Innate immunity meets adaptive immunity in Banff next week...join us from April 9-12, 2024 at Fairmont Banff Springs, Alberta, CA! #KSInnateImmune24

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Great feature on our most recent study!

Gut microbiome and metabolome profiling in Framingham heart study reveals cholesterol-metabolizing bacteria in ⁦Cell⁩ by ⁦Xavier Lab⁩ cell.com/cell/abstract/…

A new study finds that certain bacteria in the gut may help lower cholesterol levels and heart disease risk in people. broad.io/Oscillibacter-…

Discovery of gut microbiome constituents that lower cholesterol levels that may be used to reduce risk for heart disease
cell.com/cell/abstract/… Chenhao Li Xavier Lab Broad Institute Cell

Microbes from the oral cavity sometimes find a new home in the inflamed gut.🔴🔵 Learn about their chemical repertoire in our recent work led by Schirmer Lab
and key players Daniel Rojas
Eric Brown Emily Temple Rachele Invernizzi Xavier Lab tinyurl.com/5c6r4r2z

Join us from June 25-26 for the RIKEN International Symposium on Immunology! This year's theme is Cultivating Immunity for Health. We'll see you there!

Registration closes June 3rd. Registration and program information can be found here:
ims.riken.jp/events/rcaisym…

New bioRxiv! This collab with Ben Cravatt, Bruno Melillo, Stuart Schreiber and others used photo-stereoprobes to engage hard-to-target proteins in #highthroughput screening assays, which has applications in #drugdiscovery . See first author Daisuke Ogasawara’s detailed summary.

For those researching or interested in #innateimmunity : The 7th TOLLConference, organized by UMass Chan Program in Innate Immunity, will be held in Rotterdam from April 17-20. This exciting meeting features a range of topics in #immunology and a remarkable lineup of speakers.

toll2024.org

Do pancreatic cysts have a unique #microbiome ? Gut Journal led by Marie-Madlen Pust, 16s rRNA analysis of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) cyst fluid finds no evidence of a microbiome signal, suggesting other inflammatory drivers.

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Congratulations Schirmer Lab, Martin Stražar, and colleagues for the cover feature on the cover of the latest Cell Host & Microbe issue!!!

Thanks to Duygu Koldere Vilain for this beautiful work!

Congratulations to Xavier Lab RA Computational Associate Josh Park on being awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue his PhD in biostatistics Cambridge University this fall!!

#gatesscholarship #biostatistics #phd #cambridgeuniversity