Author: Donna Huber
Trainee Spotlight: Evgeniy Potapenko
Posted on Sep 14, 2017
in CTEGD Blog, Trainee Spotlight
Evgeniy Potapenko, a post-doctoral trainee in Roberto Docampo's laboratory, is from Kyiv, Ukraine. He obtained his MD from Bogomolets National Medical University (Kyiv) in 1997. Then he proceeded to earn a Ph.D. from Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology (Kyiv) in 2004. Later he conducted postdoctoral training...
The Cure for Malaria Could be in Your Backyard
Posted on Sep 8, 2017
in CTEGD Blog, Research Article
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has a disproportionate effect in poor and underdeveloped countries without access to western medicine. According to the WHO’s World Malaria Report, there were 212 million new cases of malaria worldwide in 2015 and an estimated 429,000 deaths. Malaria is caused by...
UGA Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Hormone Regulation in Mosquitoes
Posted on Sep 6, 2017
in CTEGD Blog, Grants
Athens, GA--Mosquitoes transmit diseases such as Zika virus, dengue, and malaria to people and other vertebrates worldwide. In a newly funded National Science Foundation (NSF) project, Michael Strand and Mark Brown, both professors in the Department of Entomology and members of the Center for Tropical...
Trainee Spotlight: Manuel Fierro
Posted on Aug 30, 2017
in CTEGD Blog, Trainee Spotlight
Manuel Fierro is a pre-doctoral trainee in Vasant Muralidharan's Laboratory. He is originally from Ecuador. His family moved to the US when he was 9 years old, and he has lived in Georgia ever since. Manuel received his Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular Biology...
Posted on Aug 25, 2017
in CTEGD Blog