Researchers at UNC are leading a two-pronged assault in the battle on HIV.
July 29, 2011
A primary goal in the battle against HIV is to try to prevent transmission of HIV to uninfected partners of HIV+ individuals…
Author Archives: Nathaniel Bailey
Can you develop Type 2 diabetes from eating a diet high in saturated fat?
July 22, 2011
Recent studies published by Jenny Ting’s group in Nature Immunology indicate that diets high in saturated fats (but not unsaturated fats) drive an inflammatory response that can lead to the development of Type 2 diabetes…
Congratulations to Sun-ah Kang and Erin Steinbach!
July 12, 2011
The Symposium for Basic Immune Mechanisms was held in the Lineberger Cancer Center on Thursday, July 7th. Talks covered an array of topics ranging from virulence mechanisms of plant pathogens to the impact of smoking on Inflammatory Bowel Disease…
New functions for NLR proteins
July 11, 2011
NLR proteins have been demonstrated to be important in initiating immune responses against pathogens…
Dr. Tony Richardson selected as Pew scholar
June 23, 2011
Anthony Richardson, PhD, in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was one of twenty-two of America’s most promising scientists to be named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts…
Mark Johnson wins a Dissertation Completion Fellowship
June 13, 2011
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology congratulates Mark Johnson (Tisch Lab) on receiving a Dissertation Completion Fellowship…
UNC researchers show how genetics influence pathogenicity
March 16, 2011
In the search for potential vaccine targets for Yersina pestis (the organism that causes the bubonic or pneumonic plague), Dr. Eric Weening and collaborators from the Virginia Miller lab have demonstrated that differences in the mouse genetic background can influence pathogenicity and virulence…
UNC and the Human Microbiome
March 9, 2011
The world of microbiology has undergone a paradigm shift regarding our view of our relationship with the microbes that live in and on us, now termed “the human biome…”
The Microbiology and Immunology Department Welcomes Dr. Cary Moody
February 18, 2011
When Cary first attended Mississippi State University for her undergraduate degree, she planned on going to medical school; but after taking a microbiology class, she decided microbiology was vastly more interesting. She then went on to get her masters studying the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) with Dr. Karen St. Cyrcoats in the Department of Microbiology at MSU…
UNC Researchers Identify a Viral Homolog to a Cellular Protein that Disrupts Inflammasome Function
February 14, 2011
Recent data published in the journal Science by Sean Gregory (graduate student in the Blossom Damania Lab), along with collaborators from the Jenny Ting Lab have identified a viral protein that masquerades as a normal cellular protein important in stopping viral infections…