The Heit lab is currently looking to fill three graduate student vacancies, starting in either May or September of 2016. The available positions are: Biophysics of phagocyte receptor diffusion and phagocyte force generation. Students with a background in biophysics, physics, biochemistry or cell biology would be best suited for this position. Efferocytic receptor biology. This […]
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Today, PLoS Computational Biology has published our study, in which we developed a series of analytical routines for the analysis of molecular interactions in super-resolution microscopy images. These analyses include methods to quantify intermolecular interactions and the formation of larger molecular complexes. This was a large project, involving collaborations across multiple faculties at Western University.
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The Heit lab, along with our collaborators in the Heinrichs lab, have just published an extensive review of the mechanisms by which the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus evades killing in the macrophage phagosome. Flannagan RS, Heit B and Heinrichs DE. Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Macrophages and the Immune Evasion Strategies of Staphylococcus aureus. Pathogens. 2015,
Staphylococcus aureus pathogensis review published today! Read More »
Our departmental chair, Dr. Eric Arts, was recently featured on the 40th anniversary episode of CBC radio show/podcast Quirks & Quarks. In this podcast he discusses the history of HIV research and where it is going in the future! Click the image for the audio.
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