Priyanka Pundir
@priyankapundir.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Immunology @UoG MCB. Host-Microbe Interactions. Mom of Two. Swifite. 🇨🇦
Lab website: https://www.pundirlab.com
Lab website: https://www.pundirlab.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A big study in JAMA last year in which 185 909 children were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Conclusion: Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability - PubMed
Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests that associations observed in other mo...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A big study in JAMA last year in which 185 909 children were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Conclusion: Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/
New lab group photo! This academic year we’ve welcomed two graduate students, Austin and Carly, and two undergraduate project students, Amara and Ellen. Grateful to be working with such a thoughtful, motivated group. #TeamMrgpr
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New lab group photo! This academic year we’ve welcomed two graduate students, Austin and Carly, and two undergraduate project students, Amara and Ellen. Grateful to be working with such a thoughtful, motivated group. #TeamMrgpr
Congratulations to Erin on successfully defending her Master's - our lab's very first graduate! What a week!
September 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Congratulations to Erin on successfully defending her Master's - our lab's very first graduate! What a week!
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Mood after the CIHR grant marathon.
September 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mood after the CIHR grant marathon.
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MCB @ U of Guelph is hiring (again)! 🎉
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
Part of our strategic cluster hire.
Apply now 👉 careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
#Biochemistry #FacultyJobs #AcademicTwitter #MolBio
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
Part of our strategic cluster hire.
Apply now 👉 careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
#Biochemistry #FacultyJobs #AcademicTwitter #MolBio
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)
careers.uoguelph.ca
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
MCB @ U of Guelph is hiring (again)! 🎉
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
Part of our strategic cluster hire.
Apply now 👉 careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
#Biochemistry #FacultyJobs #AcademicTwitter #MolBio
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
Part of our strategic cluster hire.
Apply now 👉 careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
#Biochemistry #FacultyJobs #AcademicTwitter #MolBio
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Nice review out by @priyankapundir.bsky.social lab! Bitter Taste Receptors in Bacterial Infections and Innate Immunity - Rudolph - 2025 - Immunity, Inflammation and Disease - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Nice review out by @priyankapundir.bsky.social lab! Bitter Taste Receptors in Bacterial Infections and Innate Immunity - Rudolph - 2025 - Immunity, Inflammation and Disease - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Fresh off the press! Our review on bitter taste receptors in bacterial immunity is now out, led by MSc students Hannah and Erin with support from USRA Austin.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Bitter Taste Receptors in Bacterial Infections and Innate Immunity
Background
Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs), originally identified for their role in gustation, are now recognized for their functions in extraoral tissues, particularly in innate immune responses. T.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fresh off the press! Our review on bitter taste receptors in bacterial immunity is now out, led by MSc students Hannah and Erin with support from USRA Austin.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Beautiful work from the Dong lab, led by the outstanding MD-PhD student @rkothari.bsky.social, out in @cellpress.bsky.social! Important contribution on mast cell-expressed Mrgprs in stroke-associated brain inflammation. Congrats to the whole team! #TeamMrgpr 👏👏
Very excited to share our new work out today @cellpress.bsky.social. Here, we propose that meningeal mast cells regulate brain inflammation after stroke by coordinating immune infiltration from the skull bone marrow, through the meninges, and into the brain!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A mast cell receptor mediates post-stroke brain inflammation via a dural-brain axis
Meningeal mast cells, via the receptor Mrgprb2/X2, orchestrate brain inflammation
after stroke by recruiting and promoting the transfer of skull bone marrow neutrophils
into the brain, highlighting th...
www.cell.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beautiful work from the Dong lab, led by the outstanding MD-PhD student @rkothari.bsky.social, out in @cellpress.bsky.social! Important contribution on mast cell-expressed Mrgprs in stroke-associated brain inflammation. Congrats to the whole team! #TeamMrgpr 👏👏
Lab at the department BBQ today (minus Hannah). Loving this warm stretch of weather we’re getting in the GTA!
July 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lab at the department BBQ today (minus Hannah). Loving this warm stretch of weather we’re getting in the GTA!
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A 𝐆 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧–𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫 is a cell‐surface receptor that, once activated by ligand at the cell’s exterior, sets off a cascade of intracellular events. Full definition of this NEJM Illustrated Glossary term: nej.md/43wPaWc
#MedSky #ScienceSky
#MedSky #ScienceSky
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A 𝐆 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧–𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫 is a cell‐surface receptor that, once activated by ligand at the cell’s exterior, sets off a cascade of intracellular events. Full definition of this NEJM Illustrated Glossary term: nej.md/43wPaWc
#MedSky #ScienceSky
#MedSky #ScienceSky
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Hello @bsky.app! We’re excited to have made the transition over to BlueSky 🦋 and are already excited to be part of the fantastic #immunology community!
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hello @bsky.app! We’re excited to have made the transition over to BlueSky 🦋 and are already excited to be part of the fantastic #immunology community!
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Our latest work on how nerves safeguard lung fibrosis. Congrats to Dr. Hiroki and collaborators. @cp-immunity.bsky.social @kavithascranton.bsky.social @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @libininstitute.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis
Sensory innervation impacts several lung diseases, but whether it influences pulmonary
fibrosis (PF) is unclear. Hiroki et al. report that depletion of TRPV1+ nociceptors
leads to worsening of inflamm...
www.cell.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our latest work on how nerves safeguard lung fibrosis. Congrats to Dr. Hiroki and collaborators. @cp-immunity.bsky.social @kavithascranton.bsky.social @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @libininstitute.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
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See me Monday at #Immunology2025 latest on neuropeptides and mast cells at PosterBoard: 1214. #AAI2025
May 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
See me Monday at #Immunology2025 latest on neuropeptides and mast cells at PosterBoard: 1214. #AAI2025
On our way to #Immunology2025! Catch our latest on mast cells at Posters 782 and 814. #AAI2025
May 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On our way to #Immunology2025! Catch our latest on mast cells at Posters 782 and 814. #AAI2025
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1 final call to add signatures or to contact your local MLAs and PM Mark Carney. We need better investments in 🇨🇦 research when underfunded for so long. Will the PM commit to a significant tri-council 💰 ⬆️!?
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
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docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1 final call to add signatures or to contact your local MLAs and PM Mark Carney. We need better investments in 🇨🇦 research when underfunded for so long. Will the PM commit to a significant tri-council 💰 ⬆️!?
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Another one for the lab!👏👏
Congratulations to MSc student Erin Rudolph, who came 2nd at the #UofG Three Minute Thesis finals for her presentation on Mast Cells: The Fire Alarm of Immunity!🔥
Congratulations to MSc student Erin Rudolph, who came 2nd at the #UofG Three Minute Thesis finals for her presentation on Mast Cells: The Fire Alarm of Immunity!🔥
April 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another one for the lab!👏👏
Congratulations to MSc student Erin Rudolph, who came 2nd at the #UofG Three Minute Thesis finals for her presentation on Mast Cells: The Fire Alarm of Immunity!🔥
Congratulations to MSc student Erin Rudolph, who came 2nd at the #UofG Three Minute Thesis finals for her presentation on Mast Cells: The Fire Alarm of Immunity!🔥
Big finish to the week! First research paper from the lab—STAR Protocol on meningitis induction in mice, led by MSc student Erin Rudolph with support from Drs. Dong and Follansbee. Exciting stuff!
star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4168
star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4168
April 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Big finish to the week! First research paper from the lab—STAR Protocol on meningitis induction in mice, led by MSc student Erin Rudolph with support from Drs. Dong and Follansbee. Exciting stuff!
star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4168
star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4168
Big congratulations to our PhD candidate, Colin, and MSc student, Erin, for taking home poster awards at #CSI2025! A perfect 2/2—such a proud moment for this #newPI. #CdnImmunology 🇨🇦
April 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Big congratulations to our PhD candidate, Colin, and MSc student, Erin, for taking home poster awards at #CSI2025! A perfect 2/2—such a proud moment for this #newPI. #CdnImmunology 🇨🇦
Did I mention that these faculty positions are in Canada 🇨🇦? Come join us! We are an awesome department! #Immunology #Virology
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again!
Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)!
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)!
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
March 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Did I mention that these faculty positions are in Canada 🇨🇦? Come join us! We are an awesome department! #Immunology #Virology
Celebrating the women behind it all. Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD2025 #StandupforScience2025
March 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Celebrating the women behind it all. Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD2025 #StandupforScience2025
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Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
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Resharing this for those new to bluesky. If you are interested in #innateimmunity or #inflammation, here’s a starter pack or researchers to follow! Leave a comment if you wanna be added too. #immunosky #academicchatter
go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB
go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB
December 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Resharing this for those new to bluesky. If you are interested in #innateimmunity or #inflammation, here’s a starter pack or researchers to follow! Leave a comment if you wanna be added too. #immunosky #academicchatter
go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB
go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB