@FitzgeraldKate

Innate Immunologist and Cytokine biologist 🇮🇪 UMass Chan Medical School. Opinions are my own.

 Worcester, MA
umassmed.edu/fitzgeraldlab
Joined October 2011
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Congratulations @shrutika_mintri #PhDone on a successful PhD defense.
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What accomplishments and collaborations will UMass Chan Medical School faculty, students and staff have to celebrate in 2026? We will find out together! Happy New Year! #HappyNewYear2026 #UMass @UMass @UMassMDPhD @UMass_Medicine @ForHealthCnsltg @UMassChanGiving @UMassDiabetes
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Congratulations @Mucus_Man !
Shai Bel@Mucus_Man14 Aug 2025
🚨While the world is burning down around us, I'm happy to share that I've been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Though this is considered a personal achievement, it was only possible due to the wonderful trainees in the lab, who carried me here❤️.
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So cool ! Congrats @Nikita2106 & @PitarresiLab
PitarresiPhD@PitarresiLab15 Aug 2025
Congrats to postdoc @Nikita2106 for winning the Margaret Foti (@AACR_CEO) Scholar-in-Training Award for next month's Pancreatic AACR conference! If you see her at the conference, be sure to ask her about her work on PDAC cachexia, bioRxiv link below! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Cannot imagine a more exciting set of recruits ! Congratulations @CFI_UMN @carlarothlin
CFI-UMN@CFI_UMN24 Jun 2025
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Carla Rothlin(@carlarothlin) as our new Director of the Center for Immunology and Dr. Sourav Ghosh as CFI Program director, Immunology of Tissue Resolution, Repair, & Regeneration at UMN! Both join us from Yale and officially start in August 2025.
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Congratulations @futianmin
Korostelev Lab@KorostelevLab16 Jun 2025
Activation of Retron-Septu for antiphage defense. Congrats @futianmin and all co-authors! science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Korostelev Lab@KorostelevLab16 Jun 2025
Activation of Retron-Septu for antiphage defense. Congrats @futianmin and all co-authors! science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Matt Hemming@SarcomaLab16 Jun 2025
Terrific spotlight by @UMassChan on PhD candidate @FavourFavvycool highlighting Favour’s outstanding accomplishments and work on #sarcoma & #GIST, and well-deserved accolades for her research and presentations! umassmed.edu/news/news-archi…

PhD candidate studies rare form of sarcoma

PhD candidate Favour Akabogu has earned a scholarship and an award to continue research developing new therapies for GIST, a rare type of cancer.

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Korostelev Lab@KorostelevLab16 Jun 2025
With our RTI colleagues Xiaobin Ling and @WenwenFang2, we report cryo-EM structures of enigmatic bacterial RNA nanocages made of long-noncoding ROOL RNAs. Octamers are held by "A-minor staples" and other interactions. Congrats Xiaobin, Dima et al! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Important story in @people about patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Features Dr. Diana Reusch, a faculty member that I recruited to my department @UMassChan who directs the EB clinic, the only one in New England that cares for these patients. people.com/butterfly-disease…

Girl, 9, with Devastating Skin Disorder Lives in Pain: 'I Can't Play on the Playground' (Exclusive)

Tayma, 9, struggles with the most severe version of Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare, agonizing disorder that causes skin to blister and crack

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David R. Liu
@davidrliu24 May 2025
I discuss the urgent crisis from the loss of federal support of science in the US and recent clinical gene editing breakthroughs with @WalterIsaacson & @amanpour on @AmanpourCoPBS, airing on @PBS tonight at 11 pm ET, and on @cnni earlier today. Pls share! youtube.com/watch?v=8YhJM6zx…

Breakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding...

For decades the United States has been at the forefront of medical ...

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Jonathan Kagan@jkagan123 May 2025
Many congratulations to the new class of BWF PATH investigators. Extra kudos to the superlative Megan Orzalli, whose work continues to redefine our understanding of host defense. @VirulentMind @UMassChan bwfund.org/news/announcing-t…

Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome...

DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of...

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Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, a dermatologist and physician-scientist @UMassChan, have endowed a scholarship at the Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians. ow.ly/VJ7x50VO3vv

Making medical education more accessible

Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, have endowed a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians.

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Two years at @UMassChan @UMassChanNeuro My sincere gratitude to all faculty and staff colleagues in the department ! It has been an amazing journey! Thanks a lot to our team members ! Raquel, Bianca and Natalia ! 🎉Special thanks to our dear friend @SchaferLabUMass 🙏
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Congratulations Celia @UMassChan_BMB
National Academy of Sciences@theNASciences25 Apr 2025
Congratulations Celia Anne Schiffer of @UMassChan, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS162 #biophysics #biology
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Congratulations @Tcellogic
National Academy of Sciences@theNASciences25 Apr 2025
Congratulations Susan Kaech of @salkinstitute, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS162 #immunology
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Save the NIH and enable the future cures that will benefit humanity as they do now and have before. #NIHsaveslives
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Gov Healey in Worcester to talk about threat of NIH funding cuts. ⁦@telegramdotcom⁩ ⁦@UMassChan⁩
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Jessica Spinelli, PhD, identifies rhodoquinone, a metabolite in bacteria and worms, as a fundamental electron transporter in the mammalian electron transport chain. Research could have clinical potential for protecting cells from hypoxia: direc.to/nb84 @CellCellPress

Research by Jessica Spinelli identifies novel electron-carrying metabolite in mammals

Identification of the metabolite rhodoquinone as the second electron transporter may have clinical applications for treating ischemia.

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Congratulations @qingyuhms !! @UMassChan
Qing Yu@qingyuhms10 Apr 2025
It’s an incredible honor to receive the ASMS Research Award. I’m thankful to the selection committee and humbled to be alongside with so many brilliant scientists. This recognition is a reflection of the amazing collaborators and mentors I’ve had the privilege to work with.
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