Paige McCaslin, a first-year graduate student in the Microbiology Graduate Program, has been awarded the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship provides three years of support over a five-year time frame. Being selected as an NSF Graduate Research...
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On Monday, April 1, 2024, Anthony Rojas Chávez successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled, "Sequence-based prediction of virus phenotype, evolutionary potential, and selective pressures." In the accompanying photo, Anthony (right) is shown alongside his mentor, Hillel Haim, MD, PhD (left)...
Congratulations to Chris Ceplecha, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in microbiology (pre-medicine), for being awarded the Stinski Undergraduate Research Fellowship for the 2024/2025 academic year. Established in 2013, this fellowship is funded by a generous endowment provided by Emeritus...
Congratulations to Dr. Gail Bishop and her Staff Scientist Dr. Emma Hornick for receiving the 2023 Donald D. Dorfman Award from the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center for their paper, "The Tumor Suppressor Protein TRAF3 Modulates GSK3 Activity and Susceptibility of B Lymphoma Cells to GSK3...
Exciting news! Two esteemed faculty members, Dr. Jon Houtman, PhD, and Dr. Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, have received new funding awards. PI: Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD – NIH/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Title: Spatial-Temporal Dissection of Stratified Host Tissue Responses to Severe Acute...
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology conducted a successful Career Panel discussion on January 31st, delving into potential career paths with a microbiology degree. The panel showcased a varied group of professionals actively involved in microbiology-related careers, along with supervisors...
Hiruni Sumanasiri, an undergraduate microbiology student, is spotlighted in the 2023 Dare to Discover campaign . She is also the Vice President of the Microbiology Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) , a student-run group offering support to undergraduate microbiology majors. Hiruni researches...
Dr. Mary Weber , Associate Professor in Microbiology and Immunology, has been awarded a 3-year National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R61: Genetic Tools for Understanding Rickettsial and Related Infections Research Grant titled: “Development of genetic...
Dr. Stanley Perlman , Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, has been awarded a 5-year $3.2 million competitive renewal of his National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01 Research Grant...
Big congratulations go out to Juan Rivera-Rosado, who won an award for his poster presentation at the 2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students (ABRCMS) , which was held in Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 15-18. Juan is a senior majoring in Biotechnology at Pontifical Catholic...