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!
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.