Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis (IMP) Program
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IMP is a joint graduate school program and partnership between Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Hospital for Special Surgery Learn More: https://gradschool.weill.cornell.edu/programs/immunology-microbial-pathogenesis
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🚀 New to Bluesky? Dive into the Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis (IMP) community! 🌟 Follow our starter pack of IMP faculty accounts to stay connected, learn, and engage with the latest in research & updates: go.bsky.app/97vN2qB
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mskeducation.bsky.social
Meet #MSKPostdoc Jin Gyu Cheong from the Niec Lab! He studies how blood stem cells “remember” inflammation - shaping future immune responses and fueling diseases like Crohn’s. He’s also exploring links to colitis from cancer immunotherapy. #NPAW2025🇰🇷
#KnowAboutMyScience: Blood stem cells can “remember” past infections and inflammation, leaving behind molecular marks that shape future immune responses and even contribute to disease. My current research is focused on tissue side.

#BecomingAScientist: I have always been fascinated by how inflammatory diseases are triggered so differently in people by things like diet, stress, sleep, exercise, or aging. This 
variability in the immune system and how it 
shapes disease drew me to science. I started with immunology, then added epigenetics, and now study epithelial tissues like the skin and gut where inflammation often shows itself most clearly.

#FunFact: I love capturing smiles through photography. I enjoy how different colors and light create unique feelings, and that creative perspective helps me think about how to present science.

Jin Gyu Cheong, PhD
Niec Lab

National Postdoc Appreciation Week
September 2025
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mskeducation.bsky.social
Meet #MSKPostdoc Xiao Huang (@drxiaohuang.bsky.social) from the Rudensky Lab! Xiao investigates how different subsets of regulatory T (Treg) cells adapt to tissues and immune challenges to maintain immune balance in health and disease. #NPAW2025 🇨🇳
#BestPartOfScience: Learning to live with questions and walk beside uncertainty. Keep climbing toward understanding with others who are committed to the same journey, knowing that each peak is simply a place to begin again.
#BecomingASceintist: Seeing loved ones face illness made me curious about how the body defends itself. I was drawn to the immune system for its complexity, and for what it reveals about resilience, timing, and care.
#FunFuct: I spend time with my plants, watching small shifts, from a new leaf to how light shapes growth over time. They have taught me to notice patterns and respect the kind of timing that can't be forced. I also play video games, where the pace is faster, and failure is part of the process. You fall, rethink, and try again. Along the way, you meet teammates who challenge and support you. In science, I carry both rhythms with me.

Xiao Huang, PhS
Rudensky Lab

National Postdoc Appreciation Week
September 2025
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rogatskylab.bsky.social
It's been a great & productive summer, we had fantastic #undergraduates :) but September is HERE and we are looking for new #POSTDOCS - effective immediately! please spread the word and if interested - let us know! We are into #transcription #inflammation #epigenomics #NuclearReceptors #macrophages
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mskeducation.bsky.social
Closing the 1st part of the #MSKPostdoc Symposium: Adriana Mujal, Kravis WiSE Fellow from the Sun lab, explores what drives natural killer (NK) cell activation across tissues. These immune warriors rapidly destroy infected or malignant cells - key to our body’s defense🛡️ #NPAW2025
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thepenkpanther.bsky.social
After many years of work I’m so happy to share our work on #scienceimmunology on how Treg cells modulate nociception to dampen skin inflammation! My handle will make a lot more sense now!🕵🏻‍♀️
Enkephalin-producing regulatory T cells in the skin restrain local inflammation through control of nociception
Regulatory T cells curb noxious sensory signaling to dampen cutaneous inflammation, a neuromodulatory mechanism for immunosuppression.
www.science.org
wcm-imp.bsky.social
Congratulations to IMP faculty member David Artis and his team on their new paper investigating how the neuropeptide adrenomedullin 2 promotes protective gut ILC2 responses and reduces inflammation, highlighting a novel neuro-immune circuit!
CGRP-related neuropeptide adrenomedullin 2 promotes tissue-protective ILC2 responses and limits intestinal inflammation - Nature Immunology
Artis and colleagues show that enteric neurons produce CGRP-related ADM2 to promote intestinal tissue-protective functions in ILC2s.
www.nature.com
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Fantastic to see two former IMP postdocs @thepenkpanther.bsky.social and @coraline-mly.bsky.social highlighted by JEM in this Viewpoint! #WomeninSTEM
jem.org
In this Viewpoint, we asked women researchers across multiple research fields about their story of becoming an independent researcher and unique challenges they face as #WomenInSTEM in their respective scientific environments: rupress.org/jem/article/...
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It's official. I'm happy to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Member @mskcancercenter.bsky.social. It is sincere when I say that this would not have been possible w/o the incredible work of the members of my lab. In fact, exciting news about them coming soon. Stay tuned.
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Wonderful to catch up with two former @wcm-imp.bsky.social grad students at this @faseborg.bsky.social meeting! So proud of alum who are now faculty running their own labs- Priya Issuree (U Iowa) and Ruth Franklin @ruthfranklinlab.bsky.social (Harvard). Nothing makes a program director more happy!
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pregnancyimmunolab.bsky.social
We are so proud of Mergim for passing his quals! Definitely warrants lollipops advertising his favorite model antigen.
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🎓 Congrats to Dughan Ahimovic from the Josefowicz Lab on defending his thesis: "Deciphering the Histone Code for Immune Cell Development and Stimulation." His dedication and the lab’s collaborative spirit made this achievement possible! Congrats Dughan!👏🧬