Cutting Edge Research

Current projects within the Department of Microbiology & Immunology involve exciting studies on viral vaccine vectors and adjuvants, host-pathogen interactions, T lymphocyte activation and apoptosis, respiratory immunity, neutrophil biology and biochemistry, the molecular basis for bacterial and viral diseases, and viruses used for cancer therapy.

We have developed a new research program in biodefense that involves a number of faculty within the Department. This program is focused on the development of novel adjuvants and vaccine vectors for protection against agents of bio-terrorism and was awarded a 5-year NIH program project grant for $9.2 million.