Professor Kirk Jensen (Kirk Jensen) and recent graduate Scott Souza identified an immune gene, Nfkbid, that plays a central role in B-cell mediated immunity. This work yields promising targets for parasite vaccine development. ucm.edu/EAuhlX

Thrilled to share our lastest story on rhoptry secretion in #Toxoplasma Wonderful work by twitterless Daniela Sparvoli and Jason Delabre. Big Thanks to all coauthors. (1/4) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

So exciting to give my first talk and have Boris Striepen in the audience. His work for his PhD characterizing the side chain of toxo gpi is fundamental for the work I am doing exploring its role in virulence. #whip2022 #woodsholeimmunoparasitology

So exciting to have won second place for oral presentation awards at this years #whip2022 and to have received a travel award. It was a great conference full of great people and science!! #woodshole #mbl

Excited to share the latest work from our lab investigating the response of fetal hematopoiesis to congenital infection, out today in The EMBO Journal . Truly exceptional work by students Diego Lopez Kelly Otsuka and April Apostol, in collaboration with Kirk Jensen Kirk Jensen

Awesome collaboration with Anna E. Beaudin!! doi.org/10.15252/embj.… Toxoplasma infection during pregnancy alters fetal stem cell development and immune cell output! Many of the effects can be recapitulated by injection of IFNg. With ~100K/yr congenital Toxo, other ramifications??

Masashi Kishimoto's New One-Shot Manga Celebrating NARUTOP99 to Publish in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 33! 『NARUTO外伝 渦の中のつむじ風』"NARUTO Gaiden: Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze" #NARUTO naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1513

Reminder that science is political whether you like it or not. Politics define how we are funded and what we are funded for. Politics define what we are able to study. Politics define who will be allowed in our labs and workplaces. Politics define with whom we can collaborate.