Research

Overhead view of a hand holding a positive COVID-19 test.

Aug. 7, 2024

Wan Lab Traces COVID-19 Variant Spread

Research from the NextGen Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases about the spread of COVID-19 in rural communities featured on MU School of Medicine. Read More at MU School of Medicine…
Chicken surrounded by chicks pecking at the ground

July 6, 2024

Ma seeks to protect chickens with gene editing

Dr. Wenjun Ma was featured in an article from KOMU about genetically editing chickens in an effort to make them resistant to bird flu. Read more at KOMU.com…
Smiling child, sitting on exam table, having a colorful bandage placed on her arm after immunization

May 16, 2024

MU Partnering with MO on Childhood Immunizations

Dr. Jane McElroy, PhD, receives grant from DHHS to increase immunization rates among children and teens.
Rat on concrete

March 12, 2024

USDA APHIS and MU Collaborate on Zoonotic Threats

"Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) living in New York City are helping to uncover the secrets of zoonotic diseases – illnesses that move between animals and humans."
Scientist stands with arms crossed in front of two computer monitors showing complex scientific images.

March 12, 2024

MU scientists use AI to improve flu vaccine

Using machine learning, MU graduate student Cheng Gao hopes to predict flu vaccine viruses when provided with a virus strain.
Headshots of two students: Cynthia Tang and Brian Thomas.

Sep. 27, 2023

Cynthia Tang (of Wan Lab) receives NIH F30 fellowship

Cynthia Tang and Brian Thomas, student scientists at the University of Missouri’s Bond Life Sciences Center, both recently received F30 fellowships from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
6 people in white coats facing the camera, smiling, with arms crossed

May 1, 2023

Ma finds occludin protein has a key role in coronavirus spread

Dr. Wenjun Ma, one of our core faculty members, was featured in an article on Show Me Mizzou about his research regarding the spread of coronavirus from cell to cell within the body. Read more at Show Me Mizzou…
Rat on concrete

March 9, 2023

National News Coverage of Study on NYC Rats Carrying COVID-19

Several national news outlets covered our study of rats in New York City that were found to carry the COVID virus.
Scientist in a white lab coat looking into a microscope in a scientific lab.

Nov. 16, 2022

Wan to study animal-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Wan ultimately hopes the work can help prevent another worldwide pandemic.
Dr. Xiu-Feng Henry Wan

April 25, 2022

Personalizing the fight against flu

With the opening of the NextGen Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases, MU researcher Henry Wan is working toward a deeper understanding of the flu.