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Kidney-resident macrophages — a role for healing during acute kidney injury?
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These kidney macrophages reprogram to a developmental state after kidney injury, similar to those in newborn mice. -
Join us for the 6th Annual Rare Disease Genomic Symposium
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Friday, March 1 | 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. | Bradley Lecture Center Please join us for the 6th Annual Rare Disease Genomic Symposium Friday, March 1. This year's symposium subject is the population genomics. Registration is $35.Click here for the[…] -
Mechanism for impaired allergic inflammation in infants may explain hygiene hypothesis
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The hygiene hypothesis says increased sanitation in industrialized countries has led to increases in asthma. -
Obesity surgery leads to emergence of new microbial strains in the human fecal community
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A novel informatics technique allows researchers to identify different strains of the same bacterial species. -
UAB joins Gilbert Family Foundation initiative for neurofibromatosis type 1
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The Gilbert Family Foundation’s Gene Therapy Initiative funds researchers at UAB exploring developmental and curative therapies for NF1. -
UAB study aims to build a better model for brain tumors
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UAB investigators are on the track of new technologies to better guide brain tumor therapy decisions. -
Six faculty awarded incentive grants to submit a second R01
Six School of Medicine faculty projects were recently funded through an AMC21 initiative giving NIH-funded investigators incentive to submit a second R01.
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6th Annual Immunogenomics Conference at HudsonAlpha
October 1-3 | Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechonology, Huntsville, AlabamaThe Immunogenomics conference, hosted by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, brings together more than 175 researchers and thought leaders from around the globe exploring the application of genomic technologies to understand the[…]
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Center for Genomic Medicine Symposium 2018
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The Center for Genomic Medicine Symposium is presented by UAB and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Wednesday, May 23 | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Huntsville, AL This year's keynote speaker is Leslie Biesecker, M.D., Chief of the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Branch[…] -
Introducing New Communications Specialist for the Department of Genetics
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The Department of Genetics would like to welcome Heather Watts as the department's new Communications Specialist. She graduated from Louisiana State University with her bachelor's degree in mass communication and is currently working on her master's degree in communication management here[…]