Member Highlights

Valeriya Smaliy is a fourth-year PhD student at UCSC studying how the long non-coding RNA GAPLINC regulates inflammation in macrophages. Her recent work identified MCCC1 as a binding partner, revealing unexpected connections between GAPLINC and mitochondrial metabolism. Beyond the lab, she’s spontaneous, discovering a love for oysters, and finding wisdom [READ MORE]

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Gaudet Lab at Columbia University. My research revolves around the idea that non-immune cells can protect themselves against pathogens through effector interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). Many of these ISGs are poorly characterized, and I am exploring the role of these genes in Chagas [READ MORE]

I’m an Assistant Professor of Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and our research focuses on understanding nutritional regulation of inflammation. We aim to determine how diet and gut microbiota regulate inflammatory cytokines in the intestine and distant tissue sites. Out of [READ MORE]

My name is Alexander Lercher, and I am currently a Postdoc in the lab of Charlie Rice at Rockefeller University in New York, and I am particularly excited about studying immune responses in the context of real-world microbe exposure. Out from the lab, my biggest hobby for the past years [READ MORE]

I’m a Professor at the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and what is my research about? Cytokines, of course! Our teams research focuses on cytokine networks and their roles in immune regulation, chronic inflammation, and cancer. Regarding ICIS, I have been a member for [READ MORE]

I currently work at the Center for Immunology Marseille Luminy (CIML) in Marseille, France where I lead the team “Innate immunity at mucosal sites”. In our team we are interested in understanding innate immune responses in the intestine, and in particular how immune cells, epithelial cells and microbes communicate during [READ MORE]

In our lab we investigate immunology and homeostasis of the brain in health and disease by using multidisciplinary approaches of neurobiology, immunology, and epigenetics. Our long-term research goal is to understand the role of immune mechanisms in brain health and disease, and to develop new preventive/interventional treatment for chronic brain [READ MORE]

Please tell us your name, degree, where you currently work, and position. My name is Shih-Min Wang, and I hold both MD and PhD degrees. Currently, I serve as Secretary of Medical Affairs & Spokesman at the College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, where I’m also a professor in [READ MORE]

I am a Physician Scientist specializing in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Washington University in St. Louis. My lab focuses on the role of autophagy and cell death in macrophages in cytokine storm syndromes from infectious and sterile etiologies. I use the word “focus” liberally, as our work touches on diverse [READ MORE]