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“We show gut commensal dysbiosis, an unhealthy and inflammatory gut microbiome, systemically changes the mammary tissues of mice that do not have cancer. The tissue changes enhance infiltration of mast…
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD will be the next Chair of our Department
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, will lead our Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. He is an internationally recognized expert in virology and RNA biology and comes to UVA…
Congratulations to MIC postdoc Kee-Beom Kim from the Kwon Park Lab!
What a great accomplishment! MIC postdoc, Kee-Beom Kim (center) is going to start his own laboratory as assistant professor at Kyungpook National University in Korea, beginning on September 1! Below is…
Nadia Holness in Sarah Ewald’s Laboratory receives HHMI Gilliam fellowship!
Congratulations to Nadia Holness, Microbiology graduate student in Sarah Ewald's Laboratory, on being selected for the highly competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship. The Gilliam Program invests in graduate…
Six MIC Faculty Members received Promotions!
Congratulations to six of our faculty members: Top row: Anna Cliffe, Sarah Ewald, Melanie Rutkowski were promoted to Associate Professor Bottom row: Rusty Elliott, Dan Gioeli, and Melissa Kendall were…
Please join us in congratulating Katarzyna Stasiak (Vic Engelhard’s laboratory) who has been selected as the second “PWP Scholar” supported by the “Sarah J. Parsons-Michael J. Weber- J. Thomas…
Congratulations Wagner Award Recipients!
Sarah Dochnal, Johnson Ung and Abigail Whitford received the 2022 Wagner Award. Congratulations on your Achievements! Johnson Ung is a MIC graduate student in the Tom Loughran Lab, Sarah Dochnal…
MIC Students Receive NRSA Fellowships
Ian Liyayi from the Criss Laboratory, Johnson Ung, from the Loughran Laboratory, and Sarah Wang from the Dudley Laboratory and received NRSA Fellowships this year. Congratulations on this accomplishment.
Herve Agaisse, PhD and Alison Criss, PhD appointed Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professors
Herve Agaisse, PhD and Alison Criss, PhD were named a Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professors. This endowed professorship recognizes faculty who have made outstanding commitments to education, research, and service at…
Congratulations! MIC Grad student Johnson Ung awarded F31 NRSA fellowship
Johnson Ung (Tom Loughran’s lab) received the Notice of Award for his F31 NRSA fellowship from the NIH NCI entitled, “Targeting Acid Ceramidase and Bcl-2 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia”
