Postdoc in the Turrell group at the University of Manchester • Investigating dormancy in metastatic breast cancer through the lens of an immunologist • She/her 🧑‍🔬https://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3mhflxfyg422f@frances-turrell.bsky.social and I have written a review! Ageing has profound impacts on many cell types and signalling pathways - how may this play a role in reawakening of dormant tumour cells and late recurrence in patients? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955067426000189 @mcrcnews.bsky.social19 Mar 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhflxfyg422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3mabqh35hbc2aHad a great afternoon yesterday hosting the Christmas lab Olympics, after some fierce competition we have some proud new owners of the golden breast trophy 🏆 @robclarkelab.bsky.social @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social18 Dec 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabqh35hbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3m6oyf6feis27I'm presenting some of my postdoc work, 'The ageing lung microenvironment in metastatic and dormant ER+ breast cancer' next week at the @britsocimm.bsky.social congress. Come along to part one of the 'Inflammation in cancer' session at 11am on Weds 3/12 if you're there! #BSI25 #ImmunoSky28 Nov 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6oyf6feis27https://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3m4qm7p5ovk2eHad a great day at the 2025 Manchester Breast Centre Symposium. It was a privilege to present our ongoing work amongst some brilliant talks 🧪 @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social03 Nov 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qm7p5ovk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3m3mx6fow2c2f3rd PhD project being advertised in the @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab! Utilising liver fibrosis models to translate our findings in the lung to other critical sites of breast cancer metastasis and dormancy 🧪 @mcrcnews.bsky.social @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social #ImmunoSky20 Oct 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mx6fow2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3m2tb2echas2dTwo really exciting PhD projects currently being advertised in our group. One project on how tumour cells shape the TME in breast cancer and how this impacts immunotherapy 🧪 @frances-turrell.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-dtp-investigating-how-semaphorins-reshape-the-immune-microenvironment-in-er-breast-cancer-to-impact-immunotherapy-response-and-drive-metastasis/?p18351310 Oct 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tb2echas2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3llbfj3v2n22qNew postdoc position in @frances-turrell.bsky.social lab. Great opportunity to join a new group, doing exciting work 🧪 Get in touch if you want to chat about life in the lab (it's fab)! https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=31907 #ImmunoSky26 Mar 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbfj3v2n22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianmackie.bsky.social/post/3limu25mlfc23Super privileged to be working on such an interesting and important project! Working out how tumour cell dormancy is regulated is critical to managing reawakening and mitigating this risk for patients. Watch this space for some exciting experiments 🧪 #ImmunoSky #CancerResearch [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:ku4ppqoee3fsdj6qtap7mapj/app.bsky.feed.post/3limu25mlfc23