MEMSEAL is a go ! DARPA systems vaccinology initiative.

The Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) selected us as one of the teams leading an ambitious effort to predict the formation of long term immunological memory soon after a vaccination, under the auspices of the Assessing Immune Memory (AIM) […]

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CONGRATS to Dr. Gideon Wolf on his paper !!!

Gideon’s paper on the alteration of T cell dynamics in vivo after FLT3L treatment is out : https://rdcu.be/cZBR8 . This was a long journey 🙂 Congrats to Gideon, Allie, Kenny and Zach – for sticking with it through the revisions […]

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Lab at the 2022 GPILS Award ceremony

The Hills: Liz with Thomas The UMSOM Graduate Program’s 2022 awards featured Liz & Nevil (from the lab) and an additional member of the department : Joao Pedra. See full presentation at the GPILS site : 2022 Awards. Zach, Liz, […]

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Congrats to the 2022 GPILS Award Winners !

The lab has two winners this year : Elizabeth Hill (PhD Scholar of the Year) and Nevil Singh (Teacher of the year) – in addition. our Alumni, Allie Gerber is the Biochemistry Department’s nominee for the Thesis of the Year.

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AAAYYYY !! Liz on the cover of EJI.

Our paper in collaboration with Kaveh Abdi and Eric Long (with work from Liz) will be featured on the cover of the September issue of the European Journal of Immunology. The paper is now available online (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eji.202149733). Congrats to Kaveh […]

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Dr. Gideon Wolf, Ph.D. !! The after-party !!!!

The Doctor can cook !! Barbecue at Gid & Molly’s after the graduate has earned his first doctorate !! See Graduation pix here : http://blog.nevillab.org/?p=1358

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CONGRATS to Gideon Wolf on defending his Ph.D thesis !!

Dr. Gideon Wolf !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!! Gideon defends his thesis in front of the UMSOM audience – an in-person defense after a long series of virtual thesis seminars.

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Congrats Liz : Cancer Retreat Poster Award !!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Hill, 2nd year MMI student in the lab for winning the poster award at the 12th Annual Cancer Biology Research Retreat Here are pix of Liz presenting her poster to the vast crowds of excited onlookers – […]

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Congrats Sara, Courtney and Kenny on the paper in CII

Sara Fioretti (pictured here during her NSIP internship) had her summer’s work accepted for publication in CII today – together with co-authors Courtney and Kenny CONGRATULATIONS !!!

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Congrats Kenny on matching in UM Surgery !!

Today is match day for the MSTP class of 22. After his PhD from the lab (2020) Kenny now will start his training in surgery at UM !!

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Congrats to Liz : Talk at AAI 2022 & Trainee award !

ELizabeth Hill (2nd year student in the Lab) was selected by American Association of Immunologists (AAI) to give a talk at the Block Symposium during the 2022 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. This is Liz’s first AAI meeting & she […]

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Courtney wins the James Kaper Award !

CONGRATULATIONS ! Dr. Courtney A. Matson wins the 2021 James Kaper Award from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. The Kaper Award is given each year for the best graduate in the MMI program – selected by the program leadership […]

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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Dr. Gerber !!

Allison Gerber graduates with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the lab today !! Congratulations to the new Doctor !!! The seminar intro : The Dictionary of Allie : Thesis Defense : Allie’s defense was virtual. But for […]

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The May RAD belt goes to Liz !!

Ayy Liz ! Lots of great data and a RAD belt. Zach (grudgingly) hands over the belt to Elizabeth Hill after a gruelling data battle !! The handover …

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Congrats Zach !! RAD !!!

Zach Fasana gets the first Rad Belt in a while in our first “socially distanced in person” RAD session in a long time !

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