Using gut bacteria to activate the immune system to fight cancer.
Located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, The Gazzaniga Lab is part of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Molecular Pathology Unit and Center for Cancer Research and the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School
Gazzaniga Lab News
December 2023: Francesca’s postdoc paper was one of the 10 highlighted papers from HMS in 2023: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/year-hms-science?utm_source=AcousticMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HMNews_122023%20(2)%20remainder&utm_content=
August 2023: Shumeng Hao joins the lab as our first postdoc!
July 2023: Katelyn Geisler and Jack White join the lab for their Northeastern Co-op
June 2023: Lowi Gebremedhin, Laura Childs, and Rachel Lim join the lab for summer research
May 3rd 2023: Co-first author paper from Francesca’s postdoc is out showing that the gut microbiome impacts the immune response to cancer immunotherapy by suppressing PD-L2/RGMb.
Paper link: https://rdcu.be/dbhoh
HMS press release: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/boost-cancer-immunotherapys-fighting-power-look-gut-0
February 2nd 2023: Our first Harvard undergrad has joined the lab. Welcome Sneha!
January 4th, 2023: Starting off 2023 with two new Northeastern Co-op students. Welcome Ashley and Rowan!
September 8th 2023: Tsering Yanortsang has joined the lab as our lab manager and gnotobiotic expert!
May 1st, 2022: First day of Gazzaniga Lab! Come Join us!