News from the Muralidharan lab
Dr. David Anaguano being hooded at the graduation ceremony
congratulations Dr. David anaguano!
David received his PhD after a successful defense. His proud parents were there to watch him get hooded. David will spend a few weeks in the lab to write up his work on rhoptry biogenesis. Dr. Anaguano will then move to Lisbon, Portugal to start his postdoctoral research with Dr. Moritz Treeck!
So proud of Dr. Lọla Fagbami who is having a stellar year and being recognized for her brilliance. Both the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the SEC are investing in Dr. Fagbami’s future. These fellowships provide her with opportunities for professional development over the next three years.
congratulations ale, 2021 hhmi gilliam fellow!
2020-21 News brief (pandemic year 1)
Several students graduated! Dr. Manuel Fierro defended in Spring 2020 and started as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Josh Beck’s lab. Dylon Stephens defended his Masters thesis in Spring 2020 and started graduate school at UT Southwestern in Dallas. Dr. David Cobb graduated in Fall 2020 and moved to NYC to start his postdoctoral work in Dr. Chi-Min (Mimi) Ho’s lab. We are so proud of everything Manuel, Dylon, and David achieved during their time in our lab. Look forward to all the wonderful science they will uncover in their journey!
Dr. Anat Florentin finished her postdoctoral work in the lab and transitioned to an independent position as an Assistant Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Go Anat! Her lab will continue to build on her discoveries. Look forward to the excellent science that will be forthcoming from the brilliant Florentin lab!
Dr. Lola Fagbami joined our lab in fall 2020 as a postdoctoral researcher! We are so happy to welcome her to the lab and Athens. Dr. Fagbami brings deep expertise in mass spectrometry having worked in both industry and in an academic lab.
A new student joined the lab, Grace Woods, who started her PhD after finishing a stint as an ORISE fellow at the CDC in Atlanta. Grace joined the lab in Spring 2021 after her rotation in fall 2020.
The NIH awarded a grant to the Muralidharan lab in Summer 2021. This 2-year grant will help us discover the function of a glycosyltransferase in the egress of malaria parasites.
Ale’s abstract was chosen for a travel award from the ASBMB and was going to be presented at the annual conference (cancelled due to the pandemic).
Congratulations Ale!
Our new postdoctoral fellow joins us after finishing her PhD in Chiang Mai University in Thailand. Dr. Dedkhad (or Am) worked on the interactions of filarial parasites with their mosquito vector during her PhD. We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Dedkhad to our lab and to Athens!
Dr. Watcharatip Dedkhad joins the lab!
A little late in the announcement, but Heather Kudyba did a wonderful job defending her thesis and successfully earned her PhD. She has joined the NIH as a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Joel Vega-Rodriguez’s lab.
Congratulations, Heather! First PhD from our lab!!
The new lab space
The Muralidharan lab moved down the hall to a bigger lab space. Thanks to the CTEGD leadership, the lab can grow in the coming years. This space has seen some excellent, ground breaking science as the former home of the Stripen lab. Hope we can fill those big red shoes!
Ale Villegas and David Anaguano join the team! Welcome to the Muralidharan lab!
new students join the lab
Our enterprising student, David Cobb, won the second prize at the Cellular Biology retreat for his exciting talk on the reductive power of the ER in malaria parasites.
Congratulations David
The lab receives a 2-year Nih grant
Our proposal to study the interplay between the ER and cellular signaling was awarded (R21 AI133322).
Anat won a 2-year American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship to study the functions of the malaria plastid in the hopes of identifying new parasite-specific drug targets.
Dr. Anat Florentin selected for AHA fellowship
Vasant visits dallas
Thanks to the trainees in the Department of Biochemistry for inviting and hosting me at UTSW!
Carrie brooks joins our lab
We are thrilled that Carrie Brooks has joined our team as our lab manager! She is an amazing scientist with a wealth of experience working on apicomplexan parasites.
The lab was awarded an NIH grant
Thanks to all the hard work by the members of the Muralidharan lab, we were awarded a five year NIH R01 grant, $1.9 million over 5 years ( R01AI130139)!
Vasant visits St. pete
Vasant presented our work at the 103rd Annual ASM Southeastern branch meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida (Fall 2017)
CTEGD website features Anat's latest paper on the role of PfClpC in the biology of the parasite plastid (Fall 2017)
Students from Mr. Coleman's 4th grade class at Barrow Elementary visits the lab! Thanks for visiting us, come back and see us again! (Fall 2017)
David wins a poster award
David won a best poster award at the 26th annual Molecular Parasitology Meeting at Woods Hole, MA! (Fall 2017)
Congratulations, David and Manuel
Manuel was selected for the T32 Fellowship (NIH T32 AI060546) and David won the ARCS Foundation Global Impact award! These guys make us look good! (Fall 2017)
The lab receives a NIH grant!
The Muralidharan lab was awarded a NIH R21 grant (NIAID R21AI128195) to study the unique plastid of malaria parasites. (Winter 2016)
Anat wins a poster award
Anat won a best poster award at the UGA Conference on Drug Discovery! ( Fall 2015)
Congratulations to Heather!
Heather was selected for the T32 fellowship (NIH T32 AI060546)! She makes us proud! (Fall 2015)
Muralidharan Lab gets the Basil O'Connor award
The March of Dimes foundation granted the Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award to the Muralidharan lab. This program provides funding to newly independent researchers to study topics related to the March of Dimes mission. (Spring 2015)
Kristen wins a poster award at the CURO symposium
Our talented undergraduate researcher, Kristen, won the 2nd place in the poster awards at the CURO symposium! Way to go Kristen! (Spring 2014)
Heather wins the ARCS award!
The first graduate student in the Muralidharan lab, Heather Bishop, got the ARCS award from the Atlanta chapter! (Fall 2014)