New article in Cell Reports from Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam , Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology. Article Title: "Human Gut-Derived Commensal Bacteria Suppress CNS Inflammatory and Demyelinating Disease" Click on the links for more details. Cell Reports: http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/...
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The Iowa Biosciences Academy (IBA) formally recognizes Molecular Medicine graduate student Reinaldo Franqui Machin for completion of National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) certified research mentor training . Mentoring supports the diversity and success of...
Congratulations to Gabriel Velez on receiving a Travel Award for the FASEB Biology and Chemistry of Vision Conference held in Steamboats Springs, CO in June 2017. Gabriel is a graduate Student in Dr. Vinit Mahajan's lab.
Congratulations to Matthew Potthoff, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, who on April 17, 2017 became the Director of the Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD subprogram. We would like to thank Rick Domann, PhD, Professor of Radiation Oncology, for his outstanding leadership during the last 5...
Eric Elliott Defended his thesis on 12/19/2016. The title of his thesis is "Cardiolipin Promotes Mitochondrial Localization of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 to Prime Inflammasome Activation". He did his thesis work in Fayyaz Sutterwala's laboratory. Eric has returned to medical school to complete the MD/PhD...
Ernest Chivero Wins the 2016 Rex Montgomery Dissertation Prize Ernest Chivero (Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate) won the Rex Montgomery Dissertation Prize for 2016. Dr. Chivero performed his research work in Dr. Jack Stapleton's laboratory. The Title of Ernest's thesis is "Tropism of human...
Kathleen Chirco Defends Thesis Congratulations to Kathleen Chirco who defended her thesis entitled “Mechanisms of Pathophysiology and Methods for Regeneration of The Choriocapillaris in Age-Related Macular Degeneration” on April 5, 2017. Katie performed her thesis research in Robert Mullins...
Kevin Urak received the "Excellence in Research Award and Meritorious Abstract Travel Award" from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Kevin's abstract “Treatment of Sepsis by Neutralization of Extracellular Histones with Nucleic Acid Aptamers”, was selected as one of the top six...
Andrea Hallberg (Cornell) lab was awarded a NIH F31 NRSA Award - "Dissecting the involvement of Tfap2a in the neural crest specification gene regulatory network". Bianca Mason (Russo lab) also received a F31 entitled ""The role of peripheral CGRP in a preclinical mouse model of migraine." Both...
Yohan Kim defended his thesis entitled Tau-protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP2 Interaction: Tau Phosphorylation, Structural Requirement, and a Role in Signaling on January 30, 2017. Yohan did his research work in Dr. Gloria Lee's laboratory. Congratulations Yohan! Yohan Kim...