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Excited to share our most recent pre-print on the role of mycoviruses in triggering the antifungal MAVS-dependent interferon response and their role in regulating chronic allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) disease severity. biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

#WeekendRead! #InterferonPower! Cook, Green &co show @JCellBiol that macrophage cell #volume controls their inflammatory response & that macrophage #swelling increases IFN induction synergizing with pathogen-associated molecular pathways! doi.org/10.1083/jcb.20…

🚨 We’re hiring! Assistant Professor in Immunology @ UMN CFI + LMP seek researchers (including but not limited to inflammation, infection, cancer, neuro, systems immunology). 📍 hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job 🧪 Job ID: 373424 Please share! #Immunology #AcademicJobs#FacultyJobs

@DaneParkerLab @Rutgers_NJMS Congratulations!!

Pleased to announce I have received tenure at @Rutgers_NJMS !

@AnukulShenoy @motile_microbe @bmoore_beth @robertpdickson @UMMicroImmuno @UM_PCCM Congratulations!

Truly honored to receive this award. Seeing the amazing people who’ve received it in the past is humbling; I hope to live up to the legacy! Special thanks to my mentors (Jay Mizgerd & @motile_microbe), supporters (@bmoore_beth, @robertpdickson), lab, @UMMicroImmuno & @UM_PCCM! 🙏

Trained Immunity friends, we are excited to see you in Montreal in the Fall ! Register w the early bird rate 🫶

Latest data from the lab out now in mBio. We show that the antibiotic vancomycin directly impairs antifungal function of macrophages via mitochondrial dysfunction. Lots of lovely imaging in this one from @EbRyhmer ! Check it out here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb… #antibiotics #fungi

🚨Our newest preprint on the role of iron overload in intiating Influenza-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IAPA) that was led by recent @MCBDartmouth graduate Dr. Madeleine Grau! biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

A new study from the Dang Lab at the Ragon Institute, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, has found that the body's immune system inadvertently protects a dangerous fungus from being destroyed. Read more: ragoninstitute.org/2026/04/dang-l…

🎉🍾 Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Madeleine Grau, an @MCBDartmouth PhD student, who successful defended her thesis on the role of iron in the initiation of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA).

🗓Full list of invited speakers for 2027 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections is now online! 🍄Check out the fantastic line-up and get your application in early - this meeting is typically oversubscribed! Lots of opportunities for talks from the abstracts grc.org/immunology-of-…

Fungal diseases are notoriously difficult to treat because these often occur in the setting of impaired immunity. Improving outcomes is likely to require developing immunotherapies. The first conference devoted to this topic will occur this summer. aegeanconferences.org/conferences/203

Jennifer Hunt Named Dean of Geisel School of Medicine home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/04/j…

How outcomes in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma changed, from 1986 to 2026

In the second installment of the short series around fungal infections, Jatin Vyas MD, PhD, discusses the increase in Candida auris including its unique clades and past challenges in diagnosing this difficult-to-treat infection. @jmvyasmdphd contagionlive.com/view/understan…

Aspergillosis: An Update on Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Susceptibility, and Treatment doi.org/10.3390/jof120…

Nosocomial Fungal Infections: Epidemiology, Control Strategies, and Pr... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Role for NF-κB in #herpes #encephalitis pathology in mice genocopying an inborn error of IRF3-IFN immunity. From from Manja Idorn, Søren R. Paludan and colleagues: hubs.la/Q046VYWH0 📘 In our #InnateImmunity collection: hubs.la/Q046V_rv0 #KSInnateImmune26

Interested in immunometabolism of macrophages and metabolic crosstalk in the lung? Read my review just published in @MucosalImmunol: doi.org/10.1016/j.muci…

And @hcaneswirl’s new role as a music stand! (Photo Credit: BigZig Photography)

It’s fun to watch kids grow up in a supportive community! The oldest wouldn’t try out for a solo in band last year and now has played at 2 State Championships in front of a sold out Barre Auditorium!!l Thanks to his flute instructor for pushing him and @hcaneswirl for organizing!