research
Graduate student honored for presentation at national conference
Claire Garman, a second-year PhD student in the Immunology, Pathology and Infectious Disease (IPID) Graduate Program in Dr. Sujata Chaudhari’s lab, won first place in the oral presentation competition at the Entomological Society of America’s (ESA) annual conference last month in Portland, Oregon. Garman presented research on the critical role of chitin biosynthesis in maintaining […]
Dec 10, 2025
Department announces grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded five grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated nearly three dozen manuscript publications. New grants: PI: Peter C. IwenFunder: University of Nebraska-LincolnTitle: The Transmission and Evolution of AMR in the EnvironmentAmount: $19,687 (direct) PI: Scott A. KoepsellFunder: Instrumentation LaboratoryTitle: Diagnostic Clinical Comparison of HemosIL CL aPL IgC on the […]
Dec 10, 2025
Spotlight on: Luke Handke
Luke Handke has spent most of his working life in a laboratory, but he’s often teaching. Usually not in front of a classroom, but more often one-on-one, helping budding scientists and colleagues. “I enjoy seeing people around me be successful, and if I can play some role in helping them to become successful in what […]
Oct 8, 2025
New Research Grant Award winners are announced
UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology has announced five recipients of Research Grant Awards.
Oct 8, 2025
Tissue Sciences Facility expands capabilities with new scanner
The Tissue Sciences Facility has significantly upgraded its digital pathology operations with the addition of a new scanner.
Oct 8, 2025
Department announces grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded seven grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated three dozen manuscript publications.
Oct 8, 2025
Dr. Tate Johnson receives K23 Award from NIH
Tate Johnson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of rheumatology at UNMC, recently received a K23 award from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year grant is for his research titled “Inflammatory Responses, Fibrotic Mediators, and Comorbidity Burden as Determinants of Myocardial Dysfunction and Heart Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis.” Dr. Johnson’s research studies the determinants of cardiovascular […]
Sep 8, 2025
Center for Staphylococcal Research’s annual workshop draws students from around the world
Sixteen young researchers received intensive instruction in genetic and metabolic techniques last month at “Staph Camp,” an annual workshop by the Center for Staphylococcal Research at UNMC.
Aug 5, 2025
Dr. Weisenburger looks back on distinguished hematopathology career
Dennis Weisenburger, MD, professor emeritus of hematopathology in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, was recently featured in The Pathologist, where he talked about his career, spent largely at UNMC, and his many contributions to lymphoma research. You can read the “Peer-to-Peer” interview here.
Aug 5, 2025
Spotlight on: Jennifer Endres
Jennifer Endres’ job title has changed in her nearly 20 years working in Dr. Ken Bayles’ lab, but her focus has always remained on helping everyone who works there do their job as effectively as possible.
Aug 5, 2025
