November 2025 - We Are Ragon Triet Doan is a research technician in the Barczak Lab at the Ragon Institute, where he studies Mycobacterium tuberculosis. His research focuses on the host-pathogen interface, exploring how immune cells fight back against tuberculosis infection.

A large international collaboration from the Kwon and Xavier Labs shows that HIV infection and common ARV drugs change the gut microbiome in distinct, geography-dependent ways. Read more: https://t.co/ebS1BT7uvE #Immunology #Microbiology #Collaboration #GlobalHealth #HIV

Join us in-person at MIT on Oct. 30 @ 5pm to hear from @HannesStaerk on BoltzGen and the state of biomolecular design! 🗓️RSVP now: https://t.co/RtPuWLCDby

A new study co-led by the Batista Lab at the Ragon and Scripps/IAVI shows that a single mRNA-based vaccine mix can jump-start the early steps toward several promising HIV-fighting antibodies at the same time. Read more: https://t.co/AvOw3vAeWW #HIV #Collaboration #Vaccines

A JCI Insight study by the POSITIVES team and Barczak Lab tracked people with mild COVID-19 to see if Omicron subvariants change over time. Key features—viral level, peak timing, and duration of live virus shedding—remained similar across all variants. https://t.co/0MfDY9Br5C

We’re proud to share that our Scientific Director, Facundo Batista, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine—one of the highest honors in health and medicine. Congratulations Dr. Batista!

Operated by Bright Horizons, the Ragon Child Care Center offers early childhood education and care right at the heart of our community.

The Garcia-Beltran Lab at the Ragon Institute has received an NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program award to propel a new project that retools NK cells to better locate, enter, and destroy solid tumors. Read more: https://t.co/UR798Z9FjI #Immunology #Research #Cancer

A prestigious grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to Ragon Core Member Alison Ringel, PhD, will support groundbreaking healthy aging research at MIT. Read more: https://t.co/xvpIjvsR4u

A Ghebremichael Lab study introduces and tests a flexible way to grade medical tests like blood-based biomarkers so scientists can more confidently tell which ones truly separate “sick” from “healthy.” Read More: https://t.co/37H2XIEPkd #Biostatistics #Immunology #HIV

Meet Lindsey Adams: a scientist, adventurer, and puzzle enthusiast. As a graduate student working in the Lingwood Lab at the Ragon, Lindsey spends her days studying autoimmune diseases and antibody output, diving into the molecular world of protein interactions. #WeAreRagon

This past Sunday, the Ragon returned to this year's Cambridge Science Carnival, offering families an exciting chance to explore our research. We are grateful to our amazing volunteers and everyone who stopped by our booth! #CambridgeScienceCarnival #CSC25 #CSC2025

A new Cell Reports study from the Ndhlovu Lab with partners in South Africa and Malawi explains how HIV survives in lymph nodes during treatment. Read more: https://t.co/VDka4P8FpH #HIV #AIDS #Immunology #LymphNodes #SouthAfrica

At the Ragon Institute, collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Our scientists, engineers, and clinicians work side by side to solve some of the most pressing challenges in immunology. #Collaboration #Immunology #Healthcare #Technology #Science

A new multi-center study led by investigators at the Yu Lab reports that biological sex influences how the body “selects” long-lived HIV reservoir cells during years of effective antiretroviral therapy. Read More: https://t.co/jE2De0x8Ce #HIV #AIDS #Immunology #Medicine

A new study led by investigators at the Kwon Lab and collaborators shows how energy use by gut immune cells can weaken the intestinal lining in people living with HIV, even when the virus is controlled by treatment. Read More: https://t.co/zTD4dYBZqu #Immunology #HIV #AIDS

The Ragon Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of David Baltimore, PhD, a Nobel laureate who served as a co-chair of our SAB for many years and helped to set the scientific direction of our institutional research.

Mark your calendars! The Ragon will be at this year's CSC on Sunday, September 21st. Visit our stall to meet some of our incredible volunteers and learn more about our immunology research and the vital work we do. Learn more at: https://t.co/HxcajWK5M0 #CSC25 #CSC2025

The Ragon Institute congratulates PHD student Anika Hutton of the Moura-Silva Lab on her selection to the 2025 cohort of the HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program. #Mentorship #Students #Immunology #HHMI

In its latest report on the global effort to cure HIV, NPR highlights the Ragon Institute’s FRESH Program, which pairs cutting-edge research with life-skills and job training for young women in South Africa. https://t.co/2cio4miJyC