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M&I Faculty and Scientists Collaborate with UNC Program in Nicaragua

February 7, 2020

UNC has expanded its partnership with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León (UNAN) to include the development of a PhD program housed at UNAN. Many M&I faculty, trainees and staff recently participated in the PhD program, including Aravinda de Silva, PhD, Ralph Baric, PhD, Helen Lazear, PhD, Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD, Laura White, PhD, and Maria … Read more

Former M&I Graduate Student, Kizzmekia Corbett, Developing a Vaccine against the Coronavirus

January 30, 2020

Kizzmekia Corbett, who graduated with her Ph.D. from UNC Microbiology and Immunology in 2014, is the scientific lead for a project at the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop a vaccine against the new Coronavirus. You can find more information about Dr. Corbett’s current project in the following article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/health/coronavirus-vaccine.html Please join us in … Read more

Suruchi Shrestha earns PhRMA Predoctoral Fellowship

January 13, 2020

Suruchi Shrestha, a doctoral candidate in Sam Lai’s lab, has earned a Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutics from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation. Suruchi’s dissertation topic is “Engineering multimeric sperm-binding IgG antibodies for potent non-hormonal female contraception.” These multimeric IgGs combine the benefits of both IgM and IgGs, namely enhanced agglutination potency … Read more

M&I Graduate Students Receive Prestigious Awards

August 30, 2019

Congratulations to the following Microbiology & Immunology students who have recently received awards both within the University and externally. Lakeya Hardy, a doctoral candidate in Dr. Wesley Burks’ lab, was recently awarded entry into the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP). The GDEP supports underrepresented Ph.D. candidates enrolled in a North Carolina university … Read more

Welcome, new M&I graduate students!

June 3, 2019

First year research rotations are done, so it’s time for graduate students to choose both a laboratory and a doctoral program to complete the requirements for their PhD. M&I is one of 14 doctoral programs that are selected by students who have been admitted through one of two interdisciplinary portals: the Biological and Biomedical Sciences … Read more

Jason Wong: 2019 Horizon Awardee

March 15, 2019

Each year, the UNC Graduate School recognizes graduate students and recent graduate alumni with the Horizon Award. The Horizon Award goes to students whose research holds extremely high potential for making a significant contribution to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina citizens and beyond. This year, the Graduate School recognized … Read more