Taia Wang Laboratory

Taia Wang Laboratory

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How antibodies orchestrate the immune response. https://www.taiawanglaboratory.com/

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Taia Wang Laboratory
@wanglaboratory.bsky.social

Adaptive immune regulation of innate immunity ✨ the paradigm has been innate immune regulation of adaptive immunity but the relationship is bidirectional. So much to discover and learn here. www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

cell.comSialylated IgG induces the transcription factor REST in alveolar macrophages to protect against lung inflammation and severe influenza diseaseAnti-inflammatory sialylated IgG is enriched in younger people and in mild influenza patients. Chakraborty, Yik-Ling Cheng, Edwards, Gonzalez, et al. define a mechanism by which sialylated IgG induces...

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 16 @ 3pm ET. Faculty in US and Canada are eligible to apply Grant Amount: $505,000 over five years More information here: buff.ly/mBR4XST #bwfpath

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Immunity
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Online now: Pharmacologic glycoengineering of Fcγ receptor IIIa enhances force-resistant IgG-FcγR interactions and anti-tumor antibody efficacy

dlvr.itPharmacologic glycoengineering of Fcγ receptor IIIa enhances force-resistant IgG-FcγR interactions and anti-tumor antibody efficacyTherapeutic monoclonal antibodies are central to cancer treatment but often show incomplete efficacy. Cheng et al. demonstrate that transient host-cell glycoengineering to reduce N-glycan trimming strengthens IgG-FcγRIIIa bond resilience under vascular flow forces and potentiates therapeutic antibody efficacy in lymphoma and melanoma models. This study establishes force durability as an optimization parameter for therapeutic antibodies beyond the affinity-centric paradigm.
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Sarah Cobey
@cobey.bsky.social

I received a surprising and disturbing request from NIH on Friday. They wrote to cancel a subaward to Hong Kong on one of my grants. (This was disturbing but not surprising.) They also ordered us not to interact with our collaborators in Hong Kong on any work under the award:

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public health guy
@publichealthguy1.bsky.social

nancy cox was a true public health hero. a brilliant and dedicated civil servant who worked diligently for decades to protect the public's health. she saved a lot of lives, and did so in the background

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social

The world of influenza science has lost one of its giants. Nancy Cox, who led #CDC's flu division for years & worked assiduously to improve global flu surveillance, died Thursday. I learned a ton from Nancy Cox. RIP. www.statnews.com/2026/04/25/n...

statnews.comNancy Cox, a CDC veteran and a stalwart in global flu research, dies at 77Nancy Cox, a CDC veteran who for decades was a global leader in influenza research, has died at 77.
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Taia Wang Laboratory
@wanglaboratory.bsky.social

Also critical, collaborations with our fantastic bioengineering colleagues, Wendy Thomas and Casey Kiyohara, University of Washington, who guided the development of a new fluidics platform to study how shear stress shapes IgG–FcR interactions.

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Marion Pepper
@marionpepper.bsky.social

Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by acute, intermittent, recurrent episodes of airway inflammation. A decade of work developing the tools, techniques and collaborations needed to figure out how CD4+ T cells in the lungs propagate disease can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

biorxiv.orgTertiary lymphoid structures support the development of allergen-specific progenitor CD4+ T cellsTissue-resident memory CD4+ T cells (TRM) are key sentinels of the adaptive immune response that provide a rapid, robust inflammatory response upon reactivation in non-lymphoid tissues. While CD4+ TRM...

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Angie Rasmussen
@angierasmussen.bsky.social

Congratulations to the great Kanta Subbarao—the unanimous choice of the awards committee to receive the Edward Jenner Award! Nobody is more deserving for her contributions to developing vaccines for bird flu & other emerging respiratory pathogens. #19vaccinecongress

Taia Wang Laboratory
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Assistant professors studying immunity to infectious disease - don’t miss this opportunity! The BWF PATH program supports innovative research on molecular and/or systemic mechanisms that influence outcomes of pathogen exposure. @bwfund.bsky.social Learn more & apply: www.bwfund.org/funding-oppo...

bwfund.orgInvestigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/announc... #bwfpath

bwfund.orgAnnouncing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome FundDURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of…

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Jake Janey
@phlogiston1.bsky.social

An amazing opportunities on my team at #VertexPharmaceuticals I’m looking for a Director in Chemistry Technology for research and preclinical #Chemsky #Chemistry #IT #Data www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... coming soon is another director level role in #HPC and data @chemjobber.bsky.social

linkedin.comVertex Pharmaceuticals hiring Director, Chemistry Technology in Boston, MA | LinkedInPosted 5:52:23 PM. Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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@LaBonneLaB
@labonnelab.bsky.social

Universities are not passive beneficiaries of government largesse. It is the federal government that depends on universities to conduct the research that keeps our nation healthy, safe and economically competitive.I discuss in the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?From public health to high-tech innovation, universities are the workhorses of national progress.

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Jake Scott, MD
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My op-ed in the Mercury News: A proposed HHS rule would delay vaccine updates and stall innovation by forcing unnecessary placebo trials. It’s bad science — and worse public health. @mercurynews.com www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/31/o...

mercurynews.comOpinion: One-size-fits-all placebo rule would slow Bay Area vaccine updatesA pending Department of Health and Human Services regulation risks harming public health and stalling innovation.

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Denis Jabaudon
@djabaudon.bsky.social

🧠Job Opening!🧠 We are opening 2️⃣! positions – bioinformatics / molecular biology – in a project studying how temporal patterns set up connectivity in human brain tissue. @institutimagine.bsky.social. Full details below, contact me for details if interested. And please retweet (re-bluesky?)!

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Peter Gleick
@petergleick.bsky.social

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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jobRxiv
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HHMI is hiring for 3 new positions! Individual job details below!👇 #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky 1/4

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Joshua Weitz
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social

Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants). scienceimpacts.org

Taia Wang Laboratory
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Please speak up now! This proposal will destroy science. NIH program officers are the unsung heroes of medical research. Their deep expertise and behind-the-scenes leadership have guided the field for decades, helping to drive the breakthroughs that improve and save lives every day.

Jon Freeman@freemanjb.bsky.social

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Shaon Sengupta
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social

The Sengupta lab is seeking research technicians to join its team. Ideal candidates must possess a passion for research and exceptional communication skills. Both early-career and experienced candidates are welcome. Email SenguptaS@chop.edu with CV and letter of interest with goals and expectations.

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John Skiles Skinner
@skiles.blue

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

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Alexander Pietras Lab
@pietraslab.bsky.social

🚨 We’re hiring a bioinformatics-focused PhD student for our ERC-funded project on recurrent GBM! Focus: tumor-supportive microenvironment 🔬 Experience with scRNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics & Python/R a plus. Must be self-motivated & driven. DM for details! Repost=❤️ lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

lu.varbi.comDoctoral Student in Tumor BiologyDescription of the workplace The research group conducts experimental research on brain tumors and is led by Associate Professor Alexander Pietras. The group consists of a bioinformatician, two postdo

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Amanda G. Henry
@phytolith.bsky.social

I am offering two 4-year PhD positions (fully funded) and a 57 month combined post-doc / project manager position as part of my NWO-Vici grant, which starts in September.

Taia Wang Laboratory
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This is encouraging—we are long time colleagues, Jeff is smart, clear-headed, and unquestionably an advocate for science and infectious disease research.

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Angie Rasmussen@angierasmussen.bsky.social

Credit where it’s due, Jeff Taubenberger is a great choice for the head of NIAID. He’s been at NIAID for years & is a terrific scientist who has done pivotal work on influenza virus, most notably reconstructing 1918. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgResearcher of 1918 flu virus takes over NIAIDJeffery Taubenberger becomes acting director of NIH’s second largest institute