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Melissa Kendall, PhD Named UVA Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow

Congratulations to Melissa Kendall, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology who was one of 3 faculty in the School of Medicine selected as University of Virginia Shannon Center Mid-Career…

CONGRATULATIONS MIC Graduates 2022-23!

Congratulations to our 11 students who graduated with a PhD in Microbiology in the 2022-23 academic year.

Welcome MIC students! Twelve new PhD students joined MIC and were celebrated in the White Coat ceremony.

Twelve new PhD students joined MIC and were celebrated in the White Coat ceremony.

The dengue virus combines molecules from its RNA with mosquito saliva to foil the human immune system

The saliva of mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses contains a substance that thwarts the human immune system and makes it easier for people to become infected with the potentially deadly…

Melanie Rutkowski, PhD awarded new grant: Gut microbiome-mediated differences within the pre-malignant mammary tissue environment enhance early breast tumor metastasis

Congratulations to Melanie Rutkowski, PhD on her new RO1 grant!  Total funds: 3.3 Millions. The goal of award is to define how the gut microbiome distally orchestrates cellular and molecular…

Roger Abounader, MD, PhD Principal Investigator for American Cancer Society Research Grant

The American Cancer Society is backing the UVA Cancer Center’s efforts to nurture promising ideas from early career scientists that could lead to important breakthroughs in our understanding of cancer…

Melissa Kendall, PhD Awarded $2.4 Million Grant to Study How Bacterial Pathogens Rely on RNA Binding Proteins to Establish Infection and Cause Disease

Melissa Kendall PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a 5 year, $2.4 million grant to examine how bacterial pathogens rely on…

Dr. Michael Kovacs has been selected as the 2023 MIC Outstanding Student!

Dr. Michael Kovacs, from Tajie Harris’s laboratory, has been selected as the 2023 MIC Outstanding Student. Mike will also represent the MIC Graduate Program as our nominee for the Peach…

Congratulations to Drs. Kashatus and Zong who are part of the team that won the UVA VPR’s Research Collaboration Award!

Matthew J. Lazzara, Kevin A. Janes and a team of 14 other UVA faculty and staff were awarded a $12.3 million, five-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health…

Discovery Will Aid Gut-Microbiome Research Efforts

The collaboration between Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and Chemistry professor Marcos Pires, PhD, examines novel methods to fluorescently ’tag’ and visualize gut commensal bacteria.…