Rachel Fearns was awarded an Individual Biomedical Research Award from the The Hartwell Foundation for her research proposal entitled “Treating Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection by Targeting the Viral Polymerase.” This competitive award is to fund early-stage, innovative, and cutting-edge biomedical research to benefit children. Bravo, Rachel.
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Microbiology Trainee Travel Awards! 1stPlace: Munir Mosaheb (graduate student, Wetzler Lab) who will attend the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fundamental Immunology and Its Therapeutic Potential, in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, from April 14-18, 2015. 2ndPlace: Michelle Fleury (graduate student, Dooms Lab) who will attend the Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies […]
The Connor Lab, was featured in Live Science for studies published in BMC Genomics that may lead to detection of Lassa and Marburg viruses during the early stages of disease.
Congratulations to Thomas Kepler who was named one of the 2014 Norman Letvin Scholars of the Duke CHAVI-ID.
Dr. Elke Mühlberger, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Biomolecule Production Core at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, was interviewed about Ebola transmission on WBUR’s CommonHealth on October 22, 2014. Read this article.
Findings from a new study led by Dr. Thomas Kepler and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at Duke University School of Medicine, has significant implications for an HIV vaccine: http://bit.ly/1oM5Pid
John Connor is researching ways to quickly detect diseases and viruses using portable devices and LED lights. They are currently awaiting federal approval to test this method on Ebola. You can read more about this in the USAToday article featuring Dr. Connor’s work here: http://usat.ly/1t2VzBw
Dr. John Connor discussed research into Ebola treatments with WIRED Magazine. The article can be viewed here: http://wrd.cm/1slinMr
The Immunology Training Program has welcomed five new trainees: Postdoctoral Trainees: Blanche Ip – Nikolajczyk Lab Luis Agosto – Henderson Lab Pre-doctoral Trainees: Ian Francis – Microbiology, Wetzler Lab Alicia Wooten – Molecular & Translational Medicine, Lafyatis Lab Raquel Rodriguez – Molecular & Translational Medicine, Ingalls Lab
Kristie Hilliard won the first place prize for the Microbiology Department at the 20th Annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day Friday May 2, 2014 for a presentation entitled “The Lung-Liver Axis Facilitates Innate Immunity and Survival During Pneumonia.”