Immune Literacy – challenges and recommendations with Dr. Sumali Pandey

Immune literacy—the ability to hear, learn, read, write, explain, and discuss immunological content with varied audiences—has become critically important in recent years. Yet, with its complex terminology and discipline-specific concepts, educating individuals about the immune system and its role in health and disease may seem daunting. Here, Dr. Pandey collaborated with faculty across the U.S. and abroad, to reflect on […]

Pandey and Wisenden publish review on ecoimmunology

Sumali Pandey, Brian Wisenden, both from the Biosciences Department, along with two collaborators from NDSU, Craig Stockwell and Madison Snider, published a review paper this month in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The title of the paper is Epidermal club cells in fishes: a case for ecoimmunological analysis. The paper is available for download here: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/3/1440.

Pandey and Wisenden publish on curriculum standardization of immunology courses

Sumali Pandey and Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, published a paper in a peer-reviewed journal. This paper resulted from a multi-institutional collaboration organized by Dr. Pandey to survey topics and concepts currently taught in undergraduate immunology courses with the goal of reaching consensus on common curricular standards across the USA. The article citation is: Bruns HA, Wisenden BD, Vanniasinkam T, Taylor […]

Pandey, Wisenden and undergraduate students publish research from MSUM lab

Sumali Pandey, Biosciences Department, published research from her lab entitled “Factors Contributing to Sex Differences in MiceInhaling Aspergillus fumigatus,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, with MSUM undergraduate students Andrea Schaefer, Mai Ceesay, Jennicca Leier, and Jacob Tesch. Brian Wisenden (Biosciences) is also a coauthor on the publication. This research was funded by a $25k grant […]