More than thrilled to share that I’ve been promoted to full (tenured) Professor @harvardmed@Harvard. This only happened because of the hard work of many people, but I want to dedicate this promotion to my grandmas, Nonna Maria & Nonna Vevè. A #FirstGen thread 🧵 1/x
New Lab Alert! I am thrilled to share that next month I am starting my new role as an Assistant Professor at The Wistar Institute. I am extremely excited to work with fantastic new colleagues at Wistar and collaborate with researchers across UPenn.
Excited to share that my PhD work on ER mito contact sites is finally out at @MolecularCell! Big shout out to @stark2_d to take this across the finish line, and @YatrikShahLab and @LyssiotisLab for their guidance as always!
Tachykinin signaling defines distinct populations of glia in the enteric nervous system.
Excellent work by Anu Muppirala, Meena Rao and team @BostonChildrens@harvardmed@PiN_Harvard published today in @NeuroCellPress
https://t.co/4x5U2xTDkN
Together with Emma Dann, we are thrilled to present a massive new Perturb-seq atlas of 22M primary CD4+ T cells, from 4 donors, across 3 timepoints – the result of a decade-long collaboration between the Marson (@MarsonLab) and Pritchard (@jkpritch) labs.
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We are excited to share our new @CellCellPress paper revealing mechanisms of action of promising drugs against the helicase–primase of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) 🤩@HarvardMicro https://t.co/gI9eIKPeEL
Another exciting paper from @GladstoneInst Genomic Immunology - check out our latest preprint on myeloid cell editing: Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells, led by @HyuncheolJung and @pascal_devant
Excited to share the first Co-First author manuscript from my postdoc in the Marson lab @GladstoneInst Great collaboration with @HyuncheolJung from @jccarnevale lab @UCSF on CRISPR editing and screening in primary human myeloid cells!
See tweetorial below!
https://t.co/EVVBBGPwND
Another exciting paper from @GladstoneInst Genomic Immunology - check out our latest preprint on myeloid cell editing: Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells, led by @HyuncheolJung and @pascal_devant
Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells https://t.co/AXrWic6D14 #biorxiv_immuno
New preprint from the lab from PhD student Seb Grant. Started as a summer side project and developed into an exciting story.
Evolutionary convergence of a Pyroptosis-Apoptosis crosstalk drives non-canonical inflammasome signalling. https://t.co/lIjMX6F4mz
Check out our latest work led by two talented postdocs, Madhura and Chris @TheBourneImmuno. We find that CASP4/5 can cleave and activate CASP3/7, acting as initiators of both pyroptosis and apoptosis. Notably, both are needed for full pathogen defense! https://t.co/L4LkUm29jl
meta-PAMPs: A new class of immunostimulatory molecules that control the ability of bacterial factors to operate as PAMPs. Jordan Jastrab reveals that wall teichoic acid (WTA) is a key regulator of inflammasomes and interferons during infection.
https://t.co/daLucqLeEi
#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @CellCellPress! With @dfrboehmer, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free link 👉 https://t.co/gYwGir0npB
New review from our lab. Kudos to PhD student @SebGrant346534. 10 things you wish you knew about inflammatory caspases: a holistic review of their biochemistry, activation, and signalling - Journal of Biological Chemistry https://t.co/9zrVa1sU0T
Everything you wanted to know about oxidized lipids & immunity, in one review. We explain how oxidized lipids impact inflammation, dendritic cells, anti-tumor immunity and more.
Kudos to Joon Choi for his exceptional work.
@harvardmed@BostonChildrens
https://t.co/8J68zbKONa
In January 2026, I will be joining Berkeley @UCBerkeley as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Chemistry @UCB_Chemistry, with exciting connections with world-class communities including the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory @BerkeleyLab and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences @QB3Berkeley.
Incredibly grateful to all the mentors (especially @ElowitzLab and @WuLabHarvard), colleagues, friends, and family who made this next chapter possible. ❤️🙏
Research directions and student/postdoc opportunities coming soon. Stay tuned! 👀