ISI 2025 Retreat–Aug 8th

ISI 2025 Retreat--Aug 8th @ Avery Point. 

The ISI retreat aims to enhance collaborative discoveries with cross-disciplinary strengths from Immunology (UCONN Health Center) and Computer Science (Storrs, UCONN), to develop innovative solutions to address critical biomedical challenges in applied immunological systems.

High School Team in the lab Aarika, Aria, and Rohan will share their research on the ISI2025

Mentored by Alyssa: Aria from Farmington High School,  Aarika Bhave and Gabo from Avon High School,  Rohan Modi from Hopkins School will share their research project at the ISI 2025.

 

 

 

 

High School Team in the lab Gabo, Phydena and Lauren will share their research on the ISI2024!

Mentored by Alyssa and Keaton: Lauren from Darien High School,  Gabo and Phydena from Avon High School will share their research project at the ISI 2024.

 

 

 

 

MacSpectrum and MacBrowser

Macrophage Annotation Programs–MacSpectrum, MacBrowser, AtheroSpectrum

MacSpectrum (R package)

MacSpectrum is a macrophage annotation system that allows comprehensive analysis of heterogeneous subpopulations and their multifaceted activation states under various in vitro and in vivo conditions, including the identification of condition-specific signature genes. Each subpopulation identified by MacSpectrum can be further analyzed for cell function and intracellular signaling networks in conjunction with other programs, such as Ingenuity Pathway Analysis by Qiagen, NIH DAVID, and others.

Citation: Chuan Li, Antoine Menoret, Cullen Farragher, Zhengqing Ouyang, Christopher Bonin, Paul Holvoet, Anthony T. Vella, Beiyan Zhou.  Single cell transcriptomics-based MacSpectrum reveals novel macrophage activation signatures in diseases. JCI insight.  April 16 2019PMID: 30990466

 

MacBrowser 

You can check the MPI/AMDI plots and gene expressions of murine bone marrow derived macrophages that were not stimulated (“M0”), or stimulated LPS+IFNγ (“M1”) or IL4+IL13 (“M2”). You can see their MPI/AMDI distributions and expression patterns of any genes. Please refer to our JCI insight publication (PMID: 30990466) for more details of the dataset.

 

AtheroSpectrum (Coming soon)

AtheroSpectrum Reveals Novel Macrophage Foam Cell Gene Signatures Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Chuan Li*,  Lili Qu*, Alyssa J. Matz*, Patrick A. MurphyYongmei LiuAni W. ManichaikulDerek AguiarStephen S. RichDavid M. HerringtonDavid VuW. Craig ohnsonJerome I. RotterWendy S. PostAnthony T. VellaAnnabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo, and  Beiyan Zhou#   Originally published 16 Dec 2021 https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054285  Circulation. 2022;145:206–218

To request an R package--please contact us.

Due to server issues, We have changed the venue for those who want to use MacSpectrum for their research--request the R package.

Email: bzhou@uchc.edu

You can check out your gene of interest using MacBrowser using the BMDM single cell seq data from our lab. MacSpectrum is a macrophage annotation system that allows comprehensive analysis of heterogeneous subpopulations and their multifaceted activation states under various in vitro and in vivo conditions, including the identification of condition-specific signature genes. Each subpopulation identified by MacSpectrum can be further analyzed for cell function and intracellular signaling networks in conjunction with other programs, such as Ingenuity Pathway Analysis by Qiagen, NIH DAVID, and others. Further information can be accessed on MacSpectrum with step-by-step instructions. For other functions, and specific questions, please contact us.