Welcome back John!

John returned this week from a two week trip to Germany for the International Symposium on Dendritic Cells followed by some time at home in the U.K. He was warmly welcomed back to lab with a decorated desk and bench - complete with everyone's favorite "John-isms"

Tiffany Receives Leo Foundation Silver Award

Tiffany was named as the recipient of the 2018 Leo Foundation Silver Award winner at the International Investigative Dermatology Meeting in Orlando Florida. Check out the documentary video on our lab!

2017 Lab Retreat & Scavenger Hunt

Scharschmidt lab teams braved the rain to claim the ultimate bragging rights at scavenger hunt champions.

2017 UCSF/UCB Immunology Retreat

Another weekend of excellent science and company at Asilomar. Congrats to John on winning a poster award. A lab field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium marked the occasion for a long overdue updated lab photo.

Paper out in Cell Host & Microbe

Excited to see our latest work in collaboration with the Rosenblum lab out in Cell Host & Microbe. Wondering what drives Tregs into skin early in life - give it a read (Hint: commensals and hair follicles are key players)!

HSW12 Halloween Happy Hour

Thanks to the neighboring Molofsky and Zikherman labs for co-hosting a UCSF Immunology Program happy hour with us. We did HSW12 proud with our Young Frankenstein theme.   

2016 Lab Mug

If imitation is the highest form of flattery then hopefully João Xavier won't mind that we've decided to follow in his lab tradition of designing an annual lab mug. Admittedly our quick adoption of this tradition was facilitated by the fact that my husband was at the time working for Shutterfly,...

Inaugural Lab Dinner & Kim's Send-Off

Having reached a lab quorum of 4 people for a period of two weeks, we decided it was time to celebrate. Dinner, drinks and some hotly contested rounds of the game Wits and Wagers were evening highlights. Our favorites wits and wagers question: On what % of dollar bills can infectious pathogens be...