MEMSEAL is a go ! DARPA systems vaccinology initiative.
The Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) selected us as one of the teams leading an ambitious effort to predict the formation of long term immunological memory soon after a vaccination, under the auspices of the Assessing Immune Memory (AIM) […]
CONGRATS to Dr. Gideon Wolf on his paper !!!
Gideon’s paper on the alteration of T cell dynamics in vivo after FLT3L treatment is out : https://rdcu.be/cZBR8 . This was a long journey 🙂 Congrats to Gideon, Allie, Kenny and Zach – for sticking with it through the revisions […]
Fundamental Immunology is published !
Since 1984, Fundamental Immunology has been THE definitive texbook for graduate/post-graduate level Immunology and the go-to reference for the state of the field. Until 2015, it was edited by the late Dr. William E. Paul. Typically, the book compiles chapters […]
AAAYYYY !! Liz on the cover of EJI.
Our paper in collaboration with Kaveh Abdi and Eric Long (with work from Liz) will be featured on the cover of the September issue of the European Journal of Immunology. The paper is now available online (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eji.202149733). Congrats to Kaveh […]
Congrats Sara, Courtney and Kenny on the paper in CII
Sara Fioretti (pictured here during her NSIP internship) had her summer’s work accepted for publication in CII today – together with co-authors Courtney and Kenny CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Congrats to Liz : Talk at AAI 2022 & Trainee award !
ELizabeth Hill (2nd year student in the Lab) was selected by American Association of Immunologists (AAI) to give a talk at the Block Symposium during the 2022 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. This is Liz’s first AAI meeting & she […]
Congrats to Gideon on his review getting accepted !!
Gideon’s opinion piece on using modular approaches to study HIV just got accepted to Viral Immunology!! . Congrats Gideon & good job keeping working through challenging reviews. Cool ideas and a great way to close the door on 2020 ! […]
Lab Book Club Selection for Fall 2020
For this fall, the lab is reading “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”by Yuval Noah Harari. Comments, thoughts, etc. will be updated after the discussion…
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 !!
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 […]
Journal Club: Tox & T cell exhaustion
Courtney Matson : August, 15, 2019 TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection – Alfie, F. et al. ; Nature. 2019 Jul;571(7764):265-269 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31207605 In addition to the above paper, also see the related […]
Kenny’s paper is accepted!
Congratulations to Kenneth Rosenberg, 3rd year MD/PhD student in the lab on his paper on neurotransmitter receptors on T cells being accepted to Brain, Behavior and Immunity !! Update: Kenny’s paper is online now : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30953766