The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation

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19 October 2026 19:58

Where can curiosity-driven research lead you? Our Vice Director, #ArleneSharpe, joined fellow @harvard.edu alumni panelists to share her scientific journey with undergraduates. This event marked 100 years of Harvard’s Biomedical Sciences Tutorial Program. #ScientificEducation

The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation

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16 October 2026 03:10

New genetic variations linked to autism discovered by @utoronto.ca researchers. Their machine learning model identified 100s of previously unknown microexons that appear to play a role in autism. Gene Lay Institute member, #MartinHemberg was part of this work. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation

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08 October 2026 20:15

Mammalian genes can combine to generate functional chimeric mRNAs & proteins that were previously unknown. New research from the Jackson lab, co-led by Harry Kane & Olivia Venezia, uncovers trans-splicing events that form functional protein-coding chimeric mRNAs during inflammation and immunity.

The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation

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08 October 2026 20:14

A new immune atlas reveals how disease-associated gene variants actually cause disease. Our Vice Director, Ramnik Xavier and Mark Daly co-led the team that built the atlas by analyzing 1000s of genes from a large-scale study, now @nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation

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29 September 2026 23:30

New research led by #XinxinChi, @genelayinstitute.bsky.social fellowship recipient, shows that the fate of peripheral Tregs is pre-determined by TCR origin+specificity & antigen-presenting cells. @harvardmed.bsky.social Now published in @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful...