News and Events
Research Image by MIC Graduate Student on Cover Page of “Cytometry”
Congratulations to Aldo Nascimento in the Dave Kashatus laboratory whose research made in onto the cover page of "Cytometry"! This was a collaboration with the Flow Cytometry Core at UVA.…
Kwon Park Laboratory finds way to inhibit growth of small cell lung cancer
"The scientists were able to halt the progression of small cell lung cancer tumors in genetically engineered mice. This was a notable achievement because small cell lung cancer is known…
Aldo Nascimento in the Kashatus Lab receives external funding!
Congratulations to Aldo on receiving his own NCI Grant! Aldo was awarded a F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Cancer Institute for his work on "Tumor-associated physiological changes arising from Ras-induced…
Appointment as Chair of the NCI-I Study Section
Dr. Amy H. Bouton, PhD, Associate Dean of Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs and Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology began serving as the Chair of the NCI-I study…
Rising 4th and 5th year MIC graduate students receive 2016 Wagner Fellowship Award
Stephanie Ragland in the Alison Criss Laboratory and CJ Anderson in the Melissa Kendall laboratory are selected to receive the Wagner Fellowship Award. They were selected by the Directors of…
Erica Buonomo and researchers in the Petri lab found an important and unexpected role for eosinophils, a type of white blood cell. These cells are often vilified for their role…
Cutting-edge tumor modeling and research by Dr. Dan Gioeli and his lab
The Gioeli lab continues their work with the HemoShear platform to better understand complex cancer biology. The goal is to one day use these models to develop optimal treatments for…
MIC Graduate student Alexandra Bettina's paper M-CSF Mediates Host Defense during Bacterial Pneumonia by Promoting the Survival of Lung and Liver Mononuclear Phagocytes was recently accepted and has also just been…
We welcome Sarah Ewald, PhD to our department!
Sarah Ewald has an appointment with the Carter Immunology Center and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology. Her research interest include: Host-parasite interactions…
Travel Awards to Criss Lab Graduate Students
Stephanie Ragland and Jacqueline Stevens are recipients of the Igor Stojilkovic Memorial Travel Awards, to present their research at the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference in Manchester, UK in September 2016.…
