News
Presents at AAAAI Conference 2/26/25
Dr. Catherine Ptaschinski presented her research on Skin-Gut Cross-Talk in Food Allergy at the AAAAI Conference. Her work explores the role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAM-A) in food allergy models, showing that JAM-A deficient mice have increased IL-33 and TSLP expression in the skin following epidermal disruption. This leads to a stronger allergic response, including increased mast cells in the small intestine and heightened reactions to oral challenges, highlighting the critical role of barrier function in food allergy severity.
Presents at Autumn Immunology Conference 10/22/24
Evan Velarde presented on Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAM-A) at the Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago this November. About how JAM-A deficiency affects skin and gut barrier function, contributing to allergic responses in conditions like eczema.
Presents at SLB Conference 9/23/24
Steven Mangold presented research on Epithelial Cytokine Production and Barrier Function in Food Allergy Models the SLB Conference. Examining the role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A (JAM-A) in regulating barrier function during allergic reactions using food allergy models.
Elyse Kane Joins the Lab! 9/9/24
A undergraduate student in the Honors College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. planning to get a B.A. in public health, and hoping to simultaneously pursue her passions for french, the harp, and women and gender studies.
Haoran Gao Joins the lab! 9/3/24
Dr. Haoran Gao a postdoctoral fellow from the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. He obtained his M.S. degree in food science from Mississippi State University in 2016. From 2017 to 2022, Mr. Gao worked as a graduate teaching assistant while pursuing his Ph.D. degree in food science at Michigan State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in late 2022 and worked as a postdoc at Indiana University School of Medicine before joining the Ptaschinski Lab.