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Dr. Michael Wang, CBID graduate, honored as KU Spotlight on Faculty Excellence honorees announced for the 2026-27 year

This academic year, the KU Spotlight on Faculty Excellence program will celebrate 12 University of Kansas faculty and their contributions in research, scholarship and creative activity. Each honoree will be recognized during an upcoming KU Athletics event. ...

Dr. Shames, CBID graduate, awarded NIH grant to work on effector-triggered immunity

Dr. Stephanie R. Shames, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Dept. of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology at Michigan State University, has been granted an R01 award by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH for her project "Mechanisms of effector-mediated cell-autonomous host defense against intracellular bacterial pathogens". ...

Fehr granted one of 16 One KU Collaborative Research Awards

One KU Collaborative Research Awards provide seed funding to launch or strengthen innovative, interdisciplinary research partnerships between KU Lawrence/Edwards and KU Medical Center investigators.

Three CBID project leaders promoted during annual promotion and tenure cycle

KU announces promotion and tenure for 146 faculty and researchers, including 3 CBID participants.