Researchers from the Carter Immunology Center had a great turnout at the 2025 AAI annual meeting. This year’s AAI Meeting took place in Honolulu, Hawaii. ~26 CIC researchers enjoyed the opportunity to engage with the larger immunology community; to both … Read More

Rossymar “Ross” Rivera Colón, a PhD student mentored by Kristin Anderson, PhD, won the third place and audience choice prizes at this year’s UVA Grad Thesis Slam. The event, put on by the university’s PhD+ program, challenges graduate students to … Read More

Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the Carter Immunology Center, received a $600,000 Empowering Lupus Research Program grant award from the Lupus Research Alliance. Autoimmune diseases like lupus affect over 200 … Read More

See link for full details: https://www.immunology.virginia.edu/event/the-annual-meeting-of-the-aai-located-in-honolulu-hawaii/ 2025 AAI Meeting Website: https://immunology2025.aai.org/ Look for these CIC members at the 2025 AAI meeting presenting their research.

Two undergraduate students mentored by Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Iana Niknezhad and Aditi Shanbhag, received funding for summer research this week. Zegarra-Ruiz is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the CIC. His team studies … Read More

Malcolm O’Malley, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering advised by Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). He is a member of the CIC’s Immunology Training Program, having … Read More