URMC - Microbiology & Immunology

URMC - Microbiology & Immunology Welcome to the Official Department of Microbiology & Immunology page.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is focused on research and educational programs which relate to microbial pathogens (viruses and prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes) and the host immune defenses which protect against these organisms.

Looks like our Immunology T32 students and faculty had a wonderful time in Buffalo visiting our neighboring T32 program ...
02/20/2026

Looks like our Immunology T32 students and faculty had a wonderful time in Buffalo visiting our neighboring T32 program at Roswell Park earlier this week! ⛸️🕹️🍻 We are very excited to host future events and collaborations with them!

We had such a wonderful time hosting new IMV applicants at our annual recruitment weekend filled with presentations, bow...
02/02/2026

We had such a wonderful time hosting new IMV applicants at our annual recruitment weekend filled with presentations, bowling, coffee, and lots of food!! We are very excited to welcome a new cohort of students into our PhD program!

Thank you to everyone involved, and a special thank you to the students, faculty, and Brenda with the planning committee who put this whole weekend together! We couldn’t do it without you all!!

Happy Halloween from the MBI department! 👻🎃
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the MBI department! 👻🎃

Sneak peak into the labs of MBI: Yarovinsky lab!The Yarovinsky lab studies the effects of IFNg on the innate immune resp...
10/03/2025

Sneak peak into the labs of MBI: Yarovinsky lab!

The Yarovinsky lab studies the effects of IFNg on the innate immune response, specifically in the context of Toxoplasma Gondii and tissue resident macrophages. Sophia and Zoe’s projects are focused on the resident macrophage populations of the brain and lung, respectively, while Tyler is focused on the gut epithelial layer.

Congratulations to Dr. Justin Leach for successfully defending his thesis on August 27th! We are so proud of the work he...
09/09/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Justin Leach for successfully defending his thesis on August 27th! We are so proud of the work he achieved during his time in grad school and are grateful he decided to join our department. Looks like a fun group to celebrate with! Congrats! 🎉🍾🎓

Hope everyone had a great first week of classes! Say hi if you see our first years around! 🤗📚
08/29/2025

Hope everyone had a great first week of classes! Say hi if you see our first years around! 🤗📚

Yesterday, we had such an amazing time at our annual department retreat for the first time as the Institute of Immunolog...
08/21/2025

Yesterday, we had such an amazing time at our annual department retreat for the first time as the Institute of Immunological Sciences! It is always a pleasure to share ideas within the department and to broaden our knowledge with our wonderful keynote speaker Dr. Raychaudhuri. 🧫🔬🧪

Thank you to Dr. Andrew Varble and the rest of the retreat planning committee for organizing such a delightful day! And a shoutout to Jersey Mike’s for catering. ✨

Congratulations Dr. Andy Phan (aka CRISPR Wiz) for successfully defending his thesis on July 9th! We are so proud of his...
07/15/2025

Congratulations Dr. Andy Phan (aka CRISPR Wiz) for successfully defending his thesis on July 9th! We are so proud of his hard work and very grateful for all his CRISPR help over the years! We wish you the best in your future endeavors! 🎉🎓🍾

Congratulations Dr. Darline Castro-Meléndez for successfully defending her thesis on June 25th! We are so proud of all h...
07/10/2025

Congratulations Dr. Darline Castro-Meléndez for successfully defending her thesis on June 25th! We are so proud of all her accomplishments in and out of lab during her time at UR, and we can’t wait to see what amazing impact she continues to have in science and the world! Congrats! 🎉🎓🍾

kicking off summer the best way we know how: pizza & ice cream! 🍕🍦☀️
06/28/2025

kicking off summer the best way we know how: pizza & ice cream! 🍕🍦☀️

Congratulations to Dr. Yuexuan Chen on successfully defending her thesis on June 13th! 🎉 We are so proud of all her acco...
06/25/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Yuexuan Chen on successfully defending her thesis on June 13th! 🎉 We are so proud of all her accomplishments and are so grateful she chose to join our program. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! 🎓🍾

ROC Clean Sweep 2025! We had a great time volunteering for the sweep and cleaning up the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood. ...
05/03/2025

ROC Clean Sweep 2025! We had a great time volunteering for the sweep and cleaning up the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood. It was great to see the people of Rochester show up for this city even in the rain! 🌷☔️

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