👀it’s out! The llatest 2023 GOLD COPD guidance has been released... 🌟There are BIG changes this year. Here are my first thoughts… but lots to digest: TL/DR: 1. Revised #COPD defn 2. Etiotypes 3. ABCD is out, ABE is in 4. Farewell ICS-LABA 5. New exacerbation defn 1/n👇

Today is #WorldCOPDDay. I’m joining Asthma + Lung UK to help raise awareness of the need for more research into COPD. Less than 1% of UK public funding is spent on COPD even though it affects > 1 million people. Find out more here: blf.org.uk/copd ⁦BREATH Plus⁩

Watch “Managing COPD Exacerbations” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/771488241 What an exacerbation is, how they are managed and tips on how to self-manage them. The third in our World COPD Day Education Video series. To learn more visit copd.ie #WorldCOPDDay2022

Even though 1:13 adults in Ireland have #COPD just 1:45 adults have a diagnosis - diagnosis allows for treatment but we mustn’t wait for medical emergencies before this happens COPD Support Ireland

Thanks to Emily's Entourage for this amazing award and to Cystic Fibrosis Trust UK for their additional support. CF Research Fellow Lisa Douglas QUB Pharmacy School and I are very excited to work with OmniSpirant Therapeutics on this innovative project and hope that together we can make a difference.

We were delighted to show fellow physiologist & Director General of Science Foundation Ireland around the Smooth Muscle Research Centre this morning. Plenty of chat about #ionchannels & physiology.

Our projects on cardiac #IonChannels & #Channelopathies have received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. We are seeking two PhD candidates to join our team. Do you know someone interested? Learn more: abriellab.org RTs are greatly appreciated! #PhDpositions #CardiacResearch

A nice synopsis of our #InterReg funded project in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast 🎓 UWS featured in Sunday Independent yesterday. #EuropeDay2023 SEUPB Interreg Tweets DkIT

It's #EuropeDay2023! We're delighted to highlight positive impact #EUFunding has on both sides of border through #PEACEIV & #INTERREGVA by showcasing Shankill Shared Women's Centre & BREATH Plus in Irish Independent weekend supplement. Read here: independent.ie/storyplus/50-y… eufunds.ie

Delighted to welcome Prof Paolo Tammaro from University of Oxford for a The Physiological Society sponsored seminar in DkIT . Thanks to Bernard T. Drumm for organising a great few days with Paolo.

Well done Prof Sergeant! Massively well-deserved.

Today isn’t #WorldCOPDDay - unless of course you’re affected by #COPD in which case every day may be. What amazing energy across the #WorldCOPDDayBatonPass yesterday. And thanks to Jim Shannon MP, Liz Twist MP and all Asthma + Lung UK for the opportunity to meet in Westminster. 👀⬇️

Delighted to share the latest paper from our lab by ⁦PhD graduate Xuan Ouyang⁩ titled - House dust mite allergens induce Ca2+ signalling and alarmin responses in asthma airway epithelial cells. ⁦Xuan Ouyang 🥳👏 ⁦QUB Pharmacy School⁩ ⁦ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Love ion channels? We’ve a 4 year SFI-funded PhD exploring the link between BK channels & LINGO proteins in Parkinsonian tremor: findaphd.com/?pj=165447 Background here: pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… and here jbc.org/article/S0021-… Appreciate a retweet too.#ionchannels The Physiological Society