Dirk Brenner's research group in Luxembourg @LIH_Luxembourg and @uni_lu. We study #immunology, #immunometabolism in inflammation and cancer.
Joined May 2018
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6 Aug 2024
We made it on the cover of @Cell_Metabolism! Incredible artwork & research by Lynn Bonetti @LIH_Luxembourg, our lab & collaborators. ROS, glutathione, mitochondria, ETC, Th17 cells, infections & gut health! Check it out @FnrLux @uni_lu @science_lu @ImmunoMet @ImmunoMetEurope
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Excited to share our new work uncovering a previously unknown mechanism identifying ANKIB1 as the E3 ligase that writes a critical new letter of the ubiquitin code central for immune signalling: K11-linked ubiquitin nature.com/articles/s41556-0…
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Feb 18
🚨 Only 10 days left!
Join us at EIMN2026 | 2nd European Immunometabolism Conference
📍 Luxembourg | 🗓 June 10–12, 2026
👉 Register & submit your abstract by March 1
👉 3 days of cutting-edge immunometabolism, real discussion & strong networking
🔗 eimn2026.lu/en/
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7 May 2025
New @Cell_Metabolism Spotlight written by our lab!
How do macrophages recycle what they eat?
We highlight the study by Lesbats et al. showing how phagocytosed bacteria fuel host metabolism
Read the Spotlight: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
The great article: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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25 Mar 2025
Check out the comments of Professors Dirk Brenner @Brenner_Lab and Bart Everts @EvertsBart on this paper "Blocking lactate: kick T cells when they are down" journals.lww.com/immunometab… Welcome to read!
12 Nov 2024
I've been on a Twitter moratorium for the last week given the.. news, but I'm happy to announce a new story from our group @NatImmunol describing a metabolic sensitivity of exhausted T cells to lactic acid in tumors! 1/ nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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18 Jan 2025
Just back from an amazing CANBIO2 retreat!
Proud that my PhD student Sarah Alhamouieh won the
Best Talk Prize, awarded by: Jorge Moscat & Maria Teresa Diaz-Meco Conde (Cornell) & @Thomas_Helleday (Karolinska).
Great science, discussions&networking!Huge thanks to the organizers!
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16 Dec 2024
Excited to share our latest review:
"Navigating the metabolic landscape of regulatory T cells: from autoimmune diseases to tumor microenvironments".
Great work by my PhD students Janika Härm & Yu-Tong Fan @LIH_Luxembourg.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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26 Nov 2024
2 weeks left to register for #Mito25 in the Dominican Republic. Amazing program and speaker lineup 🌴🔬🧪☀️
26 Nov 2024
@DavidFinlayTCD we are looking forward to your presentation at #Mito25 this coming February☀️There is only 2 WEEKS left to register, so please RT to let your followers know limited spaces remain to join us in the Dominican Republic! 🇩🇴
Register here➡️bit.ly/3zPBufN
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14 Nov 2024
Check out our latest work, hot off the press @MolecularCell
14 Nov 2024
Novel Selenium Carrier Protein Regulates Ferroptosis in Cancer and Brain🧫
👉Read more: t1p.de/kr969
Scientists at #HelmholtzMunich have uncovered the selenium carrier protein PRDX6 as a critical player in #ferroptosis - a cell death process that holds promise for #cancer and neurodegenerative disease #therapies.
💡This study reveals PRDX6’s dual role as both a regulator of #OxidativeStress and a selenium transporter, essential for maintaining cellular defenses against damage.
🌟Implications: Targeting PRDX6 may increase sensitivity to ferroptosis in cancer cells, a potential new strategy against therapy-resistant #tumors. In neurodegenerative diseases like #Alzheimer’s, PRDX6 could help protect neurons by supporting selenoprotein production, opening doors for therapeutic advancements.
@Conrad_Lab @Ferroptosis2306 @Ferroptosis1
#CancerResearch #NeurodegenerativeDisease #Selenium #MultipleSclerosis
ALT Novel Selenium Carrier Protein Regulates Ferroptosis in Cancer and Brain
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16 Nov 2024
Our lab is looking for a postdoc with interest and experience in mucosal immunology and gut microbiome: nature.com/naturecareers/job…
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15 Nov 2024
Supported by @ImmunoMetEurope, @ImmunoMetNet, @BSI_immunomet, @ImmunoMet @immunemet, @SocietyEuropean and others working on immunometabolism, the aim of the Immunometabolism journal @Immunometaboli2 is to further grow and to become THE go-to journal in this exciting field
15 Nov 2024
Our journal welcomes short commentary articles to put recently published high-impact work in a broader perspective. 🥳🥳🥳Interests in writing a commentary, contact our EiC Professor Jan Van den Bossche
@immunometlab and the EB member Professor Sarah Dimeloe @SarahDimeloeLab
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14 Nov 2024
Check out Professor David K. Finlay
@DavidFinlayTCD from Trinity College Dublin et al's comments on this paper. journals.lww.com/immunometab…
6 Aug 2024
We made it on the cover of @Cell_Metabolism! Incredible artwork & research by Lynn Bonetti @LIH_Luxembourg, our lab & collaborators. ROS, glutathione, mitochondria, ETC, Th17 cells, infections & gut health! Check it out @FnrLux @uni_lu @science_lu @ImmunoMet @ImmunoMetEurope
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14 Nov 2024
Many thanks to @DavidFinlayTCD and SimonO’Shaughnessy for highlighting our study, and to @Immunometaboli2 for showcasing this work! Exciting to see oxidative stress in gut Th17 cells inspiring further discussions!
14 Nov 2024
Check out Professor David K. Finlay
@DavidFinlayTCD from Trinity College Dublin et al's comments on this paper. journals.lww.com/immunometab…
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1 Nov 2024
A fantastic day celebrating the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the TCR. Check out this T cell speaker photo which includes co-discoverers Tak Mak and Mark Davis. Thanks @UofT, @uoftmedicine, @ImmunologyUofT, @thePMCF for your support.
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31 Oct 2024
Super excited to share my PhD work, out now in @Nature. Here, myself, @lynchielydia, and all my wonderful co-authors explored the link between circadian rhythms, energy homeostasis and innate T cell function.
A thread: 🧵
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31 Oct 2024
Stellar moments in immunology: Celebrating 40 years since Tak Mak & Mark Davis discovered the T cell receptor with legends like Jim Allison, Carl June, Philip Greenberg, & our Mak Lab. This breakthrough reshaped science & patient treatment—why no Nobel prize yet? @ScienceAcad_swe
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25 Oct 2024
Late registrations are still possible!
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19 Oct 2024
Ready for #DC2024Barcelona?
We have ahead of us 4 fascinating days to share new data & discussions and to boost basic & translational research on #dendriticcells
25 top🌍speakers, 46 short talks, 200 posters, >300 attendees! support by @SEinmunologia @SCImmunologia @EuMacDcSoc
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11 Oct 2024
Great that you have been here with us in Luxembourg!
Great to join 30th ECDO. Thanks for the kind invitation from @Brenner_Lab. Amazing meeting, food and live band. Of course, sciences and friends! @MMittelbrunn @AgostinisLab @KatjaSimon4 !
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11 Oct 2024
And after listening caspases discoverer Prof. Junying Yuan and former colleague Wei Xie talks, we say goodbye to Luxemburg with new ideas and contacts to be made!!!! Thanks
@Brenner_Lab
for such a great conference!!! #ECDO24
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11 Oct 2024
Honored to have had the chance to organize the 30th Anniversary @ECDOorg Meeting together with Michael Heneka in Luxembourg @lcsb_uni_lu! Amazing community, inspiring science! It was fantastic to catch up with the field! Big thanks to all speakers & everyone who contributed!
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