2024 Year in Review — Moltke Lab

Another year in the books and lots to report from the lab.

Departures - sadly, we had to say goodbye to many lab members this year as they moved on to the next phase of their careers.

Aloe Stanbery became the inaugural director of the Institute for Translational Immunology (ITI) postdoctoral fellowship program and is also launching the northwest chapter of the Propel postback program
Tyler Billipp published his graduate work in Immunity (check out the cover below!) and moved into a scientist position at Regeneron (where he joins Moltke lab alum Jack McGinty!)
Tuan Vu returned to the lab briefly after graduating from UW with highest honors (President’s medal!) and is now expanding his skills at Harbor View Medical Center before applying to medical school.
Xavier Xiong joined the lab for a brief stint as a Research Scientist before leaving for medical school at UW

Arrivals - out wonderful new lab members are filling the big shoes that were left behind. UW Immunology graduate students Jared Balolong and Brianna Ramirez Rubio joined the lab in June and UW grad Maddie Bell started as a Research Scientist I in the fall. UW sophomore Shealyn O’Connor joined the lab full time in the summer and continues to work part time during the school year. All the new lab members are learning quickly and are ready to lead the next iteration of the lab.

Funding - it’s been a great funding year for the lab. We were awarded an R01 to study cell death and type 2 immunity in the lung together with the Oberst Lab, and our first R01 was renewed for another 5 years. Thornton Thompson wrote an R21 that was funded, Jared was selected for the CMB Training grant, and Shealyn O’Connor was selected as a Mary Gates Scholar! Thornton was also selected for the first cohort of ITI Fellows.

Lab Gatherings - we didn’t pull off anything as ambitious as tie-dyeing this year, but had plenty of good times together including a summer barbecue in the park, a trip to a Mariners game, a harvest potluck with paper snowflake extravaganza, and a holiday cookie exchange.