Lab News

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2024

  • The lab's most recent paper investigating the role of IL-10 in IL-33-mediated mast cell activation was published in the Journal of Immunology. Citation: Ranjitkar et. al., IL-10 Differentially Promotes Mast Cell Responsiveness to IL-33, Resulting in Enhancement of Type 2 Inflammation and Suppression of Neutrophilia; https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2300884
  • Congratulations to Dr. Mathias and Nicole for receiving NIH supplemental funding in support of Nicole's graduate research.
  • Congratulations to Saurav Ranjitkar for receiving the AAI Trainee Poster Award (2024) from the American Association of Immunologists.
  • Congratulations to Dr. Mathias for receiving a grant from the CAHNR 2024 Equipment Grant Competition.
  • Saurav Ranjitkar, Nathan Jordan, and Olena Yatsechko presented their work at the Nutrition and Metabolism retreat at UConn Health.
  • Dr. Mathias presented the lab's research at the Nutrition and Metabolism retreat at UConn Health.

2023

  • Congratulations to Dr. Mathias for receiving a grant from the USDA to investigate the effects of plant polyphenols on protein disulfide isomerases in mast cells.
  • Welcome Saurav Ranjitkar, post-doctoral fellow, to the Mathias lab.
  • Dr. Mathias received a pilot grant from the Department of Nutritional Sciences to study transcriptional mechanisms by which IL-10 modulates mast cell activation during food allergy.
  • Welcome graduate students, Caitlin Tedeschi, Nicole Maldonado Perez, and Nathan Jordan to the Mathias lab.
  • Congratulations to Dr. Mathias (Co-PI ) and Dr. Blesso (PI) for receiving a grant from the American Egg Board to investigate effects of egg yolk sphingomyelin in the modulation of the gut-liver axis.
  • Dr. Mathias gave a seminar in the Department of Pathobiology at UConn
  • Congratulations to Dr. Mathias for receiving an NIH grant (RO1) aimed at examining the differential effects of IL-10 on mast cell-mediated allergic responses.

2022

  • Dr. Mathias gave a seminar in the Genomic and Mechanistic Metabolism series at UConn.
  • Welcome to undergraduate students, Olena Yatsechko, Krupal Patel, and Anjeli Joseph.
  • Dr. Mathias gave a seminar in the ImmunoCardio Metabolism series at UConn.
  • Dr. Mathias started at his lab in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut.

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