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«The door is really wide open to a new way of thinking about brain degeneration,» Shatz says, adding that the intersection of immunology and neurology warrants a lot more research.

The researchers and specialists from the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology at the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology of MedUni Vienna are now conducting a new research project to identify the whole spectrum of pathogens in ticks and to follow the diagnosis and treatment of affected patients.

A new article in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) looks at the research and answers the question.

New research by a team of investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) directed by Xue - Zhong Yu, M.D., professor of Microbiology and Immunology, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Minnesota, demonstrates that one particular family of microRNAs (miRs), called miR -17-92, is responsible for the T - cell and B - cell pathogenicity that causes GVHD.

Science Immunology publishes original research in all areas of immunology, including new tools and techniques as well as humImmunology publishes original research in all areas of immunology, including new tools and techniques as well as humimmunology, including new tools and techniques as well as human trials.

Lead author Elizabeth Egan, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Chan and instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues developed a new technique to tap into a relatively unexplored area — identifying characteristics of a host red blood cell that make it susceptible to the parasites.

Ramie Leibnitz, managing editor of a new Web publication called Popular Immunology, describes her experience of leaping from research to writing — and initiating a new online journal.

Reviews provide a balanced synthesis of new and current knowledge about an active area of research in immunology.

Focus articles are short, timely pieces that spotlight new research findings published in Science Immunology or other journals or policy issues of interest to the immunological research community that are of immediate importance.

Science Immunology will publish original, peer - reviewed, science - based research articles that report critical advances in all areas of immunological research, including important new tools and techniques.

This led to development of newer technology, called single cell sequencing (SCS), that has had a major impact in many areas of biology, including cancer research, neurobiology, microbiology, and immunology, and has greatly improved understanding of certain tumor characteristics in cancer.

«If our findings are confirmed in human studies, the new drug regimens that we have identified should dramatically shorten the time needed to treat tuberculosis,» said Dr. Marcus Horwitz, a senior author on the research and a distinguished professor of medicine and microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.

This new approach «represents an important advancement,» said Felicia Goodrum Sterling, the director of the graduate program in immunology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, who was not involved in the research.

«Jennifer's research transformed how we edit the genome and paved the way toward new discoveries that could lead to cures for many diseases,» said Warner Greene, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, who hosted the event.

An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens andresearch team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens andresearch in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens andResearch Centre, has identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens and cancer.

LA JOLLA, CA — New research from scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology shows how a diet high in fat and cholesterol depletes the ranks of artery - protecting immune cells, turning them into promoters of inflammation, which exacerbate atherosclerotic plaque buildup that occurs in cardiovascular disease.

Having established national and global relationships between academia, industry, and government, Weiner's research expands upon Wistar's mission to create new treatments for the most uncompromising diseases and make lifesaving contributions to immunology, cancer biology and infectious diseases.

Cancer Immunology Research, the newest publication of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is published.

The Center for Cancer Immunology Research (CCIR) addresses immunology - based approaches to the treatment of cancer and has emerged as a one - of - a-kind cancer immunology research program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its rImmunology Research (CCIR) addresses immunology - based approaches to the treatment of cancer and has emerged as a one - of - a-kind cancer immunology research program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its recResearch (CCIR) addresses immunology - based approaches to the treatment of cancer and has emerged as a one - of - a-kind cancer immunology research program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its rimmunology - based approaches to the treatment of cancer and has emerged as a one - of - a-kind cancer immunology research program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its rimmunology research program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its recresearch program that allows laboratory immunologists to work with clinical oncologists to develop new or improved forms of cancer immunotherapy that activate and instruct our immune system to eliminate cancer and prevent its recurrence.

Since 2000 Head of Lymphocyte Activation Unit Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases Program in Immunology, Bio-Immuno-gene therapy of Cancer, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy 1998 - 1999 Research Associate Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomic, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy 1993 - 1998 Postdoctoral Associate Department of Microbiology University of Minnesota, Medical School Minneapolis, MN, USA 1991 - 1992 Department of Pharmacology, New York University, New York, USA 1989 - 1991 Department of Biomedical Science and Oncology, Turin, Italy 1988 - 1989 Research Fellow Department of Biomedical Science and Oncology, Turin, Italy 1989 - 1992 Ph.D. student in Molecular Oncology 1986 - 1988 Undergraduate student Department of Biomedical Science and Oncology, Turin, Italy

Our research is located at the interface of immunology and stem cell research and our recent findings lay the groundwork for new cellular therapy approaches in regenerative medicine.

As a new collaboration with Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Cancer Immunity will publish its final issue and Cancer Immunology Research will continue to publish cutting - edge research in cancer immResearch Institute (CRI), Cancer Immunity will publish its final issue and Cancer Immunology Research will continue to publish cutting - edge research in cancer iImmunology Research will continue to publish cutting - edge research in cancer immResearch will continue to publish cutting - edge research in cancer immresearch in cancer immunologyimmunology.

Heidelberg, Germany, March 12, 2018 — BioMed X announced today the initiation of a new research collaboration with F. Hoffmann - La Roche Ltd in the field of immunology.

New research from La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology lays the groundwork to parse how the virus interacts with its host and causes disease by pinpointing CD8 + T cells, a subset of T cells more commonly known as cytotoxic or killer T cells, as important gatekeepers that control Zika infection or limit the severity of disease.

The New York Cancer Research Institute (now Cancer Research Institute)-- the first organization dedicated exclusively to the treatment of cancer through the understanding and application of immunology — is founded by Helen Coley Nauts and Oliver R. Grace.

We will combine methods from the fields of immunology, developmental biology and angiogenesis to understand in vivo the development and lineage - specific function (s) of resident macrophages, thereby opening new venues of research into the interaction between macrophages and endothelial cells in response to tissue damage.

Under the new model — to which Stanford University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other major institutions agreed — nearly 300 researchers specializing in the white - hot field of cancer immunology across the country will be following the lead of this central steering committee in determining the direction of their research.

The Cancer Research Institute, the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy, the European Academy of Tumor Immunology, and the American Association for Cancer Research will join forces to sponsor the first International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York, Sept..

LA JOLLA, CA — New research from scientists at the La Jolla Institute For Allergy and Immunology shows how a diet high in fat and cholesterol depletes the ranks of artery - protecting immune cells, turning them into promoters of inflammation, which exacerbate atherosclerotic plaque buildup that occurs in cardiovascular disease.

Cancer Research UK and Arthritis Research UK are inviting applications to a new funding scheme — the Immunology Innovation Award — which aims to catalyse new multidisciplinary collaborations across disease areas.

About the Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology The Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology honors a former CRI Irvington postdoctoral fellow in recognition of outstanding success in academia or industry for research that may have a potentially major impact on iImmunology The Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology honors a former CRI Irvington postdoctoral fellow in recognition of outstanding success in academia or industry for research that may have a potentially major impact on iImmunology honors a former CRI Irvington postdoctoral fellow in recognition of outstanding success in academia or industry for research that may have a potentially major impact on immunologyimmunology.

Littman is the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology, a professor of pathology and microbiology, and a faculty member in the Molecular Pathogenesis program in the Skirball Institute for Biomedical Research at the New York University School of Medicine in New York, NY.

Bryan Choi, the recipient of a Student Training and Research in Tumor Immunology (STaRT) grant at Duke University, is working to develop a new strategy using Bispecific T cell Engagers (BiTEs) to treat glioblastoma.

NEW YORK, July 26, 2016 — The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization established in 1953 to advance biomedical research with the goal of developing lifesaving immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, will bestow its highest honors on three scientists who have made fundamental contributions to the fields of immunology and cancer immResearch Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization established in 1953 to advance biomedical research with the goal of developing lifesaving immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, will bestow its highest honors on three scientists who have made fundamental contributions to the fields of immunology and cancer immresearch with the goal of developing lifesaving immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, will bestow its highest honors on three scientists who have made fundamental contributions to the fields of immunology and cancer immunology.

Find out which is best for you, your family or your work team; see the new online maps, then register to run or walk for Hutchinson Center immunology research.

«Without the Bcl - xL gene to tell cells to survive in developing organs, you don't get viable organs,» says Craig Thompson, MD, director of the University of Chicago's Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research and an investigator in the university's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who is senior author of the new study.

Dr. Patrick Hanley, assistant research professor of pediatrics in the Center for Cancer and Immunology research at the Children's Research Institute on the new developments in the design and manufacturing for T cell thresearch professor of pediatrics in the Center for Cancer and Immunology research at the Children's Research Institute on the new developments in the design and manufacturing for T cell thresearch at the Children's Research Institute on the new developments in the design and manufacturing for T cell thResearch Institute on the new developments in the design and manufacturing for T cell therapies.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

2000 Catharijne prize for medical research 2001 Award from the European Society for Clinical Investigation 2001 Spinoza Award of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO) 2004 Louis - Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 The Science and Society Prize, Amsterdam 2005 The French honor of «Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur» 2005 Katharine Berkan Judd Award, New York 2006 Rabbi Shai Shacknai Memorial Prize for Immunology and Cancer Research, Jerusalem 2008 Josephine Nefkens Prize for Cancer Research (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 2008 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, Germany 2009 The Queen Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society Award, Amsterdam 2010 The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) Research Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of Meriresearch 2001 Award from the European Society for Clinical Investigation 2001 Spinoza Award of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO) 2004 Louis - Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 The Science and Society Prize, Amsterdam 2005 The French honor of «Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur» 2005 Katharine Berkan Judd Award, New York 2006 Rabbi Shai Shacknai Memorial Prize for Immunology and Cancer Research, Jerusalem 2008 Josephine Nefkens Prize for Cancer Research (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 2008 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, Germany 2009 The Queen Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society Award, Amsterdam 2010 The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) Research Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of MeriResearch Council (NWO) 2004 Louis - Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 The Science and Society Prize, Amsterdam 2005 The French honor of «Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur» 2005 Katharine Berkan Judd Award, New York 2006 Rabbi Shai Shacknai Memorial Prize for Immunology and Cancer Research, Jerusalem 2008 Josephine Nefkens Prize for Cancer Research (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 2008 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, Germany 2009 The Queen Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society Award, Amsterdam 2010 The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) Research Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of MeriResearch, Jerusalem 2008 Josephine Nefkens Prize for Cancer Research (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 2008 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, Germany 2009 The Queen Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society Award, Amsterdam 2010 The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) Research Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of MeriResearch (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) 2008 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, Germany 2009 The Queen Wilhelmina Dutch Cancer Society Award, Amsterdam 2010 The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) Research Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - 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McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of MeriResearch Prize 2011 The Ernst Jung Medical Award, Germany 2011 Kolff prize, Amsterdam 2012 Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) Léopold Griffuel Prize, Paris 2012 William Beaumont prize of the American Gastroenterology Association 2012 The Heineken Prize for Medicine 2012 Knight in the Order of the Netherlands» Lion 2013 The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Award in Cancer Research 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - McEwen Award for Innovation 2016 The Academy Professor Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy 2016 Kazemi Award for Research Excellence in Bio-Medicine 2016 The Körber European Science Prize, Germany 2016 Swammerdam medal, Amsterdam 2016 The Ilse & Helmut Wachter award, Hamburg, Germany 2017 Princess Takamatsu Award of MeriResearch 2014 TEFAF Oncology Chair 2014, Maastricht 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy 2014 Struyvenberg European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) medal 2014 National Icon of the Netherlands 2015 ISSCR - 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SPRINGFIELD, Mo., and NEW YORK, October 24, 2017 — Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) are proud to announce «A Blueprint to Advance Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapies» will be published in the November 2017 issue of the journal Cancer Immunology Research (published online ahead of print on October 16, 2017).

Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pharmacology and Drug Discovery University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Director of Translational Research, UC Health Sciences Center for Immunology, Infection and Inflammation Talk title: Using chemical genomics to find new targets for malaria elimination

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

He is the recipient of the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the American Association of Immunologists - Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award, the Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine, the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, and the William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology from the Cancer Research Institute.

Welcome to the second installment of our new regular monthly slot where we report on research from the world of immunology, highlighting work from BSI members that has hit the headlines over the past four weeks.

Dr. Lieping Chen currently serves as the United Technologies Corporation Professor in Cancer Research, Professor of Immunobiology, Dermatology and Medical Oncology at Yale School of Medicine and co-Director of the Cancer Immunology Program of Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, CT..

The other contributors are: Roy N. Alcalay (CUMC), Francesca Garretti (CUMC), Lucien Cote (CUMC), Ellen Kanter (CUMC), Julian P. Agin - Liebes (CUMC), Christopher Liong (CUMC), Curtis McMurtrey (University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK), William H. Hildebrand (University of Oklahoma), Xiaobo Mao (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD), Valina L. Dawson (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, LA), Ted M. Dawson (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Carla Oseroff (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA), John Pham (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), John Sidney (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), Myles B. Dillon (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), Chelsea Carpenter (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), Daniela Weiskopf (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), Elizabeth Phillips (Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN), Simon Mallal (Murdoch University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine), Bjoern Peters (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), April Frazier (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology), and Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology).

We focus on Urology, Oncology, Immunology, Nephrology and Neuroscience as prioritised therapeutic areas while advancing new therapeutic areas and discovery research leveraging new technologies / modalities.

The clinic is a national clinical trial centre for new pharmaceutical therapies; imaging research, advanced genetics and immunology research; and is home to the world's largest MS registries (database) of over 7500 patients, many of whom have been followed for over 25 years.

Welcome to our sixth installment of our new regular monthly slot where we report on research from the world of immunology, highlighting work from BSI members that has hit the headlines over the past four weeks.

Dr. Kronenberg's vision for the future has included the development of a new research facility to accommodate the Institute's growth, an accompanying expansion of LJI faculty and laboratories, the creation of an Infectious Disease Center at LJI, and the development of a joint Center for Immunology with UCSD.