J. Oriol Sunyer explores how studying the evolution of the immune system reveals surprising connections between fish and human immunity, and what these discoveries could mean for the development of…
A new project, the Accessing Urban Nature Initiative (AUNI), has started capturing images of seldom seen but decidedly special city dwellers like these – and many others – with the…
A pioneering new study published in Nature Microbiology, led by Oriol Sunyer, PhD, and a team of researchers at Penn Vet and the University of New Mexico, have uncovered a…
A strain of the H5N1 virus—best known for causing avian influenza—was detected in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time in March 2024. It has since spread to more than…
As concerns about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak continue to grow, experts from the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) visited…
[December 1, 2023; Philadelphia, PA] – Upon infection or immunization, all jawed vertebrate species generate proteins called antibodies that bind and neutralize pathogens. Strong and long-lasting antibody responses in warm-blooded…
While many immunologists use mouse models to conduct their research, J. Oriol Sunyer of Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine has made transformational scientific insights using a very different creature: rainbow…
