Its NOA day!!! truly thrilled to share that I have been awarded the prestigious K99/R00 from NIDDK/NIH to continue studying mucosal immunology. Thank you Doug Kwon and Omer Yilmaz for your unwavering support. Leah Froehle without you this was not possible

Wonderful work Meilin Zhu! And thanks to all our fantastic collaborators!

In a recent Science Magazine publication, researchers from Ragon Institute MGH Division of Infectious Diseases and colleagues found a link between smoking and the immune cells that invade the lungs, and it may increase the risk of tuberculosis.

Read more: massgeneral.org/news/press-rel… MedoffLab Doug Kwon

This Friday JAN-5 (8am US ET) PhD Upasana DasAdhikari presents her #HIV #research in progress “Immunometabolic regulation of mucosal CD8+T cells on the intestinal barrier integrity of people with HIV on ART” Harvard Medical School Doug Kwon Ragon Institute MGH Division of Infectious Diseases info at conta.cc/48EBuLs

Congrats to lead authors Bjorn Corleis and Constantine Tzouanas for wonderful work elucidating mechanisms by which smoking increases TB risk. Yet another reason not to 🚬

Wonderful and very deserved recognition of your work Meilin Zhu

UKZN’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine is hosting the first of its Data Science for Biology workshop series. Attended by novice and seasoned researchers, this week’s interactive three-day workshop is teaching delegates Reproducible Data Analysis using R Programming

Be a vagina superhero! Pre-menopausal people in/near Boston who have never had BV and want to donate vaginal fluid to improve #BVtreatment - contact us! motifstudy.org Doug Kwon Smita Gopinath Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology

This is what happens when you tell your #postdoc that he’s charge while you’re going to an international conference. New path to 2x productivity! #whoworeitbetter #instantpromotion #helpinghand #twinning instagram.com/p/CqQblEUu6on/…

Postdoc fellow Upasana DasAdhikari (Mucosal Immunology specializing in organoids modelling of human host microbiota interface) Doug Kwon Ragon Institute presents her #HIV Research. Mass General Research Institute Africa Health Research Institute Brigham and Women’s Infectious Diseases MIT Biology Alison E Ringel. Join virtually or in person @ conta.cc/3ZhDUuT

So pleased for this first publication from our #VMT group - donor recruitment, screening and collection protocol, and analysis of donations from 1st 3 donors.
rdcu.be/cYAS8 Doug Kwon Laura Yockey Fatima Aysha Hussain Seth Bloom Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology

Despite a 40-50% 6-month success rate for #bacterialvaginosis treatment, recommendations haven’t fundamentally changed since 1982. Pretty sure penis discharge would have a cure by now...Lets find something better! motifstudy.org Doug Kwon Fatima Aysha Hussain Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology

Great opportunity for promising physician-scientists to accelerate your pathway to independence!

Always a pleasure to work with Tulio de Oliveira , krisp , San Emmanuel James, PhD , and the Handley Lab WUSTL Immunology!

The KRISP team have enjoyed a very interesting few days at the Exploratory Data Analysis Workshop. All leads to better #research design!

Upasana in her element ;)

San Emmanuel James, PhD Yusasha Pillay Derek Tshiabuila #capacitybuilding #Bioinformatics

University of KZN Africa Health Research Institute Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI)

Great to see a full house attending the Exploratory Data Analysis Workshop in Durban. San Emmanuel James, PhD currently lecturing. #capacitybuilding #Bioinformatics

See full schedule here:
eda-workshop-durban-2022.org

University of KZN Africa Health Research Institute

Doug Kwon has strong representation at #idsogmtg ! IDSOG Fatima Aysha Hussain

Hoping this work will start to provide some answers for #bv ! If you have #recurrentbv and live within driving distance of #Boston , enrollment is open! Nation’s first vaginal fluid transplants offer hope for millions wbur.fm/3A0bdsC via WBUR Doug Kwon IDSOG Fatima Aysha Hussain

Thanks Tulio de Oliveira for sharing! Wonderful to be working with you, handleylab, and Joseph Elshirbini on putting this together with SANTHE Harvard CFAR Ragon Institute Africa Health Research Institute CAPRISA and Gates Foundation. Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…