Lena Heung, MD PhD FIDSA
@lenaheung.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA. Infectious diseases clinician and fungal immunology researcher. Opinions are my own.
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GM-CSF orchestrates monocyte and granulocyte responses to Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus gattii is an emerging fungal pathogen that is acquired through the respiratory tract and causes invasive infections in both immunocompromised and otherwise healthy people. Many of these a...
www.biorxiv.org
Pleased to share a preprint from our lab with some fascinating findings on the role of GM-CSF in the immune response to the emerging fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pleased to share a preprint from our lab with some fascinating findings on the role of GM-CSF in the immune response to the emerging fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
GM-CSF orchestrates monocyte and granulocyte responses to Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus gattii is an emerging fungal pathogen that is acquired through the respiratory tract and causes invasive infections in both immunocompromised and otherwise healthy people. Many of these a...
www.biorxiv.org
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Pleased to share a preprint from our lab with some fascinating findings on the role of GM-CSF in the immune response to the emerging fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks to Nobel laureate @ardemp.bskyverified.social for giving an amazing keynote talk and dropping some pearls of wisdom at Cedars-Sinai’s Research Day XIII. Not sure if getting a tattoo of your favorite protein is also a requirement to Science well?💪🏻😄
March 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thanks to Nobel laureate @ardemp.bskyverified.social for giving an amazing keynote talk and dropping some pearls of wisdom at Cedars-Sinai’s Research Day XIII. Not sure if getting a tattoo of your favorite protein is also a requirement to Science well?💪🏻😄
And this is even before Jr. has his way with HHS. #vaccinesmakeadults #medsky
BREAKING: A school-age child has died of measles in West Texas, the first death from the disease in a decade in the United States. nbcnews.app.link/paXT0Dg4iRb
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And this is even before Jr. has his way with HHS. #vaccinesmakeadults #medsky
Working in semi-darkness in my office today because all our overhead lights just went out. Meanwhile it's storming outside ⛈️ All just a little too on the nose given current events 😣 #researchsky #NIHcuts #rfk #medsky
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Working in semi-darkness in my office today because all our overhead lights just went out. Meanwhile it's storming outside ⛈️ All just a little too on the nose given current events 😣 #researchsky #NIHcuts #rfk #medsky
Reposted by Lena Heung, MD PhD FIDSA
Last week the 2025 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections concluded. Thanks to @lableibundgut.bsky.social and @fungalspore.bsky.social for chairing this extraordinary meeting. See you in 2027
January 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Last week the 2025 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections concluded. Thanks to @lableibundgut.bsky.social and @fungalspore.bsky.social for chairing this extraordinary meeting. See you in 2027
January 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bonus = exploring the local bike trails and finding a 3D surprise along the way 🚴🏻♀️🐢 #ventura #grc #randomactsof3dprintingkindness #bluegorilladesign
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bonus = exploring the local bike trails and finding a 3D surprise along the way 🚴🏻♀️🐢 #ventura #grc #randomactsof3dprintingkindness #bluegorilladesign
