Team leader of the Virus Host Interaction Team University of York, Skin Research Centre; 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) co-chairs @Arbovirus seminars. #immunology #virology #skin #vectors Website https://www.hyms.ac.uk/about/people/Clive-McKimmiehttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3muobdjmjg22bDelighted to share the 2026–27 programme for the International Virtual Seminars in Arbovirus Biology, organised with @tulilab.bsky.social Tuli Mukhopadhyay and Tem Morrison. A fantastic range of speakers/topics this year. Please share with anyone in the arbovirus community who might be interested!🦟🦠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muobdjmjg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mtlxfknd4c2tHot on the heels of #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟, we’re delighted to share our new paper. What if vaccines targeted not only the virus, but also the mosquito that helps transmit it? https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/14/8/72321 Aug 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxfknd4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mlpqvplk6s2iHappy to share new preprint is now on bioRxiv: "Ultraviolet exposure conditions skin to enhance arbovirus infection and mosquito probing" Led by our then PhD student now Dr. @ailishmccafferty.bsky.social this work asks how UV-exposed skin shapes mosquito-borne virus infection. (1/4)13 May 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpqvplk6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mjysjmyzds2qNew News & Views out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com with @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social — "When viral RNA lingers in joints" — on a new study by Zarrella et al. asking why chikungunya virus causes chronic arthralgia/arthritis. (1/3)21 Apr 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjysjmyzds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mjh43um7yk2tAt #Microbio26 see our PhD student Amani Alhazmi poster 232, Tuesday. She has interesting data showing how vitamin D regulates responsiveness and susceptibility of skin to mosquito borne virus infection. I know she would value any input and/or interest!14 Apr 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh43um7yk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mjh2yw4h3c26🧫 The Microbiology Society AC26 has a session called "Out of Body Experience"; and it's not what you think! It's about cutting-edge infection models: organoids, tissue-on-chip, complex co-cultures that actually mimic how infections happen in real tissues. Engineering meets microbiology! #Microbio2614 Apr 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh2yw4h3c26https://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mgs5csbwic2gA thoughtful overview in Nature Medicine on the growing global importance of arboviruses and emerging strategies to counter them. It discusses our recent work on mosquito–host interactions. Encouraging to see this area receiving broader attention. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-026-00014-611 Mar 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs5csbwic2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mf4h45yx4s2yNew modelling suggests chikungunya transmission in Europe may be possible at lower temperatures than previously thought—expanding the seasonal and geographic risk as the Asian tiger mosquito spreads north with warming climate. : https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/235/20250707/480389/Temperature-sensitive-incubation-transmissibility18 Feb 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4h45yx4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mcc4srhokc2bGreat visit to @roslininstitute.bsky.social yesterday to give a seminar on how skin inflammation and environmental stress shape antiviral susceptibility. Many thanks to Rute Pinto for the warm welcome and excellent hosting. Lots of scope for future conversations and collabs.13 Jan 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcc4srhokc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3mbghkktxtk2xOddly positive [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbghkktxtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3m7pglkpyjk2nLooking forward to this seminar, all welcome to attend by Zoom. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pglkpyjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3m6yicee2ts2qFantastic start to #BSI25 with @profjudiallen.bsky.social ; a masterclass in scientific storytelling. Her career journey was engaging and full of long-view perspectives. Loved her celebration of mentees, and the message to chase those exciting “distractions” in science. #macrophage #Th2 #infections02 Dec 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yicee2ts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3m4po4yskpc2hNew paper out in iScience @cellpress.bsky.social We show that #sand_fly biting reprograms skin fibroblasts, making them more permissive to virus infection => #fibroblasts aren’t bystanders, they help define severity/clinical outcome to infection AND #vector biting is key 👉 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.11385403 Nov 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4po4yskpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3m4ihvlxxlk2mNew PhD opportunity! Can skin inflammation protect us from mosquito-borne viruses like Zika? Join our MRC PhD project at York exploring how psoriasis and eczema change skin immunity to virus. Our grads thrive in academia, biotech & beyond. Apply now 👉 tinyurl.com/bfmd2rf431 Oct 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ihvlxxlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3m24jac7gyk2lWe all know vaccines target the pathogen, but can you also target the vector? 📢 in a new paper out today in Vaccines, we show that a vaccine targeting mosquito salivary peptides, AGSv-PLUS, enhances human skin immune response to biting. Open access: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/10/1026 1/601 Oct 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24jac7gyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3lzkw3byobc2wFarewell, Zahra! Celebrating the end of a successful PhD journey with some well-deserved fun.24 Sep 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzkw3byobc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3lz6ih4bydk2dSuper happy to announce Zahra Alfaheeda has passed her PhD viva. 🥳 She worked hard to combine diverse resources from cancer biology, virology and vector biology for a really unique project. Looking forward to sharing her story soon. Thanks to @maringerlab.bsky.social and Gina Doody for examining.19 Sep 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6ih4bydk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3lxopmvetic2nPsyched to be co-chairing this great line up of diverse speakers who represent the best in arbovirus research. See you there! Send us your email for a Zoom login. Please help with a re-post :-) [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxopmvetic2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clive-mckimmie.bsky.social/post/3lxhcbyets22eNot just wild fires that follow hot weather, clusters of locally acquired mosquito-borne virus infection in south France, an update on numbers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:a2onyiscvukpn5eun4ezml4p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhcbyets22e