Dr. Merãna Defends
September 21, 2021
Geil gave a wonderful presentation of her thesis work to her family, friends and UCSF community. Way to go Dr. Merana! 
Miqdad's K99 is funded
August 21, 2021
Thanks to NIAMS for recognizing our resident stellar skin monocyte expert, Dr. Dhariwala. 
2021 Summer Lab Retreat
June 25, 2021
Vaccines allowed us to enjoy an unmasked, undistanced retreat in the Portal Valley Redwoods this June. Aside from the mosquitos and a tick who tried to hitch-hike back to SF, fun was had by all. 
Laura joins team skin bacteria
June 15, 2021
We're thrilled to have Laura Dwyer join the lab as a BMS PhD student. Laura's interest is in understanding how early skin and gut bacteria tune immune development in pre-term infants through metabolic pathways. 
Allison Defends
May 17, 2021
We have a second SFSU Masters graduate on our hands in the Scharschmidt lab. Congrats Allison! OHSU awaits... 
Tiffany Receives 2021 DF Sun Pharma Award
April 01, 2021
Tiffany received a top award for mid-career physician-scientists from the Dermatology Foundation to support the lab's efforts to understand how early life bacteria-barrier interactions contribute to atopy and eczema. 
Celebratory Post-Vaccine Lab Outing
March 13, 2021
To commemorate 1 year in distance mode and celebrate the labs fully vaccinated status we got together for a (still masked and largely distanced) afternoon of outdoor fun and games. 
Miqdad's Paper out in Cell Reports Medicine
November 11, 2020
Check out our newest paper in which we take a deep dive into the phenotype of T cells present in developing human fetal skin.
Fall 2020 (safely distanced) Lab Outing
November 02, 2020
2020 has been a tough year but Covid safety protocols didn't keep us from coming together to celebrate some fall fun. 