A recent PNAS article is the result of a collaboration between M&I Professor Jenny Ting’s lab and Joe DeSimone’s group, who pioneered Particle Replication in Nonwetting Templates (PRINT) technology. Their study of immune responses to protein-loaded nanoparticles has potential for the development of next-generation inhalable vaccines. See the article at the link below, which includes … Read more

Just published online in Immunity: Yisong Wan’s group demonstrates that Smad4 can regulate T cell proliferation independent of TGF-β, presumably by integrating a number of other signaling pathways. The work has implications for inflammation, automimmunity, and tumor immune surveillance. See the article at http://www.cell.com/immunity/abstract/S1074-7613(14)00486-5

“Can AIDS Be Cured?” features M&I Professor Dave Margolis and his Collaboratory’s “shock and kill” strategy as a new therapeutic approach. See the article in the Dec. 22 issue of The New Yorker at the link below.   Can AIDS Be Cured? | The New Yorker newyorker.com Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer. Jerome … Read more

If you missed M&I Professor Mike Cohen’s Berryhill Lecture on October 22 at the Carolina Club, navigate to the link below for a complete video. It includes some background on Norma Berryhill as well as Dean Roper’s introduction to Mike’s talk.   2014 Norma Berryhill Lecture – The Rise and Fall of HIV Disease: A … Read more

Congratulations to M&I Professor Blossom Damania, who is now working with the Office of Research to develop and strengthen research resources throughout the School of Medicine. See the news article at the link below.   Damania appointed Assistant Dean for Research unclineberger.org Blossom Damania, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, has been named Assistant Dean … Read more

Comments from M&I Professor Jeff Dangl in an AP story on the evolution of coffee (http://tinyurl.com/mdh6ty2) and a National Geographic article on agricultural genetic engineering and the plant microbiome (http://tinyurl.com/mjjk7s7).   The buzz on caffeine in coffee: A genetic quirkbigstory.ap.org WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have woken up and smelled the coffee — and analyzed its … Read more

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For the first time, U.S. News has published rankings of the “Best Global Universities,” designed to provide international context for a university’s academic research and reputation. Surveys and metrics were used to rank the top 500 institutions spanning 49 countries and also to assess the strengths of 21 subject areas. For the subject area of … Read more

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is pleased to announce that Martha Clark, a graduate student in the lab of Steve Meshnick and Carla Hand, is the 2014 G. Philip Manire Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award recipient. 


 
Martha’s doctoral research has focused on how host iron status affects Plasmodium falciparum and the susceptibility … Read more