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We are a research group at University of Freiburg that studies the molecular mechanisms of T cell activation and how to use them for immunotherapy. lillemeier.biologie.uni-freiburg.de

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Milena Schuhmacher @mschuhmacher.bsky.social · 21h
So excited to join the Perutz! #lipidtime I will also be looking for new PhD students and postdocs soon ☺️
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Michael White @mtwhite.bsky.social · 23h
lnkd.in/exDnxM_6 My team at Institut Pasteur Paris, in collaboration with the team of Dr Makhtar Niang at Institut Pasteur de Dakar, are searching for prospective PhD students through the Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program.
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 17h
Dr. Steffen Massberg’s seminar entitled “Cellular Conversations between Thrombosis and Immunity” is now available on YouTube youtube.com/live/8e0WPls... Please ask questions in the comment section for Steffen. Hope you enjoy it!
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Missed a live IUIS webinar? Every 2026 session is free on demand on #ImmunoHub. Create your account: loom.ly/ZPwIVCQ #ImmunologyWithoutBorders #Immunology
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spatially confined IL-12 programs CAR-NK through mTORC1 to coordinate antitumor immune networks @danafarber.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social doi.org/10.1158/2159...
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Joe Sabatino @jsabatino37.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reminder! If you are interested applying to our MS and Neuroimmunology fellowship, please attend our virtual Open House on Friday, October 2 at 10-11 am PT. We offer clinical and clinician-scientist training tracks Registration here: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Florian Ingelfinger @florianingelfinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1/3 Deep generative modeling coming to cytometry! 🔬 CytoVI is now in Nature Methods: integrate flow cytometry, mass cytometry & CITE-seq, predict missing markers, and discover disease-associated cell states. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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CytoVI: deep generative modeling of antibody-based single cell data - Nature Methods
CytoVI is a deep generative model for statistically rigorous analysis of antibody-based single-cell data.
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sfb1160.bsky.social @sfb1160.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Final registration day! Join us at #SFB1160 #Symposium “IMPAIRED IMMUNITY: From Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution”. Date: October 8–10, 2026 Venue: KG I, #UniversityOfFreiburg Program: www.sfb1160.uni-freiburg.de/symposium-20... Be part of great #Immunology #Research #ScientificExchange
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Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) @fmpberlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔬 Two PhD positions in Biophysics/Structural Biology at FMP Berlin! The Research Unit Molecular Biophysics at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), led by Adam Lange, is looking for two PhD students. Applications are open until November, 30.
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Schumacher Lab @schumacher-lab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hi, we would like to introduce PAIR-Scan, an HLA-agnostic library-on-library screening technology that can identify reactive TCR–antigen pairs with optimal killing activity among up to ~100,000 possible candidate pairs in a single-step. 🧵(1/7) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Jez Carlton @jezcarlton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey! Submit your papers, and spread the word, this will be great! Thanks for inviting us @jcellsci.bsky.social and great to work with @pihanson.bsky.social on this issue!
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social B cells sustain tumor-specific CD4 T cells to promote response to PD-1 targeted therapy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @kamphorstlab.bsky.social
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 9am PST, noon EST, 4pm GMT by Dr. Steffen Massberg . Title: “Cellular Conversations between Thrombosis and Immunity” ZOOM LINK: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... LIVE ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@GLOBALIMMUNOTALK
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de seminar with Fiona Kearns @kearnslab.bsky.social (Uni of Freiburg) on October 1. She will speak about “Emerging Opportunities in Biophysics: Glycoprotein Characterization by Molecular Dynamics Simulations”. Everyone's welcome!
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dr. Chloe Villani’s seminar entitled “Cracking the Code of Checkpoint Toxicity Mechanisms” is now available on YouTube youtube.com/live/eXb23-r... Please ask questions in the comment section for Chloe. Hope you enjoy it!
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"Cracking the Code of Checkpoint Toxicity Mechanisms" by Dr. Chloe Villani
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/09/2026
New results in #ScienceSignaling reveal that the T cell adaptor protein PAG supports the function of #TCell immune synapses by connecting with actin, suggesting that it could offer a target to improve #immunotherapy in patients that show poor responses. scim.ag/3V1ilCa
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PAG supports T cell immune synapse function by binding to actin
A plasma membrane adaptor protein supports cytotoxic T cell function by connecting with the actin network.
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The Journal of Immunology @jimmunol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Researchers investigated whether MHC-I and MHC-II antigen presentation and the presence of endogenous cDC1s contribute to the efficacy of adjuvant-activated, tumor antigen–loaded cDC1 vaccines. See what they found in The JI: ow.ly/FZ8J50ZQ9K9.
Characterization and functional evaluation of WT, MHC-IKO, and MHC-IIKO cDC1s. Reference scRNA-seq cells are displayed as dots, and bulk RNA-seq samples are overlaid as shapes, corresponding to individual genotypes, as indicated.
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 24/09/2026
Functional heterogeneity and plasticity in naïve #CD8 #Tcells drive superior effector and memory responses. New study from Yamato Sajiki, Koichi Araki @arakilab.bsky.social and colleagues @cincyresearch.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/... #LymphocyteBiology #InfectiousDisease #HostDefense
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Joe Sabatino @jsabatino37.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Immune signatures of common exposures through co-occurrence of T-cell receptors in tens of thousands of donors www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Frontiers | Immune signatures of common exposures through co-occurrence of T-cell receptors in tens of thousands of donors
BackgroundMemory T cells are records of clonal expansion from prior immune exposures such as infections, vaccines and chronic diseases. Some of the receptors...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Targeting ZMYND8 unleashes IL-2 signalling to override T cell exhaustion @nature.com @stjuderesearch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tumor-versus-non-tumor T cell enrichment supported by single-cell and spatial phenotyping enables antigen-agnostic prioritization of candidate tumor-reactive TCRs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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sigtrans.bsky.social @sigtrans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Abstract submission is still possible until September 30! Here is the link to registration and submission:https://sigtrans.de/en/meeting-2026 @kkubatzky.bsky.social @bastianschirmer.bsky.social @sjoerdvanwijk.bsky.social @dgfi-yi.bsky.social
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out the preprint for more experiments and details. If you are interested in having the line please get in touch with Evo-Devo-Tempo Lab or Aulehla Lab. Huge thanks to everyone involved 🙏 @embldbunit.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @dfg.de
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
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International Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔬 One week out: Victor Sojo (University of Melbourne) on leadership for professionals. Sep 29, 10pm UTC (4pm Mexico City, 7pm NY, +1d 8am Melbourne). Free on YouTube, no registration. 🌎 loom.ly/5a6qB9s #ImmunologyWithoutBorders
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sfb1160.bsky.social @sfb1160.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢 Final call for registration! Join us at the CRC 1160 International #Symposium “IMPAIRED IMMUNITY: From Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution” (8–10 October 2026, #UniversityofFreiburg). Connect with international experts, and be part of the #ScientificExchange. Secure the final spots now!
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 9am PST, noon EST, 4pm GMT by Dr. Chloe Villani. Title: “Cracking the Code of Checkpoint Toxicity Mechanisms” ZOOM LINK: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... LIVE ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@GLOBALIMMUNOTALKS
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Helmholtz Imaging @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2026: abstract submissions deadline extended! Submit your contribution by 30/9 👉 events.hifis.net/event/3981/p... Inspiring keynotes, new formats, workshops, community spirit & Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig await! See you there! 👋 @helmholtz.de @helmholtzai.bsky.social
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 05/09/2026
Advances in the development of personalized neoantigen therapies. Mirabile–Brightman and Butterfield discuss the status of cancer vaccination in this review: rupress.org/jem/article/... Part of our #CancerImmunotherapy 2026 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti... #CSHAsia
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Yury Bykov @yurabykov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are looking for a postdoc to investigate the principles of cellular organization using state-of-the-art microscopy! Please repost to help us find a colleague :) Full details here bio.rptu.de/fileadmin/ag...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CAR design equips diverse immune cells with unique antigen-specific activation identities @moltherapy.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Review: Functional genomics–guided design of CAR-T and CAR-NK therapies in hematological malignancies: aligning cellular engineering with immune escape and microenvironmental resistance @frontiersin.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/gen...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Knockout and re-expression system for mutant analysis in primary mouse T cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @unifr.bsky.social
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saligramalab.bsky.social @saligramalab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#For #TCR #Lovers look at this #great paper @pgtimmune.bsky.social Uneven TCR chain pairing constraints govern epitope recognition | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Uneven TCR chain pairing constraints govern epitope recognition
Combinatorial pairing of independently recombined T cell receptor (TCR) α- and β-chains is central to diversifying the TCR repertoire. Although sequence motifs in one chain correlate with epitope reco...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social immgen.com A comprehensive reference of mouse CD8αβ T cell differentiation states www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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amitava banerjee @amitava-immuno.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This nicely covers some of our latest #TCR-antigen #cross-reactivity works #ImmunoSky
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Yang Luo @y-luo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 DPhil opportunity in our lab at @ox.ac.uk! We’re looking for a DPhil student to build a population-scale HLA–TCR atlas and investigate how genetic variation shapes human T-cell responses across health and disease. 🧬🦠 Apply before: *1 Dec 2026*. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-u...
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Decoding HLA-restricted human T-cell immunity through a population-scale HLA–TCR atlas
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Michael Feldbrügge @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two PhD positions in the Feldbrügge Lab at HHU Düsseldorf within nEXt-RNA: 🔬 DC1: Live-cell imaging of RNA transfer and function 📦 DC10: Mechanisms and applications of RNA delivery RNA biology, fungi, extracellular vesicles and advanced imaging. www.mikrobiologie.hhu.de/en/
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sigtrans.bsky.social @sigtrans.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Registration is open for the #CellCommSummit 2026 (29𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 #Signaltransduction)! The conference will take place from November 2 to 4, 2026 at the Leonardo Hotel in Weimar, Germany. Meet our Keynote Speaker Michael Reth in Session B "Infection and Inflammation" @dgfi-yi.bsky.social
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Lillemeier lab @lillemeier-lab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Genome-scale perturb-seq in primary human CD4+ T cells maps context-specific regulators of T cell programs and human immune traits: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Genome-scale perturb-seq in primary human CD4+ T cells maps context-specific regulators of T cell programs and human immune traits
A dynamic atlas of gene regulation was generated by perturbing every expressed gene across 22 million primary human CD4+ T cells under resting conditions and following re-stimulation. The resulting ma...
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at 9am PST, noon EST, 4pm GMT by Dr. Mariapia Degli-Esposti. Title: “Cytomegalovirus infection and immune regulation" ZOOM LINK: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... LIVE ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@GLOBALIMMUNOTALKS
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 Paper alert! #CIBSS researchers examined the role of mitochondrial protease ICP55, an enzyme that removes a single amino acid from proteins imported into mitochondria – and showed how important this is for the stability of protein complexes. @voegtlelab.bsky.social @degradomics.bsky.social
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A single-amino-acid cleavage controls global mitochondrial complex integrity - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Kücükköse, Luzarowski and colleagues show that removing a single N-terminal amino acid during the maturation of newly imported mitochondrial proteins globally stabilizes mitochondrial protein complexe...
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie e.V. (DGfI) @dgfi-org.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are delighted to welcome Professor Federica Sallusto, one of the world’s leading experts in human T‑cell biology. dgfi2026.abstractserver.com/program/#/de... - www.immunology-conference.de @iuis-online.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social @dgfi-yi.bsky.social #immunology26 #immunology #dgfi
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Jonathan Bohlen @jonathanbohlen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🧬 New preprint: "Selection and surveillance of 5S ribosomal RNA genes in human populations." The 5S rRNA genes sit in a ~80-copy array on chromosome 1, one of the least-explored parts of the genome. We traced its variation from DNA to ribosome. 1/4🧵
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congrats Koichi Araki, @cincyresearch.bsky.social! Functional heterogeneity and plasticity in naïve CD8 T cells drive superior effector and memory responses @jem.org rupress.org/jem/article-...
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saligramalab.bsky.social @saligramalab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our lab anticipate having #two #postdoctoral #positions starting beginning/late summer #2027. We are searching for candidates with #Tcell #expertise #protein #engineering and #ThymicTcellDevelopment.
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 10/02/2025
New: Using F-tractin to visualize #actin in living cells? Dmitry Shatskiy, Athul Sivan, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, and Alexander Belyy @alexanderbelyy.bsky.social determined the F-tractin-F-actin structure and showed that this probe is nearly identical to #Lifeact. buff.ly/3EIqAur #cytoskeleton
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sigtrans.bsky.social @sigtrans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Registration is open for the #CellCommSummit 2026 (29𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 #Signaltransduction)! The conference will take place from November 2 to 4, 2026 at the Leonardo Hotel in Weimar, Germany. Meet our Keynote Speaker Julia Gross (Potsdam) in Session E "Tumor Cell Biology",
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Monika Wolkers @monikawolkers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
👇Super excited about this work. 👇 Our first proteome analysis of tumor-reactive T cells from non-small cell lung cancer lesions. We identify differentially expressed proteins that we would have missed with RNA-seq. We learned how CHD4 and FASN contribute to T cell differentiation and function.
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European Microglia Webinar Series @microgliaseries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📢 New webinar coming soon 📢  Prof. Katrin Kierdorf from University of Freiburg be our next speaker on September 1st. Check all the information in the flyer and add it to your calendar!
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