May 2019

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M.tb resistors: M.tb uninfected or atypical IFN-𝛾-independent M.tb immune responses ?

Lu et al., demonstrate that resistors possess a distinct adaptive immune phenotype illustrated by detection of mature Ab responses and CD40L expressing (IFN-𝛾 -ve) T cells reactive to...

ChelekaMay 30, 2019

Course facilitators, organizers and attendants at course venue, Ocean Bay Hotel, Gambia

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Course Highlight: 5th Vaccinology in Course

Very few medical interventions compete with vaccines for their cumulative impact on global health. For this reason, the Jenner institute, University of Oxford and Pirbright started vaccinology courses in Africa,…

ChelekaMay 24, 2019

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Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Immunologic plasticity, defense lines.

"To maintain our homeostasis we need to constantly change and adapt to the environment," said Mariana Martínez Sánchez, during her presentation titled “Plasticity in the Immune System: From Model to…

ChelekaMay 22, 2019

Attendants and speakers during a Immunoinformatics Course session.

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Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Part Two

Debora de Oliveira-Lopes explained the work-flow she utilises to identify epitopes for candidate for potential Schistosoma vaccines. She begins this process by selecting immunodominant epitopes that were identified by in-vitro…

ChelekaMay 20, 2019

Course attendants, organizers and speakers at the entrance of the Center of Complex Sciences (C3), UNAM.

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Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Part One

We shall share highlights of the first Latin-American Immuno-Informatics Course over the next series of articles. This course was attended with 36 participants and faculties from Africa and North &…

ChelekaMay 14, 2019

Figure 1: A schematic of the MGIT mycobacterial growth inhibition assay

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Aiding Tuberculosis vaccine studies with the use of a mycobacterial growth inhibition assay

One of the major barriers to Tuberculosis vaccine development has been the lack of a correlate of protection or biomarker that can aid in the selection of vaccine candidates at…

ChelekaMay 10, 2019

microbiota as a recruiter of bidirectional communication between the brain and gut, and changes in microbiota composition observed in Anorexia Nervosa patients. (Source: Mendez-Figueroa et al., Microogranisms 2019)

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Further Support of the Emerging “Immunologic” Hypothesis in Mood and Eating Disorders

The brain and the immune system can communicate with each other in a few different ways. One way is through neural projections of the vagal and trigeminal nerves into different…

ChelekaMay 6, 2019

M.tb resistors: M.tb uninfected or atypical IFN-𝛾-independent M.tb immune responses ?

Course Highlight: 5th Vaccinology in Course

Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Immunologic plasticity, defense lines.

Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Part Two

Immunoinformatics Mexico 2019: Part One

Aiding Tuberculosis vaccine studies with the use of a mycobacterial growth inhibition assay

Further Support of the Emerging “Immunologic” Hypothesis in Mood and Eating Disorders

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