Microscopic image showing clusters of oval and round yeast cells, highlighted with yellow fluorescence, on a dark background.

Kueh Lab Studies How and When Immune Cells Form Pathogen Memories

February 1, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: ,

Research from the Kueh Lab shows infection-fighting blood cells can change course to become long-lived memory cells instead of short-lived killer cells. Read More

Four panels show the same two T cells labeled with different markers: Erk (cyan), NFAT (red), H2B (magenta), and a grayscale brightfield image. Each cell outline is highlighted with a white dotted line.

Study from Kueh Lab Describes Surprising Agility in T Cell Threat Assessment

January 11, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

New research from the Kueh Lab, published in the journal PNAS, reveals surprising insights about the signaling circuitry that allows T cells to elicit tailored responses to a diverse range of threats and proposes a model for future study. Read More

Fluorescent microscope image of intestinal tissue showing finger-like villi structures; cell nuclei appear blue, cell membranes green, and certain cells or features highlighted in red.

Study From Moltke Lab Describes How Immune Sentinel Tuft Cells Differentiate From Epithelial Stem Cells

May 12, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: ,

New research from the Moltke Lab at UW Medicine describes how our body generates an enigmatic cell type, known as tuft cells, that detects parasitic worms and helps to mobilize an immune response. Read More