Our First Preprint!
Our first preprint is now available @biorxivpreprint This one’s for the biophysicists! https://t.co/9s7VEwG793 — Bryan Heit (@BryanHeit) October 26, 2017
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Charles Yin Wins a Prestigious Vanier Scholarship
We are excited to announce that Charles Yin has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students. Charles is a MD/PhD student in the Heit lab, and was 1 of 55 students selected by the CIHR for this award. The Vanier award was established by the Government of Canada “to strengthen Canada’s ability to attract and retain world-class
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Rab17 Mediated Antigen Sorting
We are excited to announce the publication of a follow-up paper to last-years study of Rab17 mediate sorting of antigens. In our first study we identified Rab17 as a protein which allowed macrophages to prevent generating immune responses after engulfing dead cells (a process termed efferocytosis), while still allowing macrophages to generate immune responses after engulfing pathogens.
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Welcome New Students
The Heit lab is excited to announce that two new students are joining our lab. Adam Tepperman will be joining us as a summer student, and will be investigating antigen sorting following efferocytosis and phagocytosis. Darius Lau, a former honours student in our lab, is staying on as a graduate student and will be continuing his
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