Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
@starzlinstitute.bsky.social
Our mission has been to improve the clinical, scientific, and social aspects of transplantation. Associated with the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.
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Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh
The Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh provides funding to faculty at t...
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STI is thrilled to announce that #applications for our Stuart K. Patrick Grant for #Transplant #Innovation are now OPEN!🔬🦠
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
STI is thrilled to announce that #applications for our Stuart K. Patrick Grant for #Transplant #Innovation are now OPEN!🔬🦠
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
Patrick Innovation Grant
Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh
The Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh provides funding to faculty at t...
stiresearch.health.pitt.edu
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
STI is thrilled to announce that #applications for our Stuart K. Patrick Grant for #Transplant #Innovation are now OPEN!🔬🦠
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
The submission deadline is February 16, 2026, with a July 1st award activation. Visit our website for details and materials: stiresearch.health.pitt.edu/funding-oppo...
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🩺 Calling all residents in Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics & Surgery!
Interested in heart🫀, lung🫁, blood🩸, or sleep💤 research?🔬
The R38 StARR Program offers up to 2 years of protected research time + a pathway to future career development awards.
Apply by Jan 16, 2026 ➡️ dom.pitt.edu/r38/apply/
Interested in heart🫀, lung🫁, blood🩸, or sleep💤 research?🔬
The R38 StARR Program offers up to 2 years of protected research time + a pathway to future career development awards.
Apply by Jan 16, 2026 ➡️ dom.pitt.edu/r38/apply/
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🩺 Calling all residents in Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics & Surgery!
Interested in heart🫀, lung🫁, blood🩸, or sleep💤 research?🔬
The R38 StARR Program offers up to 2 years of protected research time + a pathway to future career development awards.
Apply by Jan 16, 2026 ➡️ dom.pitt.edu/r38/apply/
Interested in heart🫀, lung🫁, blood🩸, or sleep💤 research?🔬
The R38 StARR Program offers up to 2 years of protected research time + a pathway to future career development awards.
Apply by Jan 16, 2026 ➡️ dom.pitt.edu/r38/apply/
Thank you to everyone who presented at and/or attended our 2025 Richard H. Johnson #scientificretreat here at STI!! A very special thank you to our keynote speaker, Dr. David Hildeman, from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center👏 (🧵 1/?)
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you to everyone who presented at and/or attended our 2025 Richard H. Johnson #scientificretreat here at STI!! A very special thank you to our keynote speaker, Dr. David Hildeman, from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center👏 (🧵 1/?)
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Congratulations to @vignalilab.bsky.social, @delgoffelab.bsky.social, Sally Wenzel and Simon Watkins for making the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list, recognizing their broad and significant influence in their fields! clarivate.com/highly-cited...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to @vignalilab.bsky.social, @delgoffelab.bsky.social, Sally Wenzel and Simon Watkins for making the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list, recognizing their broad and significant influence in their fields! clarivate.com/highly-cited...
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🚨 Join tomorrow's webinar for an update on the ethical challenges in uterus transplantation
💬 Stefan G. Tullius, Macey Levan, Anji Wall, Paige Porrett
📅 Friday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 pm (ET)
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mu7r62f
💬 Stefan G. Tullius, Macey Levan, Anji Wall, Paige Porrett
📅 Friday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 pm (ET)
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mu7r62f
ISUTx Webinar - November 14 2025 - Evolving ethical challenges after a decade of uterus transplantation: Recommendations from the International Society of Uterus Transplantation Ethics Committee
The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨 Join tomorrow's webinar for an update on the ethical challenges in uterus transplantation
💬 Stefan G. Tullius, Macey Levan, Anji Wall, Paige Porrett
📅 Friday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 pm (ET)
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mu7r62f
💬 Stefan G. Tullius, Macey Levan, Anji Wall, Paige Porrett
📅 Friday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 pm (ET)
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mu7r62f
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Behind the Scenes: Dr. Mark Shlomchik and Dr. Sebastien Gingras of @pitt-immunology.bsky.social discuss data that led to the discovery that divergent signaling domains in TLR7 and TLR9 control their opposing effects on lupus.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Behind the Scenes: Dr. Mark Shlomchik and Dr. Sebastien Gingras of @pitt-immunology.bsky.social discuss data that led to the discovery that divergent signaling domains in TLR7 and TLR9 control their opposing effects on lupus.
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Don’t miss this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling!
A study yields counterintuitive findings about ligand-based CAR T cell designs, new experiments illuminate the perception of pH by SH2 domains, and more. https://scim.ag/3XsbsHG
A study yields counterintuitive findings about ligand-based CAR T cell designs, new experiments illuminate the perception of pH by SH2 domains, and more. https://scim.ag/3XsbsHG
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Don’t miss this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling!
A study yields counterintuitive findings about ligand-based CAR T cell designs, new experiments illuminate the perception of pH by SH2 domains, and more. https://scim.ag/3XsbsHG
A study yields counterintuitive findings about ligand-based CAR T cell designs, new experiments illuminate the perception of pH by SH2 domains, and more. https://scim.ag/3XsbsHG
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Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
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Mark Shlomchik and and his team have solved a 20-year #lupus mystery! In a new @jci.org paper, they show that TLR7 & TLR9 receptors signal differently, overturning textbook assumptions & explaining their opposite effects on #autoimmune disease. lnkd.in/extqYBYR
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Mark Shlomchik and and his team have solved a 20-year #lupus mystery! In a new @jci.org paper, they show that TLR7 & TLR9 receptors signal differently, overturning textbook assumptions & explaining their opposite effects on #autoimmune disease. lnkd.in/extqYBYR
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A new #ScienceImmunology study in mice has identified stem-like tissue-resident memory T cells that can reactivate and regulate immune responses in the intestines, which could inform future #immunotherapies against gastrointestinal tumors or chronic infections. https://scim.ag/4hJTaeH
Stem-like tissue-resident memory T cells control functional heterogeneity and reactivation of T cell memory in the intestine
Tissue-resident memory T cells that express TCF1 or ID3 exhibit stem-like properties and regulate memory heterogeneity and recall.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new #ScienceImmunology study in mice has identified stem-like tissue-resident memory T cells that can reactivate and regulate immune responses in the intestines, which could inform future #immunotherapies against gastrointestinal tumors or chronic infections. https://scim.ag/4hJTaeH
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✨ Are you an OB/GYN involved in transplant care, or a professional focused on managing pregnancy after transplant?
Join the AST Women's Health Community of Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/47yg2co
Join the AST Women's Health Community of Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/47yg2co
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
✨ Are you an OB/GYN involved in transplant care, or a professional focused on managing pregnancy after transplant?
Join the AST Women's Health Community of Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/47yg2co
Join the AST Women's Health Community of Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/47yg2co
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Ponde (postdoc) from the Gaffen Lab upon receipt of the LaJean Chaffin Postdoctoral Travel Award to attend the Keystone Meeting of the Medical #mycological Society of the Americas ( #MMSA) in January!!! 🥳
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Ponde (postdoc) from the Gaffen Lab upon receipt of the LaJean Chaffin Postdoctoral Travel Award to attend the Keystone Meeting of the Medical #mycological Society of the Americas ( #MMSA) in January!!! 🥳
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Do you know an undergrad at Pitt, Chatham University, or @cmu.edu who hasn't had opportunities for hands-on research? Please encourage them to apply for the Microbiology and Immunology Departments (MID) Scholars Program! Learn more and apply: lnkd.in/eT-gYTqR
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Do you know an undergrad at Pitt, Chatham University, or @cmu.edu who hasn't had opportunities for hands-on research? Please encourage them to apply for the Microbiology and Immunology Departments (MID) Scholars Program! Learn more and apply: lnkd.in/eT-gYTqR
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Researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine present a new method to generate stable, antigen-specific regulatory #Tcells in large quantities using the body’s own conventional T cell pool, and show the resulting cells can treat IBD and GvHD in mouse models. https://scim.ag/47dDYBm
Generating functionally stable and antigen-specific Treg cells from effector T cells for cell therapy of inflammatory diseases
Antigen-specific and functionally stable Treg cells can be generated in vitro from effector/memory T cells for cell therapy of inflammatory diseases.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine present a new method to generate stable, antigen-specific regulatory #Tcells in large quantities using the body’s own conventional T cell pool, and show the resulting cells can treat IBD and GvHD in mouse models. https://scim.ag/47dDYBm
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There's still time to attend the International Transplantation Science (ITS) 2025! Join us November 16-19 in San Diego.
🗓️ Register now for ITS 2025 and be part of the future of healthcare innovation.
www.myast.org/its2025
🗓️ Register now for ITS 2025 and be part of the future of healthcare innovation.
www.myast.org/its2025
International Transplantation Science Meeting
Make a difference in the field of transplantation by donating to support our cause.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
There's still time to attend the International Transplantation Science (ITS) 2025! Join us November 16-19 in San Diego.
🗓️ Register now for ITS 2025 and be part of the future of healthcare innovation.
www.myast.org/its2025
🗓️ Register now for ITS 2025 and be part of the future of healthcare innovation.
www.myast.org/its2025
Congratulations to Kassandra Baron & Jordan Warunek (predocs) from the Turnquist Lab upon receipt of IST COTS- @astinfo.bsky.social Scientific Congress Awards for their abstracts (abstract titles in the comments due to character limits)!!! Keep up the good work👏👏
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Congratulations to Kassandra Baron & Jordan Warunek (predocs) from the Turnquist Lab upon receipt of IST COTS- @astinfo.bsky.social Scientific Congress Awards for their abstracts (abstract titles in the comments due to character limits)!!! Keep up the good work👏👏
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Congratulations to @pitt-pmi.bsky.social student Kenta Yamamoto from @slg1717.bsky.social's lab for receiving an F30 predoctoral award from @niaidnews.bsky.social to study how RNA-binding proteins regulate #Tcells that drive inflammatory disease in a model of #GraftVersusHostDisease!
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Congratulations to @pitt-pmi.bsky.social student Kenta Yamamoto from @slg1717.bsky.social's lab for receiving an F30 predoctoral award from @niaidnews.bsky.social to study how RNA-binding proteins regulate #Tcells that drive inflammatory disease in a model of #GraftVersusHostDisease!
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🚨 Faculty position alert! 🚨The Center for Systems Immunology (CSI) and @pitt-immunology.bsky.social are seeking to appoint a tenure-stream Assistant Professor. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3L42cGS
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚨 Faculty position alert! 🚨The Center for Systems Immunology (CSI) and @pitt-immunology.bsky.social are seeking to appoint a tenure-stream Assistant Professor. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3L42cGS
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's #Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in #Immunology! Thank you especially to Dr. Ananda Goldrath for such a wonderful talk!!! It's been an honor to host you and learn more about your research🔬🌌
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's #Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in #Immunology! Thank you especially to Dr. Ananda Goldrath for such a wonderful talk!!! It's been an honor to host you and learn more about your research🔬🌌
REMINDER to join us TOMORROW, Oct. 16th at noon in the Assembly auditorium & via Zoom for our next #Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in #Immunology!
Dr. Ananda Goldrath from the Allen Insitute for Immunology (Seattle) will present "Thinking about the immune system in tissues across time & space"⌛🌌
Dr. Ananda Goldrath from the Allen Insitute for Immunology (Seattle) will present "Thinking about the immune system in tissues across time & space"⌛🌌
Dr. Ananda Goldrath (Allen Institute for Immunology) will present "Thinking about the immune system in tissues across space & time" at our next #Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in #Immunology!! @pitt-pmi.bsky.social
See you Thurs., Oct. 16th at noon in the Assembly Building Auditorium or Zoom!
See you Thurs., Oct. 16th at noon in the Assembly Building Auditorium or Zoom!
October 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
REMINDER to join us TOMORROW, Oct. 16th at noon in the Assembly auditorium & via Zoom for our next #Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in #Immunology!
Dr. Ananda Goldrath from the Allen Insitute for Immunology (Seattle) will present "Thinking about the immune system in tissues across time & space"⌛🌌
Dr. Ananda Goldrath from the Allen Insitute for Immunology (Seattle) will present "Thinking about the immune system in tissues across time & space"⌛🌌
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Ezzelarab upon his election to the International #Xenotransplantation Association (aka #IXA, @ttsorg.bsky.social) Council for 2025 - 2029!!!👏🎉
@pittdeptofmed.bsky.social
@pittdeptofmed.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Ezzelarab upon his election to the International #Xenotransplantation Association (aka #IXA, @ttsorg.bsky.social) Council for 2025 - 2029!!!👏🎉
@pittdeptofmed.bsky.social
@pittdeptofmed.bsky.social
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New online! Advances in liver and pancreas organoids: how far we have come and where we go next
Advances in liver and pancreas organoids: how far we have come and where we go next
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 10 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01116-1Advances in organoid culture have enabled the modelling of many aspects of organs in vitro, transforming experimental biology. This Review provides a comprehensive overview of the current and emerging liver and pancreas organoid technologies and discusses current limitations and future directions.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New online! Advances in liver and pancreas organoids: how far we have come and where we go next
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Discover the latest updates in uterus transplantation and learn from experts on the unique challenges and opportunities in this evolving field. This video is designed for transplant professionals, fellows, and clinicians interested in reproductive transplantation.
Uterus Transplantation – A Primer for Transplant Professionals
Discover the latest updates in uterus transplantation and learn from experts on the unique challenges and opportunities in this evolving field. This educational video is designed for transplant…
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October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Discover the latest updates in uterus transplantation and learn from experts on the unique challenges and opportunities in this evolving field. This video is designed for transplant professionals, fellows, and clinicians interested in reproductive transplantation.
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This year’s #NobelPrize in Chemistry has gone to the architects of molecular “cages” that could be used for everything from carbon capture to drug delivery. https://scim.ag/4mTE1Z6
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This year’s #NobelPrize in Chemistry has gone to the architects of molecular “cages” that could be used for everything from carbon capture to drug delivery. https://scim.ag/4mTE1Z6
Congratulations, Dr. Gaffen (@slg1717.bsky.social)!! Well-deserved 👏👏
From CMU grad to global immunology leader 🦠
Congrats to @slg1717.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 @cmu.edu Alumni Achievement Award for her trailblazing research on IL-17 and immune defense! 🧫
Her groundbreaking IL-17 research has transformed the field of immunology and improved lives worldwide.
Congrats to @slg1717.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 @cmu.edu Alumni Achievement Award for her trailblazing research on IL-17 and immune defense! 🧫
Her groundbreaking IL-17 research has transformed the field of immunology and improved lives worldwide.
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Gaffen (@slg1717.bsky.social)!! Well-deserved 👏👏