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ID&I professor aims to disarm potential biological weapon

June 21, 2018

Housed in UF's Emerging Pathogens Institute, Dr. Apichai Tuanyok’s lab is trying to disarm glanders once and for all.

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 grad student developing molecular diagnostics to identify tricky viruses

May 21, 2018

By Thom Sanders: Transmission electron photomicrograph of a TSGIV-infected GF cell displaying unenveloped, hexagonal virus particles (120-144 nm in diameter). Sailfin mollies, orange chromide, roundtail paradisefish—these are just…

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.

$3.2 Million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine

April 10, 2018

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

March 29, 2018

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

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.

A unique receptor’s relationship to immune system disease

March 2, 2018

Rare genetic mutation causes resistance to antibiotic used to treat UTIs

March 1, 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…

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

ID&I well-represented at Marine Science Symposium

February 21, 2018

By Thom Sanders: Elizabeth Scherbatskoy, PhD student, presents on a picornavirus impacting the clownfish aquaculture industry. ID&I faculty, staff, and students were out in force at this year’s North Florida Marine Science…

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

Dr. Christian Jobin quoted in New York Times

February 2, 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 tract.

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 interviewed by Science

January 5, 2018

Dr. Christian Jobin details recent research in new video

December 21, 2017

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