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Summer 2024
January 2025
Maeve's manuscript was highlighted by Cancer Prevention Research and selected for the journal cover!
Spring 2023
We published a new review article in Frontiers in Endocrinology on how glucocorticoids regulate cancer development! Also, Sara and Ben both gave amazing platform presentations on glucocorticoid (Sara) and androgen (Ben) regulation of gastric inflammation during Helicobacter infection at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago!
Sara and Stuti passed their dissertation defenses and earned their Ph.D.'s. Congrats guys!
November 2022
Sara passed her candidacy exam! Congrats
Spring 2022
March 2022
Jon, Sara, and Maeve attended the Society of Toxicology annual meeting in San Diego, CA. This was our first foray into the world of toxicology and was a great experience. Maeve presented her research project searching for compounds that disrupt glucocorticoid signaling in vivo. She was awarded travel awards from the Center for Inhalation Toxicology (iTOX) at WVU and from the SOT Allegheny branch. Congrats Maeve!
January 2022
Ben Duncan joined the lab as an Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Ph.D. Student
November 2021
Jon, Sara, Stuti, and Maeve attended the Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago, IL. Sara was awarded a young investigator award by the American Association of Immunologists for having the best abstract in her category at the Autumn Immunology Conference. Congrats Sara!
Maeve was awarded a best undergraduate poster presentation award at the Autumn Immunology Conference. Congrats Maeve!
Maeve Morris
Sara Druffner
Stuti Khadka
July 2021
Our work on Tristetraprolin (TTP) regulation of gastric inflammation was accepted for publication at CMGH! Stuti and Sara both are co-authors on this manuscript!
June 2021
The Busada Lab's recent publication in Gastroenterology was covered in a couple of interesting articles by NIEHS, WVU, and was highlighted by Gastroenterology.
May 2021
Stuti Kahdka passed her candidacy exam has is now a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations Stuti!
March 2021
Jon Busada is selected as project leader on the Tumor Microenvironment COBRE from NIGMS. This grant provides up to 3 years of funding to study the role of glucocorticoid signaling in regulating macrophage activation in response to Helicobacter infection.
December 2020
Busada lab is awarded a COBRE pilot award
April 1st 2020
The Busada lab is open for business (remotely)!
This spring has been busy. Jon and Maeve presented at the Allegheny-Erie Society of Toxicology annual meeting. Maeve and Alex graduate with their undergraduate degrees and Maeve officially joined the lab as a direct entry Ph.D. student. And Ben welcomed his first child (a baby girl) into the world! Congrats guys!
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