Physical distancing

On Monday, we made the difficult decision to shut down all non-essential work in the laboratory due to the 2019 nCoV pandemic. While we think our research is important, Dr. Ambrose wants to make sure all staff and students in the laboratory and their families are safe and to help “flatten the curve.” We will […]

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New study showing that SIV accelerates reactivation of latent TB

Our collaborator Ling Lin’s lab has a new preprint showing that SIV impairs M. tuberculosis killing by host immune responses in granulomas in a nonhuman primate model of HIV/M. tuberculosis co-infection. The data in this study suggest that the virus and M. tuberculosis have a synergistic relationship within granulomas that exacerbates disease and reactivates latent […]

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