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graduate student Cassie Russell in front of biological safety cabinet in Dennis Kyle's laboratory at the University of Georgia

Increasing the knowledge base on brain-eating amoeba

Posted on Apr 28, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_7283" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Cassie Russell, a graduate student in the Department of Infectious Diseases, in her laboratory space. (Photo by Ian Bennett)[/caption] Cassie Russell, a graduate student in the Department of Infectious Diseases, was an undergraduate when she...

Creating databases to help cure diseases worldwide

Posted on Mar 31, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] by Jill Neimark [caption id="attachment_7237" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Jessica Kissinger poses for a photo in the Infectious Diseases Institute in Uganda where she is currently a US Fullbright Scholar. (Photo/Courtesy Jessica Kissinger)[/caption] Jessica Kissinger is using her expertise in biology...

Trainee Spotlight: Justine Shiau

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Justine Shiau, an NIH T32 fellow in Dr. Dennis Kyle's laboratory, is originally from Taipei, Taiwan, and moved to the states after elementary school. She received her bachelor's degree in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University, where...

Vasant Muralidharan interviewed on The Athens Frontline Podcast

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Vasant Muralidharan, associate professor of cellular biology and a member of CTEGD, was recently interviewed for The Athens Frontline podcast episode The Next Pandemic. Listen as he discusses mRNA technology, the pandemic, and other emerging diseases.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_widget_sidebar...

Jessica Kissinger elected as AAAS Fellow

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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Cytometry Shared Resource Lab expands capabilities with new instrument

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_7142" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Julie Nelson, CSRL manager, is available to train users on the newly acquire CYTEK Aurora flow cytometer. (photo credit: Donna Huber)[/caption] With the generous financial support of The Office of Research, Cytometry Shared Resource...

Trainee Spotlight: Benjamin Phipps

Posted on Nov 16, 2021 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Benjamin Phipps is an NIH T32 trainee in Michael Strand's laboratory. Originally from Woodland, California, Benjamin earned his bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and biology and a minor in chemistry from the University of North Texas in May 2019....

Researchers implement new tool to screen drugs for treating malaria relapses

Posted on Oct 21, 2021 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_6971" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Steve Maher, assistant research scientist in the Center for Tropical Emerging and Global Diseases, leads a team of researchers who have implemented a new screening tool to determine if a drug candidate kills...

Outhouses, clean water key to fighting schistosomiasis in persistent hotspots

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_4108" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dan Colley, professor emeritus of microbiology and former director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, devoted much of his career to studying schistosomiasis, a disease caused by waterborne parasites that...

UGA researchers developing new models for malaria drug development and testing

Posted on Sep 23, 2021 in CTEGD Blog

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_6923" align="aligncenter" width="600"] CTEGD member Chet Joyner and CTEGD director Dennis Kyle receive a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for malaria drug development and testing[/caption] Two UGA researchers are working to make it easier...

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