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As federal and state health officials continue investigating one of the nation’s largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreaks, questions remain about how the parasite spreads, why identifying contaminated food sources is so challenging and what advances in genomics and bioinformatics could mean for future outbreak detection. Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics and codirector […]

UNC Charlotte research team expands tick surveillance through field work and lab expertise to improve public health in Mecklenburg County It’s 90 degrees in the open fields of Cowan’s Ford Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. All sun, no breeze. The students — on this day it’s one from public health, two from […]

Please Save the Date for the NC ASM Meeting here at UNC Charlotte on October 10th! UNC Charlotte will be hosting the NC ASM meeting that focuses on all things microbes here at UNC Charlotte this fall. Please mark your calendars for October 10th! (Yes, that is over fall break!!)  We are excited to showcase the research […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Global health leaders are warning the number of positive hantavirus cases tied to an outbreak on a cruise ship could rise, but infectious disease experts in North Carolina say residents should not be alarmed. Dr. Dan Janies from the CIPHER Center at UNC Charlotte , weighed in on the conversation with WBTV. View […]

In North Carolina, the AI tech has been used for everything from diagnosing lung disease to drafting messages from your doctor. In a recent edition of Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins | on NPR’s WFAE 90.7, we sit down with two experts about the latest advances in AI and medicine in North Carolina and nationwide. GUESTSDan Janies, […]

The Cardiovascular Sciences Summer Research Program is an opportunity for undergraduate students to gain research experience during the summer months. The program includes research training in the cardiovascular sciences with mentoring by medical school faculty.

Congratulations to Adam Reitzel Ph.D on his new award from NSF/BIO-UKRI/BBSRC “The role of gene copy number variation in host-microbe interactions”. It is a 4-year grant ($1.5M total, $650K to UNC Charlotte) and is a collaborative project with a UK partner. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Reitzel lab will use a coastal sea anemone […]

Biological Sciences Professor and Researcher, Dr. Elaine Luo was awarded $699k from NSF for a project to study the “Viral impacts on microbial carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents”. This project aims to identify the diversity, mechanisms, and rates of virus-induced carbon cycling in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system (Axial Seamount). While chemoautotrophic microbes are […]

UNC Charlotte has received $2 million as part of a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand a successful regional partnership that strengthens STEM pathways for academically talented, low‑income students. The new award builds on the earlier SPARC 4 initiative and launches SPARC 6, a five‑institution collaboration designed to improve retention, transfer […]

Avian Influenza (H5N1) has recently emerged in North America’s wildlife, chickens, cows, and farmworkers. Much of the existing literature centers around understanding the transmission of this virus by studying a single variable’s effect on transmission.  Ms. Alexander posits that transmission is the result of multiple variables. Her research will integrate three distinct variables into a […]