Our IMP Retreat also featured an exciting poster session showcasing outstanding research from our students and postdocs. Congratulations to this year’s poster award winners for their excellent presentations and contributions to our vibrant scientific community!

IMP Program held its annual scientific retreat last week, we heard presentations from our faculty, students, and postdocs. A keynote address by Dr. Brian Brown from the Icahn School of Medicine. Though held locally on campus this year, it was an engaging celebration of our program community!

🎓 Congrats to Dughan Ahimovic from the Josefowicz Lab on defending his thesis: "Deciphering the Histone Code for Immune Cell Development and Stimulation." His dedication and the lab’s collaborative spirit made this achievement possible! Congrats Dughan!👏🧬

🎓 Huge congratulations to Kathleen Mills from the @fungalspore.bsky.social Hohl Lab on successfully defending her thesis: "Epithelial-Immune Cell Crosstalk Orchestrates Pulmonary Immunity to Aspergillus fumigatus" Her strong, dedicated presence in the program will truly be missed! 💫🧬

🎓 Our next 2025 IMP PhD spotlight goes to Laura Menocal from the Schietinger Lab, she defended her thesis: Differentiation State Dynamics of Memory CD8 T Cells in Tumors. A true reflection of the lab’s close-knit and supportive environment, we're so proud of her hard work and growth over the years!

Huge congratulations to Joy Hsu from the @anandasabapathylab.bsky.social on defending her thesis: "Interrogating DC-Dependent Mechanisms Supporting Superior Immunity to Vaccinia Skin Scarification." Her research sheds light on how dendritic cells shape immune responses in skin-based vaccination!🧫🧬

Congratulations to IMP faculty members Chryssie Brown @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social and Alex Gitlin @gitlinlabmsk.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Pershing Square Prize!! 🎉

🎓 This week, we cheered on our brilliant IMP PhD students as they officially became graduates! From convocation to commencement, it was all joy, pride, and big smiles. So proud of this crew and looking forward to all they will accomplish! Scroll for some of our favorite moments! 💫📸

Snaps from AAI! 📸 Proud to see one of our students take the stage with a fantastic presentation, and our program chair highlight important work shaping the field. Always exciting to see our program represented at national conferences! 🌟 #AAI2025

We missed this one back in April, but it’s never too late to celebrate a PhD! 🎉 Huge congrats to Keith Fernandez for an awesome defense and officially joining the IMP alumni fam! 🧬 Pictured here presenting "Exploring the Cellular and Molecular Impacts of Genomic Instability in B Lymphocytes.”

What is happening at AAI in Honolulu today? THIS!! ⬇️

Two defenses in two days? Just another week in the IMP program! 🎓🧠 Congrats to our newest PhD Zhaoquan "Shasha" Wang for the defense of his thesis "Early Life High Fructose Exposure Disrupts Microglia Phagocytosis and Impedes Neurodevelopment." Pictured here with his PI, Dr. Justin Perry!

Another one! 🎓💥 Huge congrats to Anthony Michaels, PhD on successfully defending his thesis! Pictured here with his mentor, Dr. Alexander Rudensky. We’re so proud of all he’s accomplished—onward to the next chapter! 🙌

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Diana Tran (Huse Lab) on a stellar PhD defense! She gave an amazing presentation, and we're so proud! 🐭🧠🧪
📸 Pictured: Diana presenting her research and celebrating with her PI, Morgan Huse.

🎓 Exciting news! IMP's very own Diana Tran (Huse Lab) is defending her thesis tomorrow! Come support and learn from her incredible work or join via Zoom: weillcornell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy holidays from the IMP program! We celebrated the conclusion of the fall quarter with rotation talks by our brilliant first year class, pictured here with proud rotation mentors and program leadership! We’re excited to see what this group accomplishes in 2025!!

For Throwback Thursday (is that allowed here?🤣) We're remembering our annual IMP Retreat!🧪 A perfect mix of science, community, and great vibes. 🔥💡. Can’t wait for next year! #TBT"

Huge congratulations to Adam Krebs for successfully defending his PhD thesis on tuberculosis, under the mentorship of his PI, @michaelglickman.bsky.social ! 🎓🎉 We’re so proud of this incredible milestone in your scientific journey! Onward to amazing things! #IMPPhD