First Annual Tick Immunity Symposium
Local, national, and international researchers, students, special guests, and stakeholders gathered together on October 17, 2019 to...
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EARLY RESULTS
Read below for some preliminary findings for this project, in addition to coverage of our annual symposium, where the team gathers as a group to share and discuss our Tick Immunity work.
For the growing list of peer-reviewed literature from the Tick Immunity project, please stay tuned to our Publications page.
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samurai7
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
Getting Excited for the Tick Immunity Annual Symposium
A collection of researchers, students, and future leaders in tick immunobiology The first annual Symposium for the Tick Immunity project...
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samurai7
- Mar 18, 2019
- 1 min
Message in a Vesicle – Trans-kingdom Intercommunication
Joao H. F. Pedra of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and his team published a new review paper that briefly discusses...
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samurai7
- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Role of Mannose Binding Lectin in the Immune Response against Borrelia
Erol Fikrig and team at the Yale University School of Medicine published a new paper examining the role of Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL)...
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samurai7
- Feb 1, 2019
- 1 min
Mutational Analysis of Gene function in the Anaplasmataceae
Ulrike Munderloh and team at the University of Minnesota published a new paper on mutational analysis of gene function. Mutational...
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samurai7
- Feb 1, 2019
- 1 min
Borrelia Protein Interactions Critical for Persistence in Mammals
Utpal Pal and team at the University of Maryland, College Park published a review on the interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi...
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samurai7
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2 min
Activation of the Immune Deficiency Pathway in Black-legged Ticks
Researchers identify the molecule p47 as a binding partner that induces a signaling cascade to limit microbial infection Researchers at...
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samurai7
- Nov 14, 2018
- 1 min
Characterization of Tick OATPs on Bacterial and Viral Infections
Utpal Pal and his team at the University of Maryland, College Park, published a new paper characterizing the roles of Ixodes scapularis ...
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samurai7
- Nov 1, 2018
- 2 min
Vector Immunity and Evolutionary Ecology: The Harmonious Dissonance
How evolution has shaped vector immunity, calling for immunologists and evolutionary ecologists to work together to tackle some of these...
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samurai7
- Jul 30, 2018
- 3 min
Team of Investigators Across Institutions to Pave the Way in Tick-borne Illness
Receives $7.7 million grant for first-of-its-kind Tick Immunity research program to examine tick immune responses to pathogens that cause...
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samurai7
- Jul 1, 2018
- 2 min
Identification of Lyme Borreliae Proteins Promoting Survival in Ixodes Nymphs
Utpal Pal and team at the University of Maryland, College Park, published a new paper identifying proteins that affect survival of...
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samurai7
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
Visualization of Microbiota in Tick Guts by Whole-mount In Situ Hybridization
Erol Fikrig and team from the Yale University School of Medicine have published a method to visualize the microbiota in tick guts using...
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samurai7
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
Host-Specific Expression of Tick Salivary Genes
Findings provide new insight into vector-host interactions and offer a functional paradigm to better understand the phenomenon of...
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samurai7
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
Ixodes Immune Responses Against Lyme Disease Pathogens
Utpal Pal and team at the University of Maryland, College Park, published a new review of recent studies in immune response against Lyme...
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samurai7
- May 10, 2018
- 1 min
Borrelia Surface Protein Processed into Peptides for Microbial Persistence
Utpal Pal and team at the University of Maryland, College Park, published a new paper highlighting a newly discovered mechanism for...
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samurai7
- Apr 2, 2018
- 3 min
Protein Used to Outsmart the Human Immune System
Findings have major implications for tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease A UMD researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the...
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samurai7
- Oct 15, 2017
- 1 min
Methods in Microbiology: Artificial Infection of Ticks with Borrelia
Utpal Pal of the University of Maryland, College Park, edited a book in the Methods in Microbiology series on Borrelia burgdorferi...
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