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Protein in Mosquito Saliva Inhibits Host Immune Response
Mosquito saliva is known to play a significant role in the transmission of viruses such as yellow fever, Zika, dengue, and chikungunya, yet many of its functions remain to be understood. In a new study, researchers revealed that a mosquito salivary protein binds to an immune molecule in humans, facilitating infection in the human skin caused by the transmitted virus.
12 Aug 2024
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Elucidating Host-microbe Interactions to Address Vector-borne Diseases
In a new study, Yale researchers identified the targets in the human body to which pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors bind. Their findings, they say, could help address the rising threat of vector-borne diseases, a leading cause of death worldwide.
8 Jul 2024
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COVID-related Pilot Projects Are Selected for Research Funding
Three pilot projects to investigate aspects of the current pandemic have received funding from Yale’s COVID-19 Research Resource Fund, which was built with generous contributions from Yale’s donors.
1 Jul 2020
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A Bacterial Remnant May Explain Arthritis in Lyme Patients
The tick-borne bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi leaves behind parts of its cell wall in patients’ joints, which appears to trigger an immune reaction that contributes to the inflammation observed in Lyme arthritis patients.
21 Jun 2019
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Hinchcliff is New Director of Yale Scleroderma Program
Monique Hinchcliff, MD, MS, was named director of the Yale Scleroderma Program. Hinchcliff leads an established multidisciplinary team of expert physician-scientists with an interest and expertise in systemic sclerosis, also called scleroderma.
11 Feb 2019
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Kazmierczak Elected to Fellowship, Named Distinguished Lecturer
Barbara Kazmierczak, MD, PhD, Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation MD-PhD Program Director and professor of medicine (infectious diseases) and microbial pathogenesis recently received two honors for her work.
11 Feb 2019
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Microbiome Could Be Culprit When Good Drugs Do Harm
People sometimes suffer toxic side effects from drugs that help many others. Yale scientists have identified a surprising explanation—the gut microbiome.
7 Feb 2019
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Postdoctoral position available in the Groisman lab, Microbial Sciences Institute at Yale University
A postdoctoral position is available in the Groisman Lab in the Microbial Sciences Institute at Yale University to investigate novel molecular mechanisms promoting fitness of the beneficial bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in the mammalian gut.
9 Jan 2023
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Role of Nutrient May Reveal Dietary Target in Fight Against Microbial Infections
A nutrient that is common in the human diet has been found to aid the survival of a cancer-causing bacterium, a new Yale study finds. The findings could reveal an important target for new drugs to tackle numerous infectious diseases in humans.
Source: Yale West Campus
7 Nov 2022
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Congratulations to Professor Andrew Goodman on his election into the American Academy of Microbiology!
In February, the American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) elected 65 new Fellows to the Class of 2022. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group and a think tank within the ASM, are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. The Academy received 130 nominations this year and elected 65 into the 2022 Fellowship Class.
Source: American Society for Microbiology
14 Feb 2022
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Cells create own 'detergent' to clean up infections
Yale researchers have found a protein that acts like a detergent to wipe out invading pathogens much like the way that Ajax cleans dirty dishes or sanitizes a kitchen countertop.
Source: YaleNews
15 Jul 2021
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How plants ward off a dangerous world of pathogens
The world’s plants, immobile and rooted in soil which contains potentially lethal micro-organisms, face a constant threat from invading pathogens. In recent years, however, scientists have discovered that plant species employ sophisticated immune strategies that differ from —but also shares similarities with — the ways humans combat infections.
Source: Yale News
26 May 2021
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Scientists Zero in on Endgame for Dangerous Bacteria
Scientists at Yale’s Chemical Biology Institute have identified a potential route to shutting down harmful bacteria pathways in humans.
22 Jan 2020
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Groisman receives mentorship award
Congratulations to Eduardo Groisman, who has received the 2019 Yale Postdoctoral Mentoring Award! The prize recognizes faculty who best exemplify the role of a mentor and provide exceptional mentoring to current postdoctoral scholars.
20 Sep 2019
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Yale Researchers Named Hanna Gray Fellows at HHMI
Cesar De Leon and Rodolfo Urbano have been selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Hanna Gray Fellows. They join 13 other outstanding early career scientists from around the country who were awarded this honor.
Source: YaleNews
12 Sep 2019
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New director named for Yale Microbial Sciences Institute at West Campus
Andrew Goodman has been named to head the Microbial Sciences Institute (MSI) at Yale’s West Campus, which focuses on the inner workings of microbes and their interaction with the environment.
27 Aug 2019
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Goodman Is Appointed C.N.H. Long Professor
Andrew Goodman, PhD, recently named C.N.H. Long Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, focuses his research on the gut microbiome—the collection of bacteria, mostly in the gastrointestinal tract, that every person acquires after birth.
8 Aug 2019
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Gut check: Yale researchers describe role of bacteria in drug response
Yale researchers identified human gut microbes that metabolize over 150 therapeutic drugs, a finding that highlights the role bacteria play in determining how well individuals respond to medications, they report June 3 in the journal Nature.
3 Jun 2019
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Scientists Find Another Way HIV Can Hide from Vaccines
A Yale-led team has discovered yet another molecular trick HIV uses to survive immune system attacks, a finding that may influence efforts to develop an effective vaccine against HIV/AIDS.
11 Apr 2019
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Scientists find another way HIV can hide from vaccines
A Yale-led team has discovered yet another molecular trick HIV uses to survive immune system attacks, a finding that may influence efforts to develop an effective vaccine against HIV/AIDS.
10 Apr 2019