January 27, 2021
JEM Career Launchpad Features Immunology Assistant Professor Elia Tait Wojno
Elia Tait Wojno, PhD, Assistant professor in the UW Immunology DepartmentUW Photography
For 125 years, JEM has been at the forefront of biomedical discoveries, publishing outstanding contributions with an enduring legacy. Scientists now come together to celebrate the history of JEM and the impact that publishing in JEM had in launching and supporting their careers. JEM’s commitment for the future remains firmly to serve the scientific community and be a launching pad for young scientists’ careers.
Elia Tait Wojno, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Department of Immunology.
JEM has been a part of my career in immunology since I was a graduate student. My work, then and now, focuses on cytokine regulation of immune responses during infection and inflammation. JEM has been home to seminal papers in this field that dissected IL-12 (Neurath et al., 1995) and IL-10 (Asseman et al., 1999) biology in colitis, regulation of type 2 cytokine responses (Conrad et al., 1990, Else et al., 1994, Fallon et al., 2006), Th17 responses (Langrish et al., 2005), and basic IL-4 biology (Vitetta et al., 1985), to name some favorites. I was thrilled that the first paper from my laboratory investigating regulation of basophil responses during helminth infection was published in JEM, after a fair and transparent review process (Webb et al., 2019). This paper led to new collaborations, speaking invitations, awards, and other professional opportunities. Today, JEM continues the tradition of publishing the most important work in my field and consistently elevates the cutting-edge work of female, underrepresented, and junior investigators. Here’s to the next 125 years!