We study mucosal immunology, the gut microbiota and host-microbe interactions. @HarvardChanSPH @DanaFarber @BroadInstitute. Managed by lab members
Joined March 2020
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2 Nov 2025
Check out the latest pre-print from the lab!
Great work led by Slater Clay @SlaterC_
Oral acetoacetate reduces tumor burden in colon cancer models by forming an MR1 ligand that boosts anti-tumor MAIT cells.
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2 Nov 2025
Big thanks to all co-authors and collaborators, including @JenTekle, @EdreesRashan, @mvh_lab, Yeun Shin and Jon Clardy.
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16 Jan 2025
Thrilled to share our latest publication - congrats to Daniel and the team! Fic genes are linked to Fusobacterium virulence in colorectal cancer. Read it now in mBio:
journals.asm.org/eprint/8TJW…
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16 May 2024
Congrats Yancong and our own @SlaterC_! 👏🎉
Congrats to our poster prize winners Yancong Zhang and Slater Clay from yesterdays @HCMPHmicrobiome
Symposium! Generously provided to us by @NatureMicrobiol
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Need help planning your microbiome study, or processing, analyzing, or visualizing your data? The Harvard Chan Microbiome Analysis Core can help with all stages of a project! hcmph.sph.harvard.edu/hcmac/….
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Wouldn't it be fabulous if you could perform a microbiome research study without worrying about sample collection, aliquoting, and storage? The Harvard Chan Microbiome Collection Core can help! hcmph.sph.harvard.edu/hcmcc/….
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23 Feb 2024
Study host-microbe interactions in sunny San Diego, CA! Fully-funded postdoc opportunity in the Constantinides Lab @MGClab @scrippsresearch. Please RT!
Apply: bit.ly/3wuURck
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15 Feb 2024
Curious about how the gut microbiota drives colorectal cancer & modulates the immune response?🦠Check out our latest review in @AnnualReviews! Kudos to @JenTekle & @Natalia74086262 for their outstanding work 🌟@HarvardChanSPH @broadinstitute @CancerGrand
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23 Aug 2023
Our September issue is out now!!🎉
It has articles on #micro- & #nano-engineering the #TME (@HellerLab), bacteria in #cancer (@theGarrettLab), #polygenicriskscores in cancer (@paulpharoah) & the #pathogenesis of thyroid follicular cells!
go.nature.com/3KTiJuy
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14 Jul 2023
Joyeux 14 Juillet ! Happy 14th of July 🇫🇷🥳 Thanks to our in-house French postdoc, @JenTekle, for the delicious croissants 🥐 #BastilleDay
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10 Jul 2023
In a new @NatureRevCancer article, team OPTIMISTICC’s Geniver el Tekle & Wendy Garrett of @theGarrettLab @HarvardChanSPH explore the roles of bacteria in gastrointestinal tract malignancies and cancers of the lung, breast and prostate 🔽 nature.com/articles/s41568-0…
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3 Jul 2023
NEW content online! Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression dlvr.it/SrcBZ0
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5 Jul 2023
And that’s a wrap! Very happy to share our review on the fascinating and multifaceted role of the microbiota in cancer. 👇 1/3
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Check out our review about the role of microbiota in cancer initiation, promotion, and progression! Congrats to @JenTekle for a wonderful job! 🥳
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12 Oct 2022
Today at 4pm EST, Dr. Benjamin Youngblood @StJudeResearch presents his work on "Identifying epigenetic mechanisms of failure in T-cell based immunotherapy". See you there!
@harvardmed
Zoom: harvard.zoom.us/j/9902949082…
Passcode: 918729
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28 Sep 2022
Today at 4pm EST, Dr. Christophe Benoist @harvardmed presents his work on "Regulating the Regulators". See you there!
Zoom: harvard.zoom.us/j/9582062523…
Passcode: 048187
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14 Sep 2022
Today at 4pm EST, Dr. Sing Sing Way @BpdCchmc presents his work on "Immunology learned from Mothers and Babies". See you there!🙂
Zoom: harvard.zoom.us/j/9868570119…
Passcode: 250536
@harvardmed @ragoninstitute
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18 Aug 2022
Wonderful to finally see this out!! Great work Grace et al, a perfect way to celebrate the end of a successful PhD 🥳🥳
18 Aug 2022
#Microbiota modulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis. @theGarrettLab show F. rodentium promotes epithelial proliferation & turnover by dampening retinoic acid production that supports survival of eosinophils, which suppress pro-proliferative IFNγ cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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13 Jul 2022
New paper in @AGA_Gastro from our #microbiome challenge team!
The findings identify a specific toxin-producing E coli as a link between the western-style diet (rich in red/processed meat & sugar) and risk of #colorectalcancer 👇
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Our latest work revealing translationally-relevant microbial proteins in #IBD led by @ycongzhang and @efranzosa in collaboration with @theGarrettLab, @TheXavierLab, @TakedaPharma & many others is out now in @Nature! nature.com/articles/s41586-0… (1/5)
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