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Upcoming Workshop at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Towards Automated Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology of Immune Cells
October 23, 2026

This one-day workshop will feature presentations from leading investigators in the ion channels in immunity field, a hands-on demonstration of the QPatch II automated patch-clamp platform, and discussions on emerging applications of electrophysiology in immunology.

Ion Channel Modulation Symposium (ICMS) – USA 2026
Co-hosted with Sophion
October 24 – 25, 2026
The ICMS brings together a broad range of scientists from academia, biotech and the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the science of ion channel modulation.

Congratulations Ke (Kurt) Hu, Yinhu (Tiger) Wang and Tony Tao on their upcoming paper “SLC4A7/NBCn1 maintains intracellular pH to support mTORC1 activity and antibody-secreting cell differentiation” accepted in Nature Communications.

Congratulations Ke (Kurt) Hu on starting in the immunology graduate program at Harvard Medical School in September.

Congratulations Lucile Noyer on starting a new position at Nilo Therapeutics in New York. Good luck to you both!

Summer lab outing – Sailing on the Hudson River on schooner America 2.0

2nd FASEB conference on Channels and Transporters in Immunity, Niagara, NY. With lab alumni Axel Concepcion (L) and Martin Vaeth (3-R).

Lucile presenting at Immunology 2026 in Boston, MA. Lobster dinner with lab alumnus Axel Concepcion.

Congratulations Anthony Tao and Ke (Kurt) Hu on publishing their first paper in J. Immunology together: “SLC7A5 regulates B cell metabolism and plasma cell differentiation independent of leucine transport”.

Congratulations Dominik Drmic, Lucile Noyer, Liwei Wang and Li Zhong on publishing our lab’s first zinc paper together “ZIP3 is essential for the encephalitogenic function of pTh17 cells by regulating intracellular zinc levels”.

Annual Lab Holiday party and Secret Santa.

Congratulations Liwei Wang and Lucile Noyer on publishing their project “CLNS1A in CD4 T cells regulates genome stability, cell cycle, and autoimmunity” in Science Immunology.

Congratulations Li Zhong on your first paper from the Feske lab “STIM1-mediated NFAT signaling synergizes with STAT1 to control T-bet expression and TH1 differentiation” in Nature Immunology.

Congratulations Yinhu (Tiger) Wang, Wenyi Li, and Max McDermott on publishing their project “IFN-γ–producing TH1 cells and dysfunctional regulatory T cells contribute to the pathogenesis of Sjögren’s disease” in Science Translational Medicine.

Farewell and Congratulations Liwei Wang on your new position as a senior scientist at Merck.

Lucile Noyer, Liwei Wang, and Li Zhong presenting at the FASEB conference on Channels and Transporters in St. Paul, MN.

Congratulations Dr. (!) Anthony Y. Tao on graduating from NYU’s MD/PhD program. Well done!