Overview
The Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Wadsworth Center offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID). This program is highly integrated, bringing together scientists who use cell and structural biology, biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, and genetics to study the mechanisms by which hosts encounter, restrain, and destroy pathogens, as well as how pathogens can successfully outwit and evade their host. Faculty within the Immunology and Infectious Diseases Program investigate both fundamental and applied questions pertaining to human disease. For more information about our faculty, go to the IID faculty page.

Resources
The Wadsworth Center provides a number of state-of-the-art core facilities. The Immunology Core Facilities provide equipment and research support capability in the areas of Flow Cytometry, Monoclonal Antibody Production, Imaging, and Immunopathology. The Transgenic and Knockout Mouse Facilities are available for the development of novel mouse models. The Molecular Genetics Core provides in-house DNA synthesis and sequencing services as well as equipment for general use including a scanning densitometer, luminescent spectrometer, phosphorimager, pulsed-field, temperature-gradient and PAGE electrophoresis chambers, and PCR machines. Other cores available to program faculty and students include amino acid analysis and protein sequencing, biochemistry, biological mass spectrometry, macromolecular crystallography, peptide synthesis, NMR, light and electron microscopy. For more information see the facilities page.