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Brian Sheridan Lab

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T Cells and Mucosal Immunology Assoc. Professor at Stony Brook University

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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We hope this work serves as a useful benchmark and practical resource for the immunology community!
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Key Takeaways: Murine IL-2 is better at promoting the survival of naive CD8 T cells in culture. Murine IL-2 promotes antigen-independent expansion of CD44hi CD8 T cells from naive mice. Following TCR-dependent activation, IL-2 receptor expression is distinct between human and murine IL-2.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Many immunology laboratories have routinely used human IL-2 for mouse T cell cultures. But does human IL-2 perform the same on mouse T cells? In our new paper led by Yangle Yu in Life Science Alliance, we took a close look at this common convention. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Murine IL-2 outperforms human IL-2 in supporting the survival of naïve mouse CD8 T cells in vitro
Much of the immunology community relies on human IL-2 to support murine CD8 T-cell expansion in vitro. Although human and murine IL-2 share high similarity in amino acid sequence and exhibit similar b...
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations to the research team on advancing mucosal cancer vaccines! Xinyuan Lei, Ph.D. and Yangle Yu are excellent scientists who co-led this research effort.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Therapeutic Synergy: When paired with immune checkpoint inhibitors, the vaccine controlled aggressive MSS tumors that typically resist immunotherapies. Translational Impact: This mucosal delivery platform offers potential for both active tumor treatment and prevention in high-risk populations.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Key highlights: High Safety Profile: The engineered bacteria remained localized in intestinal tissues without systemic spread or adverse side effects. Prophylactic Protection: The vaccine prevented colorectal tumor development when administered prior to tumor challenge in preclinical models.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This was a fantastic collaboration that leveraged strengths from both labs. We used oral delivery of an attenuated strain of Listeria monocytogenes to generate localized immune protection in an aggressive microsatellite stable orthotopic model of colorectal cancer.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news in cancer immunotherapy! A recent study published in #JITC by my lab at Stony Brook University and the Beyaz lab at CSHL reveals a promising oral vaccine platform that enhances checkpoint blockade against colorectal cancer. Read the paper here: jitc.bmj.com/content/14/2...
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Oral immunization with Listeria monocytogenes vaccine enhances immunotherapy for protective immunity in murine models of colorectal cancer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death and remains a significant global health challenge. Cancer vaccines have emerged as a promising immunotherapy for long-term...
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hope to see you all there!
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new-england-immuno.bsky.social @new-england-immuno.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Come to Woods Hole for the New England Immunology Conference on Nov 14 & 15
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new-england-immuno.bsky.social @new-england-immuno.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.newenglandimmunology.org Coming Nov 14 & 15 to Woods Hole MA Join Us!
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New England Immunology Conference
Fostering the exchange of the latest immunological knowledge
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/12/2025
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer... @repauchincloss.bsky.social
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 12/12/2025
Chimeric MHC class I and II-restricted non-self epitopes broaden anti-tumor T cell reactions. New study from Rongsheng Zhang, Tasuku Honjo, Kenji Chamoto and colleagues @ccii-kyoto.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/... #TumorImmunology
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Review: Reaching maturity: Thymic γδ T cell differentiation in mice and humans www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @sciimmunology.bsky.social @bsilvasantos.bsky.social
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Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Human lung CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cell-derived interferon-γ orchestrates subset-specific antiviral programming in airway epithelial cells
Mattingly et al. use human lung cells to show that virus-specific CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells trigger epithelial antiviral defenses via IFNγ. This early protective response varies by epithelial subset, restricts influenza infection, and highlights the importance of Trm-epithelial cell crosstalk in mediating respiratory virus control.
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 11/12/2025
Urs Mörbe, William Agace et al. characterize and spatially map the fibroblast landscape within human large and small intestinal gut-associated lymphoid tissues, including Peyer’s patches and isolated lymphoid follicles, during homeostasis and #Crohns disease. rupress.org/jem/article/... #IBD
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Always worth repeating: Every new medicine begins in an academic lab, and this publicly funded research is one of the strongest economic engines a state can support, making the proposed EBRI a win-win for everyone, so sign and share >>> c.org/nDnRNSsVcq
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Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
All my top music is from grant writing 😱
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Joanne Flynn @joanneflynn19.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Hey friends. I’m looking for a postdoc interested in studying host-pathogen interactions and immunology of tuberculosis. Send me some good people! We have a great group here! Email me joanne@pitt.edu. Thanks!
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Wondering why you should ✍ our petition? c.org/nDnRNSsVcq In @aai.org, founder @drshrutinaik.bsky.social reveals why the coalition was formed, why NY needs a state-backed research institute, and how scientists should organize for systemic support — here and nationwide. news.aai.org/2025/11/20/n...
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Immunologists Push for State Biomedical Research Funding in New York - AAI News
Dr. Shruti Naik is one of the immunologists in New York state behind NY-CURES, advocating for state investment in biomedical research.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.
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David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
Nature - The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Key points on the need for continued animal use in scientific research. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters
Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Run a lab? Work in a lab? Wondering where your future research funding will come from? New York has an unprecedented opportunity on the table — a bold proposal to supercharge biomedical research and innovation across the state. 👉 Sign the petition & share to help make it happen.: c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
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Sign the Petition
Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
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Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Online now: Human lung CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cell-derived interferon-γ orchestrates subset-specific antiviral programming in airway epithelial cells
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Human lung CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cell-derived interferon-γ orchestrates subset-specific antiviral programming in airway epithelial cells
Mattingly et al. use human lung cells to show that virus-specific CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells trigger epithelial antiviral defenses via IFNγ. This early protective response varies by epithelial subset, restricts influenza infection, and highlights the importance of Trm-epithelial cell crosstalk in mediating respiratory virus control.
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Salva Iborra @salva-iborra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Excited to share our new paper in @jem.org! 🎉 We reveal a key mechanism showing how tissue-resident memory CD8⁺ T cells (#Trm) amplify antiviral protection during reinfection. #immuno 🧵👇1/6
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Nature @nature.com · 29/10/2025
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Enjoyed sharing my home brew 'Cyto-hops-ic IE-ale' with everyone at our departmental Oktoberfest. Unfortunately, only my lab and a select few understood the reference.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... Science is pretty amazing! The amount of basic science that leads to these clinical breakthroughs is staggering and often not appreciated by the politicians that decide funding levels
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Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression | NEJM
The need to suppress a patient’s immune system after the transplantation of allogeneic cells is associated with wide-ranging side effects. We report the outcomes of transplantation of genetically m...
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I'll take #gdTcells for $500
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Nature @nature.com · 10/07/2025
A key US Senate committee has indicated that it will reject the huge budget cuts that President Donald Trump proposed for some science agencies, including the US National Science Foundation and NASA. go.nature.com/40H0XST
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US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
As NIH budget deliberations continue, prepare to hear Bhattacharya deflect substantial questions about the negative effects of his funding policies with “I’m an economist.” He’s not a very good one if he’s unable to assess the impact of funding decisions at the agency he directs.
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Kamal M Khanna @khannakm.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Our latest review on macrophages Macrophages: sentinels, warriors, and healers url:https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/hmg/ddaf087/8158008 academic.oup.com/hmg/advance-...
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Macrophages: sentinels, warriors, and healers
Abstract. Macrophages are versatile innate immune cells that act as sentinels, warriors, and healers in virtually every tissue. This review synthesizes cur
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This is a great idea! I really enjoy the JI Pillar articles
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Listen to our newest Immunology faculty @priyadevarajan.bsky.social discussing her new lab @stonybrookmedicine.bsky.social and the benefit of @societymucosalimm.bsky.social mentorship program to her career development!
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/05/2025
These are VERY rough estimates, but here's life expectancy after diagnosis of type-I diabetes over the past 150 years. It was Banting and Best's discovery of how to isolate insulin in 1921 — not some fucking cooking class — that gave people including my daughter a new lease on life.
Plot of life expectancy after Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, 1850-2025. 

After the discovery of insulin in 1921, life expectancies go gradually from zero to seventy years.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Proud of Harvard for pushing back, exercising some creativity, and, maybe, helping folks get some needed education. Harvard is making many of their online government courses FREE. I just signed up for "Citizen Politics in America". They even asked me my Gender. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Metabolic reprogramming of IL-17 producing gd T cells promotes de novo lipogenesis under psoriasis conditions
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants. grant-watch.us It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon. Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
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Grant Watch
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 30/04/2025
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
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Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Check out this cool new study from a colleague at @stonybrookmedicine.bsky.social. Congrats to Charles and his team! Mtb-reactive CD8a expressing NK cells in humans!
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Another great study from the @khannakm.bsky.social lab! Disease tolerance to limit Pathology in mucosal tissues
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Check out this fantastic story from @ikinglab.bsky.social group! There's always something cool going on in the mucosa
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
From South America to the global stage! Meet Dr. Eduardo Villablanca and Gustavo Monasterio Ocares as they share how SMI has supported their efforts to increase opportunities for mucosal immunologists in South America. Watch here: www.socmucimm.org/about/smi-or... #MucosalImmunology
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
gavage with Listeria leads to rapid (within 4 hour dissemination to the liver) but feeding takes 48 hours and appears to pass through the MLN. We thought this was a technical limitation of gavage but perhaps it's different with Yersinia. Thanks for sharing and best of luck with submission!
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Okay, that sounds great. So, how do you think this works? The ole direct access to the hepatic portal vein? Shouldn't that require pass through though? We've been struggling with these questions in the Listeria system for some time. But...
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Very cool study! Curious if you looked at foodborne infection instead of gavage using this approach to compare splenic/liver vs intestinal founders?
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Will do. Just switched over from the other place a few weeks back.
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Brian Sheridan Lab @bsheridanlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thanks Laura 😊 Hope all is well at UConn!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically. (www.ft.com/content/7568... )
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