📽️ See a short video summary from @ivanzheng.bsky.social: youtu.be/zuFiOzNMSg4

New study from @ivanzheng.bsky.social and colleagues in the Dang lab @ragoninstitute.bsky.social reveals a spatial TH2-STAT6 immune checkpoint in pulmonary #granulomas that suppresses extracellular clearance of #Cryptococcus, promoting persistent infection. rupress.org/jem/article/...

Our paper is out in JEM @jem.org today. We show that Th2-driven STAT6 signaling in monocyte-derived myeloid cells actively suppresses extracellular fungal clearance during latent granulomatous cryptococcal infection. rupress.org/jem/article/...

Absolutely important finding showing that how epithelial cells coordinate the anti fungal immune response. Congrats to Kathleen and Tobias!!

Excited to announce a save the date for the upcoming Keystone Fungal Pathogenesis meeting! Jan 12-15 2026, mark your calendars! 🗓 Program and deadlines in link below #microsky #immunosky #KSFungalPath26 🧪 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Last week the 2025 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections concluded. Thanks to @lableibundgut.bsky.social and @fungalspore.bsky.social for chairing this extraordinary meeting. See you in 2027

GRC fungal immunology is such a fantastic community. As a brand new member, I’ve received ton of help including suggestions for career development and my current project. I can’t easily imagine a senior PI coming to a postdoc and offering help proactively. I hope I can contribute in the future.

Delighted to see our study on #DendriticCell control of #fungal #allergic airway #inflammation finally out in the wild! Spearheaded by @drpetercook.bsky.social, with so many fantastic collaborators - thanks to all! #ImmunoSky 🧪 rdcu.be/d68MU @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

“Wet dog shakes”—a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats—happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, researchers studying mice report in Science. Learn more:

Merry Christmas.

The power of oxysterols. Dr. Jason Cyster’s work is always fascinating. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🎊 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Congratulations to Kyle Burrows and @theonlylabever.bsky.social A gut commensal protozoan determines respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our Editors’ Choice of articles published in #Science #Immunology this year is out now! This free sample collection will be available online to read until the end of February 2025! bit.ly/SciImm_free

A taste of antiquity and a beauty of classical elegance.

So much fun in our Christmas party!

Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn

Recent favorite cover from Cell Host&Microbe @cellpress.bsky.social. I love the combination of science and art. Especially the picture is by traditional Chinese ink painting, quite fascinating.

Our annual "Best of JEM" series highlights some of the most exciting studies from the last 12 months. We present you with research in basic #immunology, #immunotherapy and tumor immunology, inborn errors of immunity, #neurodegeneration, & #inflammation: https://buff.ly/4iwWcCJ

🙏 to @niaidnews.bsky.social, first author @pauljbaker.bsky.social and my amazing lab team, our collaborators @kerryhilligan.bsky.social @danbarberphd.bsky.social 🙏to editor extraordinaire @hannah-isles.bsky.social and the reviewers who guided us along the way 9/9 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My Shirin, a tabby Manx. Hope you will like her!

I’d also like to post my PhD work here to let people know more about me. During my PhD, I studied pancreatitis pathogenesis. I identify ferroptosis caused by reduction of hepatic beta hydroxybutyrate as main cause of secondary pancreatitis in patients with liver failure. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

I will be presenting in Gordon Research Seminar on January 19, 2025. Looking forward to discussing my research there!

Thrilled to have my first post here. This is my first postdoc paper, a review article. I’m now preparing my research paper. Hope everything will go smoothly!