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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 […]

On any given spring day at UNC Charlotte, one can expect to see around ten to twelve geese on average. In fact, these geese have been so central to the campus landscape that the student body has adopted a goose, known to many as Prospector Goose, as an unofficial mascot. What may be less well-known […]

Join us December 4, 2025 for a One health Seminar with Dr. Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino – Epidemiology of pathogens, ticks and tick-borne diseases, pathogen discovery, One Health, and Amazonian natural products – Federal University of Western Pará – UFOPA, Brazil. Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Western […]

Through cutting-edge methods and advanced artificial intelligence analysis, UNC Charlotte researchers leading a multidisciplinary team across four universities have successfully resolved the entire genome of “phage G,” the largest bacterial virus (aka bacteriophages or phages) ever cultivated in a physical lab environment. Published Sept. 30 in leading journal Nature’s NPJ Viruses, the study was led by […]

ON YOUR SIDE TONIGHT: Jamie Boll and WBTV recently visited UNC Charlotte’s CIPHER Center to explore how bird flu is evolving. Jamie sat down with Dr. Daniel Janies to discuss his cutting-edge research and the technology advances made since the COVID-19 pandemic. Their conversation highlighted the role of artificial intelligence in current studies and examined […]

AbstractPrimary production and microbial carbon cycling controls biogeochemical cycles that influencethe habitability of our planet. Within microbial communities, abundant viruses infect cells andrelease organic carbon from primary producers into dissolved and particulate carbon pools in theocean and fuel the microbial loop. Despite the key role of viruses in microbial carbon cycling,linking novel viral diversity to […]

UNC Charlotte Distinguished Professor and Director of CIPHER, Dan Janies was recently featured The Charlotte Optimist. The article titled The UNC Charlotte scientist who’s trying to outpace the next pandemic, highlights the research of Dr. Dan Janies, UNC Charlotte’s leading Bioinformatics and Genomics department, and the work being done at the CIPHER center to predict […]

Caitlin BrabbleRose, Ph.D. Candidate in the Reitzel Lab was awarded the University Commendation for Leadership & Service. Caitlin is a Doctoral Writing Fellow and supports The Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Center at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. We are very proud and applaud your accomplishments.

In a paper published last month, Janies, a distinguished professor of bioinformatics and genomics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, found that current avian flu strains are evolving to escape mammalian immune responses. “These results indicate that the virus has potential to move from epidemic to pandemic status,” the researchers said. Antibodies, which […]

Recent research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte reveals that the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, is evolving quickly and becoming more adept at infecting mammals, including cows and humans. Lead author Colby Ford highlights that vaccines developed for earlier strains of H5N1 may be less effective against these newer variants. […]