2017 News and Awards
December 7, 2017
Congratulations to Claire Meikle on her article in The Blade, "Researchers study link between lung cancer, thrombosis".
NIH/NIAID study section, Topics in Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence and Pathogenesis [ZRG1 IDM-V (02)M], November 2017
Served as Chairman of the Department of Defense study section:
December 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Chattopadhyay whose collaborated manuscript entitled, "Bioinformatic Analysis Reveals New Determinants of Antigenic 14-3-3 Proteinsand A Novel Antifungal Strategy" was accepted for publication in PLOS ONE!
Dr. Matson's most recent publication “A putative Vibrio cholera two-component system controls a conserved periplasmic protein in response to the
antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B” has been published in PLOS one.
Check it out here:
PLOS
Congratulations to Dr. Huntley!
Dr. Jason Huntley has been serving on the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Biothreats Conference Program Committee for the past two years. Dr. Huntley was recently
selected as Track Leader for the High Consequence Pathogens Track of the ASM Biothreats
Conference.
ASM Conference
Welcome to
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Kayla Uveges!
Lab Coat Ceremony
August 25, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Worth on his award and new promotion!
Program Committee
Six members of the Program Committee are elected by the membership of AAI, and six members are appointed by Council. Committee members serve a three-year terms. Members are to be chosen to represent different institutions and areas of the country. The Committee is charged with the responsibility for planning and implementing the scientific program presented at each annual meeting of the AAI, subject to approval by Council.
Neeti is the recipient of the 2017 Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease from The American Heart Association.
This scholarship supports students conducting research projects related to cardiovascular disease, stroke and basic sciences during pre-doctoral training.
The scholarship is to the LDN/Columbia University conference "Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: What Clinicians Need to Know about an Expanding Epidemic," Sept. 23 & 24 in Philadelphia, PA.
Congratulations!
Dr. Steven Haller, Dr. Jason Huntley, Dr. David Kennedy, and Apurva Lad, a Ph.D. candidate on your recent article with the Blade:
Toledo researchers look into impact of toxic algae
Dr. Mark Wooten speaks on Lyme Disease
New parking system launches for fall semester, registration begins Aug. 5
Parking Permit information for students, staff, and faculty
June 13, 2017
Congratulations to Caitlin Baum of the Stepkowski Lab who successfully defended her dissertation titled, "The Role of Interleukin-21 in the Chronic Rejection of Transplant Allografts and the Development of Type 1 Diabetes".
May 30, 2017
Check out our very own Dr. Wooten featured on WTOL
College of Medicine and Life Sciences Graduation 2017 Video
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences held its annual commencement ceremony at the Stranahan Theater on Friday, May 26, 2017
Congratulations 2017 graduates:
Xiaojun "Wilma" Wu
Neeti Galwankar
Adaeze Izuogu
Afnan Malebari
Jennifer Ohtola
May 17, 2017
Congratulations Adaeze Izuogu!
Adaeze of the Taylor Lab who successfully defended her dissertation, "Restriction
of Tick-Borne Flaviviruses in the White-Footed Mouse".
Congratulations to Brian Youseff awarded this year's Freimer M.D./Ph.D. award. The award is an endowed fund that helps support M.D./Ph.D. students carrying out their research in the Medical Microbiology and Immunology Track.
60th Annual International Association of Great Lakes Research
Alison Brandel will present a talk titled “Isolation and Characterization of Lake
Erie Bacteria That Degrade the Microcystin Toxin MC-LR” Friday, May 19, at 10:40 a.m.
during the session titled “Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiatives: Field
to Faucet and Beyond.”
View complete IAGLR Abstracts 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Viviana Ferreira, Dr. Mark, Wooten, Dr. Jason Huntley, and Dr. Randall Worth for being awarded the President's Award for Excellence in Grantsmanship. The awards were given at a small reception at President Gaber's house. The criteria for receiving the award having grant funding totaling over 1 million dollars within the past three years (i.e. 2014-present).
Congratulations, Brian!
Brian Youseff has earned the 2017 Robert R. Buell Memorial Achievement Award. Presented to a graduate student in any college who best exemplifies scholarly excellence in the physical and biological sciences, has maintained a genuine interest in the social sciences and the humanities, and plans a career in education.
2017 Twine Line Winter/Spring Edition
(See pg. 15)
Check out Dr. Jason Huntley's feature - "Using Lake Erie Bacteria to Remove Microcystin from Drinking Water".
2017 Graduate Research Forum
March 22 - 24, 2017
Congratulations to our GRF 2017 winners Cara DeAngelis (Matson Lab), Claire Meikle (Worth Lab), Saad Moledina (Wooten Lab), and Briana Zellner (Huntley Lab) !!!!
Oral presentations:
1st Place : Claire Meikle
2nd Place : Briana Zellner
3rd Place : Cara DeAngelis
Poster presentation:
1st Place : Saad Moledina
March 17, 2017
Congratulations Dr. Jennifer Ohtola!
Dr. Ohtola was recently matched to her first choice Cleveland Clinic.
March 15, 2017
AAI Annual Meeting – IMMUNOLOGY 2017TM – held May 12-16, in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Saurabh Chattopadhyay is a recipient of a 2017 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant!
2017 Health Science Campus Artist Showcase at Mulford Library
Caroline Lambert's piece, "Fat Cockerel" on oil canvas is on display until April 7th.
Caroline Lambert on her 4th place finish at the MAC Championships!
Congratulations Dulat Bekbolsynov on your article in the Blade!