Tag: Regional Biocontainment Laboratory

Brain-on-a-Chip Revolutionizes Fight Against Deadly Encephalitis Viruses

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Photo of a brain-on-a-chip

Inside a lab at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, a transparent chip no bigger than a stick of gum could be changing the way scientists study the human brain and how they fight some of the world’s most dangerous viruses. Colleen Jonsson, PhD, Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology and… Read More

Researcher Awarded $423,500 NIH Grant for Antiviral Testing Against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Headshot of Dr. Colleen Jonsson

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a two-year, $423,500 grant to Colleen Jonsson, PhD, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, for an innovative project that could lead to a novel treatment for a viral infection that spreads in both humans and animals.… Read More