Venus Hagan & Adam Fillion

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