Immunology

Congratulations to Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja for having a paper from her lab, Shiga toxin suppresses noncanonical inflammasome responses to cytosolic LPS, accepted for publication in Science Immunology. Read More.
Congratulations to Dr. Penghua Wang on the award of his R21 grant through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases entitled, A critical role for UBXN3B in IgG homeostasis and maternal transfer.
Dr. Beiyan Zhou has been named the winner of the 2020 Women of Innovation® Research Innovation and Leadership category from the Connecticut Technology Council and Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology. Dr. Zhou was selected by a panel of judges from over 150 nominations.
Members of Dr. Beiyan Zhou’s laboratory will share their research at the American Heart Association Scientific Session on November 17, 2020. Dr. Chuan Li has been invited to give an oral presentation and Dr. Lili Qu and Alyssa Matz have poster presentations.”
Dr. Zhichao Fan has accepted an invitation to serve as an Associate Editor of The Journal of Immunology.
Dr. Kepeng Wang collaborated with CaroGen Corporation to develop a promising clinical candidate for colorectal cancer treatment. Read More.
Congratulations to Dr. Karthik Chandiran on receiving an AAI Fellowship. This award will provide one year of salary support to study the molecular mechanisms that guide the fate determination of activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes.