I am excited to share that our new study on Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is out in Nature today. Awesome collaboration with Dave Sulzer at Columbia and several clinical groups; and a big thank to all blood donors. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

We identify the C9orf72 protein as a target for a T cell inflammatory autoimmune response with IL-5/ IL-10 releasing CD4 T cells that might have an anti-inflammatory role.  IL-10-mediated T cell responses were significantly higher in donors with a longer predicted survival time

Honored to receive the 2025 Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement "for understanding basic mechanisms of antigen recognition and immunity, predicting immune activity, and developing interventions against cancer, infection, autoimmunity, and allergies. " lnkd.in/g2Ca2Yqu

The Prize was instituted in 1950 to honor contributions to Science , with emphasis on communicating research to scientists in other disciplines. It is humbling to see that previous recipients involved four Nobel Prize winners, and Jane Goodall, Margaret Mead and Stephen Jay Gould

Encouraging all qualified candidates to apply for the ISSNAF prizes. A wonderful opportunity to get recognition and network with your peers.If not directly eligible, please circulate to your peers.

I am honored and humbled to have been knighted by the Republic of Italy as Cavaliere al Merito della Repubblica. Heartfelt thanks to the Italian Government, Italian Embassy, the Consul Raffaella Valentini, ISSNAF , my family, friends and colleagues. lji.org/news-events/news/pos…

Our new study is out:biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Collaboration of my lab @Alba_Grifoni and @BjoernPeters2 @ljiresearch @IEDB with flu experts @florian_krammer and  @rorydevries.

We found most previously identified CD4 and CD8 T cell epitopes are identical or highly conserved. Our experimental data shows a nearly complete preservation of pre-existing T cell responses in HPAI H5N1 recognition