Check out VUMC reporter piece on @jjroetman @CIR_AACR paper featuring amazing artwork by senior Halle Borowski @williamandmary created during the @ArtLab_Vandy @VI4Research Summer 2023 program!
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And a big thank you and shout out to @EricSkaar@kh_oliver @VI4Research @bwfund for creating and supporting this great program to bring scientists and artists together!
We hypothesize that peptide/MHC-TCR affinity may play a role in the divergent antigen-dependent differentiation we observed as self-shared antigens are usually lower affinity. 6/7
We welcome feedback and suggestions, and a big thank you to our colleagues
@VUMC_VCI @VUMC_Cancer @VUMCDIsoveries @Vandy_Biomed
for all their support! 7/7
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) can unleash T cell responses against tumors but can also cause unwanted toxicity, or immune-related adverse events (irAE), when T cells attack self/shared antigens in non-cancerous tissues. 3/7
Congratulations Endeavor team at Vanderbilt, University of Tennessee, University of Pennsylvania: Jeffrey Rathmell, Alyssa Hasty, Liza Makowski, Kathryn Wellen @jeffrathmell@hasty4@MakowskiLab @WellenLab @vumc_cancer @PennMedicine
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Schietinger, who received the AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship. aacr.org/about-the-aacr/news…#Immunology
By dissecting the earliest epigenetic and gene expression programs that mediate dysfunction, we can design new strategies to prevent T cell dysfunction in patients with cancer. 6/7
Last and most important, a big shoutout to all our amazing colleagues @VUMC_VCI @VUMC_Cancer @VUMCDIsoveries @Vandy_Biomed especially @JeffRathmell@SchietingerLab for all their support! 7/7