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Dr. Jie Sun Discusses COVID-19 Immunity and Long COVID in The Scientist Webinar and The Immunology Podcast
Jie Sun, PhD, professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division and the Carter Immunology Center, discusses his work on mucosal immunity after COVID-19 natural infection or vaccination in The Scientist magazine webinar entitled “COVID-19″ Lessons Learned”; … Read More
New CIC Member Carrie Cowardin
The Cowardin laboratory, located within the Child Health Research Center at the University of Virginia, focuses on understanding how the gut microbiota during pregnancy and early postnatal life set the stage for lifelong immune responses. Undernutrition and linear growth stunting … Read More
CIC Investigators partnered with colleagues from the La Jolla Institute (LJI) for a joint project
CIC Investigators partnered with colleagues from the La Jolla Institute (LJI) to utilize single cell multi-omic analysis of human circulating immune cells to identify the B cell subtype in humans that is associated with IgE sensitization to alpha gal and … Read More
Dr. Loren Erickson and Dr. Coleen McNamara receive NIH R01 to study the role of IgE and alpha gal in Coronary Artery Disease
The research project seeks to understand the effects of IgE to alpha-gal on atherosclerotic plaque development and define immune mechanisms mediating IgE sensitization to alpha-gal linked to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in mice and humans. Dr. Loren Erickson, Associate Professor in … Read More
Harish Narasimhan from Sun Lab has New Review Paper in Science Immunology Discussing Immune Responses in Long COVID, and Related Article Published in The Conversation
Long COVID-19 and other chronic respiratory conditions after viral infections may stem from an overactive immune response in the lungs Viruses that cause respiratory diseases like the flu and COVID-19 can lead to mild to severe symptoms within the first few … Read More
Isaac Babcock
Title: Caspase-1 in cx3cr1-expressing cells promotes acute immune responses to Toxoplasma gondii
Find out more »Susan Kovats, PhD
Seminar Title: Tissue-resident innate immune cells in the respiratory tract during viral infection
Find out more »Ana Royo Marco
Title: Treating head injury induced tauopathies by boosting the coverage of meningeal lymphatics
Find out more »Chongzhi Zang, PhD
Seminar Title: Chromatin and transcriptional regulation in CD8+ T cells
Find out more »Anupam Prakash
Title: CMV infection enhances RBC alloimmunization in mice and humans
Find out more »Lab showcase under construction…