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Finding the answers hidden in our antibodies

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 28, 2022

Jason Ladner at podium giving speech

A new serological test in which an NAU professor played a pivotal role in developing can not only help humanity prepare for and respond to the next pandemic, but it also can be pivotal in the search for viral triggers of diseases like diabetes and celiac disease. 

Jason Ladner, an assistant professor… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Investigating the world’s deadliest diseases

Posted by Eliza Romero on September 28, 2022

Dave Wagner in PMI lab

His twin passions for research and the outdoors—plus a sprinkling of serendipity—led Professor Dave Wagner to a career as a leading disease ecologist.

Professor Dave Wagner’s research focuses on some of the deadliest diseases known to the human race—including plague, melioidosis, and tularemia (rabbit fever). Many of the diseases he… Read more

Filed Under: The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Team of disease ecologists documents person-to-person spread of antimicrobial-resistant plague

Posted by Heather Tate on August 12, 2021

New strain of deadly disease caused by Yersinia pestis emerged in an outbreak in rural Madagascar


Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the deadly disease that killed tens of millions of people during the infamous Black Death in the 14th century. Although plague has been largely eradicated in the developed world, it still… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Scientists collaborate across NAU’s research centers to create new physics-based technology for COVID-19 detection

Posted by Heather Tate on May 14, 2020

Miguel José Yacamán sitting at a computerOne of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the lack of testing needed to detect and trace infections—and without adequate testing, government officials do not have the data they need to make the best possible decisions in the interest of public health.

In addition to being in short supply,… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

PMI’s undergraduate research program at NAU prepares students for real-world challenges with hands-on experience studying diseases—including COVID-19

Posted by Heather Tate on May 5, 2020

Dawn Birdsell and students in the PMI labAt a time when the world is gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for trained student researchers in the biomedical field may have never been greater. That’s why the unique undergraduate student research training program offered by Northern Arizona University’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI), established through the… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

NAU and Purdue experts apply microbiome research to agricultural science to help increase crop yield

Posted by Heather Tate on April 30, 2020

Greg Caporaso with his soil experimentThe global demand and consumption of agricultural crops is increasing at a rapid pace. According to the 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, global yield needs to increase at an average annual rate of 1.73 percent to sustainably produce food, feed, fiber and bioenergy for 10 billion people in 2050. In the US, however, agricultural productivity is struggling to… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

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