Welcome to the Department of Immunology & Microbiology
To stimulate leading-edge research and scientific training in a diverse and welcoming community. We focus our collective expertise on fundamental mechanisms in immunity and infection, and work together to transform the power of scientific discovery into novel therapies for infectious diseases, autoimmunity and cancer.
Leslie Berg, PhD
Professor, Chair
T cell activation, differentiation, and responses to infection and how these processes are regulated by T cell antigen receptor signaling
Linda van Dyk, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair
Genetic and molecular approaches to infection and pathogenesis by lymphotropic herpesviruses
03/03/2025 | Cu Anschutz Basic Science Departments Chairs, Leslie Berg, PhD, Julie Cooper, PhD, David DiGregorio, PhD, Heide Ford PhD, Casey Greene, PhD Wendy Macklin, PhD, and Science Communicator, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD wrote an Op-Ed about NIH funding needs titled, "Opinion: The Critical Need for Science Funding" which was featured in the online newspaper Front Porch.
READ IT HERE
02/28/25 | Dr. Curtis Henry talks to 9 News about Cancer survival disparities that remain for Black Americans.
WATCH IT HERE
01/16/25 |Rocky Lee Baker, PharmD, Associate Professor, is the corresponding author of a research article, "Novel T Cell reactivities to Hybrid Insulin Peptides in Islet Autoantibody-Positive At-Risk Subjects", published in Diabetes. In this publication, the Baker group demonstrates broad and robust T cell reactivity to hybrid insulin peptides in patients progressing to a higher stage of type 1 diabetes. Thirteen colleagues from our campus are co-authors.
01/16/25 |Raul M. Torres, PhD, Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, and Kimberly N. Kremer, Senior Instructor of Immunology and Microbiology, are corresponding authors of an original research article published by Frontiers in Immunology that shows liver sinusoidal endothelial cells regulate the balance between hepatic immunosuppression and immunosurveillance. Ten co-authors are from our campus.
Immunology PhD Students Marina Good (Guthmiller Lab), Mansoor Mohammad (Hsieh Lab), Ana Fairbanks-Mahnke (Clark Lab), and Maureen Hohen Rauhut (Rincon Lab) will be presenting posters at the upcoming STEM Post Day at the Capitol.
In addition, Rachael Kostelecky, Elizabeth Spear,and Gabrielle Vragel, who are studying to get their Microbiology PhD in Linda van Dyk's lab, have been invited to join lawmakers on the floor of the state senate to celebrate their work.
This event is open to the public and attendance is welcome and encouraged.
AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Leslie Berg, PhD is the recipient of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, granted, “In recognition of a remarkable career of scientific achievement and contributions to AAI and the field of immunology.”
AAI ASPIRE Award
Jenna Guthmiller, PhDis a recipient of the 2025 AAI ASPIRE Award, granted “For early-career research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology.”
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