Congrats to Ariana Rabinowitsch of neighboring Carl Blobel's lab! The flowers are a hint of how her thesis defense went! Thesis was "Effect of iRhom2 Cytotail Mutations on ADAM17 Function In Vivo: Implications for Tylosis with Oesophageal Cancer." Tri-I MD-PhD Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

Congrats to the undergraduate #Macauley scholars completing their summer internships here at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Research Institute & especially to Tri Dinh who did some awesome work w/ our postdoc Dinesh Deochand!!

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) also many thanks to Baila Schochet for the action shot as the PI was suspiciously missing... sigh! :)

Congratulations to the HSS Macaulay Scholars on completing their summer research! Tri Dinh with Inez Rogatsky Lab and postdoc Dinesh Deochand, Nidhi Mahadevan with Chitra Dahia, Hyena Min with Robert Hotchkiss, Anjana Persaud with Timothy Niewold, MD and Theresa Wampler Muskardin.

Congratulations to summer Tri-I Gateways student Loahni Hernandez who presented and networked at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in July! Congratulations also to her mentor, WCM BCMB graduate student Mir Howlader!

Where did summer go?! But a warm welcome to new lab members graduate student Suparna Kumar and postdoc Pamela Cabahug-Zuckerman !

Congratulations to IMP student Xinxin Wang on her newly minted PhD! Her thesis was on "Nutrient mTORC1 signaling control of T lymphocyte homeostasis and malignant transformation." Congratulations also to her mentor Dr. Ming Li.

Graduate student Suparna Kumar presenting her poster at the Lupus 21st Century meeting. The room was lit up in purple for lupus! Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis (IMP) Program Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) @Lupus21Century

What fun at ACR Convergence! There was a buzz in the air and posters were in-person again, fostering in-person exchange. It was great to see former lab members Will Ambler, now Metzger Scholar at NIH, and Noa Schwartz , now directing the Montefiore Lupus Center! #ACR23

What a fantastic idea to bring people together! Conversation is how we move things forward....

What a wonderful opportunity last week to both share our research and to discuss with #LupusChat about perspectives and experiences with photosensitivity! Great questions by an engaged audience as well! Thank you Global DermTalks for bringing people together for this great session!

What fun at HSS Research Day on May 9! Congratulations to all the Lu Lab members who showed posters and BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Thomas M. Li for his 1st place Basic Science Poster Presentation!

Well-deserved, Kathleen. And Yasmine too! The IMP Teaching/Mentoring Award is an honor and a way to honor the incredible mentors/teachers I have had. Seeing everyone come in 1st year, thru rotations, ACE, RIPs, and defend/take flight is a joy and I will always cheer you all on!

Congratulations, Bikash!! Congratulations to advisor Lionel as well!

Congratulations, Harman :) !! And to advisor Sabine Ehrt too!

Warmest congratulations to Thomas Li and Rebecca Jennings on their medical school graduation! We wish them all the best in their upcoming residencies, with Dr. Jennings in Pediatrics at Mt. Sinai and Dr. Li in Surgery at UCSF. We can’t wait to hear about their new adventures!

It's out! Our story shows that IFN inhibits Langerhans cell ADAM17 in photosensitivity and is a resource for transcriptomic profiles of non-lesional skin from 3 lupus models. Congratulations to Thomas, Victoria, Ethan and coauthors! elifesciences.org/articles/85914…

And our amazing RIP student organizer! Thank you Kathleen Mills and thank you Justin S. A. Perry for organizing the rotation talks/poster sessions along with RIP!