UMass Amherst Assistant Professor | alveolar macrophage and TB immunologist | transcriptome wrangler | New England bike commuter and hiker #immunology #Tuberculosis #macrophages Lab website: https://rothchildlab.com/https://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3mqp34mg5c22z🌟 We're hiring! We're looking for enthusiastic and innovative postdoctoral fellows who are passionate about #immunology and #InfectiousDisease to join our collaborative team at UMass Amherst! #AlveolarMacrophages #TB #lung #InnateImmunity Apply now! https://careers.umass.edu/jobs/post-doctoral-research-associate-rothchild-lab-amherst-massachusetts-united-states15 Jul 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp34mg5c22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3mnivkwnuzc2jThrilled to see our story led by graduate student, Linh Pham, out in print! Linh's work reveals how #NRF2 impedes innate-adaptive crosstalk during #TB infection by inhibiting alveolar #macrophage MHC II expression. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247%2826%2900475-405 Jun 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnivkwnuzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3mi5ctq3aic2e#NoKings Amherst, MA28 Mar 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5ctq3aic2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3mgupeldczc23👏 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Pamelia Lim (@pamelialim.bsky.social) on her outstanding thesis defense yesterday! Couldn't be more proud as a PI to have our first PhD student in the lab pass this milestone! What a bright future ahead for Dr. Lim! ✨12 Mar 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgupeldczc23https://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3m62ujc2his2cDon't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon... Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62ujc2his2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3m5gvcuu4y22rHappy to share our latest publication in collaboration with @mcampomd.bsky.social, Kim Dill-McFarland, and Tom Hawn, where we perform a cross-species analysis of human and murine AM and MDM responses to Mtb! https://academic.oup.com/immunohorizons/article/9/11/vlaf051/8317561 #TBsky #Immunosky (1/5)12 Nov 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gvcuu4y22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3m3b5l3ucjk2o🚨Job posting! #UMassAmherst Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hiring a TT faculty member in #Immunology. Both fundamental and translational areas considered. Please spread the word! https://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/528737/assistant-professor-immunology15 Oct 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3b5l3ucjk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3lwpbr44tsk2fHappy to share our new pre-print, led by PhD student Linh Pham! We examine inhibition of MHC II expression by NRF2 during Mtb infection and its impact on innate-adaptive crosstalk. Special thanks to the Behar lab who helped us set up a T cell co-culture system for the project! #TB #immunology [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpbr44tsk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alissarothchild.bsky.social/post/3lnnmdkqo7s2mCongratulations @payalyokota.bsky.social! Fantastic work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:itee4trfga3ggboyipecec7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnmdkqo7s2m