Dane Parker

Persistence pays off!! Taken 10 years since its predecessor!! Don’t give up folks!

From Melbourne to Newark: Dane Parker Studies Where Bacteria Meet Immunity - Biweekly newsletter of the International Cytokine & Interferon Society I run a laboratory at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark NJ USA. I study host-pathogen interactions as I find both microbiology and immunology interesting.

Thanks for the highlight @cytokinesociety.bsky.social
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Two‐Photon 3D Printing of Functional Microstructures Inside Living Cells This study demonstrates 3D printing inside living cells by using two-photon photo-lithography. A bio-compatible photoresist is injected into cells and selectively polymerized with a femtosecond laser...

3D printing an elephant inside a cell. Wow!
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This 👇🏻, why we need research!

Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Newark, New Jersey (US) job with Dr Tania Wong | 12848863 Rutgers is currently seeking a Postdoc Research Scientist to join the Center for Immunity and Inflammation (CII) at the New Jersey Medical School.

🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc!
Seeking expertise in spatial metabolite imaging and/or mass spectrometry to study how host metabolism shapes immune responses. If you're creative, collegial, and excited to push boundaries, we’d love to hear from you. Please share!

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My nose must be riddled with S. aureus then 🫠

Latest from the lab!!! We joined Amali Samarasinge and Charles Dela Cruz and a cast of many on a workshop for best practices for models of bacterial pneumonia @atscommunity.bsky.social

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Trained immunity in the lung Several studies have now demonstrated that trained immunity occurs in the airways to several pathogens and products, while its utility is yet to be determined.

Latest from the lab! In @elife.bsky.social we reviewed the current status of trained immunity in the lung!

elifesciences.org/articles/104...

Mice are not always reflective of human studies!

1,600 names needed toward the next 12,800 target. Support NIH and research

VIROLOGY FACULTY RECRUITING AT RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL - Newark, NJ job with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School | 672389 The New Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity (CVHII) at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), Newark, is seeking to recruit tenure-track faculty.

Virologists!! We are hiring at all levels. Check it out!

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Thanks!

Thanks!

Such an honor to receive the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Faculty Organization Faculty of the Year Award.

Spiaggia Bianco heaven!

An improved humanized mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus infection to study pneumonia from @daneparkerlab.com www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Improved humanized mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus infection Staphylococcus aureus is a significant cause of pulmonary infections, but existing mouse models fail to recapitulate human-specific responses. In this study, we developed a novel mouse model of S. aur...

Latest from the lab! We show in @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social
a new humanized mouse model of S. aureus infection using human lung tissue examining the immune and bacterial responses! #OpenAccess
www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

The virtual Staphylococcal meeting is happening July 9-10, cheap and easy way to stay up-to-date with the latest research! Over 20 great presentations! #Staphylococcus #Staphylococci
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Reach out to your representatives to fight the govt cuts to research. ASM has made it easy for you to do so.

A huge majority of Americans (77%) oppose the cuts to medical research that the current administration has made.

(Source: Wash. Post/ABC/Ipsos poll)

Biological sex influences severity and outcomes in Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia | Microbiology Spectrum Biological sex has been shown to influence the incidence and outcomes of infection. We had previously documented that in a mouse model of infection, the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii caused more se...

Latest from the lab! We had previously shown sex differences in A. baumannii pulmonary infection. Here, we show that in human males have worse outcomes compared to females. Mice are not people! @asm.org
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Wow. Very impressive!

What a waste of resources

CD301b+ dendritic cell-derived IL-2 dictates CD4+ T helper cell differentiation - Nature Communications A subset of migratory type 2 conventional dendritic cells marked by CD301b expression (CD301b+DC), are required specifically for the development of Th2 cells. Here authors show that at the mechanistic...

Excited to see this finally out!! We found IL-2 made by CD301b+ DCs critical for the Th2 fate decision of CD4T cells and skewing them away from the Tfh fate. They also seem to use their own CD25 to direct IL-2 to the cognate clone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bacteria as food for macrophages!

The kinase RIPK3 promotes neuronal survival by suppressing excitatory neurotransmission during central nervous system viral infection How innate immune signaling within neurons influences neurotransmission remains poorly understood. Estevez et al. show that the necroptotic kinase RIPK3 promotes neuronal survival during viral infecti...

RIPK3 can promote neuronal survival during viral infection by @briandaniels.bsky.social at @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social !
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Living with dogs and cats: Is it a risk factor for community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in humans? - PubMed We conclude that there is an association between human MRSA SSTIs and living with CF.

Living with cats and dogs showed an association with MRSA infection!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39995309/

Hopefully re register

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Check out my old @columbiauniversity.bsky.social colleague @adamratnermd.bsky.social on his book tour, #vaccines! Or check out his book, "Booster shots". Link here, www.amazon.com/Booster-Shot....