Summer Course Wrap up !!
The Virtual Summer Course in Immunology, run by our grad students (organised by Courtney Matson) wraps up this week. So, we have T shirts for the course faculty !! A souvenir for a job well done !! The Course was […]
An unusual summer …
Typically summers in the lab get a little crazy (but fun) – with infusion of interns, different academic schedules etc. This year though… it looks like this : For comparison, here are some pictures from last year : (read more […]
We welcome Kathy Han, NSIP (virtual) intern !
Kathy Han joins the lab as an NSIP intern. Kathy is a Biochemistry major at Wellesley College. The Nathan Schnaper Intern Program in Translational Cancer Research (NSIP), is an NIH funded program of the UM Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer […]
We welcome Alyssa Low, NSIP (virtual intern) !
Alyssa Low joins the lab as an NSIP intern. Alyssa is a Biochemistry and Genetics major at Texas A&M. The Nathan Schnaper Intern Program in Translational Cancer Research (NSIP), is an NIH funded program of the UM Marlene and Stewart […]
Congrats Courtney !!! (and virtual drinks to celebrate) !!
Congratulations to Courtney Matson ! Courtney’s paper was just accepted into PNAS. Aaaaay !! All good news during Covid times is welcome … but this is especially sweet given all the hard work Courtney put into the paper ! Its […]
Collaborative Paper : Congrats to Susannah & Tonya
Congratulations to Susannah Shissler (recent graduate of the MMI) and Tonya Webb for their paper on thymic NKT cell activation being accepted to Scientific Reports. Thymic resident NKT cell subsets show differential requirements for CD28 co-stimulation during antigenic activation – […]
Courtney to develop Virtual Course in Immunology for Summer !
Given the current shutdown of research, various summer programs that typically operate in the UMSOM are being forced to devise alternate strategies to engage interns over the summer. One path is to increase Virtual lectures and courses. So Courtney volunteered […]
Congratulations Courtney – Review in Press !!!
Courtney Matson’s review article titled “Manipulating the TCR signaling network for cellular immunotherapy: Challenges & opportunities” is now in press in Molecular Immunology. Aaaay !! Congrats Courtney !!
The Virtual World : for Micro & Immuno students
Ever since the implementation of social distancing in responce to Covid19 (that started March 9th), the closing of all in-person seminars/lectures (March 23) and finally the shutdown of non-essential research … the Microbiology & Immunology program as a whole (in […]
New Publication in TI
Our collaboration with Zvi Grossman on a theoretical model for flushing out latently infected T cells in HIV patients is accepted to Trends in Immunology. Congrats to Zvi & all the authors ! ‘Rinse-and-Replace’: Boosting T-Cell Turnover to reduce HIV-1 […]