Ranjani Namasivayam

Early exposure of infants born by C-Section to their mother’s vaginal #microbiome may positively impact metabolic health, #NIAID scientists say. In the study, mice transplanted with stool from the infants exposed to vaginal microbes had less abdominal fat: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques is associated with viral control prior to antigen-specific T cell responses in tissues biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_immuno

In @JExpMed, @kerryhilligan, @ranjani1005, Alan Sher and colleagues @NIAIDNews show that intravenous, but not subcutaneous, administration of #BCG protects mice against lethal #COVID19, reducing immunopathology & viral loads. bit.ly/3lTiLps #SARSCoV2 #InfectiousDisease

Excited to share our new #preprint on @biorxiv_immuno! We show that prior intravenous BCG admin, but not subcutaneous BCG, protects K18-hACE2 mice from lethal SARS-CoV-2 challenge. 🙌co-first author @ranjani1005 and team captain Alan Sher. 🧵(1/7) and link 👇

Check out our lab's first #bioRxiv submission. #Immunotherapy with PD-1 blockade makes #TB worse. Great collaboration w/ Laura Via, Bruno Andrade and Gordon Freeman (not on Twitter) and @JurajKabat @SetteLab @arlehamn @mayer_barber @ranjani1005 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…