2018
OCTOBER 2018:
Eric writes an awesome blogpost for Science Trends on his recent paper published in Cell Reports. Aimee is lamenting her poor social media skills so please share, tweet, and retweet!
Aimee is very excited to be working with Nicky Mason on a new Transformative R01 research award to develop novel cellular therapies for canine cancers and autoimmune diseases
Also, welcome to Baomei Wang, a new senior research investigator who will be spearheading the canine CAART project along with Xuming Mao and Daniel Lundgren

AUGUST 2018:
Christoph and Eric’s paper on isotype-specific repertoire cloning in pemphigus is published in Cell Reports
Welcome back Daniel Lundgren! Daniel worked in the lab as an undergraduate and we are super excited to have him back as a research specialist focusing on preclinical development of CAART technology
JUNE 2018: Carolyn’s oral presentation at the International Investigative Dermatology meeting on factors predictive of complete remission off therapy after rituximab is picked up by Dermatology News
Pemphigus remission rate tops 80% with rituximab
Dermatology News, Jun 2018
MAY 2018: Aimee helps to organize the International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation 5th Scientific Meeting, Pemphigus and Pemphigoid: A New Era of Translational and Clinical Science, May 15-16 in Orlando, FL. The meeting report is published in Frontiers in Medicine.
Jinmin’s review on applications of CAR technology to immune-mediated diseases is published in Cell and Gene Therapy Insights

Congratulations on medical school graduation, Dr. Nina Ran and Dr. Eric Mukherjee!
Welcome to UVA undergraduate Sophie Breedveld who is joining us for the summer

Congratulations to Nina on the successful defense of her Masters in Translational Research, which investigated tolerance checkpoints in pemphigus vulgaris through single B cell receptor profiling
FEBRUARY 2018: Payne lab welcomes Baby Oh (Oh Baby!)