A Commitment to Immunology
CIC Members present cutting edge research at the American Association of Immunologists annual meeting in Chicago May 3-7
See link for full details: https://www.immunology.virginia.edu/seminar/the-annual-meeting-of-aai-located-in-chicago/ 2024 AAI Meeting Website: https://immunology2024.aai.org/ Look for these CIC members at the 2024 AAI meeting presenting their research.
Dr. Jie Sun, PhD, Featured in SOM Medicine in Motion Newsletter
I direct a respiratory immunology lab studying pulmonary immunity and pathology in the context of lung infection and cancer. I also mentor undergraduate and graduate student postdoc fellows, as well as a junior faculty in the lab. —Jie Sun, PhD, … Read More
Emily Dennis and Maria Muroch of the McNamara and Bekiranov labs published their work, Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity
Graduate students Emily Dennis and Maria Muroch of the McNamara and Bekiranov labs, respectively, published their work “Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity” in the Journal Frontiers of Immunology, along with several … Read More
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, Research Covered in Association of American Medical Colleges Story About Personalized Medicine
A team headed by Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, associate professor at the UVA School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, is conducting experiments to understand how differences in the diversity and health of gut bacteria, or microbiome, impact … Read More
Teams Erickson and McNamara take home first and third place respectively at the recent Shark Tank Competition
Nearly 300 School of Medicine research faculty gathered February 2 – 3 to learn from experts and exchange ideas at the 2024 research retreat. The highlight of the second day was the Shark Tank Competition. Provost Ian Baucom announced an … Read More
Dr. Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research Awarded $746,997 R00 Grant to Study Regulation of Lupus Pathogenesis Through Modulation of Thymic Development of Pathobiont-Specific T Cells
I recently joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and the Beirne B. Carter Immunology Center at the University of Virginia School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. I obtained my PhD working in gut microbiota and systemic … Read More
The Annual Meeting of the AAI (Located in Chicago)
Kristin Anderson Will be presenting in the SITC session titled: Translating Cancer Immunology Discovery into Personalized ImmunotherapyTitle of her poster: The development of TCR gene therapyAuthor Line: Kristin G. AndersonDate/Time: May 6, 2024 8:00-10:00 CT Patrick Andrews Title: Mice harboring … Read More
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Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos, PhD
Title: Elucidating the underlying principles of T cell tissue immunity
Dr. Courtney Malo
Title: Publishing Translational Research: An Editor’s Perspective Host - Dr. Jie Sun