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Bio Lucy Li
November 3, 2025

Early-Career Scientist Lucy Li Advances Lupus Research at BRI

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Blog Posts focused on: Lab Morawski; Peter Morawski, PhD

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April 1, 2024

New Frontiers in Immunology: Studying Diseases in the Tissues Where They Happen

Learn how Eddie James, PhD, Peter Morawski, PhD, and other BRI scientists are exploring tissue-specific immunology and why this approach is fueling discoveries.
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September 28, 2023

Meet BRI's Summer 2023 Interns

Each summer, BRI hosts undergraduate interns from universities across the country. They join various BRI labs and departments to take on research projects with mentorship from our scientists. Meet this year's interns and learn about the exciting projects they worked on.
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September 21, 2023

Revolutionary Microscope to Fuel Immunology Breakthroughs

What if we could take a blood sample from a person with rheumatoid arthritis, zero in on the immune cells that cause the disease, and watch what they’re doing in real-time video?
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September 14, 2022

Exploring New Frontiers of Skin Immunology

Immune cells perform different functions in different parts of the body. Some fight off infections in the skin. Others protect the lungs from pollutants. But how do these cells learn to do the right job in the right place? And why does that process sometimes go wrong?

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August 8, 2022

COVID-19 Hybrid Immunity Study: 3 Key Findings

As an immunologist focused on skin-related autoimmune diseases, Peter Morawski, PhD, never thought he’d study viruses. Then the pandemic hit. “It was this crazy, chaotic time. Everything came second to wanting to help,” he says.

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March 31, 2022

Two Years in: How BRI Continues to Fight COVID-19

A pattern emerged at the beginning of the pandemic: COVID-19 led to an overly aggressive immune response in some people, causing deadly inflammation.

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