This news item from Cornell Research is about: In preliminary studies, the lab of Elia Tait Wojno, Microbiology and Immunology, showed for the first time that the Notch signaling pathway is active in basophils in a mouse model, following infection with Trichuris muris (T. muris), an intestinal parasite. They then demonstrated that Notch signaling contributes to optimal basophil function and helminth clearance following infection.