Check out our new preprint which takes a deep dive into the immune landscape of human fetal skin. We're actively working on revisions - so hopefully look forward to sharing it in a bigger and better peer-reviewed format soon. Till then, enjoy this preview. Comments welcome!
Congrats to Jeanmarie on receipt of a Porter Physiology Development Fellowship from the American Physiolgical Society to support her project focused on elucidating the role of skin barrier physiology in shaping the immune response to skin commensal bacteria!
Tiffany was excited to be among the reserach faculty selected to present their research motivations and goals at the 2019 SOM leadership retreat in the form of a short TED-like talk. After the retreat these short talks were filmed for wider distripbution. Check out Tiffany's talk.
The lab received a French "infusion" these past two weeks with the arrivals of Antonin Weckel and Clemence Cornuot. Antonin recently finished his PhD under the supervision of Agnès Fouet in the Barriers and Pathogens group at the Cochin Institute. He brings additional microbiological…
Tiffany was named as a 2018 New Innovator Awardee in the official announcement on Oct 2nd. Check out the news piece describing the project and the other outstanding UCSF awardees (6 in total!) here. We look forward to getting started on this exciting work!
Jeanmarie and Geil passed their qualifiying exams with flying colors. The lab celebrated with a cake and (slightly belated) happy hour. Congrats to the first two official PhD candidates of the Scharschmidt lab!
