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Erwin Schurr & colleagues have a manuscript on bioRxiv suggesting that neuro-inflammation in #Parkinsons & peripheral nerve damage due to inflammation in T1R (leprosy) may share overlapping mechanisms of pathogenicity biorxiv.org/content/early/…

Our most recent work showing a Pleiotropic effects for Parkin and LRRK2 in leprosy type-1 reactions and Parkinson's disease is availiable as a pre-print at biorxiv.org/content/early/…

The McGill International TB Centre McGill TB Centre is featured in the McGill Alumni News magazine. Marcel Behr, @paimadhu , Amrita Daftary, Maziar Divangahi & Dr. Dick Menzies. Check out this interesting article on confronting a killer: bit.ly/2MbFWIx

The IDIGH Research Day is on next week (April 12). The full scientific program is now available online at IDIGH.ca. Many vendors will be in the atrium, see the full list in the images. Special thanks to VWR and Merck (major sponsors).

The IDIGH Research Day also includes a vendor show. Come and meet our sponsors and vendors this Friday from 9AM to 3PM in the RI atrium. Many prizes to win for everyone! More info: idigh.ca/research-day

The 2019 Research Day was a success! Thank you to Co-presidents Hanna Ostapska and Sanket Kant for a fantastic job organizing a great event! Thank you to keynote speaker Dr. Ross Kedl our sponsors & volunteers who made this event possible! More photos: idigh.ca/en/news/photos

IDIGH Program Symposium (Oct 4): registration closes on Thursday! idigh.ca/symposium Guest speakers: - Dr. Kevin Kain - Dr. Sharon Walmsley - Dr. Charu Kaushic - Dr. Katherine A. Siminovitch #RIMUHC

Happy to share our preprint highlighting the impact of HIV/ART in the translational and epigenetic response of alveolar macrophage to M. tuberculosis. Kudos to all the co-authors that made this work possible. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

A warning sign about PrEP in areas of high TB transmission.

Beautiful work from Monica Dallmann-Sauer and Yong Xu from the Erwin Schurr lab. By studying a family with extreme cases of leprosy, they identified compound mutations in LRRK2 and NOD2 at the intersection of susceptibility to infection and excessive inflammation. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Vinicius Fava Monica Dallmann-Sauer Another example how the study of neglected diseases helps us understand common disorders. If you ever wondered why genetic susceptibility variants persist this is a must read.

New RI-MUHC study in Journal of Clinical Investigation finds that alveolar macrophages, cells important to the innate immune response to Mtb infection, are adversely impacted by antiretroviral therapy. bit.ly/2ZbUSlb Erwin Schurr Luis B Barreiro Joaquín Sanz Vinicius Fava IDIGH

Our latest research at Research Institute of the MUHC (The Institute) in collaboration with McGill Genome and C3G is out in Science Advances. We have used a systems biology approach to identify three drugs that could reduce mortality in hospitalized severely ill COVID-19 patients. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Check out this 1 min video summarizing the key findings from our study. It is pretty awesome!

Calling all single cell biology enthusiasts and researchers! We invite you to be a part of our exciting "Science Blitz" as part of the next Single Cell Discussion on December 6th, 5pm. Detail in the 🧵! Application Form: forms.gle/6EMvNxt3HqMYzM…