The Young Chapter of th Latin American Mucosal Immunology Group e (LAMIGos), focused on connecting scientists interested in mucosal immunology across LATAM
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Our 2026 second semester is almost here!
Before we kick off our new season, catch up on your favorite Global Immunotalks seminars—or discover ones you may have missed!
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🚀 Full speed ahead, LAMIGos! Today's seminar with Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) was a GREAT! We brought together up to 70 people from Latin America all the way to Japan! Thank you to everyone who joined us! And see you next time!
So what does this tell us?
The pancreas is not a simple digestive gland !! It can also mediate intestinal mucosal barrier protection - In other words, the pancreas is also a layer of mucosal immunity!
Today at our LAMIGos journal club, Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) shared with us details of his first visit to the Amazon rainforest: What struck him most? Its biodiversity. One of the richest ecosystems on Earth. Just like our gut microbiota! 🧵
In this context, his lab has been studying how GP2 (glycoprotein 2), a protein secreted by the pancreas, binds to adherent-invasive E. coli in the gut lumen, promoting bacterial aggregation and, as a result, limiting infection and ameliorating colitis +
We are excited to invite you to the next LAMIGos Journal Club!! Next month, we will welcome Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) from Chiba University, Japan. We hope to see you all!
Join us on zoom📍https://t.co/hqz6fdwbyr
Room code: 013457
LAMIGos on X: "We are excited to invite you to the next LAMIGos Journal Club!! Next month, we will welcome Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) from Chiba University, Japan. We hope to see you all! Join us on zoom📍https://t.co/hqz6fdwbyr
@LAMIG_os This is not a shop. It’s my house, filled with so many wonderful memories from the Amazon. 🇧🇷
I’d also love to share a little about the international collaborations we’re building between our university🇯🇵and Brazil. If you’re interested in studying abroad🇯🇵, I’d be happy to chat!
We are excited to invite you to the next LAMIGos Journal Club!! Next month, we will welcome Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) from Chiba University, Japan. We hope to see you all!
Join us on zoom📍https://t.co/hqz6fdwbyr
Room code: 013457
We are excited to invite you to the next LAMIGos Journal Club!! Next month, we will welcome Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) from Chiba University, Japan. We hope to see you all!
Join us on zoom📍https://t.co/hqz6fdwbyr
Room code: 013457
We are excited to invite you to the next LAMIGos Journal Club!! Next month, we will welcome Professor Yosuke Kurashima (@KurashimaLab) from Chiba University, Japan. We hope to see you all!
Join us on zoom📍https://t.co/hqz6fdwbyr
Room code: 013457
Winds of change for LAMIG and a new Journal Club! A young chapter was created and is already shaping up a new LAMIG. We would like to invite you to attend the first session of our new Journal Club initiative, "LAMIGos". Please join us tomorrow!
Registration is now open for the 2026 SMI Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course, taking place in-person at #ICMI2026, Monday, July 13. Enjoy sessions focusing on both scientific and career development topics.
Register now and save! https://t.co/Qcy4NSW4Zq
#MucosalImmunology
Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, December 10th, at 9am PST, noon EST, 5pm GMT by Dr. Brian Kim.
Title: “Sensing Inflammation at the Barrier”
ZOOM LINK: https://t.co/NLHvXAmaNq
LIVE ON YOUTUBE: https://t.co/oeHYAkS4wt
It’s #MucosalMonday and time for the latest @societymucosalimm.bsky.social podcast episode! This episode features gamma delta T cell work in MI from @EdelblumLab ; and an interview with @Ashu_Mangalam on microbial dysbiosis during #MutlipleSchlerosis.