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Whooping cough immunity long-lasting, study shows
Immunity to whooping cough lasts at least 30 years on average, much longer than previously thought, an analysis by Professor Pejman Rohani and his former postdoctoral fellow, Helen Wearing, shows. The study was published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens in October 2009.
Once thought to be under control, thanks to widespread childhood vaccination, whooping cough (pertussis) has been on the rise since the 1980s in the United States and several other countries. This increase has fueled concerns about the effectiveness of current vaccination practices and raised the question of whether whooping cough can ever be eradicated.
One leading idea for the recent surprising increase in cases is that the immunity conferred by vaccination or previous exposure wears off after some time. Because these are tough questions to address clinically, the researchers took a different approach. (more)
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 - Prized photographs
Congratulations to our Honorary Photographer at Large David Marvin for his winning photograph of CO2 chambers at night! (more)
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 The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan
Edited by Professors Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Alan J. Hogg, and Brian A. Hazlett, this new book covers the last century of scientific study of wildlife and environmental change at the U-M BioStation. (more)
 Ammerlaan awarded Teagle Fellowship
Dr. Marc Ammerlaan was awarded the Teagle Fellowship for the 2009-10 academic year to examine the way students learn, funded by a grant through the U-M Center for Research and Learning on Teaching. (more)
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Highlighted events
- EEB Thursday Seminar Series
Thursday, Dec. 3, 12:10 p.m., 1210 Chemistry. David Walsh, University of British Columbia, presents "Metagenomic time-series study of a seasonally anoxic marine ecosystem."
- Upcoming Ph.D. defenses
Amanda Zellmer presents at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, Rackham east conference room, fourth floor. (more)
- ECSS 2010 call for nominations
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Weekly events
- Lunch seminars
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 12:10 p.m., Room 2009 Ruthven, Ashley Shade, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presents "Have microbes read the textbook? Challenging ecological theory with microbes."
- TROPIBIO
and prelims
Noon, Thursday, Dec. 3, 3556 Dana Building. EEB Ph.D. student, Brian Sedio, presents "Using plant DNA barcodes to reconstruct diets of herbivorous beetles in Panama."
- Friday coffee hour
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