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Department of Pathology & Immunology | Washington …

Since its inception in 1910, the Department of Pathology & Immunology has had combined excellence in research, training, and clinical service. Our conviction that basic science research leads to exceptional training and high-quality clinical service has made our department a vital bridge between the basic sciences and other clinical disciplines at Washington University. We are a vital and ever-evolving group of scholars dedicated to human pathobiology and the care of those afflicted with disease.

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MBI – MBI | Montana State University

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is pleasedrecognize graduate student, EricDunham of theBoyd Lab, whohas recently been selected for the highly competitiveNational Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship. Eric, who studiesthe role of hydrogen in supporting subglacial microbial communities, has traveled to Icelandto collected sediments from beneath four glaciers. The NSF fellowship will allow him to conduct a second round of experiments on the microorganisms that live without oxygen and are isolated from sunlight in those sediments.

Eric, who is entering his third year as a Ph.D. candidate under the mentorship of Dr. Eric Boyd, is a Montana native who grew up in Billings andgraduated in 2013 from the University of Montana with a double major in cell and molecular biology and biochemistry. Before coming to MSU Eric worked for two yearson a post-baccalaureate research fellowship with the NIH at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, MTstudying the Ebola virus.

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Immunology Department of Microbiology, Immunology and …

Immunology is the study of the immune system. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defense. Molecular and cellular components make up the immune system. The function of these components is divided into non specific mechanisms, those which innate to an organism, and responsive responses which are adaptive to specific pathogens. Fundamental or classical immunology involves studying the components that make up the innate and adaptive immune system.

Innate immunity is the first line of defense and is non-specific that is the responses that are the same for all potential pathogens, no matter how different they maybe. Innate immunity includes physical barriers( e.g. skin, saliva etc) and cells (e.g. macrophages, neutrophils, basophils, mast cells etc). These components are ready to go and protect an organisms for the first few days of infection. Adaptive immunity is the second line of defense which involves building up memory of encountered response specific to the pathogen or foreign substance.

Adaptive immunity involves antibodies, which generally target foregin pathogens roaming free in the bloodstream. Also involved are T-cells, which are directed especially towards pathogens that have colonized cells and can directly kill infected cells or help control the antibody response.

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The Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

Immunology is the discipline of biology that examines the mechanisms of host defense against pathogenic agents. The study of the immune system offers a unique opportunity to analyze a complex multicomponent system consisting of molecules and cells that have documented physiologic relevance. Immunology has a strong foundation in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology.

Washington University School of Medicine has a large community of investigators who make immunology their primary focus. The research within our program spans a broad spectrum, ranging from studies at the basic structural and molecular levels of host defense all the way to clinical applications directed at significant health problems, such as cancer immunotherapy. The Program in Immunology has grown to include more than 50 research laboratories and the number continues to increase. This unusual concentration of immunologists was the stimulus that led to the formation of a separate Graduate Program in Immunology in 1986.

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Society for Mucosal Immunology

SMIs aim is to bridge the gap between the high quality immunology presented at meetings such as AAI, and the high quality clinical specialty meetings (DDW, ATS, FOCIS) to provide a forum where people interested in immunology at mucosal surfaces can share ideas.

The perks of a SMI membership will allow you to collaborate and grow as an immunologist. SMI membership benefits include:

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Immunology | Duke Graduate School

The Department of Immunology offers graduate training in various areas of molecular and cellular immunology. Research topics in the department include adaptive immunity, innate immunity, antigen receptor gene recombination and hypermutations, immune signaling pathways, lymphocyte development, leukocyte trafficking, autoimmunity, host defense against pathogens, lymphomagenesis, and cancer immunology. The program offers courses covering fundamental knowledge and advanced topics in immunology. Graduate training also includes active participation in seminars, journal clubs, group meetings, and student teaching. Annual committee meetings and progress reports are required for on time completion of thesis projects.

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UAB – School of Medicine – Program in Immunology – Home

The multi-disciplinary Program in Immunology consists of over 100 UAB Faculty who identify themselves as basic or clinical immunologists and are members of multiple units at UAB. A desire for excellence on the part of the UAB faculty, coupled with the relative youth of the institution, has promoted a collective attitude of interdepartmental cooperation and collegiality.

UAB is the home of several internationally prominent research programs, e.g., Developmental Immunology, Mucosal Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center, Host Defense, Virology and Vaccine Biology. Newer programsin Cancer Immunology, Allergy, Immunogenetics, Inflammation and Tissue Injury, Transplantation Immunology, Neuroimmunology, and Basic Immunology of the T cell and innate systems are poised to become highly competitive.

For a brief history of the Program in Immunology at UAB, written by Dr. Claude Bennett, please click here.

The Program in Immunology was created to enhance the wide distribution of immunology-related research at UAB. This trans-departmental program seeks to enhance communication among faculty in order to identify and stimulate additional synergies across campus. The main goals of the program are to:

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Immunology Graduate Program – University of Colorado Denver

Welcome to the Immunology Graduate Program at the University of Colorado. Our graduate program couples both formal coursework with informal instruction and vigorous bench training in diverse areas of immunology within an extremely collaborative setting that culminates with a Ph.D. in Immunology. We carry out our research in beautiful Colorado just eastof the accessible Rocky Mountains.

The Immunology Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus was founded in 1989, and integrates faculty from the University of Colorado, the world-renown National Jewish Health and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. The program draws from the academic strengths of all three institutions that have contributed significant resources to make our program one of the most prominent basic immunology research programs in the country. Our diverse faculty, with over 40 training faculty, investigates all aspects of immunology including cell development and activation, signaling, inflammation, innate immunity, structural biology, genomics and disease states such as autoimmunity, transplantation, infectious disease, pulmonary immunity and cancer. The majority of our faculty hold appointments in the Department of Immunology & Microbiology at the University of Colorado and the Department of Biomedical Research at National Jewish Health as well as the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, the Department of Medicine (Divisions of Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, and Gastroenterology). Our program students upon graduating also have the opportunity to earn a certificate from the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI) that emphasizes training in translational settings.

Applicants with proven scientific ability, indicated through performance in a college level science program and/or performance in a research laboratory, are welcome and encouraged to apply. Our program seeks to invest in students with the ability to thrive in a stimulating, research-oriented graduate program leading to careers in Immunology in the academic, governmental or private sectors. We encourage applications from qualified underrepresented minorities where we have a strong history of successful training. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required for admittance.

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Academic postdocs include University of Washington, Washington University, INSERM (Paris), Harvard/Broad Institute, Mount Sinai New York, UCSF and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

Biotech include AbbVie, Seattle Genetics, Fate Therapeutics, R&D Systems

Medical non-research include Epidemic Intelligence Service at the CDC, Staff at the Journal of Immunology, Regulatory Coordinator Duke University

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