The multidisciplinary Microbiology & Immunology (MI) program offers education and training leading to the MS and PhD degrees. Research programs include the areas of parasitic, viral, and opportunistic ...

Innate immune sensors—known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)—detect specific molecular components of bacterial or ...

Dr. Sabine Ehrt, an internationally renowned leader in tuberculosis research, has been appointed chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective July 1. The ...

Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) during their lifetime. BV is characterized by unpleasant odors, ...

The primary tenure-track faculty, research-track faculty and secondary faculty in the Saint Louis University Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology oversee active independent research ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Cologne has identified a protein called ANKIB1 that acts as a volume dial for the body’s frontline immune defenses, controlling how strongly cells ...

The first high-resolution map of proteins in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) suggests that the parasite uses decoy proteins to limit our long-term immune response. The ...

Are you interested in learning about research opportunities for undergraduates in the Microbiology and Immunology program? Check out answers to frequently asked questions to see if you qualify. Some ...

Welcome to the Department of Microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham! We are thrilled to have you visit our website and learn more about our department's exciting research, educational ...

The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a mouse model to show that sugar intake can change the composition of the gut ...