Below is a list of notable happenings, awards and accolades that members of CFI have achieved this year.

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Kris Hogquist is a 2015 inductee into the AHC Academy of Excellence in Health Research. You can see her plaque on the wall in the PWB/Moos concourse. The citation reads "Kristin Hogquist is widely recognized by the international scientific community for her many important contributions in the field of immunology.  Her work helped to put the University of Minnesota on the map as a major international center for immunology research.”  Read more...

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The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education (Graduate-Professional Award) was established in 1999 to recognize contributions to postbaccalaureate, graduate, and professional education.  There will be an awards ceremony at the McNamara Alumni Center on Tuesday, April 26 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.  Read more...

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The 2W antigen was devised by co-author James Moon, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, and Marc K. Jenkins, PhD, of the University of Minnesota.  Using a technique to carry the "model antigen" 2W, the UCSF researchers led by Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, MD,  could precisely monitor the specific immune response to the modified bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis, which they dubbed Epi-2W.  Read more...

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Yoji Shimizu and Jill Siegfried (Pharmacology) received NIH R25 funding for a five year education program entitled Cancer Research, Education, and Training Experience (CREATE)Read more.

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Michael Farrar's publication “The molecular cell biology of interferon-Ƴ and its receptor" was one of inaugural articles placed on the Wall of Scholarship.  The wall features high-impact papers of faculty as a first or last author that have been cited over 1,000 times as measured by two of three major citation indices.   Read more...

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The University of Minnesota Medical School has received a 5 year National Research Service Award Research Training Grant (T35) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the Medical Student Summer Research program.  Read more...

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Tracking the T Cell Repertoire...In the December 2015 issue of Nature Reviews Immunology, Dr. Ron Germain describes two seminal papers over the past 25 years from Dr. Marc Jenkins and colleagues that introduced new techniques for the analysis of the T cell repertoire.   Read more...

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Marc Jenkins, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Researchers in Norway develop new blood test to diagnose coeliac disease using a method developed in the Jenkins lab.  Read more...

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Can bacteria defeat diabetes

Can bacteria defeat diabetes? U of M gastroenterologist Dr. Alexander Khoruts studies if fecal transplants may lead to a new treatment for diabetes.  

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Shimizu recognized by National Association of MD-PhD Programs

Director of the University of Minnesota Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)Yoji Shimizu, PhD, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, was recognized for five years of outstanding leadership by the National Association of MD-PhD Programs at this year's meeting of the National Association of MD-PhD Programs in Keystone, Colo.  

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MD/PhD student Sakeen Kashem wins 1st place

MD/PhD student Sakeen Kashem won 1st place for this presentation made at the 3 Minute Thesis Competition during the 8th annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Research Recognition Day on May 21, 2015.

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Celebrating faculty research excellence at the Dean’s Distinguished Research Lectureship
The DDRL honors up to two outstanding faculty members who are selected to share their research stories which detail the state of the science when they entered the field, changes that emerged due to their work, and plans or predictions for the future of medicine and basic science research.   Read more...