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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

On October 21st, the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) held its 2nd Annual Thomas Braciale Lecture. In memory of Thomas Braciale, MD, PhD, the CIC invited Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Immunology and … Read More

We study the biology and the diseases of red blood cells, which are the most abundant cell in the human body. And not only are they a source of disease during infections like malaria, but also they are themselves a … Read More