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Student Member Publishes in Cell Reports

Publication Highlight: Feb 2026 Na Sun (left), a PhD student under our director, Dr. Liang Zhou’s, laboratory, publishes her cumulative project involving a subset of ILC3s that are GATA3+ RORγt+. We are very proud of Na’s accomplishments, making major breakthroughs in gut mucosal immunology. This is a…

Recap: 2026 Annual Mini-Symposium

Dr. Jakob Von Moltke presents his presentation titled ““From Tuft cells to Mast Cells: epithelial–immune circuits in the intestine.” Dear CIMI Members, The CIMI 2026 Annual Mini-Symposium, held on April 10, boasted over 70 attendees throughout the event, making for a successful day of scientific exchange. This year’s…

The 2024 CIMI Annual Symposium was a Success!

Dr.Zhou presents Dr. Sonnenberg, our keynote speaker with an award to honor his contribution to CIMI. We were also honored to host Dr. Dorina Avram, a former UF faculty member from the Moffitt Cancer Center, whose presentation on “Control of CD8+ T Cell Effector and Stemness Programs in Response…

Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology to Host Dr. Laura Solt of UF Scripps

Calling all immunologists! The UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology is hosting Dr. Laura Solt of Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute of Biomedical Innovation & Technology. Dr. Solt will be presenting her work titled “Mechanisms of REV-ERB-dependent heme signaling in TH17 cells.” Join via…

April Research-in-Progress Meeting (RiPM) Recap!

Dear CIMI Members, The April CIMI Research in Progress Meeting (RiPM) has concluded. This meeting featured the works of PhD student, Yiran Shen, from Dr. Cuong Nguyen’s lab. Yiran presented her work titled “Deciphering the Breadth of the Natural Human Response against SARS-CoV-2” in which she detailed the unraveling of…

Inaugural CIMI Research in Progress Meeting was a Success!

Dear CIMI Members, The very first CIMI Research in Progress Meeting (RiPM) conducted by the center was a great success! This meeting featured the works of PhD student, Na Sun, from Dr. Liang Zhou’s lab. She presented her thesis project “Nutritional Impact on the Small Intestine Remodeling,” which sparked great…