Courtney Tamaki & Joy Okoro

Courtney Tamaki (student)

"Neutrophils physically interact with tumor cells to form a signaling niche promoting breast cancer aggressiveness"

Camargo, S., Moskowitz, O., Giladi, A. et al. Neutrophils physically interact with tumor cells to form a signaling niche promoting breast cancer aggressiveness. Nat Cancer (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-025-00924-3

Coaches: Clifford Lowell, MD, PhD and Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD

Joy Okoro (student)

"Mycobacterium tuberculosis resisters despite HIV exhibit activated T cells and macrophages in their pulmonary alveoli"

Dallmann-Sauer M, Fava VM, et al. Mycobacterium tuberculosis resisters despite HIV exhibit activated T cells and macrophages in their pulmonary alveoli. J Clin Invest. 2025 Jan 21:e188016. doi: 10.1172/JCI188016. 

Coaches: Sara Suliman, PhD and Rachel Rutishauser, PhD

Moderator: Joseph Moreno & Anthony Khalifeh

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