What is MIEP?
The Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens (MIEP) is a NIAID-funded program directed by Dr. Bassaganya-Riera (Principal Investigator) with the mission of understanding the mechanisms of action underlying immune responses to enteric pathogens. MIEP is based at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech.
The MIEP team is engaging the infectious disease and immunology communities to disseminate user-friendly mathematical and computational models for the study of human immunity to infection or vaccination. MIEP is programmatically tied to the Immunology Database and Analysis Portal (ImmPort), and the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MARCE). The Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC), a NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Center for Infectious Diseases (and a Pathogen Portal for all Bioinformatics Resource Centers) is co-located with MIEP at VBI.
MIEP includes two primary collaborators: The Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Caprion Proteomics, Inc.
MIEP researchers will focus initial efforts primarily on modeling immunity to enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori. However, the models will be constructed so that simulation of immune responses to other NIAID category A-C priority enteric pathogens is also possible.
Modeling Immunity for Biodefense
MIEP is one of four NIAID-funded Centers in Modeling Immunity for Biodefense (MIB). The other three centers funded under this program are:
- University of Rochester Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling
- The Center for Computational Immunology
- The Program for Research on Immune Modeling and Experimentation (PRIME)
Related Links
For project related links, please go to http://www.modelingimmunity.org/related-links/
Questions or Comments about MIEP?
For more information, email MIEP Principal Investigator: Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera
