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Danielle Schaal was awarded a Center for Emerging Viral Threats (CEVT) Predoctoral fellowship!
Danielle is a senior student in Dr. Rona Scott's lab and her research focuses on establishing a timeline of the cellular changes that occur that negatively impact EBV replication. Congrats, Danielle!
Ashley Wilkins was awarded an Ike Muslow Predoctoral fellowship!
Ashley is a senior student in Dr. Stanimir Ivanov's lab and her research focuses on understanding the mechanism(s) which control the expansion of the Legionella-containing vacuole during intracellular replication. Congrats, Ashley!
Lauren Henderson was awarded a Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology predoctoral fellowship!
Lauren is a senior student in Dr. Jeremy Kamil's lab and her research focuses on the cellular tropism and entry events of the human cytomegalovirus.
Congrats, Lauren!
Happy Birthday to
Haniel Nkadi!
Please join me in welcoming the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Biomedical Research Fellows to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology today! This year's undergraduate Fellows are joining different labs in the Department for the summer!
Akajiugo Amucheazi (Scott Lab)
Emily Cox (Gestal Lab)
Anshuman Das (Bodily)
Caleb Helms (Guo Lab)
Damilola Iguwe (Kamil Lab)
Melissa Krzywanski (Yurochko Lab)
Annushki Noor (Jangra)
Adeyinka Sanusi (Ivanov)
If you see them around campus, stop them and say hi!
*Special thanks and recognition go to Dr. Matthew Woolard and Danielle Schaal for getting this program set up this summer!*
Congratulations to Nick First in Dr. Monica Gestal's lab for successfully passing his qualifying and preliminary exams! Nick is officially a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology! Way to go, Nick!
Congratulations to the following members of the department for being awarded Travel Awards!
Dr. Julia Myers (Scott Lab) - Willis Knighton Travel Award
BJ Ward (Scott Lab) - O'Callaghan Travel Award
Anthony Domma (Kamil Lab) - Mingyu Ding Travel Award
Way to go!!
Congratulations to Drs. Rona Scott and Matthew Woolard for their recent promotion to full Professor of Microbiology and Immunology!
This afternoon, senior student BJ Ward in Dr. Rona Scott's lab presented our final seminar of the semester over his research. His seminar was titled " Uncovering isoform-specific functions of the host transcription factor lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (LEF1) in EBV replication and latency".
Great job, BJ!
Happy Birthday to
Dr. Ascencion Torres-Escobar!
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Woolard for being selected for this year's Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching in Basic Sciences Award!
Well-deserved, Dr. Woolard!
Congratulations to the following Microbiology and Immunology students whose degrees were officially conferred this morning.
Doctor of Philosophy
Cassidy Blackburn
Bailey Mosher
Julia Myers
Robert Schilke
Master of Science
Rebecca Lopez
Geetika Sruti Vutukuri Amarnath
Congratulations, Graduates!