SusanWestfall

Studying intestinal worms led scientists at The Institute to uncover a new immune mechanism that protects gut function during infection—opening doors to new treatments. 🧠🧬
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Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America's attention- by Aaron Mertz and yours truly.

The gut microbiota promotes pain in fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a prevalent syndrome characterized by widespread pain in the absence of evident tissue injury or pathology, making it one of the most …

Big congrats to the McGill Centre for Pain Research and their super exciting work on how microbiota contributes to fibromyalgia! A landmark paper that has sparked many new questions about the biology of chronic pain

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Take a look at our latest work from @ikinglab.bsky.social identifying an immune-stromal cell axis that mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection. It's been a pleasure working with a truly collaborative team to make this project a reality.

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A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection Type 1 immunity mediates host defense through pathogen elimination, but whether this pathway also impacts tissue function is unknown. Here, we demonst…

I am very excited to share our article on IFNg, stroma and disease tolerance during intestinal helminth infection published today in Cell. This work was lead by the amazing @susanwestfall.bsky.social and supported by many international collaborators.

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A protective role for IFN-gamma during helminth infections—gotta love it!
Congrats @ikinglab.bsky.social and @susanwestfall.bsky.social
Really beautiful work, thank you for letting me be a small part of it #Medsky #immunosky 🪱
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Go @murray.senate.gov! 🔥👇💯 Hopefully people pay attention. This is absolutely correct. It is not hyperbole or grandstanding. NIH funding generates 400K jobs and billions in economic activity across the country. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-....

The editors @nature.com write a letter to Donald Trump on making US science thrive (unlikely to be read)
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One of the biggest questions we get is when will our journals be here. We thank you for your patience.

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Pulled together this starter pack for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Research.
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Hope it is helpful for the people joining in here and nucleating a community.

May have missed people, please leave a reply and I can then add to the pack.

Cheers.

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LRRK2 G2019S mutation incites increased cell-intrinsic neutrophil effector functions and intestinal inflammation in a model of infectious colitis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625468v1 Parkinson Disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder characterised by motor and non-m

LRRK2 G2019S mutation incites increased cell-intrinsic neutrophil effector functions and intestinal inflammation in a model of infectious colitis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625468v1

What do neutrophils do to #helminths??!!

Check out this gorgeous pic of neutrophils (in yellow) surrounding H. polygyrus during its tissue-dwelling stage!!

Generated by our very own Susan Westfall @susanwest.bsky.social

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Fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice promotes type 2 immunity - Nature Kazachstania pintolopesii is a highly prevalent fungal symbiont that can trigger type 2 immunity and influence the composition of the gut mycobiome, as well as immune and disease phenotypes.

Check out this landmark paper, hot off the press from Iliyan Iliev’s group (not on Bluesky, yet). www.nature.com/articles/s41... Very grateful to be a part of it!

Interested in #mucosalimmunology and the #microbiome? We are looking for a postdoc to join our team at the #RIMUHC at McGill University in Montreal, Canada

Reply here or email me at irah.king@mcgill.ca for more info.