Learning immunology from mothers and babies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The maternal-fetal dyad can reveal strategies for improving pregnancy outcomes, but also how immunology works applicable to many other physiological contexts @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social

Learning immunology from mothers and babies

Pregnancy is an immunological marvel allowing intimate approximation between genetically discordant tissues of maternal and fetal origin. Shared immun…

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You asked, we answered — this time for our united #FreemanHrabowski Scholars and #HannaGray Fellows programs. A warm welcome into who's eligible, how the programs connect, and more, from our very own Science Program team members Mary Bonds & Lucy Corcoran. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/fhs26 🧪

Allergen sensitization drives CCR8-dependent trafficking of ILC2s to lymph nodes, where they provide early IL-4 signals that selectively promote Tfh13 cells www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @cp-immunity.bsky.social @gowthaman.bsky.social @umasschan.bsky.social

Despite general systemic immune modulation during reproduction, the maternal intestine undergoes remodelling to strengthen innate defense to protect mothers & offspring from pathogens @nature.com @princeton.edu @aiinglim.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really enjoyed reading this!! Thank you so much for highlighting our work and for the thoughtful, constructive feedback that helped strengthen our study!!

Sing Sing Way@babiesresearch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Protective maternal gut instincts www.nature.com/articles/d41... So thankful to @nature.com for the opportunity to highlight another exciting example of immunology learned from mothers, “protective maternal gut instincts” by @aiinglim.bsky.social @princetonmolbio.bsky.social

LIMmunity 2nd brew: Motherhood comes with superpower: pathogen protection! 🤰🤱 www.nature.com/articles/s41... We often think moms are immunologically vulnerable during reproduction to tolerate the baby. But I always wondered: why would evolution make such a critical period of life so dangerous?

📢🎉@hhmi-science.bsky.social HHMI competition for the next cohorts of #HannaGray Fellows and #FreemanHrabowski Scholars opening 11/3/2026. Senior postdocs and faculty within 7 years of appointment. Up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Spread the word and consider applying! bit.ly/4vhC0LA

Lim lab investigates: Helminth worm-infected mice give birth to pups with elevated anti-viral defenses in their lungs, leaving them more resistant to infection by respiratory viruses such as influenza and RSV. What causes these protective effects? molbio.princeton.edu/news/2026/wh...

What is lost is not lost

Lim lab investigates: Helminth worm-infected mice give birth to pups who have elevated anti-viral defenses in their lungs, leaving them more resistant to infection with respiratory viruses such as inf...

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We found maternal helminth infection can promote antiviral immunity in offspring 🤱🪱 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... Don’t worry, we are not suggesting we reinfect everyone with worms! Instead, we identified a microbiota-derived metabolite, Indole-3-propionic acid, that enhances antiviral immunity!

Maternal helminths rewire the microbiota to promote offspring antiviral immunity

Fernandes et al. show that maternal helminths, long-standing mammalian partners, confer antiviral immunity to offspring via the microbiota-derived metabolite indole-3-propionic acid (IPA). This work r...

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New preprint to share! Incredible collab w/ Fei Chen’s lab: developed in vivo CRISPR screening platform for 🫁 epithelium, allowing single cell perturbation in post-flu repair. Take a peek to see what we found! Huge congrats to the leaders of this work @daisyah.bsky.social & @sundakao.bsky.social 🎉

We are hiring! The Brown Lab is looking for a computational biologist to join our team. If you enjoy working with single-cell and spatial genomics data and want to study how immune cells develop and function, we’d love to hear from you! Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Bioinformatics Specialist I - Brown Lab

Primary Work Address: 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. About the Lab The Brown Laboratory studies how the tissue microenviron...

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🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Seeking expertise in spatial metabolite imaging and/or mass spectrometry to study how host metabolism shapes immune responses. If you're creative, collegial, and excited to push boundaries, we’d love to hear from you. Please share! 🔗 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Newark, New Jersey (US) job with Dr Tania Wong | 12848863

Rutgers is currently seeking a Postdoc Research Scientist to join the Center for Immunity and Inflammation (CII) at the New Jersey Medical School.

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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI

The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.

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The Zwick Lab website is live! 🔬🌀🌈
Check out our research and team at www.zwicklab.org

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Our organs don’t just grow once – they grow with us. While some are more adaptable than others, many remodel throughout life to meet the body’s changing needs, from daily challenges to the extraordina...

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When Macrophages Disappear, Skin Blood Vessels Age! Check out our new study @nature.com that uncovers how the loss of capillary-associated macrophages with age blocks vessel repair and blood flow, revealing a new cellular trigger of tissue aging. #Aging #Immunology 👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Niche-specific dermal macrophage loss promotes skin capillary ageing - Nature

Capillary-associated macrophages are selectively lost over time, contributing to impaired vascular repair and reduced tissue perfusion in older mice.

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Actively hiring! Video made by Sora-2 but the job post is 100% real. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Scripps Research@scripps.edu · 10mo ago

Scripps Research Associate Prof. Xin Jin (@xinjin.bsky.social) has been named one of only 30 @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, recognized for advancing genomic tools—including in vivo Perturb-seq—to map how genes shape brain circuits and uncover clues to neurological disease and brain health.

The American Association of Immunologists AAI meeting will be in Boston, April 15-19, 2026. Come join me and @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social at this exciting Symposium on Early life immune development. Submit your abstracts by October 15th! immunology2026.aai.org/session/earl...

Early Life Immune Development and Function   - IMMUNOLOGY2026™

Time: 8:00 - 11:30 AM Chairs: Chrysothemis C. Brown, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., USA Petter Brodin, Imperial Col. London and Karolinska Inst., GBR, SWE

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Abstract submissions are open for the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists @midwinter-immun.bsky.social!! www.midwconfimmunol.org The Early Bird Registration deadline is Nov 14, 2025. There will be lots of Selected Abstract talks so submit an abstract to be considered!

LIMmunity is growing! 🤰🤱👶 We are looking for curious & driven postdocs to join us at @princetonmolbio.bsky.social & HHMI to explore the fascinating world of maternal-offspring immune partnerships! Come be part of our collaborative team! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Postdoctoral Scientist- Lim Lab

Primary Work Address: Dept of Molecular Biology, Princeton, NJ, 08544 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Lim Lab at Princeton University is seeking an energetic,...

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Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America's attention- by Aaron Mertz and yours truly.

Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · last yr.

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@kristantunes.bsky.social from our lab will talk about how maternal helminth infection provide immune education to offspring at #AAI2025, check it out!

Krist Antunes Fernandes@kristantunes.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to be speaking at #IMMUNOLOGY2025 in Hawaii 🌺🏝️ Join me Monday at 7:00 AM in the Block Symposium Regulation of Mucosal Immunity to learn more about Maternal Immune Education with a twist of microbiota. 😉 Let’s talk immunology over ☕️! See you there! #AAI2025

I am very excited to share our article on IFNg, stroma and disease tolerance during intestinal helminth infection published today in Cell. This work was lead by the amazing @susanwestfall.bsky.social and supported by many international collaborators. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection

Type 1 immunity mediates host defense through pathogen elimination, but whether this pathway also impacts tissue function is unknown. Here, we demonst…

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Interested in graduate training in molecular and cellular biology? Consider the MolBio Scholars program. A fully funded visit to Princeton to learn about grad admissions, meet MolBio faculty, postdocs, and grad students, and attend the departmental retreat. molbio.princeton.edu/graduate/mol...

Immunologists and neuroscientists collaborate to show experience of cold temps leaves a lasting impression on the brain. In Nature paper today by labs of Princeton's Lydia Lynch @lydialynch.bsky.social and Trinity College Dubin's Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...

Cold comforts: animals form memories about temperature

The experience of cold temperatures leaves a lasting impression on the brain, according to a new study published April 23, 2035 in the journal Nature. The study was conducted through a collaborative e...

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Check out my substack about my experience with @standupforscience.bsky.social ! biologylife.substack.com/p/courage

Courage

How my mom inspired me to Stand up for Science

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