Jen Allocco

Immunologist, Ironman
(She/her)

[Christine McIntosh Kambe, MD, PhD @C_M_McIntosh]

Incredibly proud to see our latest work from the Alegre Lab in press at @jclinicalinvest. It is the culmination of >5 years of unbelievably hard work, especially from @jballocco, Peter Wang, @LexiCassano, Ying Wang and of course, Marisa Alegre. https://t.co/S2a26i8XEh 1/n🧵

[UChicago Committee on Immunology @UChicagoCOI]

We are excited to announce our application assistance program which launched today!

https://t.co/awyTz2KEIg

[Immunity @ImmunityCP]

New issue online! Cover depicts work from Esterházy, Brown, @macyrkomnick &co identifying lymph node co-drainage between pancreas, gut, & liver that leads to immune crosstalk & impacts pancreatic autoimmunity. Image by Hailey Brown, inspired by the #Chicago metro rail map https://t.co/u8z8rFJFyI

[Sam Schroth @SchrothSam]

I don't really know how best to introduce this, other than saying it was 10 years in the making and in some ways, is still a work in progress. What I do know is that I'm so very proud. Disabled and proud. @DocsWith #DisabilityPrideMonth

https://t.co/IslOkcr3dB

[UChicago Medicine @UChicagoMed]

April is Donate Life Month. Learn about how organ and tissue donation saves lives.

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@lake_joash Thank you Joash!

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

Done 🤗

[UChicago Committee on Immunology @UChicagoCOI]

Congratulations to @jballocco of the Alegre lab, who will be defending her thesis today, titled "Duration of alloantigen expression affects the induction of transplantation tolerance." #PhDone

[Children's National Hospital 🏥 @ChildrensNatl]

It’s #MatchDay2023! 🎉Congrats and welcome our new class of peds interns! We’re proud to have a diverse class including 34% matched interns who self-identify with races & ethnicities underrepresented in medicine, 2x the natl average! We're excited to see all they accomplish!

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@UChicagoImmuno @LB_Barreiro I feel like @LexiCassano and I need to apologize to @BarbaraLKee. Our drinks were so bad 😂 you were a trooper for trying them all!

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@Fotigou @UChicagoImmuno @stezxie @ImmunologyAAI Thank you!!

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@annesperling1 @UChicagoImmuno @stezxie @ImmunologyAAI Thanks Anne!

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@BarbaraLKee @stezxie Thank you ☺️

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@Ceprika

[UChicago Committee on Immunology @UChicagoCOI]

Congrats to Ph.D. candidate @jballocco and undergraduate student @stezxie for earning Great Lakes Transplant Immunology Forum 2022 Young Investigator poster awards! @ImmunologyAAI

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@thepenkpanther 😭 It was not. These images are from 2021 and the issues were thankfully resolved as quickly as could be hoped

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

The immunologist's nightmare #HappyHalloween

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

@ShijieCao @acerobed No, thank goodness! Sorry for the mini panic 😅

[Jen Allocco @jballocco]

Excited to share our new article in @PNASNews identifying a cell-intrinsic modulator of Tconv responsiveness to Treg suppression in transplantation tolerance Read here: https://t.co/pkClGVI0n3

[veronica @veronicaloch]

COI at the South Side Science Festival this afternoon with receptor ligand puzzles, origami viruses & antibodies, and passing out petri dishes to learn about how your immune system distinguishes between friend and foe!! @UChicagoImmuno

[UChicago Committee on Immunology @UChicagoCOI]

New @jclinicalinvest publication from the Alegre lab spearheaded by I. Pirozzolo and @MNSepulvedaD investigates host-versus-transplant and host-versus-bacterial immune responses, and what it means for transplant outcomes. Read the press release here: https://t.co/iNHyT55oek