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!
Sanja Arandjelovic, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Nephrology, received two NIH awards for $2.5 million to study molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies for rheumatoid arthritis. The first project “Understanding a Molecular Cascade that Drives Neutrophil Mediated Pathology … Read More
Sun’s research is in cellular lung immunity and immunopathology, focusing on viral infections such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and SARS-CoV-2. His research has shown that targeting the immune system directly in the lung help prevent chronic illness and other … Read More
Congrats to Xiaoqin, Harish and Bibo on the publication of their review at Annual Review of Immunology on immune mechanisms underlying host recovery from respiratory viral infection including COVID-19. Go to annualreviews.org to read the article. Congratulations Sun Lab!
