Look for Lazear Lab members at these upcoming meetings and conferences:

 

News

April 2024: The 17th Southeastern Regional Virology Conference was a great opportunity to learn about the outstanding virology research happening throughout our region! Great talks from Drake, Margaret, and Mikhala and fun times with our regional and UNC colleagues at SERVC 2024!

UNc at servc 2024

Drake presenting his research at Servc 2024

margaret presenting her research at servc 2024

mikhala presented her research at servc 2024

unc at the georgia aquarium

lazear lab at the georgia aquarium

April 2024: Tommy presented his BIOL395 project at the Biology Department Research Symposium - we’re so glad that Tommy will be continuing his research over the summer, thanks to a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Research.

March 2024: So proud of Drake at his terrific thesis defense! In addition to his work showing that IFN-L restricts HSV skin disease by signaling in both keratinocytes and leukocytes to suppress neutrophil-mediated pathology (now out in mBio), Drake developed a new mouse model to study HSV reactivation and recurrent disease.

March 2024: Congratulations to Margaret for receiving the mentoring award at the Microbiology & Immunology Department Retreat!

Jan 2024: Margaret talked with Shadow a Scientist about her project and how high school students can get involved with research:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2aAt0eOfdJ

June 2023: Great to have the opportunity to share our work at the American Society for Virology meeting in Athens, GA!

Lazear lab at asv 2023: nigel, helen, mikhala, drake

May 2023: Spring party to celebrate so many accomplishments by our lab members (current and alumni), including (but not limited to): graduating with a BS in Biology (Nigel), joining our lab as a new PhD student (Mikhala), passing qualifying exam and advancing to PhD candidacy (Margaret), tenure (Helen), moving on to a new job (Brittany), and matching for residency/fellowship (Cesar). So proud of all of you!

April 2023: It was great to see Nigel present his work at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research! Nigel has worked with Drake to adapt our models for acute and recurrent HSV-1 skin disease to HSV-2. We’re glad to have Nigel continue on in our lab as a technician!

April 2023: Congratulations to Margaret for passing her qualifying exam and advancing to PhD candidacy! Look out for her cool work about IFN-L mediated immunity at the maternal-fetal interface!

March 2023: Helen promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure! So grateful to the current and former lab members who made this possible, and to colleagues near and far for all their support. Proud of what we’ve accomplished so far, and excited for great science yet to come!

Feb 2023: A much-delayed gathering, but: happy holidays from the Lazear Lab!