{"id":609,"date":"2010-06-30T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/cfpulmcenter\/cfpulmcenter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:16:31","slug":"cfpulmcenter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Marsico Lung Institute\/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\" \" style=\"text-align: center\">Marsico Lung Institute\/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5849 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-300x88.png\" alt=\"Marsico Lung Institute: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill icon\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-1536x453.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-2048x604.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2024\/01\/MLI-Blue-e1706280627124-600x177.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\" rule-thick osc-rule\" \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-300x125.png\" alt=\"Confocal microscopy images of Pseudomonas aeruginosa\" width=\"900\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-2048x853.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/10\/Image-7-600x250.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong><em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em>, a source of lung infection in cystic fibrosis.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The images show<em> Pseudomonas aeruginosa\u00a0<\/em>bacteria, MPAO1, expressing a red fluorescent protein embedded in an agar bead visualized by confocal microscopy. Fluorescent <em>P. aeruginosa<\/em> (left); phase contrast (middle); merged image (right). These beads are delivered into the airways of mice and are used to develop a chronic infection for up to 28 days. With this novel chronic infection model, we are able to better investigate bacterial and host determinants driving morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis.<\/p>\n<p>These images are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wolfganglab.com\/\">Wolfgang Lab<\/a> and were taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/wolfganglab.com\/members\/\">Matthew Greenwald, PhD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\" rule-thick osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Recent News<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--3x2 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/alexis-consulted-for-npr-article-on-fish-and-asthma\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2026\/01\/Alexis2-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_3x2 size-wc_card_3x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Neil Alexis\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">1 week ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Alexis Consulted for NPR Article on Fish and Asthma<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alexis Consulted for NPR Article on Fish and Asthma\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--3x2 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/marsico-lung-institute-publications-for-november-2025\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/12\/Pharmacol-Rev-Nov-2025-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_3x2 size-wc_card_3x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cover of Pharmacological Reviews, November 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/12\/Pharmacol-Rev-Nov-2025-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/547\/2025\/12\/Pharmacol-Rev-Nov-2025-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">2 months ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Marsico Lung Institute Publications for November 2025<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Marsico Lung Institute Publications for November 2025\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--3x2 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/marsico-lung-institute-publications-for-october-2025\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img 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The images show Pseudomonas aeruginosa\u00a0bacteria, MPAO1, expressing a red fluorescent protein embedded in an agar bead visualized by confocal microscopy. Fluorescent P. aeruginosa (left); phase contrast (middle); merged image (right). These beads are delivered into the airways of mice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/sun-featured-as-emerging-investigator-in-october-ajrccm\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sun Featured as Emerging Investigator in October AJRCCM\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76119,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to the Marsico Lung Institute\/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center | Marsico Lung Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome to the Marsico Lung Institute\/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center | Marsico Lung Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marsico Lung Institute\/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a source of lung infection in cystic fibrosis. 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