Birmingham Medical News features Lund and West’s efforts to address inflammation and chronic disease
Inflammation becomes a surprising common feature, not only in chronic immune disease, but also in chronic neurological disease.
Read moreMicrobiology’s Dokland named ASM Distinguished Lecturer
Terje Dokland, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at BirminghamDepartment of Microbiology, has been named an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer for 2017-2019. Dokland, a UAB associate professor, studies the structural biology of viral assembly and bacterial pathogenicity, using tools like cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography.
Beginning July 1, he will join a group of scientifically diverse lecturers who speak at American Society for Microbiology Branch meetings throughout the United States. Frances Lund, Ph.D., UAB chair of Microbiology, called Dokland’s appointment “a national honor.”
Read moreGenetic clues to kidney disease uncovered
This provides new genetic clues to understanding IgA nephropathy, an autoimmune kidney disease that commonly causes kidney failure. The findings are relevant to IgA nephropathy and other diseases with similar underlying molecular defects, such as inflammatory bowel disease, certain types of blood disease and cancer.
“Very little is known about the causes of IgA nephropathy, genetic or otherwise, so our discovery represents an important step toward developing better therapies for this disease,” said lead author Krzysztof Kiryluk, M.D., the Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columba University Medical Center. Read more
Majoring in defense: UAB’s new Undergraduate Immunology Program
Three UAB faculty members selected as fellows by world’s largest general scientific society
The AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals.
Charles Amsler, Ph.D., professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biology, Steven Austad, Ph.D., distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biology, and David Briles, Ph.D., professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Department of Pediatrics, are UAB’s three representatives in the 2016 class of AAAS fellows. Read more
Vaccination of newborn mice with bacteria suppresses asthma as adults
Weinmann honored at promotion reception
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Microbiology postdoc recognized for excellence
Max D. Cooper Endowed Immunology Travel Award helping further the education and training of students focused in the field of immunology
Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans
The ultimate goal: transplant insulin-producing cell-clusters from pigs into humans to treat Type 1 diabetes. Read more
UAB Biomarker beats gold standard in detecting brain shunt infections
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Micro researchers involved in studies reporting a new quality-control checkpoint in developing B cells that may affect vaccine responses.
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Teaching metabolomics: a UAB outreach to researchers in sub-Saharan Africa
Janusz Kabarowski, Ph.D, is playing an important role in a metabolomics initiative.
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Keynote Lectureship established to honor Briles
Kearney is the 2016 AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award recipient
Briles named winner of the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Award in Diversity Enhancement
Eleven outstanding faculty members were named recipients of the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Awards, an honor recognizing exceptional contributions made by School of Medicine faculty in service, teaching, research, diversity enhancement and mentorship.
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Microbiology Faculty Elected to Senate
Next Generation Innovators: Pittman Scholars Program spotlights early-career researchers
Leon-Ruiz’s early career continues to heighten with asthma research
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