Chaofan Li, PhD, a Research Assistant Professor in the lab of Jie Sun, PhD, recently received a $40,000 Unrestricted Grant award from the American Thoracic Society to study Long COVID. The project, titled “Molecular regulation of respiratory immune response driving … Read More
Three teams of CIC researchers recently received pilot funding from the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center (UVA CCC). CIC Resident Members Justin Taylor, PhD, and Kristin Anderson, PhD, received funding for their joint project “Elucidating and Enhancing B Cell Responses Targeting … Read More
Jie Sun, PhD, and Xiaoqin Wei, PhD, recently published exciting new work in Science that was covered extensively in UVA’s Medicine in Motion publication today. You can read about the discovery here.
Three UVA research teams, all CIC Members, are participating in this year’s STAT Madness Competition, a lighthearted contest to identify the year’s most impactful biomedical research. The contest, a riff on the NCAA March Madness Bracket, invites the community to … Read More
I study B cells, which are part of the immune system, which make antibodies that recognize pathogens and protect us against infections. —Loren Erickson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology To watch more Research in Motion videos in … Read More
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor Jie Sun, PhD, in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, earns a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for … Read More
The 2024 internal UVA Immunology Research Day symposium was held on November 21. The event was held jointly by the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC), the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), and the Center for … Read More
On October 28th, Douglas Green, PhD, Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, presented the annual Beirne B. Carter Lecture in Immunology. Dr. Green is an eminent figure in immunology and cell biology. He … Read More
Young Hahn, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, has been awarded a $95,028 Small Business Innovation Research award by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Hahn will partner with Luna Labs, a Charlottesville-based contract research organization, to develop … Read More
Taking a break from their cutting-edge research, students and faculty of the Carter Immunology Center gathered on October 18th for the first Carter Immunology Tournament Series, organized by the CIC Committee for Social Events. The Sun, Sperling, McNamara, Anderson, Taylor, … Read More
