We are please to announce that the following Microbiology students received Evans Day Awards for the Basic Science Poster Session:<\/p>\n
2nd<\/sup> place prize – Kimberly Barker (Mizgerd Lab<\/a>) for her poster entitled “Lung Resident B Cells Contribute to Heterotypic Immunity to Pneumococcus” Congratulations to Kimberly and Matthew!!<\/p>\n Congratulations to Alex Barron in the Browning Lab<\/a> who was awarded an American Association of Immunologists Careers in Immunology Fellowship<\/a>. This award was for Alex’s project on how “fibroblast activation foretells leukocyte infiltration and autoimmune attack on non-lymphoid organs.” Well done, Alex!<\/p>\n Congratulations to Sila Ataca in\u00a0the lab of\u00a0Thomas Kepler<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled, “Biophysical Characterization of Affinity Maturation in the Human Response to Anthrax Vaccine” on April 25, 2018. Nice work, Sila!<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to Tessa Cressey in the Fearns<\/a> and M\u00fchlberger<\/a> Labs on receiving a student travel award from The American Society of Virology. Tessa will use this award to attend the ASV Meeting<\/a> at the University of Maryland in July.<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to\u00a0Kimberly Barker in the Mizgerd Lab<\/a> who was just awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH for her work on Lung Memory B Cell Contributions to Heterotypic Anti-Pneumococcal Immunty. Nice\u00a0work, Kim!<\/span><\/p>\n We are delighted to announce the Microbiology Graduate Students who have won 2018 Russek Student Achievement Awards.\u00a0 Congratulations to:<\/p>\n 1st<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Prize \u2013\u00a0Stephanie Pavlovich (Kepler Lab) Please note that the 24th<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Annual\u00a0<\/span>Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Stephanie Pavlovich in\u00a0the lab of\u00a0Thomas Kepler<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled, “Genomic Analysis and Examination of Innate Antiviral Immunity in the Egyptian Rousette Bat” on April 5, 2018. Well done, Stephanie!<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to Ian Francis in\u00a0the lab of\u00a0Lee Wetzler\u00a0<\/a><\/span>on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled, “The Characterization of Novel Transgenic Murine Models of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection and Development of a Natural Outer Membrane Vesicle Anti-Gonococcal Vaccine Candidate” on April 3, 2018. Good job, Ian!<\/span><\/p>\n We are pleased to announce the 2018 Microbiology Trainee Award recipients, one first place and two second place winners, and they are:<\/p>\n 1st<\/sup> place: Tessa Cressey (graduate student \u2013 Fearns and M\u00fchlberger labs) will be attending the American Society for Virology 2018 Annual Meeting at the University of Maryland from July 14-18, 2018.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup> place: Jaileene Hernandez Escalante (graduate student \u2013 Dooms lab) will be attending the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) 2018 Meeting in San Francisco, CA from June 20-23, 2018.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup> place: Rachel Yuen (graduate student\u2013 Wetzler lab) will be attending the TOLL Meeting in Porto, Portugal from June 6-9, 2018.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Tessa, Jaileene, and Rachel!<\/p>\n Emily Speranza, a former bioinformatics student in the Connor Lab<\/a>, was featured in BU Today<\/a>\u00a0for her work done while in the lab on early immune responses in Ebola.<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations also to\u00a0Michelle Fleury\u00a0in\u00a0the lab of Hans Dooms<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled, “Expression and Function of Co-Inhibitory Receptors PD-1, TIGIT, TIM-3, and LAG-3 in Systemic Sclerosis” on February 20, 2018. Good job, Michelle!<\/span><\/p>\n
\n3rd<\/sup> place prize – Matthew Gagne (Henderson Lab<\/a>) for his poster entitled “T Cell Activation State Determines Initial HIV Expression and Reactivation from Latency”<\/p>\nAlex Barron Receives AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship<\/h2>\n
APRIL\/MAY\/JUNE<\/h2>\n
Sila Ataca Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n
Tessa Cressey Receives ASV Travel Award<\/h2>\n
Kimberly Barker Receives F31 Fellowship Award<\/h2>\n
2018 Russek Award Winners<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>2nd<\/sup> Prize \u2013 Matthew Gagne (Henderson Lab<\/a>)
\nHonorable Mention – Alexander Barron (Browning Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\nStephanie Pavlovich Successfully Defends\u00a0Dissertation<\/h2>\n
Ian Francis Successfully Defends\u00a0Dissertation<\/h2>\n
2018 Microbiology Trainee Travel Award Winners<\/h2>\n
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JANUARY\/FEBRUARY\/MARCH<\/h2>\n
Emily Speranza Featured in BU Today<\/h2>\n
Michelle Fleury Successfully Defends\u00a0Dissertation<\/h2>\n
Ludy Registre Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n