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LIMmunity 2nd brew: Motherhood comes with superpower: pathogen protection! 🤰🤱
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We often think moms are immunologically vulnerable during reproduction to tolerate the baby. But I always wondered: why would evolution make such a critical period of life so dangerous?
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Eosinophils drive intestinal remodelling and innate defence in reproduction - Nature
From pregnancy until lactation, eosinophils accumulate in the small intestine where they regulate goblet cell fate and enhance innate defences against enteric pathogens.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10531-6
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Sing Sing Way
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Learning immunology from mothers and babies
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The maternal-fetal dyad can reveal strategies for improving pregnancy outcomes, but also how immunology works applicable to many other physiological contexts
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Learning immunology from mothers and babies
Pregnancy is an immunological marvel allowing intimate approximation between genetically discordant tissues of maternal and fetal origin. Shared immun…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1933021926000553
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HHMI
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You asked, we answered — this time for our united
#FreemanHrabowski
Scholars and
#HannaGray
Fellows programs. A warm welcome into who's eligible, how the programs connect, and more, from our very own Science Program team members Mary Bonds & Lucy Corcoran. Applications open 11/3!
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Waggoner Lab
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Allergen sensitization drives CCR8-dependent trafficking of ILC2s to lymph nodes, where they provide early IL-4 signals that selectively promote Tfh13 cells
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Waggoner Lab
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Despite general systemic immune modulation during reproduction, the maternal intestine undergoes remodelling to strengthen innate defense to protect mothers & offspring from pathogens
@nature.com
@princeton.edu
@aiinglim.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Really enjoyed reading this!! Thank you so much for highlighting our work and for the thoughtful, constructive feedback that helped strengthen our study!!
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LIMmunity 2nd brew: Motherhood comes with superpower: pathogen protection! 🤰🤱
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We often think moms are immunologically vulnerable during reproduction to tolerate the baby. But I always wondered: why would evolution make such a critical period of life so dangerous?
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Eosinophils drive intestinal remodelling and innate defence in reproduction - Nature
From pregnancy until lactation, eosinophils accumulate in the small intestine where they regulate goblet cell fate and enhance innate defences against enteric pathogens.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10531-6
about 1 month ago
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Leslie B Vosshall PhD
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📢🎉@hhmi-science.bsky.social HHMI competition for the next cohorts of
#HannaGray
Fellows and
#FreemanHrabowski
Scholars opening 11/3/2026. Senior postdocs and faculty within 7 years of appointment. Up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Spread the word and consider applying!
bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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Princeton MolBio
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Lim lab investigates: Helminth worm-infected mice give birth to pups with elevated anti-viral defenses in their lungs, leaving them more resistant to infection by respiratory viruses such as influenza and RSV. What causes these protective effects?
molbio.princeton.edu/news/2026/wh...
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What is lost is not lost
Lim lab investigates: Helminth worm-infected mice give birth to pups who have elevated anti-viral defenses in their lungs, leaving them more resistant to infection with respiratory viruses such as inf...
https://molbio.princeton.edu/news/2026/what-lost-not-lost
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We found maternal helminth infection can promote antiviral immunity in offspring 🤱🪱
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Don’t worry, we are not suggesting we reinfect everyone with worms! Instead, we identified a microbiota-derived metabolite, Indole-3-propionic acid, that enhances antiviral immunity!
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Maternal helminths rewire the microbiota to promote offspring antiviral immunity
Fernandes et al. show that maternal helminths, long-standing mammalian partners, confer antiviral immunity to offspring via the microbiota-derived metabolite indole-3-propionic acid (IPA). This work r...
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(26)00165-4
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Ruth Franklin
3 months ago
New preprint to share! Incredible collab w/ Fei Chen’s lab: developed in vivo CRISPR screening platform for 🫁 epithelium, allowing single cell perturbation in post-flu repair. Take a peek to see what we found! Huge congrats to the leaders of this work
@daisyah.bsky.social
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@sundakao.bsky.social
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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.13.711474v1.article-metrics
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Chrysothemis Brown
3 months ago
We are hiring! The Brown Lab is looking for a computational biologist to join our team. If you enjoy working with single-cell and spatial genomics data and want to study how immune cells develop and function, we’d love to hear from you! Apply here:
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Bioinformatics Specialist I - Brown Lab
Primary Work Address: 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. About the Lab The Brown Laboratory studies how the tissue microenviron...
https://hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Memorial-Sloan-Kettering-Cancer-Center/Bioinformatics-Specialist-I---Brown-Lab_R-4200
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Tania Wong
6 months ago
🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Seeking expertise in spatial metabolite imaging and/or mass spectrometry to study how host metabolism shapes immune responses. If you're creative, collegial, and excited to push boundaries, we’d love to hear from you. Please share! 🔗
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Newark, New Jersey (US) job with Dr Tania Wong | 12848863
Rutgers is currently seeking a Postdoc Research Scientist to join the Center for Immunity and Inflammation (CII) at the New Jersey Medical School.
https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12848863/postdoctoral-research-scientist/?LinkSource=PremiumListing
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HHMI
7 months ago
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more:
bit.ly/CechFellows
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Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
https://bit.ly/CechFellows
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Rachel Zwick
8 months ago
The Zwick Lab website is live! 🔬🌀🌈 Check out our research and team at
www.zwicklab.org
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Home - Zwick Lab
Our organs don’t just grow once – they grow with us. While some are more adaptable than others, many remodel throughout life to meet the body’s changing needs, from daily challenges to the extraordina...
https://www.zwicklab.org
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Kai Mesa
8 months ago
When Macrophages Disappear, Skin Blood Vessels Age! Check out our new study
@nature.com
that uncovers how the loss of capillary-associated macrophages with age blocks vessel repair and blood flow, revealing a new cellular trigger of tissue aging.
#Aging
#Immunology
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Niche-specific dermal macrophage loss promotes skin capillary ageing - Nature
Capillary-associated macrophages are selectively lost over time, contributing to impaired vascular repair and reduced tissue perfusion in older mice.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09639-y
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Xin Jin
9 months ago
Actively hiring! Video made by Sora-2 but the job post is 100% real. Apply here:
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Petter Brodin
9 months ago
The American Association of Immunologists AAI meeting will be in Boston, April 15-19, 2026. Come join me and
@chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social
at this exciting Symposium on Early life immune development. Submit your abstracts by October 15th!
immunology2026.aai.org/session/earl...
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Early Life Immune Development and Function - IMMUNOLOGY2026™
Time: 8:00 - 11:30 AM Chairs: Chrysothemis C. Brown, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., USA Petter Brodin, Imperial Col. London and Karolinska Inst., GBR, SWE
https://immunology2026.aai.org/session/early-life-immune-development-and-function/
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Igor Brodsky
9 months ago
Abstract submissions are open for the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists
@midwinter-immun.bsky.social
!!
www.midwconfimmunol.org
The Early Bird Registration deadline is Nov 14, 2025. There will be lots of Selected Abstract talks so submit an abstract to be considered!
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Midwinter Conference of Immunologists
The Midwinter Conference of Immunologists was founded in 1961 by a small group of Immunologists, among them Drs. Dan Campbell and Ray Owen. The goal of the Midwinter Conference is to provide a forum w...
https://www.midwconfimmunol.org/
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LIMmunity is growing! 🤰🤱👶 We are looking for curious & driven postdocs to join us at
@princetonmolbio.bsky.social
& HHMI to explore the fascinating world of maternal-offspring immune partnerships! Come be part of our collaborative team!
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Postdoctoral Scientist- Lim Lab
Primary Work Address: Dept of Molecular Biology, Princeton, NJ, 08544 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Lim Lab at Princeton University is seeking an energetic,...
https://hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/details/Postdoctoral-Scientist--Lim-Lab_R-3830?q=R-3830
9 months ago
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Shruti Naik
about 1 year ago
Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America's attention- by Aaron Mertz and yours truly.
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from our lab will talk about how maternal helminth infection provide immune education to offspring at
#AAI2025
, check it out!
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about 1 year ago
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King Lab at McGill University
about 1 year ago
I am very excited to share our article on IFNg, stroma and disease tolerance during intestinal helminth infection published today in Cell. This work was lead by the amazing
@susanwestfall.bsky.social
and supported by many international collaborators.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection
Type 1 immunity mediates host defense through pathogen elimination, but whether this pathway also impacts tissue function is unknown. Here, we demonst…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425003952?dgcid=coauthor
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Princeton MolBio
about 1 year ago
Interested in graduate training in molecular and cellular biology? Consider the MolBio Scholars program. A fully funded visit to Princeton to learn about grad admissions, meet MolBio faculty, postdocs, and grad students, and attend the departmental retreat.
molbio.princeton.edu/graduate/mol...
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Princeton MolBio
about 1 year ago
Immunologists and neuroscientists collaborate to show experience of cold temps leaves a lasting impression on the brain. In Nature paper today by labs of Princeton's Lydia Lynch
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and Trinity College Dubin's Tomás Ryan
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molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...
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Cold comforts: animals form memories about temperature
The experience of cold temperatures leaves a lasting impression on the brain, according to a new study published April 23, 2035 in the journal Nature. The study was conducted through a collaborative e...
https://molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/cold-comforts-animals-form-memories-about-temperature
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Valerie Horsley
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Check out my substack about my experience with
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biologylife.substack.com/p/courage
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Courage
How my mom inspired me to Stand up for Science
https://biologylife.substack.com/p/courage
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