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Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology is the largest basic science department at UVA, comprising an outstanding group of faculty, students and post-doctoral fellows conducting cutting-edge research in many exciting areas of basic biology and human disease.

Our research takes an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach to address questions in three key major fields: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology.

Salmonella’s Strange Recipe for Defeating the Immune System

In a new discovery about potentially deadly salmonella, UVA researchers have determined that the foodborne bacteria has a most unexpected way of telling where it is in the body: It uses its food as its GPS.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovery Leads to Treatment For Joint Inflammation

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an unexpected contributor to rheumatoid arthritis that may help explain the painful flare-ups associated with the disease and points to a potential new treatment for the autoimmune disorder.
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Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Reveals How the Aggressive Cancer Fuels Its Growth

A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work – and for whom they will fail
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Congratulations to our chair Dr. Kodi Ravichandran, one of 2019’s most highly cited researchers according to Web of Science!

Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Reveals How the Aggressive Cancer Fuels Its Growth

Erickson Lab Ids Biological Changes Triggered by Tick Bites

UVA Reveals E. Coli’s Secret for Causing the Worst Possible Infection

UVA-Led Program Seeks To Broaden The Pool of Stem Researchers

Unhealthy Gut Promotes Breast Cancer’s Spread, Study Finds

 

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4 Dec

A murine model of diarrhea, growth impairment and metabolic disturbances with Shigella flexneri infection and the role of zinc deficiency. https://t.co/uZAytmtZp9

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3 Dec

MIC Special Seminar: Donita C. Brady, Ph.D. “Copper Conducted Kinase Signal Transduction: A Novel Vulnerability in Cancer” Thursday Dec. 5, 10AM, Room 1-17 Pinn Hall Hosted by @kodiravi

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3 Dec

Excited to share our work out @NatureCellBio. Example of following weird phenotype down a rabbit hole, learning about unknown biology, & opening up new roads for research. https://t.co/YLUVhz6BeK
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27 Nov

MIC Seminar Alert: 12/4/2019 – Valentin Jaumouillé, Ph. D. Membrane compartmentalization and mechanosensing: the cytoskeleton takes a regulatory role in phagocytosis.
Hosts: @SanjaArandjelo2 and @kodiravi
Date: Wednesday, 12/4/19
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00
Location: Pinn 1-17

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