More than 100 years ago, French pediatrician Henry Tissier declared that babies were bacteria-free in the womb. Colonization, he claimed, began during the birthing process, not before. While bacterial transmission...
I will be honest: I love cats. I also love immunology. In a perfect world, I would find myself playing with cats all day in the lab. This could actually...
The CRISPR/Cas system (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated sequences) is an adaptive immune system found in archaea (extremophiles) and bacteria. Briefly, acquired CRISPR-driven immunity is based on integration of...
THE WORLD WITHIN US: LIFE AS A SUPRAORGANISM [caption id="attachment_1647" align="alignright" width="297"] BOX 1: Meet Dr. Susan Robertson, a trained microbial ecologist currently working as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr....
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image credit: Science Photo Library - SCIEPRO. Image courtesy of Getty Images.[/caption] The Nobel Prize-winning, immunology pioneer Élie Metchnikoff postulated over one hundred years ago that...
[caption id="attachment_506" align="aligncenter" width="600"] About the Cover:The human microbiome, or the collective microorganisms on skin and mucosal surfaces of the human body, plays an important role in influencing host metabolism,...
“Stay optimistic, don’t burn bridges, and most importantly, don’t overthink it!” –Dana Philpott The Department of Immunology’s Dr. Dana Philpott was recently awarded a multi-million dollar Canada Foundation for Innovation...
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