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Posts by Dimitrios L. Wagner
Rotation PhD student @emiliedevet.bsky.social in our lab made the Dish soap protocol work (on the first attempt) for a nuclear target with Dawn (the US version of dreft/fairy ) and thereby extended the dish soap protocol to a version for across the atlantic 🤩 @tothovalab.bsky.social #hemesky
Distinct EBV-Associated Phenotypes Due to a Novel Homozygous Missense Variant in CD27. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...
Together with @ronghuizhu.bsky.social, we are thrilled to present our new perturb-seq study of 22M primary CD4+ T cells, across donors and timepoints – the result of a decade-long collaboration between the Marson @marsonlab.bsky.social and Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social labs 🧵 tinyurl.com/gwt2025
Terrific to have our paper, led by @tjflemin.bsky.social, featured as a plenary article in @bloodjournal.bsky.social today: ashpublications.org/blood/articl...
🚨This week in @natcomms.nature.com: We resolve an enduring enigma in T cell biology—how TCR binding to p/HLA triggers intracellular signaling. CryoEM in native environment reveals a 'jack-in-the-box' mechanism! Collab btw
@rockefeller.edu @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
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Clinical development of gene edited tacrolimus-resistant Treg (FKBP12KO-Treg) to enable simultaneous immunosuppression and support of immune regulation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12...
Original work here ⬇️, led by the inimitable Lorenzo Brunetti and Michael Gundry. This work became foundational in the field.
Today's the print release of a #RibackLab and #GoodellLab collaboration— we’re excited to share the visual story behind the science, including the dramatic artwork that inspired how we thought about aberrant function of NPM1c - which occurs in about 1 in 3 adult acute myeloid leukemias (#AML).
A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
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Our case report of a patient developing drug-induced systemic sclerosis after bleomycin exposure – still showing antibodies after 5 years. Nicely done Philipp 🎉 #rheumsky
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Extrusive and cohesive cohesin cooperate to repair double-strand breaks in DNA @science.org @albertomarin.bsky.social @gerlichlab.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social
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Big news! Our team developed Neuro-PERC, a non-viral CRISPR delivery platform for genome editing of the brain. In our new preprint - bit.ly/NeuroPERC_pre - we report efficient editing in multiple models & species, including field-first results in large animals (pigs) 🧵👇
Super cool! Congrats! Have you looked into immune responses towards Cas proteins and (Neuro-)PERC peptides?
So now I’m wondering what you’ve been reading 😉
On this #WorldAIDSday @cgaebler.bsky.social, Olaf Penack & teams at #CharitéBerlin report the #SecondBerlinPatient cured of #HIV after heterozygous CCR5Δ32 HSCT. The study opens exciting perspectives for immune-based #HIVCure strategies for longterm ART-free viral control and ultimately cure.
Today’s xkcd made me cry.
In a good way.
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Workflow of EBV-seq
Adapting the 10x workflow to detect EBV reads, Younis et al show that EBV-transcribing B cells are increased in SLE patients, especially among CD27+CD21low B cells. They have autoreactive BCRs and are more poised for antigen-presentation.
2025 Sci Transl Med 🧪 ⑂
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CD8 T cells produce IFNg and CXCL13 in TLS
What mechanisms drive checkpoint inhibitor-associated interstitial nephritis (ICI-AIN)?
In our preprint, we identify CD8 T cells as a central player, inducing a proinflammatory myeloid cell state by IFNg and structuring lymphoid aggregates by CXCL13.
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#Nephsky 🧪
A monoclonal antibody that inhibits the shedding of CD16a and CD16b and promotes antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against tumors @natcomms.nature.com
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Congrats Jacob! Enjoy your time there and looking forward to the creative science it will inspire :)
(1/10) How do diverse leukemia mutations converge on the same molecular program? In #RibackLab first manuscript @cp-cell.bsky.social, collaboration with @goodell-lab.bsky.social shows that disparate mutations rewire shared protein networks to form nuclear condensates called C-bodies.
Ubiquitinylation is more complex than just a signal for proteasomal degradation: Linear ubiquitinylation of Methionine-1 is important for NFkB signalling.
LOF of the Deubiquitinylase OTULIN leads to an autoinflammatory disease with a TNF positive feedback loop.
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Ever noticed that #CRISPR editing results differ between cells? Awesome PhD student Moritz Schlapansky developed "scOUT-seq" to measure single cell transcriptomes + editing. 1.2 million cells, 74 cell types, living 🐭. Cell subtypes differ wildly from bulk average! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A new subspecialty takes off! Astroimmunology is focused on the effects of #spaceflight on the #immunesystem and defines avenues for countermeasures. A bonus: the work will also inform research on #aging @natrevimmunol.nature.com evimmunol.nature.com www.buckinstitute.org/news/a-hitch...
I hope you still continue with the memes and stupid jokes 🙏
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
What is a promoter? And how does it work?
We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters
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Honored to be part of the 2025 #STATWunderkinds! Grateful for the many supportive mentors, colleagues, and friends with special shoutout to @bkleinstiver.bsky.social.
Full list: www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/
@statnews.com @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social
Super cool! congrats Connor! 🥳