… Sylvia Hanna grew up in South Jersey and received her BS in Chemistry from Rowan
University. She joined Prof. Omar Farha's laboratory at Northwestern University as a graduate …

In the past two decades, reticular chemistry has developed into a powerful tool for the
design and synthesis of porous, crystalline framework materials. The discovery of the first …

The study of Drosophila, and other genetically tractable insects, has expanded our understanding
of innate immunity and more recently antiviral innate mechanisms. The Drosophila …

The C-type lectins DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR bind mannose-rich glycans with high affinity. In
vitro, cells expressing these attachment factors efficiently capture, and are infected by, a …

The two lectin receptors, CLEC-2 and Dectin-1, have been shown to signal through a Syk-dependent
pathway, despite the presence of only a single YXXL in their cytosolic tails. In this …

… Hanna received funding support from both Public Health Service Training grants T32-GM-007229
and T32-AI-07324-13. Melissa Sanchez was supported by NIH F31 RR05074. …

Alphaviruses, including several emerging human pathogens, are a large family of mosquito-borne
viruses with Sindbis virus being a prototypical member of the genus. The host factor …

Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF)
patients have phenotypes distinct from those initially infecting CF patients, as well as from other …

The ability of dynamic, gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to allow
prediction of histologic responses to initial chemotherapy was evaluated in 20 patients with …

We produced nine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the West Nile virus E
glycoprotein using three different immunization strategies: inactivated virus, naked DNA, and …