Research scope
The Cadwell Lab investigates how our immune system is regulated by the diverse infectious agents we encounter throughout life. The surfaces of our body, especially the gastrointestinal tract, harbors trillions of bacteria that are part of our microbiome. By influencing the way our immune system develops, these microbial colonizers play a role in conditions ranging from life-threatening infectious disease to chronic disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. In our ongoing research, we are identifying key interactions between cellular processes and infectious agents that determine vulnerability to diseases. In particular, we have made progress in understanding how a process termed autophagy helps cells maintain their function in the presence of external threats. We have also uncovered important roles for the less understood viral and fungal members of the microbiome, known as the virome and mycobiome, respectively. Ultimately, we aim to apply this knowledge towards treating infectious and inflammatory diseases through restoring a balanced relationship between microbes and the immune system.
Latest News
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Congratulations Xiaomin Yao and Eugene Rudensky for publishing this story @cp-immunity.bsky.social! Big thank you to NIH for making this work possible. Here’s a brief summary of this 🤯 finding about a gene variant that YOU 🫵 most likely have 1/n https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fa%2F1l5We3qNrU-ho8/1/01020196cf4b441f-6dc21b63-25ea-4112-a068-856275c68434-000000/Tpr7OlZoUAHTXOndUn3n5kpm2qk=426
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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Congratulations Ying-Han Chen and Kim Zaldana for showing how B cells are altered when lab mice 🐭 are released outdoors! https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads2364 Here’s some context for the paper followed by how gov’t 💰 + other sources combine to make these types of studies possible 1/n
Perelman School of Medicine Events
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NIDDK P30 Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases
Every Thursday 12:00pm
Welcome to join the P30 meeting at BRB-room 901
https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/92493022344?pwd=b1NYU3VVaTFmUS9YdllDaEFGNmdSQT09#success
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Penn Institute for Immunology
Every Friday 12pm-1pm
BRB Gaulton Auditorium, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104