News & Events
Helaine Lab develops tool to track bacterial persisters
October 7, 2024
Reported in PNAS, the Helaine Lab has developed a novel “genomic recorder” called pSCRATCH to map the fate of growth-arrested Salmonella persisters. Tracking bacterial persisters will enable us to discriminate how antibacterial treatment failure and relapsing infections might originate from bacterial persistence or resistance.
CISID Welcomes New Investigators at Annual Retreat
September 6, 2024
We announced 9 new CISID Investigators at the CISID community retreat! The day featured a “State of CISID” presentation by CISID Director, Deb Hung, an update on the Immune Profiling Innovation Lab’s work on Sepsis, and oral and poster presentations by trainees and staff across CISID.
Hung Lab reveals new host pathway promoting survival during systemic infection
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.
Congratulations, Jonathan Abraham!
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!
Congratulations, Erin Chen!
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.
CISID beats the heat!
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!
Smillie Lab uncovers bacterial diversity associated with gut inflammation
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.
