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
Kristin Anderson, PhD, a resident faculty member of the Carter Immunology Center, and an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, earned a NIH Research Career Development (K) Award in the fourth quarter of FY23. K … Read More
Oom Pattarabanjird (MSTP trainee with the McNamara lab) received an award for top poster at the recent Atherosclerosis Gordon Conference in Barcelona for her poster entitled “Human Marginal Zone B cells Produce Atheroprotective IgM and Confer Protection from Vascular Disease.” … Read More
It is with great sadness we share news about the passing of a dear friend and colleague, Thomas J. Braciale, MD, PhD. Dr. Braciale passed away Friday, May 19, 2023 with his family at his side. Dr. Braciale was a … Read More
My work focuses on the role of immune cells in heart and vascular disease. It’s a new field with novel discovery, and we’re identifying new pathways related to heart disease every day that can be translated to help our patients.— … Read More
The new research from UVA’s Jie Sun, PhD, and colleagues suggests a way to protect patients with obesity or diabetes from the runaway inflammation and dangerous blood sugar spikes that COVID-19 can cause. Such patients are at high risk for … Read More
Title: Gut microbiome-mediated differences within the pre-malignant mammary tissue environment enhance early breast tumor metastasis Amount: 2.2M (~440K/year). Dates: 3/1/23 – 2/27/28 Congratulations Dr. Rutkowski!
Brett Ransegnola (McNamara lab) and Meritxell Nus (Mallat lab in Cambridge, UK) have been awarded a $50K Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence to study the role of Id3 in marginal zone B cells. They recently met in NYC with the … Read More
Harish from Sun lab received a Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund scholarship and also oral presentation in the Keystone meeting. Go to keystonesymposia.org to for more info. Congratulations Harish!
