Institute members Drs. Georgiou and Ippolito were recruited to become part of new collaborative research centers poised to develop the world’s first universal vaccine against influenza. The Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) are spearheaded by U Georgia–St. Jude (Drs. Ted Ross and Stacey Schultz-Cherry), Duke University (Dr. Tony Moody), and Mt. Sinai–Emory U (Drs. Florian Krammer and Rafi Ahmed).