Kate Fitzgerald
@FitzgeraldKate
Innate Immunologist and Cytokine biologist 🇮🇪 UMass Chan Medical School. Opinions are my own.
Jessica Spinelli, PhD, identifies rhodoquinone, a metabolite in bacteria and worms, as a fundamental electron transporter in the mammalian electron transport chain. Research could have clinical potential for protecting cells from hypoxia: direc.to/nb84 @CellCellPress
Spread the word! Great opportunity for cancer immunology/immunology focused postsocs @CancerResearch
With @NIH cuts making research funding harder to secure, CRI is stepping up! We’re committing $2.5M to support 10 additional postdocs so that promising #CancerResearch doesn’t get left behind. Learn more: bit.ly/4iEQNsJ
Cannot imagine a more exciting set of recruits ! Congratulations @CFI_UMN @carlarothlin
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Carla Rothlin(@carlarothlin) as our new Director of the Center for Immunology and Dr. Sourav Ghosh as CFI Program director, Immunology of Tissue Resolution, Repair, & Regeneration at UMN! Both join us from Yale and officially start in August 2025.
Congratulations @futianmin
Activation of Retron-Septu for antiphage defense. Congrats @futianmin and all co-authors! science.org/doi/full/10.11…
Activation of Retron-Septu for antiphage defense. Congrats @futianmin and all co-authors! science.org/doi/full/10.11…
Terrific spotlight by @UMassChan on PhD candidate @FavourFavvycool highlighting Favour’s outstanding accomplishments and work on #sarcoma & #GIST, and well-deserved accolades for her research and presentations! umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…
With our RTI colleagues Xiaobin Ling and @WenwenFang2, we report cryo-EM structures of enigmatic bacterial RNA nanocages made of long-noncoding ROOL RNAs. Octamers are held by "A-minor staples" and other interactions. Congrats Xiaobin, Dima et al! nature.com/articles/s4158…
Important story in @people about patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Features Dr. Diana Reusch, a faculty member that I recruited to my department @UMassChan who directs the EB clinic, the only one in New England that cares for these patients. people.com/butterfly-dise…
I discuss the urgent crisis from the loss of federal support of science in the US and recent clinical gene editing breakthroughs with @WalterIsaacson & @amanpour on @AmanpourCoPBS, airing on @PBS tonight at 11 pm ET, and on @cnni earlier today. Pls share! youtube.com/watch?v=8YhJM6…
Many congratulations to the new class of BWF PATH investigators. Extra kudos to the superlative Megan Orzalli, whose work continues to redefine our understanding of host defense. @VirulentMind @UMassChan bwfund.org/news/announcin…
Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, a dermatologist and physician-scientist @UMassChan, have endowed a scholarship at the Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians. ow.ly/VJ7x50VO3vv
Two years at @UMassChan @UMassChanNeuro My sincere gratitude to all faculty and staff colleagues in the department ! It has been an amazing journey! Thanks a lot to our team members ! Raquel, Bianca and Natalia ! 🎉Special thanks to our dear friend @SchaferLabUMass 🙏
Congratulations Celia @UMassChan_BMB
Congratulations Celia Anne Schiffer of @UMassChan, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS162 #biophysics #biology
Congratulations @Tcellogic
Congratulations Susan Kaech of @salkinstitute, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS162 #immunology
Save the NIH and enable the future cures that will benefit humanity as they do now and have before. #NIHsaveslives
Gov Healey in Worcester to talk about threat of NIH funding cuts. @telegramdotcom @UMassChan
Congratulations @qingyuhms !! @UMassChan
It’s an incredible honor to receive the ASMS Research Award. I’m thankful to the selection committee and humbled to be alongside with so many brilliant scientists. This recognition is a reflection of the amazing collaborators and mentors I’ve had the privilege to work with.
Congratulations @davidliu
Last night I was honored to receive the 2025 #BreakthroughPrize in the Life Sciences, reflecting the efforts of many students, collaborators, doctors, and patients in labs around the world. I hope this 4-minute excerpt can inspire when science needs public support more than ever.
Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, plans to use the #EKFS prize money to develop #RNA molecules that can prevent the production of toxic proteins in the brain. Such abnormal proteins are behind aging and many neurodegenerative diseases: direc.to/nac1 @EKFStiftung @RTI_UMassChan
RNA researcher Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, professor of RNA therapeutics at UMass Chan Medical School, receives the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025! Congratulations! 🎉 @UMassChan sohub.io/1r8r
Congrats Anastasia Khvorova 🎊 @RTI_UMassChan
RNA researcher Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, professor of RNA therapeutics at UMass Chan Medical School, receives the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025! Congratulations! 🎉 @UMassChan sohub.io/1r8r