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Bridging the Gap Between Undergraduate Education and Research
This is the first weekly student post on our relaunched PLOS Student Blog. Read about the blog’s purpose and scope on SciEd. Undergraduate science education is changing. Fading are the days of large...
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Hallmarks of Cancer: Where do Parasites fit in?
I’m an immunologist, or a parasitologist, depending on whom you ask or who asks me. I investigate how parasites modulate the human innate immune system to cause diseases like leishmaniasis and...
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Ebola Immunopathology and the Outbreak in West Africa
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly virulent pathogen, resulting in death by Ebola hemorrhagic fever in up to 90% of people who contract the virus. There are no drugs to treat it, and no vaccines yet to...
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: Challenges for the Post-2015 Development Era
This article is being cross-listed with the Harvard graduate student publication Signal to Noise, Special Edition on Infectious Disease. Health equity is based on the idea that all lives, anywhere in...
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Just Skin Deep — Your Immune System at the Surface
The skin is the human body’s largest organ. At 1.8 square meters for the average adult, skin covers about as much area as a large closet, and accounts for 12-15% of total body weight. The incredible...
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