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Rhoel Dinglasan and his postdoctoral fellow Tim Hamerly discuss proteomic data from a recent study at the EPI. Dinglasan and Hamerly’s academic home spans between the EPI and UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of infectious diseases and immunology.

Malaria’s Spit Solution

Published: Oct 7th, 2019

A new $1.29 million grant will support work to develop a saliva-based malaria diagnostic test that catches infections even when victims don’t show symptoms.

Image: Md. Shamim Ahasan discusses his research. Text reads, "Md. Shamim Ahasan discusses his research. ID&I members recognized at Phi Zeta Day. Graduate students and postdoctoral associates received awards recognizing their research.."

ID&I members recognized at Phi Zeta Day

Published: Jul 2nd, 2018

By Thom Sanders: Every year, Phi Zeta Day serves as a celebration of the fascinating work and research conducted around the UF College of Veterinary Medicine. With posters and presentations […]

Microscopic image of outer membrane vesicle from a biosafe, surrogate used as a vaccine against glanders. Text reads: ID&I professor aims to disarm potential biological weapon. Dr. Apichai Tuanyok, ID&I faculty member, is developing a safe and effective vaccine to protect against glanders. Outer membrane vesicle from a biosafe, surrogate used as a vaccine against glanders.

ID&I professor aims to disarm potential biological weapon

Published: Jun 21st, 2018

By Thom Sanders: In 1915, in a basement laboratory in Maryland just six miles from the White House, two German spies were manufacturing biological weapons. The spies, brothers Anton and […]

Image: Samantha Koda works in the lab. Text reads: ID&I grad student developing molecular diagnos-tics to identify tricky viruses. Samantha Koda, a PhD student in ID&I, is working to validate a qPCR test that would help researchers identify megalocytivirus infections in fish populations. Samantha Koda works in the lab.

ID&I grad student developing molecular diagnostics to identify tricky viruses

Published: May 21st, 2018

By Thom Sanders: Sailfin mollies, orange chromide, roundtail paradisefish—these are just a few of the colorful (and colorfully named) ornamental fish varieties potentially susceptible to megalocytiviruses (MCVs), a genus of […]

Text reads: $3.2 Million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine. Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan, ID&I faculty member, has spent years developing a malaria transmission blocking vaccine. Image: portrait of Dr. Dinglasan.

$3.2 Million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine

Published: Apr 10th, 2018

Text reads: Dr. Cuong Nguyen offers expert insight on Sjögren’s syndrome. Rheumatology Advisor talks with Dr. Nguyen about the underlying mechanism of the auto-immune condition Sjögren’s syndrome. Image caption: Dr. Nguyen’s Lab. Image: Six members of Dr. Nguyen’s lab poses for a group photo.

Dr. Cuong Nguyen offers expert insight on Sjögren’s syndrome

Published: Mar 29th, 2018

Rheumatology Advisor talks with Dr. Nguyen about the underlying mechanism of the auto-immune condition Sjögren’s syndrome.

Image: Dr. Zhou uses pipette under hood. Text reads: A unique receptor’s relationship to immune system disease Dr. Liang Zhou’s research on immune responses is the focus of a recent piece in The Veterinary Page.

A unique receptor’s relationship to immune system disease

Published: Mar 2nd, 2018

Image: Marissa Valentine points at computer screen with Dr. Mary Brown. Text reads: Rare genetic mutation causes resistance to antibiotic used to treat UTIs. Dr. Mary Brown’s recent research explores a rare genetic mutation that causes resistance to the quinolone antibiotic levofloxacin in a bacterium associated with urinary tract infections

Rare genetic mutation causes resistance to antibiotic used to treat UTIs

Published: Mar 1st, 2018

Dr. Mary Brown’s recent research explores a rare genetic mutation that causes resistance to the quinolone antibiotic levofloxacin in a bacterium associated with urinary tract infections

Text reads: ID&I well-represented at Marine Science Symposium. Faculty, staff and students presented recent research at the North Florida Marine Science Symposium, including work on stranded cetaceans, crustacean viruses, turtle gut microbiome, and bacterial vaccine delivery systems. Image: a group poses in front of the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience

ID&I well-represented at Marine Science Symposium

Published: Feb 21st, 2018

By Thom Sanders: ID&I faculty, staff, and students were out in force at this year’s North Florida Marine Science Symposium. The gathering, which brought together researchers from regional institutions at […]

Image of pipette excreting pink fluid. Text reads: Dr. Christian Jobin quoted in New York Times article; Dr. Jobin helps contextualize the impact of recent studies on the potential link between colon cancer and the toxins released by two types of gut bacteria.

Dr. Christian Jobin quoted in New York Times

Published: Feb 2nd, 2018

Dr. Jobin is featured in a New York Times “Health” section article titled, “Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggest.” Dr. Jobin studies of bacteria in the gastrointestinal […]

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Malaria’s Spit Solution

A new $1.29 million grant will support work to develop a saliva-based malaria diagnostic test that catches infections even when victims don’t show symptoms.

“Spit here, please.”

Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan explains why a new diagnostic test for malaria developed by him and his colleagues at the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute could be a game-changer.

Helpful bacterium shown to fortify newborns’ immune system in animal model

“This establishes that specific strains of a probiotic bacterium can mobilize immunity to enhance the health of newborns,” said. Dr. Mansour Mohamadzadeh

New saliva-based test detects malaria before symptoms appear

An easy-to-use saliva test to screen for the parasite that causes malaria has been developed by a team of researchers led by a University of Florida scientist.

Fin-tastic Turnout

UF Wildlife and Aquatic Veterinary Disease Laboratory (WAVDL) out in force at the International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health. Ten members of the Wildlife and Aquatic Veterinary Disease Laboratory (WAVDL) […]

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