Vanderbilt investigators demonstrated that intestinal cells promote beneficial microbe behavior — the findings support developing microbiota-based therapies for intestinal health.

Understanding the roles of various immune cells that reside in the gut lining could shed light on inflammatory bowel diseases.

Meena Madhur, MD, PhD, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, has been selected to participate in the Future Research Leaders Conference at the National Institutes of Health.

Mark Boothby and colleagues are exploring the factors that contribute to antibody production and quality, which are key to our defense against pathogens and response to vaccines.

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows recently presented their research at the annual symposium of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4) in the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

Vanderbilt researchers led by Eric Skaar are probing the mechanisms bacteria use when faced with nutrient starvation — a host defense strategy called “nutritional immunity.”