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CTEGD names travel fund for Daniel G. Colley

Donna Huber on May 18, 2020

Dr. Dan Colley with students (photo credit: Andrew Tucker) One day Daniel Colley raised his hand to volunteer, setting in motion five decades of scientific adventures. It was 1969, and Colley’s postdoctoral adviser, ByronWaksman, a renowned immunologist at Yale University School of Medicine, had stepped into the laboratory and asked if anyone wanted to go …

Ynes Ortega receives grant to study Cyclospora presence in the U.S.

Donna Huber on May 5, 2020

Historically, Cyclospora infection in the United States has been associated with imported fresh produce. However, in 2018, the U.S. saw two significant outbreaks associated with vegetables grown in the United States. “We had more than 2,000 non-travel associates cyclosporiasis cases,” said Ynes Ortega, member of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and associate …

UGA researchers join team of 100+ scientists to develop genetic tools for marine protists

Donna Huber on April 30, 2020

Docampo is Barbara and Sanford Orkin/GRA Eminent Scholar in Emerging Diseases and Cellular Biology and professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Billy Howard) Roberto Docampo and colleagues at the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have joined with 53 other lab groups to develop tools to …

Global Schistosomiasis Alliance pays tribute to Dan Colley

Donna Huber on April 28, 2020

Dan Colley in his lab at UGA (photo credit: Andrew Tucker) Dr. Daniel G. Colley, Director of the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE), will be retiring from his position as Professor at the University of Georgia on June 30, 2020. He will continue as a Professor Emeritus. The Global Schistosomiasis Alliance …

Noelia Lander receives research award

Donna Huber on April 9, 2020

Noelia Lander, a cellular biologist and postdoctoral researcher in Roberto Docampo's laboratory, has received the 2020 Postdoctoral Award from the UGA Research Foundation. Lander has used her research to advance understanding of a dangerous parasite affecting millions of people worldwide. She adapted the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing system for the study of Trypanosoma cruzi, a human parasite that …

Dennis Kyle elected as American Academy of Microbiology Fellow

Donna Huber on March 31, 2020

University of Georgia researcher Dennis Kyle has been elected as a 2020 fellow by the American Academy of Microbiology. He joins a class of 68 new fellows this year. Kyle is a GRA Eminent Scholar in antiparasitic drug discovery, with appointments in the departments of cellular biology and infectious diseases. “Election as a Fellow of …

Trainee Spotlight: Edwin Pierre Louis

Donna Huber on March 23, 2020

Edwin Pierre Louis is a pre-doctoral trainee in the laboratory of Dr. Drew Etheridge. Originally from Haiti, he immigrated to the US to attend the University of Florida (UF), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Molecular Biology. After earning his degree at UF, Edwin accepted a position as a biological …

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