Helen Stölting

Congratulations to @helenisinthelab.bsky.social for winning the Suspended! challenge at #lorneiandi 2026! She had great competition from Long Huynh. Thank you to VIIN and all the sponsors for making this amazing event possible.

That's it, that's my final bit

Love the competition! 🏎️

New submission 💪🏼

So cool 😎 although I don't usually find myself rooting for the fungi! 🙃

Epidermal growth factor receptor controls sex differences in lung type 2 responses to inhaled allergen Female mice have exacerbated, EGFR-dependent lung type 2 immunity when exposed to inhaled house dust mite throughout sexual maturation.

A new #ScienceImmunology study finds that epidermal growth factor receptor signaling exacerbates type 2 immunity in female mice exposed to house dust mites, and may drive sex differences in asthma. https://scim.ag/4qCYioq

Female mice have exacerbated, EGFR-dependent lung type 2 immunity when exposed to inhaled house dust mite throughout sexual maturation @sciimmunology.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @lloydlab.bsky.social @sejalsaglani.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Epidermal growth factor receptor controls sex differences in lung type 2 responses to inhaled allergen Female mice have exacerbated, EGFR-dependent lung type 2 immunity when exposed to inhaled house dust mite throughout sexual maturation.

Hello world, it's a g̶i̶r̶l̶/̶b̶o̶y̶ PhD baby 🎉

Very elated, proud (and relieved!) to announce that my PhD work is now out in @science.org #ScienceImmunology 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Read to find out how we made EGFR sexy again! 💃

Thanks to all involved @lloydlab.bsky.social 🙏

Itaconate levels decrease in sputum following allergen inhalation in mild asthmatics, suggesting a dynamic metabolic response to airway challenge. Genetic deletion of Acod1 in mice did not alter airway inflammation or remodelling in response to chronic house dust mite (HDM) exposure. Inhaled itaconate treatment reduced airway inflammation in HDM-exposed mice, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic strategy for allergic airway disease.

Open Access: Protective Role for Itaconate During Inhaled Allergen Challenge. First author: Gesa J. Albers; corresponding author: Adam J. Byrne

👉 doi.org/10.1111/all.70107

Read more articles published in #Allergy on #asthma here: journalallergy.com/Asthma-Lower-Airways

#Allergy_journal

Very proud of my bestie @gesaalbers.bsky.social for seeing her PhD baby through to publication, and also super thrilled I finally got to publish with her and @pat-ogger.bsky.social 🎉🎉 Friends who publish together stay together - too many more papers and years of friendship 💪🏼🫶🏼

Epithelial cell-derived lumican modulates extracellular matrix dynamics in early-life airways disease

New paper alert - congratulations, Franz & team 🥳

Epithelial cell-derived lumican modulates extracellular matrix dynamics in early-life airways disease - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology www.jacionline.org/article/S009...

Join us for our annual VIIN Young Investigator Symposium!

🗓️ Fri 14th Nov 8:00am-7:30pm
📍Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville

Abstract submissions close next Fri 29th Aug!

Register now! 👇
bit.ly/471WFK0
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Dissecting inflammation in the immunemetabolomic era - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences The role of immune metabolism, specific metabolites and cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic metabolic states across the time course of an inflammatory response are emerging knowledge. Targeted and untargete...

Check out our new review discussing novel immunometabolic mechanisms underlying inflammation, metabolomic techniques and potential metabolite biomarkers of chronic inflammatory disease!

Special focus is on #efferocytosis #IL-10 and #trainedimmunity

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Look what I made! 🦋 With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com

Looks about right for now - but will hopefully seeing a lot more #fungi and #metabolism here soon 🤞🏼

#immunity #airways #infection

Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Variable glucagon metabolic actions in diverse mouse models of obesity and type 2 diabetes The study aimed to investigate the effects of glucagon on metabolic pathways in mouse models of obesity, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes (T2D…

Variable glucagon metabolic actions in diverse mouse models of obesity and type 2 diabetes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Airway macrophage glycolysis controls lung homeostasis and responses to aeroallergen - Mucosal Immunology www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏
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A photo taken from the back of a lecture theatre, showing me at the lectern and the title slide of my talk in the background

A group photo showing all the prize winners of the VIIN Young Investigator Symposium 2024

The certificate I received as Runner Up - Best Oral Presentation from an early-career researcher

Had a brilliant time at the Victorian Infection & Immunity Network Young Investigator Symposium two weeks ago. Learned about cool science, shared my own data (fungi are real!) and met many lovely people. Super chuffed to have won the runner-up ECR talk prize, too 💃