Great Expectations
A comparison of two high-impact immunology papers published 42 years apart [dropcap]In[/dropcap] the months leading up to my qualifying exam, I had the inexplicable desire to read every research paper...
Publication Trends
[caption id="attachment_110" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Changes in selected publication metrics over the last 30 years (1982-2012).[/caption]
The Expendable PhD
An essay on the modern system of science: The expendable PhD Research and training go hand in hand…there are no incentives to engage in birth control when it is the...
Past, Present and Future Directions
A perspective of the changes that have shaped immunology and the Department over the last 30 years As we approach nearly three decades of research at the Department of Immunology,...
The Adaptive Immune System: Is It All It Seems to Be?
[caption id="attachment_70" align="alignright" width="251"] Vibrio infected sea urchin larva with gut inflammation (red cells in center). Image courtesy Dr. Jonathan Rast.[/caption] Some of the earliest concepts of immunity arose over...
A Brief History of the Department of Immunology
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he history of the Department of Immunology goes back to 1971 when the “Institute of Immunology”, headed by Dr. Bernhard Cinader, was created. The Institute (1971-1980) was the first formal...
Letter from the Chair – Winter 2012
[column size="two-third"] At nearly 30 years old, the Department of Immunology is a relatively young academic unit, in particular when compared to other basic medical sciences departments within the University...
Letter from the Editor – Winter 2012
[column size="two-third"] In 1920, a Swiss Geologist on an oil expedition in South America stumbled across two red-furred, tail-less, and bipedal apes. The geologist, Francois de Loys, snapped several photos...