December 15, 2023
Congratulations, Dr. Miranda Lyons-Cohen!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Miranda Lyons-Cohen, Immunology graduate student in the Gerner lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “Prolonged T – DC macro-clustering within lymph node microenvironments initiates Th2 differentiation in a site-specific manner.” Miranda’s defense took place on December 14, 2023 at 11:00 am in Orin……
December 14, 2023
Congratulations, Dr. Stephanie Varela!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Stephanie Varela, Immunology graduate student in the Ziegler lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “The role of IL-33 cytokine in allergic sensitization.” Stephanie’s defense took place on December 12, 2023 at 9:00 am in Orin Smith Auditorium in Seattle, Washington and via zoom…….
December 13, 2023
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched!
The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington recently announced the launch of the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology. This landmark collaboration will build new technologies to record the history of cells over time. Jay Shendure, Professor of Genome Sciences at UW Medicine, will serve as the hub’s executive director. Other……
October 16, 2023
UW Immunology’s impact seen and felt at 2023 Gates Grand Challenges Annual Meeting!
Alumni of UW Immunology had a strong presence at this year’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, held from October 8-11, 2023 in Dakar, Senegal. Pictured here are former UW Immunology Professor Christopher B. Wilson, MD, who served as department chair from 1999-2009; Erica Andersen-Nissen, PhD, currently a Principal Staff Scientist in……
October 7, 2023
Congratulations, John Ray! 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee
Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) Assistant Member John Ray, PhD, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to receive the 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, established in 2007, supports unusually innovative research……
September 22, 2023
Meet Geoff Hutchinson, who helped develop the Covid-19 vaccine!
Geoff Hutchinson, an Immunology graduate student in the Pepper lab, was recently featured on CNN for his work on developing the Covid-19 vaccine. In 2020, Geoff was working in Dr. Barney Graham’s lab at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institutes of Health when they got word of a novel coronavirus in China. Geoff……
September 15, 2023
Congratulations, Dr. Kurt Pruner!!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Kurt Pruner, Immunology graduate student in the Pepper lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Defining mRNA vaccine-generated T cell memory in respiratory viral infection.” Kurt’s defense took place on September 14, 2023 at 12:30 pm in Orin Smith Auditorium in Seattle, Washington and……
August 28, 2023
Congratulations, Dr. Laila Shehata!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Laila Shehata, Immunology graduate student in the Pepper lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “IL-4 downregulates BCL6 to promote memory B cell selection in germinal centers.” Laila’s defense took place on August 24, 2023 at 10:30 am in Orin Smith Auditorium in Seattle,……
August 18, 2023
Congratulations, Kristin Weinstein, on your 2023 NSF GRF!
Kristin is a third-year graduate student in the Ziegler lab at Benaroya Research Institute. She was recently awarded the prestigious 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF), which provides up to three years of fellowship support. Congratulations, Kristin!! Read more
August 14, 2023
Congratulations, Dr. Alina Lorant!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Alina Lorant, Immunology graduate student in the Lacy-Hulbert lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “Integrin αvβ3 limits cytokine production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells and restricts TLR-driven autoimmunity.” Alina’s defense took place on August 8, 2023 at 2:00 pm in Orin Smith Auditorium in……