Jesse Williams Lab

University of Minnesota, Center for Immunology/Physiology- Understanding the contribution of myeloid cells in atherosclerosis

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Our newest PhD student, Ian Alhberg, received the Hemingway award from the IBP department for top GPA of the first year students! Congrats Ian on a great start to grad school!

[Autumn Immunology Conference @autumnimmuno]

Abstracts for AIC2026 are due on September 18th! What will you be presenting?

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

@kat_howe @NatureComms @SRBotts @FishLab_UHN We did this in our (typically macrophage-focused) journal club a few weeks ago- awesome paper and beautiful images! Congrats

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

We had a going away party for Gage last week as he transitions into an industry research position. Congrats and good luck Gage!

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

🚨Preprint Alert! We have a new manuscript out, Adrenal Gland Macrophage-derived TGF-β Governs Vascular Permeability to Drive Monocyte Recruitment during Stress! This is Yingzheng's final paper from his dissertation, studying Mac-EC interactions in the AG

https://t.co/yZLatNEVW3

[CFI-UMN @CFI_UMN]

🚨 We’re hiring! Assistant Professor in Immunology @ UMN
CFI + LMP seek researchers (including but not limited to inflammation, infection, cancer, neuro, systems immunology).
📍 https://t.co/eJpOlET8W8
🧪 Job ID: 373424
Please share!
#Immunology #AcademicJobs#FacultyJobs

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Received the UMN Land Grant Professorship in Cardiovascular Immunology this week! Thanks to my department for their support and my lab’s hard work to get this far. Look for our new papers later this year! 👨‍🏫🧬🔬

[Jeff Hsu, MD, PhD @JeffHsuMD]

🚨 AHA/ATVB Members:

ATVB Membership Committee will be hosting a Town Hall with @KateyRayner, incoming Chair of the @ATVBCouncil

Hear her vision for the @AHAScience community ATVB & let her know what matters most to you!

📅 April 2 | 5 PM ET
Register:
https://t.co/LP4aIDRdWT

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Delayed post - We celebrated Ian's successful rotation in the Williams Lab (@UMN_IBP ). We hope he will be returning for his PhD thesis work in a few months to study the role of macrophages in stress! @AnchorFoodTruck

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

New review article out with Art Yurdagul’s group! ATVB— More Than a Cleanup Crew: The Expanding Biology of Efferocytosis

https://t.co/yf3ZUdyVCu

[Nature Rev Immunol @NatRevImmunol]

Guidelines for T cell nomenclature https://t.co/93buC8Ur0a

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

We had great representation at the WISER conference last week. Sophomore undergrad Omer presented his first poster and Gage gave a really nice talk on foam cells! @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP

[Tony Verkerke @TVerkerke]

Faculty Positions in Integrative Physiology https://t.co/xeh9vRpx7N

[UMN Integrative Biology & Physiology @UMN_IBP]

We are accepting applications for fall 2026 for the PhD graduate program in Physiology. Come and join an amazing group of students and faculty! https://t.co/FHjlT81Vm8

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Congrats Yingzheng Xu, PhD on your successful and very impressive oral defense!! 🔬🎉

[CFI-UMN @CFI_UMN]

Congratulations Dr. Yingzheng Xu (@Lab__Williams ) on your successful thesis defense!! 🎉 🎓

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Williams Lab annual pumpkin carving! 🎃👻🐈‍⬛😈🌓 spooky! 🎃 @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

ATVB ECC Webinar starts in a few hours! Sign up!

[ATVB Early Career Committee @ATVBEarlyCareer]

Our latest career development webinar is on Wednesday October 22nd!

Register here:
https://t.co/Ezqjmlg9Wh

[Xavier Revelo @Xavier_Revelo]

The latest from our lab in the cover of @CircRes: Macrophage-derived CCL24 exacerbates fibrosis and impairs cardiac function via CCR3. Work led by Preethy Parthiban in collaboration with Jop van Berlo's lab.

Open access:
https://t.co/tPelmwVeWv

[Jesse Williams Lab @Lab__Williams]

Congrats to 4th year MICaB student Hannah Hillman on her NIH F31 award! @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP