M&I Professor Mike Cohen gave the UNC Commencement Address on Sunday, December 16th. The talk featured his trademark humor and touched on how his life and research have depended on collaboration, taking chances, and tenacity. Read a transcript of his remarks at the link below. Myron Cohen December Commencement Address
The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has announced that Lishan Su, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, has been selected to be a 2012 AAAS Fellow. Each year, the Council considers thousands of nominations from all branches of science and selects Fellows from those whose “efforts on behalf of the advancement … Read more
While most NIH grant paylines have been stuck at historical lows for years, our Department has just reached its highest level of NIH funding: $14.1 million in 2012, ranking us 6th among our peers (i.e., microbiology/immunology departments at public universities). Since the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research started compiling these data, this is the … Read more
Blossom and Dirk discuss a new initiative of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; click here to find out more.
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…”
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). This is just the latest in a string of honors for Mike, who headed the clinical trial (NIAID HPTN 052) that was named by … Read more
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…
A study recently published in Science illustrates important relationships between inflammation, gut microbiota, and tumorigenesis…
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…
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…
