Dr. Camille Billingslea and Erin Adams spoke at the 21st Ward Town Hall meeting this morning on vaccine hesitancy. Many thanks to Alderman Brookins for hosting us. If you have questions about the vaccine, see the FAQ that Sofi Maltseva put together with questions (and fact based answers) that she found on Facebook. Please distribute!
Marta’s paper on super antigen-like proteins made from a commensual is finally out in PNAS! A great collaboration between the Bendelac Lab, Andy Herr’s lab and ours. Check it out here: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/39/e2023898118
Congratulations to COI grad student Ryan Duncombe for successfully defending his thesis today. Great job Ryan and best of luck to you in your future career in science policy! Save the world!
Congratulations to Marta who has won the Best Ph.D. Thesis award for 2020/2021!
Congratulations to Augusta Broughton (COI graduate student) who was just awarded the 2020-2021 Robert C. and Mary Jane Gallo Scholarship!