August 9, 2024 – In a whole organism screen for anti-infectives in zebrafish, reported in Nature Chemical Biology, the Hung Lab identified a tryptophan metabolite, 3-hydroxykynurenine, that acts systemically to restrict bacterial expansion in macrophages, revealing a novel intersection between tryptophan metabolism and kainate-sensitive glutamate receptors in host immunity.
July 23, 2024 – The Howard Hughes Medical Institute names Jonathan Abraham in its new class of HHMI investigators. The designation recognizes the CISID Founding Faculty member for his groundbreaking research and provides support for continued cutting edge research. Congratulations!
July 17, 2024 – A belated kudos to CISID Founding Faculty member, Erin Chen, who has been selected as a 2024 Searle Scholar. The award recognizes outstanding young faculty in pursuing ground-breaking research in chemistry and biomedical sciences.
June 27, 2024 – Members of the CISID community converged at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to cool down with ice cream. Congratulations to CISID trainees, Guoping Wang and Justin Yin, who are the winners of our CISID-themed ice breaker bingo!
Photos courtesy of Diana Hunt
June 24, 2024 – The Smillie Lab identifies bacterial strains associated with inflammatory bowel disease and gut inflammation. Read here about the study published in Cell Host & Microbe.