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COMPLEMENT ON THE PIPELINE: complement activation seems to add morbidity to inflammation and pro-thrombotic status in pts on hemodialysis. ⚡️💥Intradialytic Complement Activation Precedes the Development of Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

“This surge is actually much bigger than anything that we've seen before.” Dr. Hiren Mehta describes the unbearable conditions inside UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, as the COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen across much of the South. abcn.ws/2W0QTGe

Important work by Sommer et al. showing organ-specific differences in tolerance induction in #transplantation. Why is this important? A “one-size-fits-all” approach in transplantation is unsuccessful, and we can't assume that all organs benefit from the same immunosuppression.

We are extremely proud to annonce that lab member Alexander McQuiston successfully defended his PhD Dissertation earlier this month and will be starting as a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford later this fall. Congrats, Dr. McQuiston! You will be missed!

We recently showed that VCA donor graft treatment pre-transplantation with CR2-Crry provided protection from IRI and delayed graft rejection. The results are published in our new paper with collaborators at MUSC Health in the lab of Stephen Tomlinson: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34394069/

After contracting COVID-19, Dr. Sean Devine's lungs were scarred & unable to work on their own. He was flown to UF Health, one of two places in the U.S. at the time that had successfully performed a COVID-19 double lung transplant. Hear his story of strength, recovery and love.

We are excited to share our latest publication in collaboration with Dr. Satish Nadig, MD PhD on the immunoprotective effects of altering donor mitochondrial fission/fusion during cardiac transplantation! American Journal of Transplantation doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16…

More evidence supporting the efficacy of targeted complement inhibition! We recently collaborated with Stephen Tomlinson at MUSC Health to show that P-selectin targeted complement inhibitors specifically localized to reperfused tissue and reduced injury in a murine limb Tx model.

To all early-career complement biology researchers - fill out the ECCO survey! Doing so will help us understand our members' needs and to suggest ideas that will improve the field of complement research for all.

Another patent for The Atkinson Lab and our lab Northwestern Medicine Transplant on donor organ pre treatment with nanotherapy. One more step closer to the bedside. #sciencerocks

Hello from Boston! Our lab members are at #ATC2022 this week to learn & collaborate with others in the transplant field. Today PhD candidate Dianna Nord presented the lab’s work on mitochondrial transplantation in #LTx.

2 days into #ATC2022! Yesterday evening, our surgical research fellow Dr. Leah Plumblee presented the lab’s work utilizing ex-vivo treatments to stabilize cell junctions and improve outcomes in a porcine renal transplant model. #ATC2022Boston

We are excited to share our latest publication in the Journal of Immunology The Journal of Immunology. The work, led by Dr. Jennifer Mulligan, reveals a novel regulatory relationship between complement activation and local vitamin D metabolism in airway epithelial cells. jimmunol.org/content/early/…

A FLORIDA team led by Andrew Judge, Ph.D., Carl Atkinson, Ph.D., & Sarah Judge, Ph.D. has received a $2.3 million grant from the NIAMS to investigate strategies to treat muscle wasting and weakness caused by #PancreaticCancer. #CancerCachexia Read more: go.ufl.edu/u9czh7e

We are currently recruiting Post-Doctoral Associates with backgrounds in immunology, complement biology, or transplantation to join our team! Interested candidates - please email your CV to [email protected] to learn more.

Our laboratory had an excellent time at #ISHLT2023 in Denver last week! PhD students Dianna Nord, PhD and Blake Gill presented some of the lab's work. Always great to learn from and catch up with the The ISHLT community.

Congratulations to lab alumnus Dr. Danh Tran whose PhD dissertation work has won the AJT Basic Science Paper of the Year Award! Danh Tran Satish Nadig, MD PhD #ATC2023SanDiego

Fantastic day at #ATC2023SanDiego! Dr. Atkinson delivered two incredible presentations sharing some of the lab's work on 1) complement inhibition in organ Tx and 2) strategies for targeted immunosuppression to the endothelium in lung Tx.

In our latest forum article, Trends in Cancer, we discussed the critical roles of sphingolipids and the complement system in promoting cancer growth/survival. Check it out authors.elsevier.com/c/1hUGV8Z12yTu…. Thanks, The Atkinson Lab

As always, it was great to spend time with fellow complement scientists at #ICW2023. Proud of PhD candidate Dianna Nord for winning a "best oral presentation" prize for her work on complement in neutrophils. Thanks to Complement Society for a great meeting in Newcastle.