University of Minnesota, Center for Immunology/Physiology- Understanding the contribution of myeloid cells in atherosclerosis williamslab.umn.edu/

Joined June 2018
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We had a going away party for Gage last week as he transitions into an industry research position. Congrats and good luck Gage!
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🚨Preprint Alert! We have a new manuscript out, Adrenal Gland Macrophage-derived TGF-β Governs Vascular Permeability to Drive Monocyte Recruitment during Stress! This is Yingzheng's final paper from his dissertation, studying Mac-EC interactions in the AG biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

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Jesse Williams Lab retweeted
🚨 We’re hiring! Assistant Professor in Immunology @ UMN CFI LMP seek researchers (including but not limited to inflammation, infection, cancer, neuro, systems immunology). 📍 hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job 🧪 Job ID: 373424 Please share! #Immunology #AcademicJobs#FacultyJobs
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Received the UMN Land Grant Professorship in Cardiovascular Immunology this week! Thanks to my department for their support and my lab’s hard work to get this far. Look for our new papers later this year! 👨‍🏫🧬🔬
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🚨 AHA/ATVB Members: ATVB Membership Committee will be hosting a Town Hall with @KateyRayner, incoming Chair of the @ATVBCouncil Hear her vision for the @AHAScience community ATVB & let her know what matters most to you! 📅 April 2 | 5 PM ET Register: heart.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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Delayed post - We celebrated Ian's successful rotation in the Williams Lab (@UMN_IBP ). We hope he will be returning for his PhD thesis work in a few months to study the role of macrophages in stress! @AnchorFoodTruck
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Guidelines for T cell nomenclature bit.ly/48258LX

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We had great representation at the WISER conference last week. Sophomore undergrad Omer presented his first poster and Gage gave a really nice talk on foam cells! @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP
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We are accepting applications for fall 2026 for the PhD graduate program in Physiology. Come and join an amazing group of students and faculty! z.umn.edu/ibpgradprog
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Congrats Yingzheng Xu, PhD on your successful and very impressive oral defense!! 🔬🎉
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Congratulations Dr. Yingzheng Xu (@Lab__Williams ) on your successful thesis defense!! 🎉 🎓

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Williams Lab annual pumpkin carving! 🎃👻🐈‍⬛😈🌓 spooky! 🎃 @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP
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ATVB ECC Webinar starts in a few hours! Sign up!
Our latest career development webinar is on Wednesday October 22nd! Register here: heart.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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The latest from our lab in the cover of @CircRes: Macrophage-derived CCL24 exacerbates fibrosis and impairs cardiac function via CCR3. Work led by Preethy Parthiban in collaboration with Jop van Berlo's lab. Open access: ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.…
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Congrats to 4th year MICaB student Hannah Hillman on her NIH F31 award! @CFI_UMN @UMN_IBP
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Lab lunch today celebrating Yannick’s summer T35 research rotation and Alysha moving on to Colorado!
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