Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by Husker virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team. In a new study, the team describes a vaccine that protects against H1N1 swine flu and can also protect against influenza in humans and birds. Stories on the research appeared in at least five Nebraska media outets, Farms.com, The Microbiologist, National Hog Farmer and several other national outlets.
Joseph Yesselman, chemistry, was interviewed for a May 30 Nature Methods article on the growing toolbox of techniques helping researchers understand the structural complexity of RNA. Yesselman’s lab is developing methods for gleaning 3D structure from conventional dimethyl sulfate-based probing experiments.
A 2017 study by John Kiat, then a doctoral candidate in psychology, and Jacob Cheadle, a former Husker sociologist, was highlighted in a May 31 Inc. article. The researchers were able to map brain functions to show that empathy is altered by putting a name to a face.
