Undergraduate Research Experience Sparked Interest in Parasitology for Graduate Student
My name is Victoria Mendiola and I am a PhD candidate in Dennis Kyle's lab studying drug-induced dormancy in Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria. I have been at UGA for four years but originally received my BSc in Biology and MSc of Integrative Biology from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. My interest …
UGA researchers received prestigious grant to develop malaria drug
by Amy Horton New compound targets P. vivax, source of recent U.S. infections Two University of Georgia researchers have been awarded approximately $770,000 from the Global Health Initiative Technology (GHIT) Fund to develop a new drug to kill the dormant liver stages of Plasmodium vivax, the most widespread of the malaria parasites. This amount …
Chagas disease research in the news
DDN Dialogues Rick Tarleton was recently interviewed for the Drug Discovery News podcast. Listen as he talks about his research into new drug treatments for Chagas disease. A written transcript is available on DDN's website. KFF Health News Rick Tarleton, along with Drew Etheridge's lab, was featured in a KFF Health News story about Chagas …
Christopher West named 2023 Distinguished Research Professor
Christopher West, head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a researcher in the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and a member of CTEGD, belongs to a small group of internationally recognized parasite glycobiologists. His rigorous, transformative research explores cellular processes involving various structures, enzymes and roles of glycans, or sugar chains. His studies have …
All the pieces matter: UGA researchers collaborate to solve malaria puzzle
Super-resolution microscopy showing malaria parasites infecting human red blood cells. credit: Muthugapatti Kandasamy, Biomedical Microscopy Core They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Whoever coined that adage had probably never heard of Plasmodium. It’s a microscopic parasite, invisible to the naked eye but common in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Each …
Chet Joyner receives $1.1 million grant to study malaria vaccine
RESEARCH WILL BE IN COLLABORATION WITH YALE UNIVERSITY Chet Joyner, PhD, a faculty member in the Center for Vaccines and Immunology and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the University of Georgia, is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant from Open Philanthropy to perform preclinical …
The CTEGD Cytometry Shared Resource Lab is growing!
CTEGD's Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory recently added a Malvern Panalytical NanoSight NS300 to their suite of cytometry instruments. This was a donation from the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Hajduk. The NanoSight allows rapid analysis of the size distribution and concentration of all types of nanoparticles from 0.01 - 1 µm in diameter. It is important …
Jessica Kissinger is special guest on podcast
Jessica Kissinger was recently the guest researcher on the podcast Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta. Show notes: Parasites are known contributors to human disease and suffering, spanning a wide range of organisms. Dr. Jessie Kissinger from the University of Georgia has spent the last two decades curating genomic data from hundreds of parasites, their …
New Confocal Microscope at the Biomedical Microscopy Core
The University of Georgia’s Biomedical Microscopy Core has recently acquired a Zeiss LSM 980 confocal microscope with Airyscan2 and Multiplex Mode for confocal and super-resolution imaging. This new state-of-art microscope is capable of fast, gentle, and simultaneous imaging of live and fixed samples with up to 5 colors (Blue, green, Red, Far-Red & NIR), and …