April's thesis work is published in EMBO (here). April shows for the first time that a live infection during pregnancy alters fetal stem cell development, severely retarding the ability of a subset of developmentally restricted stem cells to produce various immune cells following maternal T. gondii infection. We believe this has major implications for our understanding of risks associated with T. gondii exposure during pregnancy. This work is the culmination of a longstanding collaboration with Anna Beaudin's lab.