MICR 150 Course: FAIR Bioinformatics/Omics Data (July 3-17, 2021) Offered Through MDIBL

We are enthusiastic to announce MICR 150, a two week intensive hands-on training course for credit that will be of interest to biomedical researchers at all levels. This course may be attended in person, on the beautiful campus of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory near Bar Harbor Maine, (MDIBL) or attended remotely, via Zoom. The course … Read more

2021 Molecular Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Virtual Conference

Dear colleagues, The 2021 Molecular Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Disease virtual conference is scheduled for July 13-15.  As many of you know, the mission of this long-standing (usually in-person) FASEB conference is to bring together experts from all disciplines of microbiology and infectious diseases, including bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, host response, and drug discovery.  Given the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, I’m sure you … Read more

Two New Appointments to the NIH/T32-Funded Dartmouth CF Training Program

  Congratulations to Paige Salerno (Ross lab) and Kaesi Morelli (Cramer lab) for their appointments to the NIH/T32-funded Dartmouth CF Training Program.  As part of the Training Program these PhD students will have the opportunity to host a seminar speaker, run a journal club, receive leadership training, and have access to off-campus courses and on-campus training … Read more

DartCF Wins $6M NIDDK Grant

The National Institutes of Health has renewed funding for the Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis  (CF) Research Center, one of seven national CF research and translation centers funded by the NIDDK. DartCF, directed by Dean Madden, was launched in 2018. It provides core research facilities, access to clinical samples, biostatistical support, and pilot project funding for groups … Read more

DartCF Researchers Publish Article on COVID-19 and Cystic Fibrosis

Bruce Stanton, Thomas Hampton and Alix Ashare on COVID-19 and Cystic Fibrosis: Abstract Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the CFTR gene. Although viral respiratory tract infections are, in general, more severe in patients with CF compared to the general population, a small number of studies indicate that SARS-CoV-2 does … Read more