Brehm_Lab_UMassChan

Led by Michael Brehm, PhD, our lab uses novel humanized mouse models to investigate type 1 diabetes & cancer in vivo @umasschan @umassdiabetes

[Leonardo Ferreira @enhancerleo]

Truly phenomenal meeting. Great talks and panels. Hard questions. Exciting new ideas and directions. Thank you to the Levine-Riggs Diabetes Research Symposium for bringing us all together and helping drive progress in the field! #immunologymatters #changingwhatspossible #endt1d

[Leonardo Ferreira @enhancerleo]

Delighted to speak at the Rachmiel Levine-Arthur Riggs Diabetes Research Symposium! Bracing myself for an avalanche of knowledge! #immunologymatters #endt1d

[Leonardo Ferreira @enhancerleo]

I got my first R01! $3M dollars. 5 y. NIAID. Huge thank you to my co-investigators Holger Russ & Michael Brehm, my lab members & the foundations who believed in me, the Medical University of South Carolina & Hollings Cancer Center for an outstanding environment.#immunologymatters

[Breakthrough T1D @BreakthroughT1D]

The Food and Drug Administration is a critical partner in accelerating cures and therapies for type 1 diabetes. The nominee to run FDA knows first-hand how important that is. Dr. Heidi Overton, nominee to be the next FDA Commissioner, has shared with us that she lives with type 1 diabetes.

[Todd M. Brusko @Bruskolab]

Incredibly proud of @leeanadenise1, a new K99/R00 recipient, for leading this work. JCI - Immune dysregulation and stem-like CD8+ T cell enrichment in type 1 diabetes pancreatic lymph nodes https://t.co/Q631AMh5VF

[Joshua C. Doloff @DoloffLab]

Happy to share a recent publication with our collaborators at Wilmer on crystalline drug delivery to the eye to treat wet age-related macular degeneration @JCRnEDITORS!
https://t.co/dgtOCkdCcp

& Recent press release:
https://t.co/FUwhMSRQae

@JHUBME @TTECJHU @HopkinsMedicine

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Two interdisciplinary teams of UMass Chan faculty were awarded $45,000 each from the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience to support their groundbreaking research in neuroscience: https://t.co/1EKCM2WuPT

#AdvancingTogether #neuroscience @summerbthyme @UMassChanGiving @UMass

[Matthias Hardtke-Wolenski @HardtkeWolenski]

Can mRNA vaccination induce tolerance rather than immunity? 🧬 Autoantigen mRNA-LNPs reduced disease in mouse models of MS and type 1 diabetes. A modular platform—but durability and safety remain preclinical.

https://t.co/mEFEhWzwZi

#Autoimmunity #Tregs

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

MD/PhD student Melanie Barbini has received an @NIH award that could have implications for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s patients. Read about why she credits mentors Dorothy Schafer, PhD, and Chancellor David McManus: https://t.co/jy7FALOzFn #StudentSpotlight @UMassMDPhD

[Waggoner Lab @LabWaggoner]

Based on a new NOA recieved this month, we are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with solid foundation of molecular skills, creativity, and translational passion to help us develop innovative CARs for targeting discrete subsets of T cells. DM or email me if interested

[Marcus Ruscetti Lab @Marcus_Ruscetti]

We are recruiting a postdoc to work on an NIH funded project to determine the role of aging and oncogene-induced stromal senescence on prostate cancer initiation and therapy resistance. See job posting and recent publication below.

https://t.co/TBSZNslFjg
https://t.co/lRZ2qseXfm

[Leonardo Ferreira @enhancerleo]

MISSION POSSIBLE. Overjoyed to speak at the Breakthrough T1D 2026 South Carolina Gala!
#immunologymatters #maketype1typenone
https://t.co/iNYOQW8WxV

[Waggoner Lab @LabWaggoner]

Raymond M. Welsh, Jr. (1945–2024)—a life in viral immunology, immune regulation, and scientific mentorship @JVirology @randyb_IUSM @VargaLab @BrehmLab @CloudyMediaBlog
https://t.co/TtCRjuui4u

[Joshua C. Doloff @DoloffLab]

New commentary Immune-competent new approach methodologies for a hybrid future (w/ animal models) just out @NatImmunol! Congrats to co-1st authors @VanceSoares & @victorquiroz68! And co-corresponding authors @MTrapecar & @deokkim1!

https://t.co/dKPp7s8Kt2

@JHUBME @TTECJHU

[University of Massachusetts @UMass]

Congratulations to Dr. Marcus Ruscetti of @UMassChan Medical School on receiving the prestigious 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize — which recognizes scientists who are accelerating cures for cancer through innovative research. #CancerResearch

🔗 https://t.co/hiPMdY5Shb

[Brehm_Lab_UMassChan @BrehmLab]

https://t.co/iRP5X5j7v2

[Brehm_Lab_UMassChan @BrehmLab]

Great opportunity! https://t.co/HrzBzi7FRf

[UMassDiabetes @UMassDiabetes]

New @NIH support for #diabetes-relevant #research @UMassChan: Louis Messina, MD, has received a 5-year, $3 million grant to study how aging changes immune cells and impairs wound healing. More here: https://t.co/CwaoW9fjY5⁠
UMass Chan Medical School +1

[UMassDiabetes @UMassDiabetes]

Summer Internship Opportunity @TheBartonCenter (Jul 5–Aug 10) offering hands-on experience in glucose monitoring, insulin management, CGMs/pumps & education while mentoring kids with #T1D. Housing/meals & academic credit. Apply/share! Other openings too! [email protected]