than you think! We are thrilled to unveil yet another fascinating layer of their complexity. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this work—I truly hope you enjoy the read!
Excited to post for the first time to present our exciting new paper @Nature. The fruit of massive work by Tommaso Vicanolo, @alazozcan.bsky.social and Jackson Li, and our superb collaborators Laiguan and Stefan Uderhardt. True teamwork!
Free link: rdcu.be/eeeA2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free link: rdcu.be/eeeA2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin
Nature - A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping to block the entry of...
rdcu.be
March 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hello @bsky.app! My first post here had to be about neutrophils, which are so much more than you think! We are thrilled to unveil yet another fascinating layer of their complexity. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this work—I truly hope you enjoy the read!