

Rachel Wolfson
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@rlwolfson
Assistant Professor @HarvardCellBio studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of visceral sensation (https://t.co/wFtJUGflB1)










been thinking a lot about vaccine inequality lately — this piece is the result of working with NYT reporters across more than a dozen countries (and lots of U.S. states!) looking at who is eligible vs. who is actually being vaccinated nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Very excited to share our work on IL-10 out today in @ScienceMagazine! We solved the cryo-EM structure of the IL-10 receptor complex and used it to design myeloid-selective IL-10 variants that uncouple its pro- and anti-inflammatory effects science.sciencemag.org/content/371/65…

A great day to point out that several fantastic women scientists, including @yasesancak, @rlwolfson, @XinGu0317, Lynne Chantranupong, and Shuyu Wang, have driven what is likely our most important work—nutrient-sensing by mTOR. #InternationalWomenDay2021



Excited to we debut MelanoIP, a new method for rapidly purifying melanosomes! With MelanoIP, we elucidate the function of MFSD12, a recently discovered pigmentation protein. nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are very sad that @AngelikaAmon, first generation PhD student at the IMP, former IMP board member, and lifelong friend of the house, has lost her battle against cancer. Her contributions to science form a lasting legacy we are grateful for. Our thoughts are with her family.

Finally out! Our work describing parallel ascending spinal pathways for affective touch and pain now out in @nature. Huge thanks to Koerber/Ross @decouvriez labs and Junichi now at @spinalcordgroup for awesome collaboration! and all other authors too! nature.com/articles/s4158…

It's been an absolutely stellar week for the Sokol Lab! Our group’s first paper is now online at @ImmunityCP. In this paper @MdPerner @theILCguy & @XuepingZhu show that sensory neurons detect allergens and activate DCs to initiate allergic immunity. (1/x) cell.com/immunity/fullt…

So great to put this out! Many years in the making. We used #CRISPR screens to find #mTORC1 regulators and clarified how #mitochondria "talk" to mTORC1. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
