{"id":2264,"date":"2024-03-28T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/?page_id=2264"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:46:54","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Our Research Facilities<\/h2>\n<p>The Department currently occupies approximately 25,000 square feet of Marsico Hall. A significant number of faculty who hold primary appointments in the department have laboratories housed in the adjacent\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/unclineberger.org\/\">Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a>\u00a0as well other departments within the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/\">Schools of Medicine<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dentistry.unc.edu\/\">Dentistry<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sph.unc.edu\/\">Public Health<\/a>, and the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Large, well-equipped research laboratories are supplemented by dedicated tissue culture suites, microscopy rooms, warm and cold rooms, shared equipment rooms, supervised animal care facilities, and containment facilities for research involving Biosafety Level 3 pathogens.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the University provides access to over 80 technology\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\">core facilities<\/a>\u00a0with major equipment and expertise including structural biology, animal histopathology, proteomics and genomics, bioinformatics, animal models (transgenic mouse and embryonic stem cell services), flow cytometry, and imaging.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:2404,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;112631&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 16:09:30&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 20:09:30&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Research page: Immunology &#8211; Half Image&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;research-page-immunology-half-image&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 16:58:02&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 20:58:02&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/cell\\\/research-page-immunology-half-image\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;SingleCellBlocks&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{\\&quot;imagePercent\\&quot;:50,\\&quot;imageMinHeight\\&quot;:350,\\&quot;mediaType\\&quot;:\\&quot;image\\&quot;,\\&quot;textAlignment\\&quot;:\\&quot;left\\&quot;,\\&quot;titleAccent\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;cellHeader\\&quot;:\\&quot;Immunology\\&quot;,\\&quot;cellText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Immunology research topics in our Department cover a broad range of areas that thematically deal with the regulation of inflammation. 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Virology in the Department has a strong emphasis on HIV, viral oncogenesis (Herpesviruses, HPV and HIV), emerging RNA viruses (Flavi, Corona, Alpha, and Orthomyxoviruses), and global health.\\&quot;,\\&quot;blockImage\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/1414\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/AdobeStock_759225314.jpeg\\&quot;,\\&quot;addButton\\&quot;:\\&quot;true\\&quot;,\\&quot;buttonLink\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/research\\\/virology\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;layoutImageRight\\&quot;:\\&quot;true\\&quot;,\\&quot;backgroundColor\\&quot;:\\&quot;mediumBlue\\&quot;,\\&quot;buttonText\\&quot;:\\&quot;View our Virology Research\\&quot;},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[],\\&quot;blockType\\&quot;:\\&quot;imageBlocks\\&quot;,\\&quot;blockStyle\\&quot;:\\&quot;halfImage\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:2412,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;112631&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 16:55:49&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-04-15 20:55:49&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Research page: Expectations \\u2013 Half Image&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;research-page-expectations-half-image&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2024-04-16 09:29:51&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-04-16 13:29:51&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/cell\\\/research-page-expectations-half-image\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;SingleCellBlocks&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{\\&quot;imagePercent\\&quot;:50,\\&quot;imageMinHeight\\&quot;:350,\\&quot;mediaType\\&quot;:\\&quot;image\\&quot;,\\&quot;textAlignment\\&quot;:\\&quot;left\\&quot;,\\&quot;titleAccent\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;cellHeader\\&quot;:\\&quot;Expectations of Research Advisors and Trainees\\&quot;,\\&quot;cellText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Every member of the research community has the right to a work and training environment free from mistreatment or\\\\ninappropriate behavior and that is conducive to professional and scientific growth.\\&quot;,\\&quot;blockImage\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/1414\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/AdobeStock_571850570-scaled-1.jpeg\\&quot;,\\&quot;addButton\\&quot;:\\&quot;true\\&quot;,\\&quot;buttonLink\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/microimm\\\/research\\\/expectations-of-research-advisors-trainees\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;buttonText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Learn more about Our Research Expectations\\&quot;,\\&quot;backgroundColor\\&quot;:\\&quot;lightBlue\\&quot;},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[],\\&quot;blockType\\&quot;:\\&quot;imageBlocks\\&quot;,\\&quot;blockStyle\\&quot;:\\&quot;halfImage\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department currently occupies approximately 25,000 square feet of Marsico Hall. A significant number of faculty who hold primary appointments in the department have laboratories housed in the adjacent\u00a0Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\u00a0as well other departments within the\u00a0Schools of Medicine,\u00a0Dentistry,\u00a0Public Health, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Large, well-equipped research laboratories are supplemented by dedicated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/research\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Research\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112631,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}