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October 29, 2021
UW Immunology Ranked No. 7 Among Global Universities
The UW Immunology Department is now ranked No. 7 among some of the most prestigious immunology programs in the world. Check out the full Immunology rankings list… In Addition, the University of Washington moved up one spot to No. 7 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released on October 26,……
October 21, 2021
Immunology Welcomes Tribal Council Vice Chair Loni Greninger of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Special Seminar on Allyship
October 19, 2021. The Department of Immunology was honored to host Loni Greninger, MPA, Tribal Council Vice Chair, of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for a IMMUN 573 Special Seminar, organized by the Immunology Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Greninger delivered a powerful talk on history and allyship, including the history and resilience of the Jamestown……
October 13, 2021
NPR talks with Dr. Marion Pepper on Breakthrough COVID
Interim Chair Dr. Marion Pepper talks with NPR about breakthrough COVID. Read or Listen to the story here: Read more
September 3, 2021
Immunology Interim Chair Featured in The Atlantic on What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
Check out the latest article in The Atlantic featuring Dr. Marion Pepper, PhD, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the University of Washington Department of Immunology. The Atlantic: What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity Reports of vaccines’ decline have been greatly overstated. By Katherine J. Wu [EXCERPT] Checking someone’s SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels when there’s……
September 1, 2021
Welcome New Interim Chair Dr. Marion Pepper
A huge THANK YOU to Dr. Joan Goverman for 11 years of service as Chair of the UW Department of Immunology. As Dr. Goverman steps down, we welcome Dr. Marion Pepper as she takes up the role as Interim Chair. Read more
August 12, 2021
Publication Alert – Immunology study shows antiviral variant outwits several dangerous viruses.
Congratulations to the Ram Lab on the international, multi-institutional study led by Frank W. Soveg, PhD, a recent graduate student in the Ram Lab and Johannes Schwerk, PhD, acting instructor, and senior author Dr. Ram Savan, Associate Professor in immunology at the UW School of Medicine. All are also members of the UW Center for……
August 4, 2021
Congratulations Dr. Kerri Thomas!
The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Kerri Thomas, Immunology graduate student in the Rawlings Lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation on July 27, 2021, at 10 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of her defense was “Activated interleukin-7 receptor signaling drives B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mice” –……
July 14, 2021
Dr. Jakob von Moltke: 2021 Regeneron New Investigator Award for Excellence
Congratulations to Immunology Assistant Professor Dr. Jakob von Moltke! Dr. von Moltke was named one of five winners of the 2021 Regeneron New Investigator Awards for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research (formerly the Milstein Young Investigator Awards). More info on the award here. Way to go Jakob! Read more
June 28, 2021
Welcome UW STAR Students to the Moltke and Tait Wojno Labs
The Department of Immunology welcomes STAR students Angela Bleeker to the Tait Wojno lab, and Derek Sargent to the Moltke lab! These two rising senior biomedical students from the the Stipends for Training Aspiring Researchers (STAR) program will work in our labs for the summer. Then, at the end of the summer quarter, all STAR……
June 17, 2021
Marion Pepper Awarded the 2021 ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research
The 2021 ICIS-Luminex John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research Mid-career recognizes Marion Pepper, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Washington, as being in the very top tier of the current wave of mid-career immunologists who continue to make cytokine research exciting. While a graduate……
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