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The Spectacular Collection

Celebrating the Work of Groundbreaking Labs

The Spectacular Collection is the newest collection of RSN where members from expert labs in their respective field talk about their latest discovery. These labs have made groundbreaking discoveries and their work has been published in top journals such as Nature, Cell, and Science. Our talented scientists range from first to corresponding authors. We will be updating this collection every couple weeks so be sure to check back here often.

Medium-density amorphous ice

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Medium-density amorphous ice

Dr Micheal Davies from University College London and the University of Cambridge tells us the latest of a new form of ice that is suspected to be found in space.

Disruption of the IL-33-ST2-AKT signaling axis impairs neurodevelopment by inhibiting microglial metabolic adaptation and phagocytic function

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Disruption of the IL-33-ST2-AKT signaling axis impairs neurodevelopment by inhibiting microglial metabolic adaptation and phagocytic function

Dr Vijay K. Kuchroo from Brigham and Women's hospital and Harvard Medical School describes how IL-33-ST2-AKT signaling is important for neurodevelopment and explains the implication of this axis in neuropsychiatric disorders. Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Stem-like intestinal Th17 cells give rise to pathogenic effector T cells during autoimmunity

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Stem-like intestinal Th17 cells give rise to pathogenic effector T cells during autoimmunity

Dr Kuchroo from Brigham and Women's hospital and Harvard Medical School describe how a specific population of Th17 cells serves as a reservoir for pathogenic Th17 cells contributing to the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis. Link of full article: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01333-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867421013337%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Germinal centre-driven maturation of B cell response to mRNA vaccination

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Germinal centre-driven maturation of B cell response to mRNA vaccination

Dr Jackson Turner from Ali Ellebedy lab at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes the evolution of B-cells following vaccination against Covid-19. Read the full article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04527-1 Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes

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A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes

Dr Casanova from the Rockefeller University and University of Paris Cité discusses his latest findings regarding autosomal recessive IFNAR1 deficiency and it's impact o susceptibility of disease development found in the population of Western Polynesia. Read the full article https://rupress.org/jem/article/219/6/e20220028/213170/A-loss-of-function-IFNAR1-allele-in-Polynesia Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Human epigenetic and transcriptional T cell differentiation atlas for identifying functional T cell-specific enhancer

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Human epigenetic and transcriptional T cell differentiation atlas for identifying functional T cell-specific enhancer

Dr Josephine Giles from John Wherry's lab at University of Pennsylvania describes her latest findings on novel epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of human T cells and the application on different diseases. Read the full article https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(22)00084-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS107476132200084X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Massively parallel phenotyping of coding variants in cancer with Perturb-seq

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Massively parallel phenotyping of coding variants in cancer with Perturb-seq

Dr Oana Orsu from Dr Aviv Regev lab at Genentech describes her latest findings on determining the function of a particular mutation from a specific target in the context of Cancer using the genetic approach Perturb-Seq. Read the full article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-021-01160-7 Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Cerebrospinal fluid regulates skull bone marrow niches via direct access through dural channels

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Cerebrospinal fluid regulates skull bone marrow niches via direct access through dural channels

The lab of Dr Jonathan Kipnis from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis presents recent findings on how the CNS communicated to recruit de novo immune cells, upon spinal injury. Read the full article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01029-1 Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost in vaccinated macaques elicits similar B cell expansion, neutralizing responses, and protection from Omicron

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mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost in vaccinated macaques elicits similar B cell expansion, neutralizing responses, and protection from Omicron

Dr Matthew Gagne from Dr Daniel Douek lab speaks of his latest findings on the benefits of a vaccine boost using the original vs the Omicron strain. Read the full article https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00388-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867422003889%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells

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High-affinity, neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can be made without T follicular helper cells

In this video, Jennifer Chen from the Eisenbarth Lab in collaboration with Wilen lab at Yale University tells us their latest findings on different types of T- follicular helper cells and role in the context of infectious diseases. Read the full article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8977051/ Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

Let's Prime and Boost!

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Let's Prime and Boost!

Professor Akiko Iwasaki from Yale School of Medicine describes an efficient strategy called Prime and Boost to increase immune responses against Covid-19. Read the full article https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.24.477597v1 Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

The Use of Boosters in Response to Latest Covid-19 Variants

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The Use of Boosters in Response to Latest Covid-19 Variants

Professor Akiko Iwasaki from Yale University details her latest studies on the antibody response induction against latest Sars-CoV-II variants in the context of vaccination and the use of boosters. This is the first out of 2 interviews. Read the full article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938264/ Review & Win! Please go to this link: shorturl.at/txLP7

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