Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

NPHL on leading edge of coronavirus response

Faculty and staff of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory working hard to keep up with testing demands.

Mar 11, 2020

Lab members are, from left: first row, Amanda Bartling, Sarah Trotter and Arlene Paulino; second row, Karen Stiles, Emily Mccutchen and Peter Iwen, Ph.D.; and third row, David Kelley.
Community, Patient Care

Platelet donations needed during holiday season

Nebraska Community Blood Bank is hosting a platelet donation drive Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.

Dec 19, 2019

Heather Lawson and her daughter, Kailey, visit the Nebraska Community Blood Bank. During Kailey's tumor removal surgery, she required quite a few units of blood, as well as needing blood and platelets multiple times throughout the duration of her cancer treatment. The Lawsons are grateful for those who donate blood and platelets that help patients such as Kailey.
Research

Grant targets staphylococcus infections

New $11.8 million grant brings National Institutes of Health grant total to $31 million for the research.

Sep 27, 2019

From left, Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., Ken Bayles, Ph.D., Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and Paul Fey, Ph.D., are part of the research team.

Faculty Senate elects leadership for 2019-20

Allison Cushman-Vokoun, M.D., Ph.D., will serve as president.

Sep 23, 2019

Allison Cushman-Vokoun, M.D., Ph.D.
Research

$11.8 million grant funds continued discovery on staphylococcus infections

Includes expanded ‘mutant library’

Sep 23, 2019

From left to right are: Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., Ken Bayles, Ph.D., Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and Paul Fey, Ph.D. Not pictured is Alex Horswill, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Sep 13, 2019

Matt McCarthy, M.D.

UNMC team uses dyes to ID, analyze bacterial pathogens

Work by UNMC team was recently published in the journal ACS Sensors.

Sep 13, 2019

From left, Denis Svechkarev, Ph.D., and Aaron Mohs, Ph.D.

Time out with T.O. – The universal language

International Student Research Forum strengthens relationships.

Sep 11, 2019

Attendees at this year's International Student Research Forum pose at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. UNMC coordinators of the ISRF Keith Swarts and Jayme Nekuda, Ph.D., are at left in the front row.

Time out with T.O. – A unique summer camp

Participants come from all over the world to attend “Staph Camp” at UNMC.

Aug 22, 2019

Camp participants included: (standing left-right) - Bibek Subedi, Kansas State University, Paul Fey, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Tianwei Shen, University of Washington, Marat Sadykov, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Jessica Gilbertie, D.V.M., North Carolina State University, Danai Etter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Camilla Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ken Bayles, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; (sitting left to right) -- Lauren Hammond, University of South Florida, Anna Sommer, Robert Koch Institute-Berlin, Catherine Leasure, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Robert Ulrich, M.D., New York University School of Medicine, and Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Attendees not pictured included: Shahad Alqahtani, Georgetown University, Dina Altwiley, University of Bristol, Bristol UK, and Christine Livingston, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson.
Research, Research Studies

UNMC researcher bridges antibiotic gap in major breakthrough

Gus Wang, Ph.D.,has published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Jun 28, 2019

Gus Wang, Ph.D.