News from Immunobiology

Immunobiology chair named to Institute of Medicine

From Medicine@Yale: Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., chair of the new Department of Immunobiology at Yale and an internationally recognized scientist, was named to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in October.
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Immunology comes of age at medical school

From Medicine@Yale: The top-ranked and influential Section of Immunobiology becomes a full-fledged department within the Yale School of Medicine. The newly christened Department of Immunobiology was named the best in its field in the United States in a Chronicle of Higher Education survey published in January. In 2006, department members had over $18,000,000 in combined federal and non-federal research funding; between 1999 and 2006 the faculty collectively published more than 70 scientific articles in the top science journals Science, Nature and Cell.
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Yale Physician Receives Burroughs Award for Translational Research

Yale School of Medicine researcher Warren Shlomchik, M.D., who studies immune system responses in stem cell transplantation, is recipient of a Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF).
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Ancient Cellular Pathway Important in Fighting Viruses

Autophagy, or self-cannabalism, plays a major role in the body’s antiviral immune response, according to a report in Science by Yale School of Medicine researchers, including Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. and Heung Kyu Lee of the Department of Immunobiology.
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A letter from Dean Alpern: The New Department of Immunobiology

I am pleased to report that the Section of Immunobiology, which was established at the medical school as a small, independent academic unit in 1988, has been elevated to full departmental status by a recent decision of the Yale Corporation.
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News from YSM

Yale Scientists Show that a microRNA Can Reduce Lung Cancer Growth

A small RNA molecule, known as let-7 microRNA (miRNA), substantially reduced cancer growth in multiple mouse models of lung cancer, according to work by researchers at Yale University and Asuragen, Inc., published in the journal Cell Cycle. more…

“Doonesbury” Cartoonist Garry Trudeau to Receive Yale Award for Raising Awareness about War-Related Mental Health

Cartoonist Garry Trudeau will receive the annual Mental Health Research Advocacy Award from Yale School of Medicine April 5 for his outstanding portrayal of the readjustment issues faced by soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. more…

Smelling Food “Fires” the Brain Differently than Actually Eating Food

Smelling food activates different brain areas than consuming it, according to a Yale University study published in Neuron that shows definitively what researchers have long suspected. more…

Yale Awarded $2.2 Million to Study Exercise for Women with Cancer

A Yale-developed exercise program designed to reduce bone loss and prevent weight gain in women with cancer is being funded with a $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. more…