Rachel Gottschalk
@gottschalklab.bsky.social
Systems Immunology and Macrophage Signaling
Assistant Professor at U Pitt
Assistant Professor at U Pitt
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49 travel grants awarded! 🎉
These early-career scientists are going to absolutely crush it at Cytokines 2025. The future of cytokine biology is looking bright with talent like this!
Check out all the recipients: cytokinesociety.org/2025/08/29/2...
#CytokineSociety #Cytokines2025 #NextGenScientists
These early-career scientists are going to absolutely crush it at Cytokines 2025. The future of cytokine biology is looking bright with talent like this!
Check out all the recipients: cytokinesociety.org/2025/08/29/2...
#CytokineSociety #Cytokines2025 #NextGenScientists
September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
49 travel grants awarded! 🎉
These early-career scientists are going to absolutely crush it at Cytokines 2025. The future of cytokine biology is looking bright with talent like this!
Check out all the recipients: cytokinesociety.org/2025/08/29/2...
#CytokineSociety #Cytokines2025 #NextGenScientists
These early-career scientists are going to absolutely crush it at Cytokines 2025. The future of cytokine biology is looking bright with talent like this!
Check out all the recipients: cytokinesociety.org/2025/08/29/2...
#CytokineSociety #Cytokines2025 #NextGenScientists
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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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Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold.
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold.
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
facultypositions.stanford.edu
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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My institution---the Sloan Kettering Institute, the basic science arm of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center---is hiring new faculty this cycle! Applications close Nov 15.
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
Faculty Positions
The Sloan Kettering Institute is seeking innovative scientists to join our faculty.
www.mskcc.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My institution---the Sloan Kettering Institute, the basic science arm of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center---is hiring new faculty this cycle! Applications close Nov 15.
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
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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
The Center for Systems Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh is recruiting at the Assistant Professor level. See below for more information. Please repost! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor - CSI
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Center for Systems Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh is recruiting at the Assistant Professor level. See below for more information. Please repost! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
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October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
apply.interfolio.com/174756
apply.interfolio.com/174756
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Congratulations to Morgan Jackson-Strong from the @gottschalklab.bsky.social who will defend her thesis in a few weeks! 👏
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Congratulations to Morgan Jackson-Strong from the @gottschalklab.bsky.social who will defend her thesis in a few weeks! 👏
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Reposting, submit soon!
🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper
We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine.
1) Fundamental researc...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Reposting, submit soon!
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UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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October 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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Great minds think unalike: Learn how a team of immunologists, cancer researchers, telomere experts, and an organic chemist brought their different expertise together to reveal new insights into how damage to #telomeres can shut down #cancer -fighting T cells. buff.ly/gICm1SL (1/2)
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Great minds think unalike: Learn how a team of immunologists, cancer researchers, telomere experts, and an organic chemist brought their different expertise together to reveal new insights into how damage to #telomeres can shut down #cancer -fighting T cells. buff.ly/gICm1SL (1/2)
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We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
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If you are somehow still compelled to be a PI in the world in which we find ourselves, we'd love to have you as a colleague!
Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee job with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 12843515
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine—Basic Sciences
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you are somehow still compelled to be a PI in the world in which we find ourselves, we'd love to have you as a colleague!
Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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👋 Hello Bluesky! We are the Pitt Department of Immunology. From autoimmune disease and cancer immunotherapy to vaccine development to infectious disease, our work spans the spectrum of immunological science. Follow along for updates on the latest publications and other news!
September 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
👋 Hello Bluesky! We are the Pitt Department of Immunology. From autoimmune disease and cancer immunotherapy to vaccine development to infectious disease, our work spans the spectrum of immunological science. Follow along for updates on the latest publications and other news!
Excellent opportunity - the Kueh lab will be recruiting at the Yale Center for Systems and Engineering Immunology this fall.
As we setup our lab here, we will be looking to recruit at all levels, from students and postdocs to research /management personnel. If you are motivated and curious to understand and engineer the immune system, send me a message.
August 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excellent opportunity - the Kueh lab will be recruiting at the Yale Center for Systems and Engineering Immunology this fall.
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🛡️How do macrophages tailor their defenses to different pathogens? Our new paper in @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social combines dense multi-omics time series with high‐content CRISPR screens (CROP-seq) to map the regulatory landscape underlying macrophage immune responses: www.cell.com/cell-systems... (1/9)
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🛡️How do macrophages tailor their defenses to different pathogens? Our new paper in @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social combines dense multi-omics time series with high‐content CRISPR screens (CROP-seq) to map the regulatory landscape underlying macrophage immune responses: www.cell.com/cell-systems... (1/9)
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AT2 cell–derived GM-CSF is essential for establishing a terminally differentiated CD301b+ lung cDC2 compartment and type 2 immunity @sciimmunology.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
GM-CSF derived from alveolar type 2 cells promotes CD301b+ cDC2 generation and allergic airway inflammation
AT2 cell–derived GM-CSF is essential for establishing a terminally differentiated CD301b+ lung cDC2 compartment and type 2 immunity.
www.science.org
August 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
AT2 cell–derived GM-CSF is essential for establishing a terminally differentiated CD301b+ lung cDC2 compartment and type 2 immunity @sciimmunology.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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MSA Pairformer efficiently extracts structure, protein-protein interactions, and mutation effects from MSAs by decomposing the effects of phylogeny and structural contacts.
@yoakiyama.bsky.social Zhidian Zhang @milot.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @sokrypton.org
@yoakiyama.bsky.social Zhidian Zhang @milot.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @sokrypton.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
MSA Pairformer efficiently extracts structure, protein-protein interactions, and mutation effects from MSAs by decomposing the effects of phylogeny and structural contacts.
@yoakiyama.bsky.social Zhidian Zhang @milot.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @sokrypton.org
@yoakiyama.bsky.social Zhidian Zhang @milot.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @sokrypton.org
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Good news for NIH MIRA applicants. Grants.gov recently published the forecast notice for the reissuance of the EI/NI MIRA notice of funding opportunity. As indicated at the link, the estimated post date for the NOFO is Nov 3. www.grants.gov/search-resul...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Good news for NIH MIRA applicants. Grants.gov recently published the forecast notice for the reissuance of the EI/NI MIRA notice of funding opportunity. As indicated at the link, the estimated post date for the NOFO is Nov 3. www.grants.gov/search-resul...
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ICYMI: Parsing the STING in pulmonary hypertension—
Andrew J. Bryant & team report on opposing roles for STING in PH—a paradigm shifting mechanism suggesting we refocus on treatments that target cell-specific inflammatory activation: buff.ly/DWmLPLp
Andrew J. Bryant & team report on opposing roles for STING in PH—a paradigm shifting mechanism suggesting we refocus on treatments that target cell-specific inflammatory activation: buff.ly/DWmLPLp
July 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ICYMI: Parsing the STING in pulmonary hypertension—
Andrew J. Bryant & team report on opposing roles for STING in PH—a paradigm shifting mechanism suggesting we refocus on treatments that target cell-specific inflammatory activation: buff.ly/DWmLPLp
Andrew J. Bryant & team report on opposing roles for STING in PH—a paradigm shifting mechanism suggesting we refocus on treatments that target cell-specific inflammatory activation: buff.ly/DWmLPLp
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NIH is already feeling the effects of LLMs.
A new policy was posted yesterday that limits the number of proposals that can be submitted by any one investigator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
A new policy was posted yesterday that limits the number of proposals that can be submitted by any one investigator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-132: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications NOT-OD-25-132. NIH
grants.nih.gov
July 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
NIH is already feeling the effects of LLMs.
A new policy was posted yesterday that limits the number of proposals that can be submitted by any one investigator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
A new policy was posted yesterday that limits the number of proposals that can be submitted by any one investigator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
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This is such a cool paper and dataset from lab of @arjunraj.bsky.social. There are [ahem] a lot of spatial transcriptomics papers out there. Here's a [rare?] example of one from which we can truly learn some interesting things...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Single-cell spatial mapping reveals reproducible cell type organization and spatially-dependent gene expression in gastruloids
Gastruloids are three-dimensional stem-cell-based models that recapitulate key aspects of mammalian gastrulation, including formation of an anterior-posterior (AP) axis. However, we do not have detail...
www.biorxiv.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is such a cool paper and dataset from lab of @arjunraj.bsky.social. There are [ahem] a lot of spatial transcriptomics papers out there. Here's a [rare?] example of one from which we can truly learn some interesting things...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Exciting week! Congrats to @xuzhoulab.bsky.social, Ruslan Medzhitov, & coauthors on discovering a new mechanism to regulate inflammation!! 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Regulation of inflammatory responses by pH-dependent transcriptional condensates
Inflammation is an essential defense response but operates at the cost of normal tissue functions. Whether and how the negative impact of inflammation…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Exciting week! Congrats to @xuzhoulab.bsky.social, Ruslan Medzhitov, & coauthors on discovering a new mechanism to regulate inflammation!! 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...