We wanted to congratulate Kimberly Barker in the Mizgerd lab<\/a> <\/strong>on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “The Establishment and Function of Lung Resident Memory B Cells after Bacterial Respiratory Infection” on September 24, 2020. Kim is staying in the Boston area with a position at Bristol Myers Squibb in Arlington. Great job Kim, and best of luck!<\/p>\n Congratulations to Eric Brownhill in the Kramnik Lab<\/a> on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Compromised Metabolic Function and Dysregulated Induction of Type 1 Interferon Promote Susceptibility in a Model for Tuberculosis Infection” on September 8, 2020. Eric, an MD\/PhD student, will now head back for his third year in medical school. Nicely done, Eric!<\/p>\n We are happy to announce that Kimberly Barker from the Mizgerd lab<\/a> is the recipient of the 2020 Corwin Award. The Corwin Award was established in 1994 to recognize a Microbiology Graduate Student who displays the qualities of an outstanding departmental \u201ccitizen\u201d, one whose exemplary scholarly and\/or scientific achievement, values of collegiality and scientific integrity, and active participation in department and campus activities best epitomize the contributions of the former member of our department, Larry Corwin. I think you will all agree that Kim embodies all of these qualities and richly deserves this award.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Kyle Pedro in the Henderson Lab<\/a> on successfully defending his dissertation entitled “Cell-to-Cell Transmission and Intrinsic Factors that Influence Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection” on June 25, 2020. Nice job, Kyle!<\/p>\n Due to public health concerns related to the <\/span>COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings that the award winners would have attended have been cancelled. Below is a list of Travel Award winners along with information on the meetings they would have attended.<\/span><\/p>\n 1st<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>place: Kimberly Barker<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(graduate student \u2013 Mizgerd lab) would have attended the 104th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, HI from May 8-12, 2020.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>place: Rebecca Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(postdoctoral fellow – Griffiths lab) would have attended the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Fort Collins, CO from June 13-17, 2020.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>place: Fumiaki Aihara<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(graduate student\u2013 Kepler lab) would have attended the 104th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, HI from May 8-12, 2020.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Kim, Becky, and Fumi!<\/p>\n Congratulations to Whitney Manhart in the Mostoslavsky<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>M\u00fchlberger<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Labs on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled “Ebola Virus Induces a Type I Interferon\u00a0Response in Induced Pluripotent\u00a0Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes” on May 12, 2020. Excellent job, Whitney!<\/p>\n We are delighted to announce the Microbiology Graduate Students who have won 2020 Russek Student Achievement Awards. Microbiology has two 1st prize winners this year! Congratulations to:<\/p>\n 1st Prize \u2013 Both Kimberley Barker (Mizgerd Lab<\/a>) and Please note that the 26<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Annual<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day<\/a>\u00a0will be held virtually on two days, May 21 and 22, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\nEric Brownhill Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n
2020 Corwin Award<\/h2>\n
APRIL\/MAY\/JUNE<\/h2>\n
Kyle Pedro Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n
2020 Microbiology Trainee Travel Awards<\/h2>\n
Whitney Manhart Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n
2020 Russek Award Winners<\/h2>\n
\n1st Prize\u00a0\u2013 Whitney Manhart (Mostoslavsky<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>M\u00fchlberger<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Labs)
\nHonorable Mention \u2013 Allison Thomas (Sagar Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\nJANUARY\/FEBRUARY\/MARCH<\/h2>\n
R Baer Successfully Defends Dissertation<\/h2>\n