2016 News and Awards

November 28, 2016
New publication:

Congratulations to Ramadan A. Ali, Leah Wuescher & Randall G.Worth!
Title: Platelets Mediate Host Defense against Staphylococcus aureus through Direct Bactericidal Activity and by Enhancing Macrophage Activities
Authors: Ramadan A. Ali, Leah M. Wuescher, Keith R. Dona, and Randall G. Worth
NCBI - PubMed.gov

November 20, 2016
New publication:

Congratulations to Gayatri Subramanian, Ritu Chakravarti & Saurabh Chattopadhyay !
Title: Biochemical Analysis of Caspase -8-dependent Proteolysis ofIRF3 in Virus-infected Cells
Authors: Gayatri Subramanian, Karen Pan, Ritu Chakravarti and Saurabh Chattopadhyay.
Journal: Bio-Protocol

November 7, 2016
Congratulations Jessica Saul-McBeth on your article in the Blade!

UT students set their sights on cholera prevention

Saul

November 7, 2016
2016 Great Lakes Water Conference - WTOL
Congratulations Dr. Jason Huntley! He was featuring on this!

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October 31, 2016
New publication:

Congratulations on your new publication with Infection and Immunity Dr. Wooten!
Borrelia burgdorferi CheY2 is dispensable for chemotaxis or motility but crucial for the infectious life cycle of the spirochete.

September 27, 2016
New publication:
Congratulations Dr. Saurabh Chattopadhyay!

Title: RIG-I-like receptor-induced IRF3 mediated pathway of apoptosis (RIPA): a new antiviral pathway
Authors: Chattopadhyay S, Sen GC

August 11, 2016

Recent Graduate Dr. Xiaojun "Wilma" Wu of Dr. Jason Huntley Lab has her manuscript “FmvB: A Francisella tularensis Magnesium-Responsive Outer Membrane Protein that Plays a Role in Virulence” published in PLOS One

Congratulations!
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UT News
July 25, 2016
UT Researcher receives nearly $2 million grant for Lyme disease study
Wooten 2016

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UT News

June 27, 2016

Congratulations to Amanda Kitson the 2016 Earl H. Freimer, M.D., Award for Excellence in Microbiology & Immunology

June 6, 2016

Congratulations Adam on your successful defense!
DISSERTATION DEFENSE
For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences/ Medical Microbiology and Immunology track

CANDIDATE: Adam Blatt
TITLE: Role of complement regulatory proteins propendin and Factor H in platelet/granulocyte aggregate formation
MAJOR ADVISOR: Viviana Ferreira, DVM, PhD

Congratulations!

April 22,2016

Congratulations to Xiaojun "Wilma" Wu on her successful defense!
DISSERTATION DEFENSE

For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Medical Microbiology and Immunology track
CANDIDATE: Xiaojun (Wilma) Wu
TITLE: Two Francisella tularensis outer membrane proteins involved in metal acquisition and virulence
MAJOR ADVISOR: Jason Huntley, PhD

April 19, 2016
UT scientists hosted a public discussion on Zika, Ebola

co-hosted by our very own Dr. Travis Taylor

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April 12, 2016
Congratulations Yvette on your successful thesis defense!

THESIS DEFENSE
For the Degree of Master of Science in Biomedical Science in Bioinformatics Proteomics & Genomics
CANDIDATE: Yvette Unoarumhi
TITLE: Evolution of a Bacteria Global Regulator Lrp
MAJOR ADVISOR: Jyl S. Matson, PhD

MMI newest faculty member

Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor in Virology

Dr. Chattopadhyay's "Ubiquitination of the Transcription Factor IRF-3 Activates RIPA, the Apoptotic Pathway that Protects Mice from Viral Pathogenesis" article has recently been accepted for publication.

Welcome and Congratulations!
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Congratulations to our 2016 UT - COM & LS Graduate Student Award Winner:
Yvette Awards

Yvette Unoarumhi

Award for

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Basic Science Tracks Outstanding Student

Recently published work: Evolution of a global regulator: Lrp in four orders of γ-Proteobacteria

Article

March 17-18, 2016

Congratulations 2016 CBGS Graduate Research Forum winners!

Top Poster Presentations

1st Place - Brian Youseff

2nd Place - Jessica Saul-McBeth

3rd Place - Cara DeAngelis

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Published: Monday, 2/1/2016

Brian Youseff, of the Medical Microbiology and Immunology Track, is the latest student to have his research published in the Blade. We encourage you all to take a moment to enjoy it and congratulate Brian on his fine work.

Protect Public Health

Jason Huntley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in MMI, received his second consecutive award from the Ohio Sea Grant and Department of Higher Education (ODHE) to research water quality and algal bloom toxicity in Lake Erie. Specifically, he is testing conditions that promote microcystin-degrading bacteria to form biofilms on filters currently used in municipal water treatment facilities. Congratulations, Jason!!

M Wooten

January 1, 2016
Dr. R. Mark Wooten has been promoted to Professor in the Medical Microbiology & Immunology department.
Congratulations Mark!

Huntley 2016 Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Huntley that was presented
the Dean's Award for Outstanding Research in the New Investigator

January 2016