Spread of drug resistant bacteria linked to patient hand contamination and antibiotic use within nursing homes

A Michigan Medicine research team seeks to identify characteristics of patients within nursing homes, as well as the nursing home environment itself, that are associated with contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

We are pleased to share with you our 2022–23 Report with a special featured story on the history of the early women in M&I at the University of Michigan.

DCMB welcomes eight new faculty in 2022-2023.

A Michigan Medicine study uses single cell analysis of gene expression combined with spatial transcriptomics to reveal previous unrecognized immune cell types and interactions within adipose tissue. Spatial transcriptomics is a newer technology that captures all gene expression in small spots across an entire thin section of tissue.

Read Kin Fai Au's interview in 'Genomeweb'

The Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) and the Institute for Heart and Brain Health (IHBH) at the University of Michigan Medical School are pleased to welcome Meng Wang, PhD, as a new Assistant Professor as of September 1, 2023.

Michigan Medicine researchers have zeroed in on C. auris’ uncanny ability to stick to everything from skin to catheters and made a startling discovery.

How U-M scientists can focus on science while safely transferring data using Globus

Surprising findings from a Michigan Medicine study in Nature Medicine suggest that the burden of C. diff infection may be less a matter of hospital transmission and more a result of characteristics associated with the patients themselves.

David Mueller, a high school teacher, rekindles his passion for science in the Carruthers Lab

Halle Frey’s passion for immunology: An undergraduate student in the Laouar Lab

Meet Vicky Wang, an undergraduate student in Dr. Akira Ono’s lab

Congratulations to Dr. Kai Wang, who was awarded a K99/R00 grant starting August 2023 from the NIEHS titled “Improving chemical exposome target prediction by application of Coupled Matrix/Tensor-Matrix Completion algorithms.” 

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