News
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Epstein-Barr infection promotes autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis
March 5, 2025
Marc Hortwitz's team provides new evidence that latent infection with Epstein-Barr virus can prime the immune system for susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
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Early life gut inflammation has widespread effects
February 27, 2025
Carolina Tropini's team reports how gut microbiome disruption in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease influences behaviour, sex hormones, and brain structures.
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Celebrating Julian Davies (1932-2025)
February 20, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honour the life of Julian Davies, who passed away on February 2, 2025.
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Celebrating Julia Levy (1934-2024)
February 13, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honor the life of Julia Levy, who passed away on December 5, 2024.
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Decoding sepsis with systems immunology
January 30, 2025
Bob Hancock and coauthors describe how a bioinformatic systems immunology approach can transform the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.
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Dane Sands and Xianya Qu awarded the 2024-2025 Zymeworks Fellowships
January 29, 2025
We are excited to extend our congratulations to Dane Sands and Xianya Qu, the 2024-25 recipients of the Zymeworks Fellowship in Advanced Protein Therapeutics.
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Welcoming new assistant professor Phillip Domeier
January 15, 2025
Domeier will explore immune regulation strategies to treat autoimmune diseases and enhance the potency of vaccines.