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Ph.D. candidate Ale Villegas and advisor Vasant Muralidharan receive Gilliam Graduate Fellowship Award

Donna Huber on July 28, 2021

PhD Candidate Ale Villegas and Advisor Dr. Vasant Muralidharan (Photo Courtesy of Vasant Muralidharan) Malaria’s connection to Georgia goes back to the colonial period. The Southeastern United States provided prime conditions for a thriving mosquito population which ensured the spread of the disease. The state capital moved from Louisville to Milledgeville in 1806 in part because of …

Belen Cassera named parasitology section editor for Current Clinical Microbiology Reports

Donna Huber on July 8, 2021

Last summer, biochemistry associate professor and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases member Belen Cassera was named the parasitology section editor for Current Clinical Microbiology Reports and has produced her first issue of reviews. Before former Editor-in-Chief Alan Hudson from Wayne State University School of Medicine stepped down, he recruited Cassera based on a …

Serendipity leads UGA researcher into uncharted territory and a new NIH grant

Donna Huber on July 2, 2021

Ronald Drew Etheridge, UGA assistant professor of cellular biology, was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his gene-editing work on Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease. (Photo by Donna Huber) Ronald Drew Etheridge’s scientific career can be characterized by one word—serendipity. After completing his bachelor’s degree in …

Trainee Spotlight: Mayara Bertolini

Donna Huber on June 23, 2021

Mayara Bertolini is a third year Ph.D. trainee in the laboratory of Dr. Roberto Docampo. She has recently been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Please tell us a little about yourself. I am from São Paulo, Brazil and I have always been a very curious person that likes to discover unique …

Dennis Kyle Featured Guest on People, Parasites & Plagues Podcast

Donna Huber on June 7, 2021

Dr. Dennis Kyle, director of CTEGD and professor in the departments of cellular biology and infectious diseases, is the featured guest on Episode 5 of the People, Parasites & Plagues Podcast. He talks about a deadly disease caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba. The podcast is also available at Amazon, iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, and TuneIn People, Parasites …

Belen Cassera Featured on People, Parasites and Plagues Podcast

Donna Huber on May 25, 2021

Dr. Belen Cassera is the featured guest on Episode 4 of the People, Parasites & Plagues Podcast. She discusses the development of new drugs to treat and prevent malaria, one of the deadliest diseases afflicting humankind. The podcast is also available at Amazon, iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, and TuneIn People, Parasites & Plagues is …

UGA’s Rozario receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Donna Huber on March 24, 2021

By Alan Flurry (Photo courtesy of Tania Rozario) University of Georgia faculty member Tania Rozario has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award Program, which supports early-career investigators of exceptional creativity who propose high-risk, high-reward research projects. Rozario is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Franklin …

Trainee Spotlight: Nathan Chasen

Donna Huber on March 5, 2021

Nathan Chasen is a post-doctoral fellow in Drew Etheridge's laboratory (submitted photo) Nathan Chasen, a postdoctoral fellow in Drew Etheridge’s laboratory, is originally from Richmond, Virginia. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Emory University, he worked as a research technician at UGA. He then decided to attend UGA for graduate school. Under the mentorship of …

Silvia Moreno elected as American Academy of Microbiology Fellow

Donna Huber on February 18, 2021

Photo credit: Dorothy Kozlowski University of Georgia researcher, a member of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and a Distinguished Research Professor in cellular biology, has been elected as a 2021 American Academy of Microbiology Fellow. Holding courtesy appointments in microbiology and infectious diseases, Silvia N. Moreno also serves as director of the …

CTEGD Emerging Fellows Symposium

Donna Huber on January 20, 2021

We invite recent and soon-to-graduate students (from any biological discipline) to apply for funded postdoctoral fellowships and positions to study parasitic diseases at the University of Georgia. Selected applicants will present their research to the CTEGD community on May 3, 2021 via Zoom at CTEGD Emerging Fellows Symposium. The applicants will get to meet with …

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