Katherine King MD PhD
@thekinglab.bsky.social
Professor in Pediatric Infectious Disease researching effects of infection, inflammation, and the microbiome on hematopoietic stem cells and their progeny. How do infections affect bone marrow and vice versa? Co-Director of BCM MSTP. 🌈
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And here it is! Our study in clonal hematopoiesis and Alzheimer’s disease — product of 5 years’ gestation. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
Happy to share our latest work on the epigenetic basis of trained immunity in hematopoietic stem cells! @bcmhouston.bsky.social @texaschildrens.bsky.social
For decades, memory-like responses in immune cells have remained unexplained
@thekinglab.bsky.social & team reveal epigenetic changes in hematopoietic stem & progenitor cells in a mycobacterial infection model that are retained in downstream macrophages: doi.org/10.1172/jci....
@thekinglab.bsky.social & team reveal epigenetic changes in hematopoietic stem & progenitor cells in a mycobacterial infection model that are retained in downstream macrophages: doi.org/10.1172/jci....
January 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Happy to share our latest work on the epigenetic basis of trained immunity in hematopoietic stem cells! @bcmhouston.bsky.social @texaschildrens.bsky.social
Thanks @insight.jci.org for highlighting our new work to investigate the epigenetic basis of central trained immunity. Hematopoietic stem cells carry many secrets! In this case memories that are transmitted to innate immune cells. Congrats to fabulous student Brandon Tran on this publication!
January 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Thanks @insight.jci.org for highlighting our new work to investigate the epigenetic basis of central trained immunity. Hematopoietic stem cells carry many secrets! In this case memories that are transmitted to innate immune cells. Congrats to fabulous student Brandon Tran on this publication!
Cool paper from @welner.bsky.social and Ferrell labs!
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cool paper from @welner.bsky.social and Ferrell labs!
TODAY at #ASH2025 New Frontiers in Neutrophil Biology. W311 at 4pm. Ostuni, Bonnet, Findlay. See you there!! @welner.bsky.social @leegrimeslab.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
TODAY at #ASH2025 New Frontiers in Neutrophil Biology. W311 at 4pm. Ostuni, Bonnet, Findlay. See you there!! @welner.bsky.social @leegrimeslab.bsky.social
Caroline Sands @bcm-mstp.bsky.social and I met up at #ASH2025. So fun 😍
December 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Caroline Sands @bcm-mstp.bsky.social and I met up at #ASH2025. So fun 😍
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What an awesome stem cell session speaker group for #ASH25 Workshop on Myeloid Development @vangalenlab.bsky.social @thekinglab.bsky.social @paralkarlab.bsky.social Sandra Pinho and Allison Yeh (love the photobomb!)
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What an awesome stem cell session speaker group for #ASH25 Workshop on Myeloid Development @vangalenlab.bsky.social @thekinglab.bsky.social @paralkarlab.bsky.social Sandra Pinho and Allison Yeh (love the photobomb!)
ASH is coming! Excited to present alongside Vikram Paralkar, Sandra Pinho, Peter Van Galen, and Alison Yeh at the stem cell session of the myeloid workshop on Friday. @ericpietras.bsky.social will be moderating— don’t miss it!
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ASH is coming! Excited to present alongside Vikram Paralkar, Sandra Pinho, Peter Van Galen, and Alison Yeh at the stem cell session of the myeloid workshop on Friday. @ericpietras.bsky.social will be moderating— don’t miss it!
Wow! My student Arushana Maknojia was awarded the Deborah K. Martin Award for best graduate student at BCM! So proud!
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wow! My student Arushana Maknojia was awarded the Deborah K. Martin Award for best graduate student at BCM! So proud!
Lab Halloween 2025 is in the books— can you guess our theme?
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lab Halloween 2025 is in the books— can you guess our theme?
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For my lab lead friends, check out this article of best practices from my colleagues and I on the ISEH Junior PI committee on organizing a leading your team. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxZ~,6sio...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
For my lab lead friends, check out this article of best practices from my colleagues and I on the ISEH Junior PI committee on organizing a leading your team. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxZ~,6sio...
Jak stat jak stat fun to have @mpndoc.bsky.social in town for a seminar! Thanks for inflammatory insights and inspiration to cure patients!
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Jak stat jak stat fun to have @mpndoc.bsky.social in town for a seminar! Thanks for inflammatory insights and inspiration to cure patients!
Congrats to Nicole Wang and Jennifer Deger on their beautiful thesis defenses today in the MSTP October double header! So proud of you both! @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congrats to Nicole Wang and Jennifer Deger on their beautiful thesis defenses today in the MSTP October double header! So proud of you both! @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social
I am so grateful to be able to spend time with colleagues at #iseh2025. Fantastic science and community.
Ready for #ISEH2025 Scientific Session? After 1.5 days of rich, productive discussions, @isehsociety.bsky.social leadership & Board of Directors are all set—with the full program and even the social events lined up!
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September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I am so grateful to be able to spend time with colleagues at #iseh2025. Fantastic science and community.
Central trained immunity is still a nascent field— is there true reprogramming of hematopoietic progenitors to influence innate immunity, or is this selection for lineage biased cells? We explore the nuances in this new review. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... awesome collab with Eva Kaufmann and team!
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells as a reservoir for trained immunity
Inflammation supports selection, differentiation bias, and epigenetic reprogramming of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to generate innate immune memory.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Central trained immunity is still a nascent field— is there true reprogramming of hematopoietic progenitors to influence innate immunity, or is this selection for lineage biased cells? We explore the nuances in this new review. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... awesome collab with Eva Kaufmann and team!
Less than a month until ISEH @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Kumamoto! Bringing some new science to share and excited to see friends and try the food!
August 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Less than a month until ISEH @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Kumamoto! Bringing some new science to share and excited to see friends and try the food!
It’s just a noncompeting renewal, but I’ve never been so happy.
July 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s just a noncompeting renewal, but I’ve never been so happy.
Thank you @keisukeito-lab.bsky.social ! 😍
July 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thank you @keisukeito-lab.bsky.social ! 😍
Aw thanks so much Adam! Let’s talk more about how these mutations affect migration of immune cells across tissues.
July 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Aw thanks so much Adam! Let’s talk more about how these mutations affect migration of immune cells across tissues.
A huge thanks to our collaborative team for contributing to this story @eirinipapapetrou.bsky.social Michael Rauh, Samuele Marro, Sidd Jaiswal, @goodell-lab.bsky.social, @micrornax.bsky.social and so many more.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A huge thanks to our collaborative team for contributing to this story @eirinipapapetrou.bsky.social Michael Rauh, Samuele Marro, Sidd Jaiswal, @goodell-lab.bsky.social, @micrornax.bsky.social and so many more.
Lots of interesting pieces here including how immune cells get into the brain and how often they replace microglia.
July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lots of interesting pieces here including how immune cells get into the brain and how often they replace microglia.
Human data corroborates a protective effect of TET2 CH against AD
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July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Human data corroborates a protective effect of TET2 CH against AD
This is interesting since Dnmt3a and Tet2 are often lumped together but actually have opposite enzymatic functions.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is interesting since Dnmt3a and Tet2 are often lumped together but actually have opposite enzymatic functions.