The Pursuit of Happiness
Imagine one day, an all-powerful genie appeared before your eyes with the ability to grant you three wishes. Think for a minute or two about what you would wish for...
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Letter from the Chair – Volume 4, Issue 2
[caption id="attachment_1639" align="aligncenter" width="5616"] Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto[/caption] It used to be that getting your experiments done, with most of the proper controls...
Letter from the Editors – Volume 4, Issue 2
[caption id="attachment_2572" align="aligncenter" width="2800"] Co-Editors-in-Chief Angela Zhou (left) and Kieran Manion (right). Photo credit: Charles Tran.[/caption] "NO SCIENCE IS IMMUNE TO THE INFECTION OF POLITICS AND THE CORRUPTION OF POWER."...
Level Up: Gaming in Science and Education
Science is not a subject. It is a methodology by which we tackle the problems of the world. Like any methodology, one must learn by actively engaging. Every scientist has at...
TCRS: These are not the adaptive receptors you are looking for
In the modern framework of immunology, immune receptors are typically classified as either adaptive or innate, the key difference between the two being that innate immune receptors are germline encoded and...
Revolutions in Immunology
As scientists, we love to answer questions. It’s part and parcel of the job description. Conveniently, nature offers up plenty of complex questions, just waiting for us to validate, demonstrate,...
Industry Scientist and Beyond: Alumni Interview with Thiru Selvanantham
Do you find the long postdoctoral training daunting? Maybe you are still intrigued by science but now hope to do the type of research that immediately impacts patients’ well-being? Or...
Issue 1 2016 – Front Cover
[caption id="attachment_2420" align="aligncenter" width="2527"] "Portrait of a Scientist" - Acrylic paint on canvas paper. This issue, the cover of IMMpress turns to the abstract world of Cubism. Cubism was a significant...
Everything You Need to Know about Zika
[caption id="attachment_2309" align="aligncenter" width="2550"] Written and designed by Kieran Manion.[/caption]
Changing the Rules of Engraftment
Around 20,000 hematopoietic transplantations are performed annually to treat a variety of hematopoietic diseases, often as a last resort. Given the importance of hematopoietic transplantation in the clinic, many studies...