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July 2021: Congratulations to Drake and Josh on passing their written prelim exams! Stay tuned for great work from these two as they jump right in to their thesis projects.

July 2021: We missed being able to interact with our colleagues in person at the American Society for Virology meeting, but it was great to have a chance to share some of the cool research happening in our lab. Looking forward to gathering in Madison next summer!

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May 2021: Congratulations to Cesar Lopez for a successful thesis defense! Cesar’s thesis spanned two pandemics and many collaborations. We’re so proud of Cesar and wish him well as he returns to med school.

May 2021: Lazear Lab spring gathering to celebrate everyone making it through a tough academic year. Wonderful to see the entire faces of all these fully-vaccinated folks!

May 2021: It’s an honor to be included with this group of amazing scientists and past BWF PATH awardees. Looking forward to the opportunity to explore new directions in our work on emerging flaviviruses, and grateful to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for their support.

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May 2021: Brittany Jasperse presented her work using Collaborative Cross mice to study Powassan virus pathogenesis at the NC State postdoc research symposium. Check out this short video about her project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSXpitsyrws

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May 2021: Congratulations to our awesome Lazear Lab undergrads as they wrap up at UNC and get ready to start PhD programs. Viren is headed to Rockefeller University and Tesia to Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Watch out for these superstars, NYC!

April 2021: Congratulations to Viren Baharani, recipient of the 2021 Stephen Brantley Award from the UNC Department of Biology. This award goes to a senior undergraduate for research in molecular, cell, and developmental biology. Viren’s honors thesis research, “Antibody Cross-Reactivity Between Zika Virus, Kedougou Virus, and Spondweni Virus” seeks to define cross-reactive antibody responses among flaviviruses that are closely related to Zika virus, which will help us detect and respond to future emerging flaviviruses.