Graduate student Jasmine Tuazon published her first-author paper in The Journal of Immunology, titled, “Eos Promotes TH2 Differentiation by Interacting with and Propagating the Activity of STAT5.” The article was also selected as a Top Read for the August 2023 issue. Great job, team!
Graduate student and veterinary pathology resident Melissa Leonard presented a poster at the 2023 Society of Toxicologic Pathology Annual Symposium in Las Vegas and received the first-place Young Investigator Award. Way to go!
Graduate students Melissa Leonard, Devin Jones, and Jasmine Tuazon presented posters at the AAI IMMUNOLOGY2023 conference. Melissa and Devin both presented symposium talks and received travel awards for their work. After the conference, Jasmine, along with OSU MI&I and PIIO PIs Drs. Emily Hemann and Mark Rubinstein, advocated to Ohio representative and senator staffers for increased, sustainable NIH funding.
Kaitlin Read graduated with her Ph.D. from the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and celebrated in her backyard with close friends and family. Since then, she and her family moved to Philadelphia to start as a postdoctoral researcherR at the University of Pennsylvania in the lab of Dr. Jim Riley studying CAR T cells.
Postdoctoral scientist Srijana Pokhrel and graduate students Jasmine Tuazon and Devin Jones presented posters at the 2023 OSU College of Medicine Trainee Research Day. Both Jasmine and Devin received travel awards in the MD-PhD and PhD categories, respectively. Congrats, everyone!
Graduate students Devin Jones and Kaitlin Read publish their co-first-author Nature Communications paper titled, “Aiolos represses CD4+ T cell cytotoxic programming via reciprocal regulation of TFH transcription factors and IL-2 sensitivity.” Excellent work, Kaitlin and Devin!
Dr. Kaitlin Read successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, titled, Cytokine- and transcription factor-mediated mechanisms of T follicular helper cell regulation. Congratulations, Dr. Read! Well-deserved.
Graduate Student Devin Jones presented her poster on the impact of Aiolos on CD4-CTL differentiation and function at the OSU Hayes Forum. Great work, Devin!
The Oestreich lab attended the AAI Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago, IL. Graduate students Devin Jones, Jasmine Tuazon, and Kaitlin Read and postdoctoral researcher Srijana Pokhrel presented posters and oral talks. Kaitlin Read also received an AAI Young Investigator Award, given to the first author of the top abstract in each Workshop category at AIC and selected on the basis of the scientific content. Congratulations, everyone! (Bottom photo courtesy of AAI).
The Oestreich lab joined other Microbial Infection & Immunity (MI&I) peers at Mohican Lodge for the annual fall retreat. Graduate student Devin Jones presented a talk about the role of Aiolos in CD4-CTLs, and graduate students Kaitlin Read and Jasmine Tuazon and postdoctoral researcher Srijana Pokhrel presented posters. Congrats, all!
