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June 28, 2021
Welcome UW STAR Students to the Moltke and Tait Wojno Labs
The Department of Immunology welcomes STAR students Angela Bleeker to the Tait Wojno lab, and Derek Sargent to the Moltke lab! These two rising senior biomedical students from the the Stipends for Training Aspiring Researchers (STAR) program will work in our labs for the summer. Then, at the end of the summer quarter, all STAR……
June 17, 2021
Marion Pepper Awarded the 2021 ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research
The 2021 ICIS-Luminex John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research Mid-career recognizes Marion Pepper, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Washington, as being in the very top tier of the current wave of mid-career immunologists who continue to make cytokine research exciting. While a graduate……
May 20, 2021
Dr. Jakob von Moltke Receives 5-Year Burroughs Wellcome Fund PATH Award
Department of Immunology Assistant Professor, Jakob von Moltke, PhD, was just awarded a 5-year Burroughs Wellcome Fund – “Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award”. Congratulations Jakob! Read more… Read more
April 26, 2021
Congratulations Dr. Joey Leal!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Joey Leal, Immunology graduate student in the Gerner Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on April 23, 2021, at 11 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Crosstalk between innate and adaptive immune cells in lymph node microenvironments shapes……
April 5, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Nazitto!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Rudy Nazitto, Immunology graduate student in the Aderem Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on April 1, 2021, at 12 pm via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Checks and Balances: Transcriptional Regulation of Myeloid Innate Immunity and Dendritic Cell……
March 16, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Jack McGinty!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Jack McGinty, Immunology graduate student in the Moltke Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on March 10, 2021, at 11:00 AM via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Immune sensing and effector functions of small intestinal tuft cells” – Congratulations……
February 9, 2021
Congratulations Dr. Frank Soveg!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Frank Soveg, Graduate Student in the Ram lab for the successful defense of his dissertation on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 2:00 pm, entitled “Prenylation in cell-intrinsic innate immunity to positive-strand RNA viruses.” Congratulations Dr. Frank Soveg! Read more
January 27, 2021
JEM Career Launchpad Features Immunology Assistant Professor Elia Tait Wojno
For 125 years, JEM has been at the forefront of biomedical discoveries, publishing outstanding contributions with an enduring legacy. Scientists now come together to celebrate the history of JEM and the impact that publishing in JEM had in launching and supporting their careers. JEM’s commitment for the future remains firmly to serve the scientific community……
January 26, 2021
NPR Talks COVID-19 Vaccine Protection with Dr. Marion Pepper
NPR: 3 Questions And The Emerging Answers About COVID-19 Vaccine Protection By: Richard Harris Researchers are making progress in understanding the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the vaccine to prevent the disease. Read the full article here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/18/957322501/3-questions-and-the-emerging-answers-about-covid-19-vaccine-protection As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, three big questions loom. First,……
December 22, 2020
Immunology Chair, Dr. Joan Goverman, Elected as an AAI Distinguished Fellow for 2021
This program, established in 2019, annually recognizes members for distinguished careers and outstanding scientific contributions as well as service to AAI and the immunology community. It honors active, long-term members (25 or more years) who have demonstrated one or more of the following: excellence in research accomplishment in the field of immunology; exceptional leadership to……
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