Venus Hagan & Adam Fillion

Venus Hagan (student)

"Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function"

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