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Keep up with the latest about the Department! News and events of interest to current, future, and former students/postdocs/staff/faculty are featured in the UNC Microbiology and Immunology LinkedIn Group.

Mike Cohen elected to the Institute of Medicine

M&I faculty member Mike Cohen (J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chancellor Global Health) is one of 70 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM)...

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Baric and Heise Labs: Viral infections in the context of natural genetic diversity

Ralph Baric and Mark Heise have been awarded a five-year, $21.4M NIAID grant entitled "System immunogenetics of biodefense pathogens in the Collaborative Cross..."

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Rawls Lab: Gut Microbes Make for Fattier Fish

That’s the title of a preview article for a new Cell Host & Microbe paper, “Microbiota Regulate Intestinal Absorption and Metabolism of Fatty Acids in the Zebrafish,” from co-corresponding authors John Rawls and Steven Farber...

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Jobin Lab: Changes in microbiota may lead to colorectal cancer

A study recently published in Science illustrates important relationships between inflammation, gut microbiota, and tumorigenesis...

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Ting Lab: Inhibition of inflammation via novel NLR protein

In the August 5th edition of Nature Immunology, Jenny Ting’s group reports the identification of a novel NLR protein that inhibits an important inflammatory pathway…

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Margolis lab: Understanding HIV latency

David Margolis’s group, in collaboration with Alan Perelson’s lab in Los Alamos, has been trying to understand the persistence of HIV infection despite treatment with antiretroviral drugs...

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