UBC Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Warding off Allergies and Asthma with Breastmilk
New research from Brett Finlay’s lab reveals how antibodies in breastmilk influence the bacteria present in the infant gut and how these bacteria in turn train the maturing immune system.
Kayla King Awarded Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal
Kayla King’s research promises to bolster global preparedness against infectious diseases amidst environmental upheaval.
Pathogens are Evolving, but Research is, Too
Researchers in UBC’s Prepare for Pandemics through Advanced Research in Evolution (PrePARE) cluster bring together complementary expertise to outwit infectious diseases.
A Different Kind of Magic Bullet: Host-Directed Antibody Therapies as Antivirals
Read graduate student Connor Thompson's winning entry of The Antibody Society's 2025 Science Writing Competition.
Welcome Thea Whitman to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
As a new assistant professor, Whitman will explore how fires affect microbe-driven carbon cycling in soil.
Microbiology and Immunology Hosts Learning and Laboratory Session for CEDAR Campers
To help spark an interest and sense of inclusion in science, our lecturers and graduate students guided local Indigenous youth through an interactive introduction to microbiology.
Seminar
23
Sep
Seminar: Sonja Best
Chief, Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, National Institute of…
Beyond retroviruses: new effector functions for the antiviral restriction factor TRIM5a
Seminar
16
Sep
Seminar: Jim Sun
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of…
Mechanisms to Medicine: Harnessing Cellular Microbiology to Combat Tuberculosis
Seminar
9
Sep
Seminar: David Burstein
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University
The Language of Microbial Genomes and their Mobile Genetic Elements
Seminar
13
Jun
Seminar: Drs. Justin and Erica Sonnenburg
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Gut Microbiome Industrialization and the Rise of Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Seminar
10
Jun
Exit Seminar- Katherine Donald
PhD Candidate, Finlay Lab
The role of breastmilk IgA in infant gut microbiota and immune development
Suttle Lab
Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified...
Hancock Lab
A machine learning and centrifugal microfluidics platform for bedside prediction...