See link for full details: https://www.immunology.virginia.edu/seminar/the-annual-meeting-of-aai-located-in-chicago/ 2024 AAI Meeting Website: https://immunology2024.aai.org/ Look for these CIC members at the 2024 AAI meeting presenting their research.
I direct a respiratory immunology lab studying pulmonary immunity and pathology in the context of lung infection and cancer. I also mentor undergraduate and graduate student postdoc fellows, as well as a junior faculty in the lab. —Jie Sun, PhD, … Read More
Graduate students Emily Dennis and Maria Muroch of the McNamara and Bekiranov labs, respectively, published their work “Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity” in the Journal Frontiers of Immunology, along with several … Read More
A team headed by Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, associate professor at the UVA School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, is conducting experiments to understand how differences in the diversity and health of gut bacteria, or microbiome, impact … Read More
Nearly 300 School of Medicine research faculty gathered February 2 – 3 to learn from experts and exchange ideas at the 2024 research retreat. The highlight of the second day was the Shark Tank Competition. Provost Ian Baucom announced an … Read More
I recently joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and the Beirne B. Carter Immunology Center at the University of Virginia School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. I obtained my PhD working in gut microbiota and systemic … Read More
My lab is interested in developing new technologies that allow us to study the immune response in a tissue at a biopsy scale. We can add molecular handles to proteins in those tissues, which allow us to understand which ones … Read More
Jie Sun, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine Samuel P. Young, Graduate Student, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia I’ve spent much of my professional career in the field … Read More
My research is focused on modifying immune cells, specifically T cells, to recognize and kill cancer more effectively. Solid tumors like ovarian and pancreatic cancer present additional obstacles, so my group identifies those obstacles and comes up with creative engineering … Read More
The NIH has awarded two new research supplements to an existing $4M award to investigate the potential role of IgE antibodies to alpha-gal in driving vascular inflammation in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The innovative new studies will address the impact of IgE … Read More
