Immunology

We welcome Dr. Jianbin Ruan as assistant professor to the Department of Immunology. Dr. Ruan’s research focuses on the structural and mechanistic study in the emerging field of cytoplasmic innate immune signaling, especially signal transduction pathways of pyroptosis and inflammation using multidisciplinary tools including cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and other biochemical and biophysical methods.
We welcome Dr. Zhichao Fan as assistant professor to the Department of Immunology. Dr. Fan’s research lies in the field of leukocyte trafficking and inflammation which he examines using advanced microscopy.
Congratulations to Dr. Beiyan Zhou on receiving a 3 year Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to investigate mechanism underlying microRNA regulation of adipose tissue B cells in obesity.
James Nevin has received the 2019 Lepow Award at the Graduate Student Research Day. This award, established in 1986 in honor of Dr. Irwin H. Lepow, a well-known faculty member, researcher and founding father of UConn Health, is given to the outstanding fourth-year student in the Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program. James is under the mentorship of Dr. Pramod Srivastava.
Congratulations to Dr. Joel Pachter on receiving an NIH R21 grant titled “Extracellular vesicles and neuroinflammation”.
Dr. Chuan Li received the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Travel Award for Young Investigators for his abstract presentation during the Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine 2019 Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA. Only 10 recipients were selected from close to 1000 presenters at this conference. Dr. Li is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Beiyan Zhou’s lab.

Dr. Li has been asked to re-present his abstract at the American Heart Association Conference.
Dr. Ju Chen has been selected as a recipient of the 2019 AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship. This award provides one year salary support for Dr. Chen’s work in the study of IL-17 in colorectal cancer development and therapy.

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