Xin Gao

The paper shows that Plasmodium sporozoites trigger innate immune responses via cell traversal, which is essential for activating protective CD8+ T cells.

The paper investigates how B cells targeting Plasmodium parasites capture spatially linked antigens to receive T cell help, showing that B cells can obtain help from T cells specific to surface antigens, not just the same protein.

The paper identifies division asymmetry as the main driver of cell size variability in budding yeast, showing it outweighs G1/S size control effects.