Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adl5815

GT Story: https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/news/protein-handshake-holds-key-immune-response

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-024-02037-1

Congrats to PhD student Monica Zhong for leading this breakthrough work & to all authors!👏🏽Immense thanks to Wellcome Leap, NIAID, NCI, and DTRA for support!

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $7.5 million to Ankur Singh, Carl Ring Family Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech and Emory, for his pioneering research in creating functional models of the human immune system in the lab.

Read here: https://research.gatech.edu/nih-awards-75-million-ankur-singh-pioneering-human-immune-organoid-research

https://www.me.gatech.edu/news/7-woodruff-school-faculty-members-awarded-professorships

These professorships recognize recipients for their outstanding research accomplishments, leadership in their fields, and the contributions they have made to Georgia Tech and the Woodruff School.

https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae285

“There is an increasing need to find stronger immunogens that can be used to create more effective vaccines. One promising candidate is α-galactosyl immunogens, which have shown great potential in animals, but we don’t know much about if and how they would work in humans,” said Singh. “We are excited that the IBB seed grant will allow us to combine the Singh lab’s expertise in creating human immune tissues in the lab with the Finn lab’s unique skills in designing these immunogens. This collaboration will help us better understand how these potential vaccine ingredients perform in human-like systems.”

https://research.gatech.edu/ibb-announces-fy25-seed-grant-recipients