A Commitment to Immunology
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Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, featured in Research in Motion
Resident member Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, was featured in this week’s Research in Motion video! “We are hoping to catalyze our discoveries into paradigm-shifting immune therapies, not only for cancer patients, but also other diseases in which the microbiome is dysregulated.”
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Member Update: Anny Zhou, PhD
Anny Zhou, PhD, Drash Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Department of Genome Science and Director of UVA’s Translational Genomic Center, was recently invited to join the CIC’s membership. Zhou joined UVA … Read More
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Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, Wins Victoria’s Secret Award to Study Ovarian Cancer
CIC resident member Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, was awarded the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Rising Innovator Grant. The award, in partnership with Pelotonia and the American Association for Cancer Research, funds innovative research projects in breast and … Read More
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CIC Hosts 2025 Thomas Braciale Lecture
On Monday, October 27, the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) hosted the third annual Thomas Braciale Lecture. This year’s speaker, Christopher Klebanoff, MD, presented a talk titled “Immunogenicity and Therapeutic Targeting of Recurrently Mutated ‘Public’ Neoantigens”, wherein … Read More
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CIC Hosts 2025 Carter Lecture
The Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) hosted its annual Carter Immunology Lecture on October 6, 2025. The lecture honors Beirne Carter, whose generosity provided the initial gift needed to establish our Research Center. This year, the CIC … Read More
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Michael Brown, PhD, Wins Grant to Study ‘Elite Control’ of HIV
Michael Brown, PhD, resident member of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) and Professor of Medicine in the Nephrology Division, received an R01 grant award from the NIH exceeding $3,000,000 for his project “Paired receptor signaling for NK … Read More
