Governor Reynolds announces $2 million in CARES Act funding for COVID-19 nanovaccine development in Iowa Kevin L. Legge, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Director of Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, and Director of the Pathology Research Flow Cytometry Core in the UI Carver College of Medicine will lead UI efforts in partnership with Iowa State University to develop and test a nanovaccine. Read Governor Kim Reynolds full press release here.

Congratulations to Ivy Debreceni (2018), Stephanie Peterson (2018), and Kody Waldstein (2017) on being chosen as finalist for the 3 Minute Thesis competition. The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology make up 20% of this years finalist. Ivy Debreceni, Determining early signals that lead to Sjögren Syndrome Stephanie Peterson, A Fructose Rich Diet May Impact Disease by Influencing the Gut Microbiome Kody Waldstein, Mutations and Viruses: Small Changes with Deadly Results

Congratulations to Isaac Jensen (Badovinac lab) on successfully defending his Thesis! Isaac-Jensen-DoctoralSeminarHandout.pdf