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A new paper is available online ahead of print
ministration of a Bacterial Lysate to the Airway Compartment Is Sufficient to Inhibit Allergen-Induced Lung Eosinophilia in Germ-free Mice. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. March 2024. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38470858
Problems in the Biology of Complex Diseases
(CMM, MCB, GENE, IMB, PCOL 595H)
Friday, 9-10.50 am, Keating Bioresearch Building, Rm. 103
https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87239167386
| Jan 12 Donata Vercelli (UA) Overview: Complex diseases in 2024 Jan 19 Avery DeVries (UA) Complex disease epigenetics Jan 26 Jason Karnes (UA) Genetics and pharmacogenetics of complex diseases Feb 2 Deborah Meyers (Mayo Clinic) Beyond genome-wide association studies Feb 9 Eugene Bleecker (Mayo Clinic) Heterogeneity of complex lung diseases Feb 16 Sir Stephen Holgate (U. Southampton) Asthma as a paradigm for complex diseases Feb 23 Dean Billheimer (UA) The value of a P value
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Presentation at the Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (AADCRC) Annual Steering Committee Meeting
October 16-17, 2023, Rockville, MD
| Vadim Pivniouk. Intranasal Administration of Amish Dust Extracts Prevents RV1B-Induced Lung Neutrophilia. |
Presentations at the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum
33rd Biennial Symposium, 10-14 October 2023, Montréal, Canada
| Donata Vercelli. Asthma-protective Agents in Dust from Traditional Farm Environments.
Vadim Pivniouk. Preventive but not Therapeutic Administration of a Bacterial Lysate Suppresses Experimental Allergic Asthma. Sydney VanLinden. Transcriptional Gene Networks in the Lungs of Mice Exposed to Asthma-Protective Microbial Agents: A Comparative Analysis. |
At the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum
33rd Biennial Symposium, 10-14 October 2023, Montréal, Canada
| (from the left) Avery DeVries, Donata Vercelli and Sydney VanLinden |
09/2023
Sydney VanLinden was awarded a Zukowski Travel Award through the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program for the upcoming 33rd Biennial Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA) in Montreal, Canada.
08/2023
We have a new visiting scholar, Maithreyi Prakash, participating in the Global Research Internship, a dual-degree program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine facilitated by the University of Arizona and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University in India.
08/2023
Our lab is always looking for motivated and responsible student volunteers. We will consider you if you are able to commit to at least two years in the lab.
07/2023
Sydney VanLinden was awarded an Alain L. de Weck Travel Grant for the upcoming 33rd Biennial Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA) in Montreal, Canada.
07/2023
New publication
Vercelli D. From Amish farm dust to bacterial lysates: The long and winding road to protection from allergic disease. Seminars in Immunology, 2023 Jul;68:101779. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101779. Epub 2023 May 19. PMID: 37210851.
07/2023 presentations
| Donata Vercelli. Eosinophils and Microbial Signals in Asthma. Cutting Edge invite lecture, 12th Biennial Symposium, International Eosinophil Society, Hamilton, ON, Canada, July 13, 2023. |
06/2023
Sydney VanLinden has been selected as a NIEHS Predoctoral Trainee in Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease through the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department.
06/2023
New publication
Marques dos Santos M., V. Pivniouk, B. Rankl, A. Walker, G. Pagani, N. Hertkorn, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, C. Müller, F. Bracher, J. Merl-Pham, S.M. Hauck, M. Schloter, A.N. Michael, D. Anderson, L. Honeker, J. Gozdz, O. Pivniouk, M. Holbreich, F.D. Martinez, S.A. Snyder, E. von Mutius and D. Vercelli. Asthma-protective agents in dust fron traditional farm environments. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.(2023) Online ahead of print. PMID: 37271318
05/2023 presentations
| Donata Vercelli. Microbial Agents and Asthma Protection. Environmental Health and Lung Research School Distinguished Speakers Series, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany, May 11, 2023 (online)
Pivniouk Vadim, O. Pivniouk, J.L. Uhrlaub, A. Molzahn, H. Kimura, M. Kraft, J. Nikolich-Zugich and D. Vercelli. IL-13 protects epithelial cells from SARS-CoV-2 infection by inhibiting early ACE2-mediated events. Annual Meeting, American Association of Immunologists, Washington, DC, May 11-15, 2023 DeVries Avery, P. Ezeh, D. Anderson, M. Holbreich, V. Pivniouk, C. Ober, and D. Vercelli. Consensus network analysis identifies core transcriptional pathways that prevent disruption of the human airway epithelial barrier. International Conference, American Thoracic Society, Washington, DC, May 19-24, 2023 Donata Vercelli. What Are Key Immune Mechanisms for Asthma Onset in Humans? Expert Panel, OM Pharma, Geneva, Switzerland, May 31, 2023 |
03-04/2023 presentations
| Donata Vercelli. Immunomodulations: A new tool against SARS-CoV-2? Asthma & Infection Immunity Academy, Qingdao, China, March 25, 2023 (online)
Donata Vercelli. What Are Key Immune Mechanisms for Asthma Onset in Humans? European Respiratory Society Research Seminar, Are We Ready to Translate Epidemiological and Mechanistic Studies into Reality? Berlin, Germany, April 17, 2023 |
02/2023
| Donata Vercelli has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a distinct honor in the scientific community.
https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/connect/honors/0323/dr-donata-vercelli-named-2022-aaas-fellow |
01/2023
| New publications
Vercelli D. and S.V. Lynch. Interactions between host epigenetics and microbiota: Who does what to whom, when and why? Perspective, J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. PMID: 36720286 Pivniouk V. and Vercelli D. The OM-85 bacterial lysate: A new tool against SARS-CoV-2? Multidiscip. Respir. Med. 18:906 PMID: 36798954 |
09/2022
| HRH King Charles III hosted a global symposium of allergy scientists — Natasha Allergy Research Foundation – narf.org.uk
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate, Professor of Immunopharmacology at the University of Southampton, a World Allergy Organisation Centre of Excellence, who has successfully campaigned for air pollution to be recognised as an asthma-related cause of death. Speakers included: Tari Haahtela, Professor of the University of Helsinki in Finland, who introduced the theory in 2011 that global loss of … |
07/2022
Avery’s paper was accepted for publication!
DeVries, A., K. McCauley, D. Fadrosh, K. Lynch, K.E. Fujimura, D.A. Stern, S.V. Lynch, and D. Vercelli. Maternal prenatal immunity, neonatal trained immunity, and early airway microbiota shape childhood asthma development. Allergy 2022 Jul 16. doi: 10.1111/all.15442. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 35841380
06/2022
We have a visiting scholar, Varna Sree Kumar, participating in the Global Research Internship, a dual-degree program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine facilitated by the University of Arizona and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University in India.