Ainslie Lab

10/19/2025

Congratulations to Ryan Woodring, Connor Murphy, and Luis Ontiveros-Padilla for their excellent presentations at the Merck & UNC Annual Research Forum! It’s wonderful to see the Ainslie Lab showcasing our translational research with such excellence and enthusiasm. Keep up the great work!👏💡🔬

10/08/2025

Thanks Eshelman Innovation for supporting our autoimmune work!

10/05/2025

For a lab members birthday in the spooky season, vanilla and coffee cupcakes and frosting with vanilla marshmallow webs and chocolate espresso bean spiders.

10/02/2025

09/29/2025

Thrilled to congratulate Elizabeth Gurysh on her first-author paper in Nature Portfolio, showcasing exciting work on immunotherapy-driven clearance of orthotopic glioblastoma.

Open Access: https://rdcu.be/eIJmv

We developed a biodegradable Ace-DEX scaffold that provides sustained local release of the TLR7/8 agonist resiquimod, which improved survival in glioma resection models and protected from tumor recurrence and rechallenge. This approach enhanced resection-mediated disruption of the tumor microenvironment, promoting innate immune activation, T cell trafficking, and durable anti-tumor immunity.

09/26/2025

Dueling electrospray in the lab.

09/22/2025

09/16/2025

09/14/2025

Some for a lab birthday this week. Dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate chips filled with dark chocolate syrup all frosted with white chocolate frosting and topped with dark chocolate shavings.

09/03/2025

Making new polymers with some chemical sieves

09/02/2025

08/29/2025

Working on a vaccinia neutralization assay!