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It's Award Season for Edelblum Lab!
Sara's presentation was selected as a top talk at the 11th International Gamma Delta T cell Meeting and for the ISMMS Pathology Research Day, where Ananya was also awarded best poster presentation. Congrats to our fantastic students!
Congrats Ananya Parthasarathy, MS!
Ananya successfully defended her Master's thesis and will be celebrating all the way to her Ph.D. as a newly accepted IMM MTA student at Mount Sinai. Congrats Ananya!
May 2025
Our latest publication in Science Immunology shows that multiple layers of γδ IEL dysregulation and loss of their immunosuppressive capacity occur before the onset of chronic ileitis. Congrats to Weili and Natasha (with an assist from Irving) on their hard work!
March 21, 2025
Sara's thesis work explores how commensal bacteria can drive CD39 expression on gamma delta IELs.
March 2025
Sara gave a stellar defense and capped off an amazing run of Rutgers Ph.D. students in the lab!
March 18, 2025
We're ready to rally and be part of the large movement to ensure that biomedical research continues to thrive in the United States. Come join us in Washington Square Park and show your support of NIH, CDC, NSF and the other government agencies that fund the basic science research that is fundamental to human health!
March 7, 2025