Texas A&M Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology

Congratulations to Brittany Shapiro, a graduate student in the Skare lab, for receiving the Eugene and Millicent Goldschmidt Graduate Student Award from the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology! This award provides support for Brittany to attend the regional ASM meetings in 2023 and 2024 and the Gordon Research Conference in 2024. Additional funding will augment her dissertation work by training for an extended period in Meghan Lybecker’s lab, CDC, on RNA biology. Great job Brittany!

Targeting a DNA sensor could yield new treatments for Lyme disease

School of Medicine labs join forces to understand how a DNA-sensing immune pathway contributes to Lyme disease. https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/targeting-a-dna-sensor-could-yield-new-treatments-for-lyme-disease/

Congratulations to...
Alex Powell, MD, Ph.D., Class of 2023 graduate, for receiving the Aggie Spirit Award from the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate. The Aggie Spirit Award was established in February 2001 in an effort to recognize students of outstanding courage and determination in the face of adversity while attending Texas A&M University.

Congratulation to Phillip West who received the Texas A&M School of Medicine, 2022 Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes investigators' accomplishments and their standing in the national and international scientific community.

Congratulations to Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis on being elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

https://asm.org/Press-Releases/2023/February/65-Fellows-Elected-into-the-American-Academy-of-Mi

Congratulations to all of the AAI Young Investigator Award winners for their poster presentation at the Texas Symposium on Critical Topics in Immunology held on February 17-18, 2023.

Join Us for the Texas Symposium on Critical Topics in Immunology.

Registration: https://immunity.health.tamu.edu/

The Chen Lab has a new development in Engineered Proteins: A Future Treatment Option for Covid-19.

Engineered Proteins: A Future Treatment Option For COVID-19 Researchers have developed two small, targeted proteins that could be administered as a nasal spray.

Congratulations to Aravindh Nagarajan, a grad student in the MPIM, Andrews-Polymenis lab.

EXCITING NEWS!!!

Congratulations to our Ph.D. Candidate, Aravindh Nagarajan, on being named a 2022 U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Fellowship Recipient.

The U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship was established to promote, encourage and reward outstanding teaching and research by doctoral students whose command of their respective disciplines exemplifies the meaning of scholar/mentor in the highest sense.

We are super proud to recognize you and celebrate your accomplishments with you!

Read more about Aravindh and this prestigious award here: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/news/texas-a-m-announces-the-2022-u-s-senator-phil-gramm-award-winners



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https://today.tamu.edu/2022/10/20/unlocking-hidden-connections-between-cell-death-and-inflammation/

Unlocking Hidden Connections Between Cell Death And Inflammation New research sheds light on how a genetic mutation affecting mitochondria influences chronic inflammatory disorders and immune responses.

Congratulations to Jugal Das, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology on receiving the AAI-Careers in Immunology Fellowship 2022 which provides extramural Salary support for one year. This year, they have also published a first-authored article in the Journal Science Advances (IF 14), detailing the role of eef2k in cancer immunotherapy.