2025-26 Journal Clubs

2025-26 Journal Club Schedule

Journal Club Co-Directors: Elizabeth Crouch, MD, PhD and Julia Carnevale, MD
Day/Time: Thursdays, 11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m. except as noted
Location: In person on the Parnassus campus, with a livestream/Zoom option to Mission Bay as well. The Zoom link will be sent out with the email reminder sent to the BMS listservs or can be accessed here: Zoom Link


 

Please contact Meredith Miner if you are not already on one of our listservs.
Links to previous livestreams and recorded video are in the sidebar.
 

See the BMS Journal Club Archives in the right sidebar for past journal club descriptions and recordings.


 

Michael Alexanian, PhD (faculty)

Universal vs. Inflammatory: CRISPR Screens Uncover the Balancing Act of Fibroblast States

Southard, K.M., Ardy, R.C., Tang, A. et al. Comprehensive transcription factor perturbations recapitulate fibroblast transcriptional states. Nat Genet (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02284-1

Shirley Bi (student)

"Caught red-handed: an unmethylated retrotransposon adopts expression patterns of neighboring genes, leading to VLP generation and limb malformation."

Glaser, J., Cova, G., Fauler, B. et al. Enhancer adoption by an LTR retrotransposon generates viral-like particles, causing developmental limb phenotypes. Nat Genet 57, 1766–1776 (2025).

Moderator: Alvin Ha

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Harish Vasudevan, MD, PhD (faculty)

"BindCraft: a new tool in the AI sandbox for protein interactor design"

Pacesa, M., Nickel, L., Schellhaas, C. et al. One-shot design of functional protein binders with BindCraft. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09429-6

Simon Wong (student)

"The Nerve to fight the flu: Vagal TRPV1+ neurons provide protection against Influenza virus through myeloid cells"

Nicole Almanzar et al. ,Vagal TRPV1+ sensory neurons protect against influenza virus infection by regulating lung myeloid cell dynamics.Sci. Immunol.10,eads6243(2025).DOI:10.1126/sciimmunol.ads6243

Moderator: Shania Garrison

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 


 

Joe Bondy-Denomy, PhD (faculty)

“Generative” phage: Are you entertained?

Samuel H. King, Claudia L. Driscoll, David B. Li, Daniel Guo, Aditi T. Merchant, Garyk Brixi, Max E. Wilkinson, Brian L. Hie
bioRxiv 2025.09.12.675911; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.12.675911

Liz Arouge (student)

"Treg Cells as Neuromodulators: Enkephalin Production by Regulatory T Cells Restrains Nociception and Skin Inflammation"

Alejandra Mendoza et al., Enkephalin-producing regulatory T cells in the skin restrain local inflammation through control of nociception.Sci. Immunol.10,eadz6869(2025).DOI:10.1126/sciimmunol.adz6869

Coaches: Jarish Cohen, MD, PhD and Sakeen Kashem, MD, PhD

Moderator: Andrew Davis

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Phillip Dumesic, MD, PhD (faculty)

"Dynamic control of mammalian energy balance by the peroxisome"

Liu, X., He, A., Lu, D. et al. Peroxisomal metabolism of branched fatty acids regulates energy homeostasis. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09517-7

Dario Tagliaferri (student)

"Cutting Edge Fashion: A CRISPR Makeover"

Ruffolo, J.A., Nayfach, S., Gallagher, J. et al. Design of highly functional genome editors by modelling CRISPR–Cas sequences. Nature 645, 518–525 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09298-z

Coaches: Greg Allen, MD, PhD and Justin Eyquem, PhD

Moderator: Caitlyn Dang

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Daniel Mordes, MD, PhD (faculty)

"Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes"

Butler MLMD, Pervaiz N, et al. Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes. Nature. 2025 Sep 17. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09534-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40963024.

Michelle Seeler (student)

"Pregnancy takes Guts: Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction"

Ameku, T., et al. (2025). "Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction." Cell 188(10): 2738-2756.e2722

Coaches: Helen Willsey, PhD and Todd Nystul, PhD

Moderator: Jose Cedano

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Jose Angel Nicolas Avila, PhD (faculty)

TBD

Lesbats, J., Brillac, A., Reisz, J.A. et al. Macrophages recycle phagocytosed bacteria to fuel immunometabolic responses. Nature 640, 524–533 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08629-4

Angel Ruvalcaba (student)

TBD

Maserumule, Charlotte et al. “Phagosomal RNA sensing through TLR8 controls susceptibility to tuberculosis.” Cell reports vol. 44,5 (2025): 115657. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115657

Coaches: Jon Budzik, MD, PhD and Sara Suliman, PhD

Moderator: Liana Beld

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Gabriel Loeb, MD, PhD (Faculty)

"Visualizing transcription factor dynamics at endogenous enhancers"

Hu, Y. et al. Multiscale footprints reveal the organization of cis-regulatory elements. Nature 638, 779–786 (2025).

Joseph Moreno (Student)

"TCF19 drives a broad transcriptional program that potentiates optimal innate and adaptive functions of antiviral NK cells"

Dang, C., Kim, H., Santosa, E.K. et al. TCF19 drives a broad transcriptional program that potentiates optimal innate and adaptive functions of antiviral NK cells. Nat Immunol 26, 1467–1475 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02238-z

Coaches: Oscar Aguilar, PhD and Daniel Calabrese, MD

Moderator: Mandy Buck

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Peter Bruno, PhD (Faculty)

"Hidden Menu of PDAC: Cryptic MHC-I Targets With T-cell Bite"

Ely, Z. A., et al (2025). Pancreatic cancer-restricted cryptic antigens are targets for T cell recognition. Science (New York, N.Y.), 388(6747), eadk3487.

Arren Ramsey (Student)

TBD

Coaches: Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD and Biswarathan Ramani, MD, PhD
 

Moderator: Christina Ekstrand

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Jeremy Libang (Student)

TBD

Hunter TL, et al. In vivo CAR T cell generation to treat cancer and autoimmune disease. Science. 2025 Jun 19;388(6753):1311-1317. doi: 10.1126/science.ads8473. Epub 2025 Jun 19. PMID: 40536974

Coaches: TBD

Paul Leclerc (Student)

"From Cold to Hot: Re-arming Dendritic Cells to Reignite T-Cell Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer"

Hogg, G. D., Weinstein, A. G., et al. (2025). Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell-driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer. Science Immunology, 10(110), eadp3978. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adp3978

Coaches: Alexis Combes, PhD and TBD

Moderator: Gwen Cusing

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Anthony Khalifeh (student)

"Mapping the evolution of computationally designed protein binders"

Miguel A. Alcantar, Alexandra M. Paulk, et al. bioRxiv 2025.10.04.680454; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.04.680454

Coaches: Angela Phillips, PhD and Jeannette Tenthorey, PhD

Ananya Krishnapura (student)

"Unraveling the mechanisms underlying IRF7-mediated autoimmunity"

Fike AJ, Bricker KN, et al. IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints. J Exp Med. 2025 Jul 7;222(7):e20231882. doi: 10.1084/jem.20231882. Epub 2025 May 27. PMID: 40439584; PMCID: PMC12121627

Coaches: Julie Zikherman, MD and Jason Cyster, PhD

Moderator: Emily Chen

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Patrick Kennedy (Student)

"Disruption of the RAS–PI3Kα Interaction: A New Approach for Tumor Suppression"

Joseph E. Klebba et al. ,Covalent inhibitors of the PI3Kα RAS binding domain impair tumor growth driven by RAS and HER2.Science390,702-709(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adv2684 

Coaches: Harish Vasudevan, MD, PhD and Peter Bruno, PhD

Julia Johanssen (Student)

"The Naked (Mole-Rat) Truth about Aging"

Yu Chen et al.,A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging.Science390,eadp5056(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adp5056

Coaches: Leanne Jones, PhD and Diana Laird, PhD

Moderator: Daniel Brody

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 


 


 

Alvin Ha (student)

TBD

Von Locquenghien, M et al. Macrophage-targeted immunocytokine leverages myeloid, T, and NK cell synergy for cancer immunotherapy Cell (2025), Volume 188, Issue 25, 7099 - 7117.e26

Coaches: Roarke Kamber, PhD and Brian Shy, MD, PhD

Helen Huynh (student)

"Pyruvate Fate as a Redox Switch for Cell Growth"

Toshniwal Ashish G, et al (2025) The fate of pyruvate dictates cell growth by modulating cellular redox potential eLife 13:RP103705. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103705.2

Coaches: Isha Jain, PhD and Phillip Dumesic, MD, PhD

Moderators: Anthony Khalifeh & Julia Johanssen

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Shania Garrison (student)

"The Silver Lining to Going Grey: An Antagonistic Relationship Between Hair Greying and Melanoma"

Mohri, Y., Nie, J., Morinaga, H. et al. Antagonistic stem cell fates under stress govern decisions between hair greying and melanoma. Nat Cell Biol 27, 1647–1659 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-025-01769-9

Coaches: Tien Peng, MD and Jose Angel Nicolas Avila, PhD

Rebecca Fulthorpe (student)

"From Risk to Resilience: Flipping the Allelic Switch against Alzheimer’s Disease"

Golden, L.R., Siano, D.S., Stephens, I.O. et al. APOE4 to APOE2 allelic switching in mice improves Alzheimer’s disease-related metabolic signatures, neuropathology and cognition. Nat Neurosci 28, 2461–2475 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-02094-y

Coaches: Yadong Huang, MD, PhD and Andrew Yang, PhD

Moderators: Michelle Seeler & Angel Ruvalcaba

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay


 

Andrew Davis (student)

"Red Light! Green Light!”: Developing a disease-agnostic therapy through tRNA editing 

Pierce, S.E., Erwood, S., Oye, K. et al. Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing. Nature 648, 191–202 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09732-2

Coaches: Tippi MacKenzie, MD and Kyle Cromer, PhD

Christina Ekstrand (student)

“Say you’re Psorry!" Why your gut owes your skin an apology

Wang, Chenliang et al. (2025) Gut microbe-derived metabolites drive psoriatic inflammation via modulation of skin Th17 cells. Immunity, Volume 58, Issue 9, 2241 - 2255.e7

Coaches: Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD and James Gardner, MD, PhD

Moderators: Joseph Moreno & Paul Leclerc

 


 

Caitlyn Dang (student)

"Fatty acids and forget-me-nots"

Pavlowsky, A., Silva, B., Basu, R. et al. Neuronal fatty acid oxidation fuels memory after intensive learning in Drosophila. Nat Metab (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01416-5 

Coaches: Isha Jain, PhD and John Vaughen, PhD

Gwen Cusing (student)

TBD

Jiang et al., 2026, Immunity 59, 1–18. IL-9 as a naturally orthogonal cytokine with optimal JAK/STAT signaling for engineered T cell therapy

Coaches: Peter Bruno, PhD and Matt Spitzer, PhD

Moderators: Arren Ramsey & Ananya Krishnapura

 


 

Jose Cedano (student)

"TB-H: Tuberculosis Pathology in Human Skin Organoids"

Yue, L., Liang, Y., Zhong, P. et al. Human pluripotent stem cell-derived skin organoids enabled pathophysiological model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Nat Commun 16, 10831 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65848-z

Coaches: Sara Suliman, PhD and Jonathan Budzik, MD, PhD

Emily Chen (student)

"Learning from the TCR: Rewiring proximal CAR signaling"

Rotiroti, M.C., Tousley, A.M., Chu, H. et al. Engineering T cells with a membrane-tethered version of SLP-76 overcomes antigen-low resistance to CAR T cell therapy. Nat Cancer 6, 1940–1954 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-025-01056-4 

Coaches: Greg Allen, MD, PhD and Kole Roybal, PhD

Moderators: Monet Yuan & Viva Vykunta

 


 

Liana Beld (student)

"Motherhood as an Immunotherapy: How pregnancy reprograms breast immunity"

Virassamy, B., Caramia, F., Savas, P. et al. Parity and lactation induce T-cell-mediated breast cancer protection. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09713-5

Coaches: Adrian Erlebacher, PhD and Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD

Daniel Brody (student)

"Phage Mediated Commensal Therapeutics"

Baker ZR, et al. Sustained in situ protein production and release in the mammalian gut by an engineered bacteriophage. Nat Biotechnol. 2026 Jan;44(1):90-99. doi: 10.1038/s41587-025-02570-7. Epub 2025 Feb 18. PMID: 39966654; PMCID: PMC12353956.

Coaches: Michael McManus, PhD and Joe Bondy-Denomy, PhD

Moderators: Simon Wong & Jalen Evans


 

Mandy Buck (student)

"Engineering Humoral Immunity: How mRNA Vaccines Program Tfh and Germinal Centers"

Castaño, Diana et al. “Distinct components of mRNA vaccines cooperate to instruct efficient germinal center responses.” Cell vol. 188,26 (2025): 7461-7480.e23. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.023

Coaches: Nadia Roan, PhD and Peter Hunt, MD

Melissa Bu (student)

"The Thymic Timekeeper: Zap70 tunes Treg fate"

Stadinski, B.D., Mills, E.A., Humphries, P.A. et al. Age-dependent Zap70 expression in thymocytes regulates selection of the neonatal regulatory T cell repertoire. Nat Immunol 26, 2256–2269 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02292-7

Coaches: Peter Bruno, PhD and Qizhi Tang, PhD

Moderators: Rebecca Fulthorpe & Adam Fillion

 


 

Ana Coutlakis (student)

"Opening the Gates: EBV-Primed T Cells as Vascular Gatekeepers in Multiple Sclerosis"

Thomas, Olivia G. et al. Cell, Volume 189, Issue 2, 585 - 602.e38

Coaches: Melanie Ott, MD, PhD and Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD

Sena Cinar (student)

"Same Cells, Different Addresses: Spatially Programmed Innate Lymphoid Cells"

Werner, A. et al. Spatial and functional diversity of innate lymphoid cells in the human female genital tract may contribute to antiviral responses to HIV. Nat Immunol 26, 2030–2044 (2025).

Coaches: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD and Nadia Roan, PhD

Moderators: Helen Huynh & Gilbert Herrera

 


 

Daniel Zhang (student)

"Double Time, Double Trouble: Whole Genome Duplication Keeps Ovarian Cancer One Step Ahead"

McPherson, A., Vázquez-García, I., Myers, M.A. et al. Ongoing genome doubling shapes evolvability and immunity in ovarian cancer. Nature 644, 1078–1087 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09240-3

Coaches: Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD and Joseph Costello, PhD

Zimo Zhang (student)

"From Gut to Brain: The Role of Intestinal Macrophages in Parkinson's Disease"

De Schepper, S., Konstantellos, V., Conway, J.A. et al. Intestinal macrophages modulate synucleinopathy along the gut–brain axis. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09984-y

Coaches: Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD and Roarke Kamber, PhD

Moderators: Hana Takei & Adam Kazerounian


 


 

Andrew Davis (student)

"Red Light! Green Light!”: Developing a disease-agnostic therapy through tRNA editing 

Pierce, S.E., Erwood, S., Oye, K. et al. Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing. Nature 648, 191–202 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09732-2

Coaches: Tippi MacKenzie, MD and Kyle Cromer, PhD

Charles Crain (student)

TBD

Kim, H. et al. Myelin antigen capture in the CNS by B cells expressing EBV latent membrane protein 1 leads to demyelinating lesion formation. Cell 189, 603-619.e25 (2026).

Coaches: Peter Bruno, PhD and Julie Zikherman, MD

Jalen Evans (student)

TBD

Chao, Y. K., Wu, M., Gong, Q., & Chen, F. (2026). A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells. Science, eadz9353.

Coaches: Michael McManus, PhD and Trever Bivona, MD, PhD

Moderators: Mina Takegami & Melissa Bu


 


 

Venus Hagan (student)

"Code Switching: Lymphoid-Like Microglia Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease"

Ayata, P., Crowley, J.M., Challman, M.F. et al. Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function. Nature 648, 157–165 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09662-z

Coaches: Carlo Condello, PhD and Martin Kampmann, PhD

Adam Fillion (student)

"The Pigmented Swarm: Melanoma-derived Extracellular Decoys as a means of Immune Evasion"

Chemla, Yoav et al. HLA export by melanoma cells decoys cytotoxic T cells to promote immune evasion Cell, Volume 189, Issue 1, 233 - 251.e29 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.020

Coaches: Greg Allen, PhD and Magnus Hoffmann, PhD

Moderators: Katie Herm & Annika Mittelhauser


 

Katie Herm (student)

"Gaps in the Wall: Pericyte Dysfunction as an Early Event in Diabetic Islet Deterioration"

Luciana Mateus Gonçalves,et al; Microvascular Homeostasis Is Compromised in Pancreatic Islets in a Mouse Model of β-Cell Loss and Low-Grade Inflammation. Diabetes 1 January 2026; 75 (1): 70–84. https://doi.org/10.2337/db25-0368

Coaches: Julie Sneddon, PhD and Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD

Gilbert Herrera (student)

"The Upside of a Sticky Situation: Multicellular ‘Doublets’ Reveal Potent Anti-Tumor T Cells"

Ibáñez-Molero, S., Veldman, J., Simon Nieto, J. et al. Tumour-reactive heterotypic CD8 T cell clusters from clinical samples. Nature 649, 467–476 (2026)

Coaches: Matt Spitzer, PhD and Simone Minnie, PhD

Moderators: Venus Hagen & Claire Rammel


 

Chang Liu (student)
"Finding the proverbial needle in a haystack: Mapping Antigen-specific TCRs"

Gaglione, Stephanie A. et al. Immunity, Volume 0, Issue 0

Coaches: Peter Bruno, PhD and Zachary Steinhart, PhD

Adam Kazerounian (student)

"Whodunnit? RNA Foci vs. DPR Proteins in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)"

Jiang, X., et al. (2026). Blocking RAN translation without altering repeat RNAs rescues C9ORF72-related ALS and FTD phenotypes. Science, 391(6785), eadv2600. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv2600

Coaches: Biswarathan Ramani, PhD and Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD

Moderators: Jenny Liu & Jack Reid

exceptionally held at S-214 due to HVAC issue


 

Jenny Liu (student)

"TMI (Too Much Immunosuppression) for the TME: Modulating the tumor-microenvironment by depleting pro-tumor TAMs"

Mateus-Tique, J. et al. Armored macrophage-targeted CAR-T cells reset and reprogram the tumor microenvironment and control metastatic cancer growth. Cancer Cell 44, 534-550.e11 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2025.12.021

Coaches: Greg Allen, MD, PhD and Roarke Kamber, PhD

Anjeli Mase (student)

"Taking the backroads: IFNy closes melanoma’s metastatic highway"

Karakousi, T., et al. (2026). IFNγ-dependent metabolic reprogramming restrains an immature, pro-metastatic lymphatic state in melanoma. Cancer Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2025.12.019

Coaches: Karin Pelka, PhD and Greg Allen, PhD

Moderators: Chang Liu & Alessandra Veinbachs


 

Barbara Perez (student)

"The Targets Were There All Along: Ultra Sensitive Receptors Unlock a New Class of Solid Tumor Targets"

Coaches: Justin Eyquem, PhD and Greg Allen, MD, PhD
 

Annika Mittelhauser (student)

"Feel the BEAT: Bispecific Exosome Activators of T Cells Orchestrate an Attack on Metastatic Melanoma"

Liu, S., Liu, M., Wang, Z. et al. Engineering bispecific exosome activators of T cells to target immune checkpoint inhibitor-resistant metastatic melanoma. Nat Biotechnol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02890-8

Coaches: Matt Spitzer, PhD and Zach Steinhart, PhD

Moderators: Ana Coutlakis & Leighton Pu


 

Leighton Pu (student)

"Just relax: how unwinding reduces metastatic potential"

Bai, Y., et al (2026). Epigenetic regulation of chromosomal instability by EZH2 methyltransferase. Cancer Discovery, 16(1), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0947

Coaches: Jonathan Chou, PhD and Joe Costello, PhD

Claire Rammel (student)

"Anti-Viral, Pro-Injury, The MAVS Paradox in Ischemic Heart Disease"

Kang, Z., Yang, M., Liu, Y. et al. Myocardial mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein promotes heart Ischemia-reperfusion injury via RIG-I signaling in mice. Nat Commun 16, 5101 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60123-7. 

Coaches: Michael Alexanian, PhD and Alexis Combes, PhD

Moderators: Barbara Perez & Daniel Zhang


 

Alessandra Veinbachs (student)

"Phone-a-(long distance) friend: Lesion-remote astrocytes support microglial white matter repair"

McCallum, S., Suresh, K.B., Islam, T.S. et al. Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair. Nature 649, 959–970 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09887-y

Coaches: Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD and Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD

Jack Reid (student)

"Color Theory: Fine-tuned Control of Cell Decisions"

An, B., Tang, TC., Zhang, Q. et al. Synthetic circuits for cell ratio control. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10259-3

Coaches: Julia Carnevale, MD and Roarke Kamber, PhD

Moderators: Anjeli Mase & Sena Cinar


 

Hana Takei (student)

"The Claudin-LILRB2 axis: Hijacking Myeloid Immunity in Cancer"

Liu, X., Huang, R., Ku, Z., Xie, J., Chen, H., et al. (2026). Claudins interact with LILRB immune inhibitory receptors to promote myeloid immunosuppression in cancer. Science Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adt7832

Coaches: Oscar Aguilar, PhD and Jonathan Chou, MD, PhD

Mina Takegami (student)

TBD

Huang X, Feng D, Mitra S, et al. Opposing functions of distinct regulatory T cell subsets in colorectal cancer. Immunity, 2025; 59, 145-160.e9

Coaches: Karin Pelka, PhD and Matt Spitzer, PhD

Moderators: Charles Crain & Zimo Zhang