Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Super excited to present this work on OBS a plataforma built for exchanging ideas, build community and scientific discussion. It’s been a long time since I join OBS and now is time to share a little bit of the things I like the most! 000
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Upcoming OBS Immunology Seminar 'Intratumoral T cell activation kills tumors regardless of T cell specificity' (Nat. Immunol. 2026) Olivia C. Ghirardelli Smith, PhD MD/PhD student, Masopust Lab University of Minnesota Thurs, Sept 24th, 2026 3pm ET | 2pm CT | 12pm PT Zoom 👇️ 175
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OBS Immunology Seminar 👨🔬 @ajithvasanthan.bsky.social - @petermaccc.bsky.social ⏰ 9:00 AM AEST (Sep 17) ⏰ 7:00 PM EDT (Sep 16) - 4:00PM PDT (Sep 16) 📣 Moderator: Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 032
Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Thank you so much! @icis-stephanie.bsky.social 🙌🙌 000
Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ever wonder about the role of CD8 T cells as regulators of tissue homeostasis? 010
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 17/08/2026OBS Immunology Seminar "GPR15-guided CD8+ T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation 👩🔬 Jing Cui - NIH 📅 Thursday, 20th ⏰ 9:00 AM PT-12:00 PM ET- 4:00PM GMT - 6:00PM CET 📣 Moderator: @eugecc.bsky.social - Stanford University Registration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...us02web.zoom.ushttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FzQ7NfiiTVePg3x2gp9WiA#/registration 021
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Paula Licona @licona-limonlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I am deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to this journey. Special mention @eugecc.bsky.social an exceptionally talented young scientist whom I have had the privilege of working with, your creativity, rigor, curiosity and determination are truly extraordinary. 021
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Paula Licona @licona-limonlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What an incredible way to celebrate our recent publication in Nature Immunology! Our work is now accompanied by a News & Views article, and I honestly couldn't be more proud or grateful. @eugecc.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTIF1γ holds the line against regulatory T cell plasticity - Nature ImmunologyA mechanistic understanding of how regulatory T cell plasticity is controlled remains lacking. A study shows that TIF1γ modulates this plasticity by restraining β-catenin signaling. 363
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Anna Salamero Boix @asalboix.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"TIF1γ holds the line against regulatory T cell plasticity" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Referring to the most recent study by @eugecc.bsky.social @licona-limonlab.bsky.socialnature.comTIF1γ holds the line against regulatory T cell plasticity - Nature ImmunologyA mechanistic understanding of how regulatory T cell plasticity is controlled remains lacking. A study shows that TIF1γ modulates this plasticity by restraining β-catenin signaling. 142
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Anna Salamero Boix @asalboix.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Truly impressive work on regulatory T cells from @eugecc.bsky.social, very happy for you! Definitely worth a look! 021
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras ImmuNoah's Ark (Noe Rodriguez) @immunoah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Great to see this story from the @licona-limonlab.bsky.social Lab and @eugecc.bsky.social out! It was really interesting seeing how the project grew. Congrats! 🥳 021
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Paula Licona @licona-limonlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today, I can finally share some incredibly exciting news. Our work, "TIF1γ regulates stability of regulatory T cells during inflammation," has been published in Nature Immunology. www.nature.com/articles/s41590-026-02603-6nature.comTIF1γ regulates stability of regulatory T cells during inflammation - Nature ImmunologyThis study identifies TIF1γ as a critical regulator of regulatory T cell stability during inflammation. By restraining β-catenin–TCF7 signaling, TIF1γ preserves Foxp3 expression, prevents inflammatory... 1074
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 12/05/2026It is publication day for The Organism-Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! This 📗 has been deeply formative for me as a scholar, and it owes so much to so many wonderful people. I truly hope it finds many readers! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #booksky #philsci #histsci #philsky #evosky 821258
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 09/03/2026What a joy to finally share the cover of The Organism–Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The 📗 will be out on May 12 📆! I look forward to the conversations it sparks among scientists, philosophers & historians! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #histsci #philsci #philsky #booksky 🌱🐋 116437
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Juan C. Landoni @jclandoni.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Our paper is now out in Science! Super excited to share our discovery that #mitochondria #pearling is the elusive mechanism driving the regular distribution and inheritance of #mtDNA nucleoids 🧬 [1/6] 317665
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2026OBS Immunology Seminar| Young Investigator Highlight 'Novel approaches to enhance the anti-tumor CD8 T cell response' Zachary S. Buchwald, MD PhD Assoc. Prof. of Rad. Onc. Emory University School of Medicine 🎙️@danmcmanus123.bsky.social Thurs, April 9th, 2026 12pm ET | 11am CT | 9am PT Zoom👇️ 133
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 25/03/2026OBS Immunology TOMORROW! Regulation of DC Tolerogenic Function & Migration 🔹Xiangyue Zhang, PhD @nature.com @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social 🔹Victor Collado-Diaz, PharmD @halinlab.bsky.social @jcb.org @ethz.ch @uv.es Moderator: Daniel T. McManus, PhD 📅 March 26 ⏰ 12 pm ET 💻 lnkd.in/gFyD93Dz... 023
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras jobRxiv @jobrxiv.org · 19/03/2026Excited to recruit a Postdoctoral scholar to join the Laumet Lab www.laumetpainlab.com We study Neuroimmunology of pain in mice and human samples. Postdoctoral scholar Neuroimmunology/Pain @GeoffroyLaumet Michigan State University See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/mi 011
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 19/02/2026OBS Seminar Tregs: Friend or Foe against CRC? 👨🔬 @drxiaohuang.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social - Rudensky Lab @cp-immunity.bsky.social 📣 @eugecc.bsky.social @licona-limonlab.bsky.social 🗓️ Thu , 02-026-26 8: AM PT , 11 AM ET, 4pm GMT, pm CET 👇 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 053
Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Felicidades Daniela! Me inspiró mucho siempre tu tweet donde descrbías que al regresar a México ibas "fade into mediocrity". Y todo lo contrario, tu trabajo y ciencia hablan por ti. Eres en verdad un modelo a seguir para los científicos en formación! Por muchos logros mas 000
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Daniela Robles-Espinoza @daniela-oaks.bsky.social · 18/02/2026We are very happy to see our study finally appear online @nature.com! This has been work of nearly 10 years in collaboration with the National Institute of Genome Medicine 🇲🇽, the National Cancer Institute 🇲🇽, the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and others ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAncestry and somatic profile indicate acral melanoma origin and prognosis - NatureAnalysis of the somatic and transcriptomic profile of 123 acral melanoma samples from Mexican patients helps understand tumour origins and prognosis, and highlights the importance of including samples... 149141
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 04/02/2026Tumour-brain crosstalk restrains cancer immunity via a sensory-sympathetic axis ->Nature | More on "Brain tumor immune system interaction" at BigEarthData.ainature.comTumour-brain crosstalk restrains cancer immunity via a sensory-sympathetic axisKrasLSL−G12D/+; p53fl/fl (KP) mice have been described previously55. KP mice were crossed with Rosa26LSL−tdTomato mice to generate KP; LSL-tdTomato mice. Wild-type C57BL/6 J, Trpv1-cre, Rosa26LSL−DTR (LSL-DTR), Vglut2-cre, Baf53b-cre, Pparγfl/fl and CD11c-cre mice were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory. Trpv1-cre and... 011
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Chrysothemis Brown @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Very happy to share our new study defining the ontogeny of Thetis cells and the developmental cues that shape their early-life wave of differentiation. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Beautiful work led by @hhmi-science.bsky.social Gilliam Fellow Yoselin Paucar Iza and postdoc Tyler Park 1/nature.comOntogeny and transcriptional regulation of Thetis cells - NatureNature - Ontogeny and transcriptional regulation of Thetis cells 3327
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025@nature.com book review by @babiesresearch.bsky.social on book Hidden Guests Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death? nature.com/articles/d41... greystonebooks.com/products/hid...nature.comSome of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death?A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology. 0102
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🎙️ OBS Speaker Highlight 👩🔬 Alejandra Mendoza @scripps.edu @science.org @mskcancercenter.bsky.social 📌 Registration 👉https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PAhTFIZIR8qQ4Jj0UrUWQA#/registration 011
Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 01/01/2026🔥 We’re starting the year strong with Treg Immunology! 🔥 010
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Immunology Podcast @immunologypodcast.com · 26/12/2025Congratulations to Drs. Jose Villadangos and Hamish McWilliam's (@hay-mish.bsky.social) labs on their @science.org paper! Their teams at the Doherty Institute showed that #macrophages are key for MR1 antigen presentation and MAIT cell immunity. 🗒️ bit.ly/49W1GW1 🎤 bit.ly/44Ay1OG 182
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Xiao Huang @drxiaohuang.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Excited to share our new study, the paper is out today @cp-immunity.bsky.social! Not all Treg cells are the same. We identified two Treg cell subsets with opposing functions in colorectal cancer (CRC). 1/8 1178
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Melanoma cells escape immune surveillance by releasing MHC-antigen-loaded melanosomes that directly engage and impair CD8+ T cell receptors @cellcellpress.bsky.social @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social @ragoninstitute.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 0164
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Intravital observation of neuronal and immune cell dynamics in the developing mammalian brain @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 031
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Michela Locci @michelalocci.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I am excited to share that our work, in which we have dissected the signals driven by the nucleoside-modified mRNA and LNP components of mRNA vaccines that regulate germinal center (GC) responses, is now published in Cell! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comDistinct components of mRNA vaccines cooperate to instruct efficient germinal center responsesThis study dissects the individual contributions of the different components of mRNA vaccines to immune responses. Nucleoside-modified mRNA promotes the production of type I interferons that act on de... 54919
Eugenio Contreras @eugecc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Mind-blowing 🤯 IL-10⁺ Tregs restrain tumor growth?! Maybe it’s time to rethink “immunosuppressive cytokines” ; their function clearly depends on the inflammatory milieu. @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful...cell.comOpposing functions of distinct regulatory T cell subsets in colorectal cancerHuang et al. study the heterogeneity of regulatory T (Treg) cells in a genetic model of colorectal cancer (CRC) and find that interleukin (IL)-10− Treg cells promote tumor progression, whereas IL-10+ ... 000
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Kyoto University scientists converted ordinary T cells into stable regulatory T cells that can suppress autoimmune disease in mice. This approach may enable personalized, targeted cell therapy for inflammatory diseases. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgGenerating functionally stable and antigen-specific Treg cells from effector T cells for cell therapy of inflammatory diseasesAntigen-specific and functionally stable Treg cells can be generated in vitro from effector/memory T cells for cell therapy of inflammatory diseases. 36217
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025REFLEX, a Novel Immune Profiling Assay, Combining TCR Repertoire and Multiome at Massively Scalable Single-cell Resolution to Catapult Exploration of T-cell Derived Immunity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 032
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Temporal and context-dependent requirements for the transcription factor Foxp3 expression in regulatory T cells @natimmunol.nature.com @yuripritykin.bsky.social Rudensky @princetonupress.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0258
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Daniel Hoffmann 🌼 @danielhoffmann.eurosky.social · 04/07/2025How basic research at the interface of #immunology and #microbiology leads to potential new #vaccines that could be applied on the skin. Favorite sentence: "We applied bacterial cultures to the heads of mice by gently rubbing their skin with a swab." www.science.org/doi/full/10....science.orgThe vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccinesSkin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines 061
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Discovery Immunology @discovimmunol.bsky.social · 04/07/2025🌿🔬 Call for Papers: Ecoimmunology Special Collection Explore how ecological factors shape immune responses in humans & animals - from wild systems to lab models. 🧪 Submit your work: bridging ecology + immunology! 📖 bit.ly/44N141N #Ecoimmunology #Immunology 052
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2025BREAKING: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win the Nobel Prize in medicine for work on peripheral immune tolerance.bit.lyThe Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune toleranceMary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries about peripheral immune tolerance. 12457144
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 03/10/2025youtu.be/ArQgwaqwpW4 Verena Van Der Heide talk is now on Youtube! Prolonged but finite antigen presentation promotes reversible defects of ‘‘helpless’’ memory CD8+ T cells. @ ImmunityCP @SinaiImmunol @LCMVlabyoutu.be"[Verena Van Der Heide] Finite antigen exposure drives reversible defects in ‘helpless’ CD8+ T cellsVerena Van Der Heide, (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ) Prolonged but finite antigen presentation promotes reversible defects of ‘‘helpless’’ memory CD8+ T cells (Immunity 2025) 051
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Paula Licona @licona-limonlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025My lab with Dr Miriam Merad @Miriammerad at the national congress of the Mexican Society of Immunology 🥰 It was an honour to have the chance to meet such an inspiring leader in immunology 041
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2025OBS Seminar: Neuroimmunology 👩🔬 Sara Trabanelli University of Geneva "Neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response" 🗓️ Thu 25th September7:00 AM PDT 10:00 AM EDT 2:00 PM GMT 4:00 PM CEST 👇 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...us02web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: OBS Immunology Seminar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Help Wanted: CD4⁺ T Cells as Architects and Rescuers of CD8⁺ T Cell Responses Verena Van Der Heide, (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ) Prolonged but finite antigen presentation promotes reversible... 062
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 04/09/2025OBS Immunology Seminar 👩🔬 Verena Van Der Heide, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai @cp-immunity.bsky.social 👩🔬 @valentinavenzin.bsky.social @iannaconelab.bsky.social @unisr.bsky.social @pasteur.fr 🗓️ Thu, September 4th, 11 AM EDT, 3 pm GMT, 5 pm CET 👇 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 051
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Open Box Science @openboxscience.bsky.social · 03/09/2025🚫 Update: Our online seminar has been cancelled/postponed. Thanks to everyone who showed interest—we’ll share updates on future sessions here! 011
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Phase 1 of a hypoimmune allogeneic T cell product, CRISPR deleted TRAC, PD1, HLA-A, HLA-B, CIITA, with a CD19-targeting synthetic TCR and antigen receptor in TRAC locus in 5 patients with severe, refractory #lupus nephritis @naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0154
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Anchored screening identifies transcription factor blueprints underlying dendritic cell diversity and subset-specific anti-tumor immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social @lunduniversity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful... 021
Reposted by Eugenio Contreras Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 29/08/2025KIR–HLA Interactions Influences Cetuximab Efficacy in Colorectal Cancer www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26... 021