Xin Liu

Online now: Long-lived IgE plasma cells that reside in the spleen contribute to the persistence of the IgE response dlvr.it/TP18C4

Prof. Chen Ning Yang, a world-renowned physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor at Tsinghua University, and Honorary Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Tsinghua University, passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 103. His life stands as a timeless chapter in human history—one that shines not only for China but for the global community of thinkers and innovators. His legacy will live on forever.

Interdisciplinary immunologists at all levels WANTED! Faculty recruitment at Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University, Beijing. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

Our new review on the mechanoregulation of cytotoxic lymphocytes is out in Nature Reviews Immunology! nature.com/articles/s4157…

Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, January 15th, at 9am PST, noon EST, 4pm GMT by Dr. Jenny Ting. Title: “Importance of Innate Immune Receptors in Innate and Adaptive Immunity” LINK: ucsd.zoom.us/j/91053505061

Selective killing of plasma cell clones using splice-switching oligonucleotides targeting immunoglobulin variable exons. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_immuno

@globalimmuno @immunospeaker That was a wonderful talk! I wonder if you see those triads in autoimmune diseases?

Please ask questions for today's Global Immunotalk by Dr. Andrea Schietinger HERE by replying to this tweet. Don't forget to mention #globalimmuno. Andrea will use the account @immunospeaker to answer questions.

An interesting mechanism for central tolerance. It echoes with the recent study from Hai @Qi_Tsinghua , that a significant portion of spontaneous Tfh and Tfr cells recognizes B cell-derived antigens. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Big congrats to Elisa on both! 🥳 It's always interesting to see how T cells interact with their targets.

The recorded video of Dr. Antonio Lanzavecchia seminar entitled Dissecting human antibody responses: useful, basic and surprising findings is now available at “Global Immunotalks” YouTube Channel youtu.be/azjdWVfzVzQ Hope you enjoy it! #globalimmuno #immunology

Killer T cells are beautiful! This high resolution/rapid acquisition video of a T cell attacking a lymphoma cancer cell was captured on a specialized Lattice Light Sheet microscope with the help of my wonderful collaborators @HHMIJanelia. See more details in the thread below.

@huselab @ScienceTM Congratulations!

Our new paper in @ScienceTM (front cover!!!!) demonstrates the expression of microRNA miR-200c in CD8+ T cells (our fav) as a method of anti-cancer therapy! miR-200c was associated with epigenetic changes in the T cells that promoted persistence in vivo. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Concerns about the staying power of Covid-19 immunity “are confused and mistaken,” write @VirusesImmunity and @RMedzhitov nyti.ms/2Xg7Iue

We proposed similar studies at the beginning of February but got turned down by the university (no surprise). Glad that this is done by people more skilled and resouceful. And this could well be the first "real" and specific treatment against Covid-19. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Would be interesting to see the results. I am always wondering about the variability in different people. But what if previous immunity to other coronavirus is a stronger factor?

Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday 5/6 at 9am PST noon EST 4pm GMT by Dr. Hai Qi Title: "Regulation of the antibody response: from sex to the brain" LINK: ucsd.zoom.us/j/91053505061 Recordings: youtube.com/channel/UCXn0y… Please distribute info/poster🙏