Henrickson Laboratory News & Announcements

Our lab recently received a grant from the Additional Ventures Single Ventricle Research Fund.

Dr. Sarah Henrickson identified a newborn’s immunodeficiency in 2015, and an international team characterized the rare disease this year.

Please see our recent preprint in MedRxiv on the role of STAT signaling in severe pediatric sepsis.

We are excited to welcome Mary Svirydava, who has joined the lab as an MD/PhD candidate, and Christian Howard who has joined for the winter as an Immunology Graduate Group PhD candidate rotation student.

Please see our paper recently published in Science on human pre-TCRα deficiency.

Scientists suggest IgA “tunes” which microbes can cross mucosal barriers. Their findings may inform better treatments for IgA deficiency.

Two CHOP researchers receive the Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation, which will fund early-stage, innovative projects.

This week In the News, the Division of Neonatology is re-selected as a Neonatal Research Network Center, and researchers develop the first pediatric brain tumor atlas.

The Featured Research Trainee for September is Jose Campos Duran, a 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.