Jeffrey Yoder

Apr 10, 2019

With Fellowship, a Dream Career in Infectious Disease Becomes Reality

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Amanda Kortum is the recipient of a government fellowship that launches her dream career path fighting the world’s most devastating infectious diseases. Kortum joins just a handful of students across the country awarded a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Scientist Training Program fellowship from the United States Department…

Nov 8, 2017

What Zebrafish Can Teach Us About Our Own Immune System

The human immune system is a miraculous and mysterious place. It is staggeringly complex, as tens of thousands of genes within several different cell types interact in our blood to fight germs and other invaders. The system’s behavior is impacted by anything from diet and age to stress levels and genetics. The exact mechanisms of…

Mar 7, 2016

Fishing for Insights on Human Health

In the most recent issue of Nature Genetics, a group of researchers has announced the sequencing of the spotted gar’s genome. They are hopeful that this genome will give us insight into human evolution and human health...