research
Dr. Jana Broadhurst is part of team honored at 2024 Innovation Awards
Learn more about the project Dr. Broadhurst was involved with in this write-up from UNeMed.
Nov 21, 2024
Itidal Reslane and Gabrielle Watson named UNMC Graduate Students of Distinction
Both students, who are PhD candidates in IGPBS – Immunology, Pathology, and Infectious Disease, were honored after being awarded fellowships from the American Heart Association. Learn more from the Office of Graduate Studies.
Nov 15, 2024
Dr. Sturd publishes a first author manuscript in mSphere
Chlamydia trachomatis is a leading cause of sexually transmitted infections worldwide. As an obligate intracellular pathogen, it has been selected to establish a niche within the host cell in a membrane-derived vacuole called the chlamydial inclusion. Chlamydial proteins recruit host proteins to the chlamydial inclusion that are critical for infection development. Two of these host-derived […]
Nov 1, 2024
Immunoscape
Zachary Van Roy, an MD/PhD trainee in the laboratory of Dr. Tammy Kielian, has indeed had a very productive month as he has published two first author manuscripts in Nature Communication and Cell Reports Medicine. The Cell Reports Medicine manuscript, which he co-first authored with Drs. Gunjan Kak and Lee Korshoj, is the first to […]
Nov 1, 2024
Department announces grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded two grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 30 manuscript publications. New grants PI: Scott Koepsell MDSupport of the studies and procedures to be performed to support standardization of the Teucer’s Podocin RT-qPCR assay. Teucer Biotech Inc. PI: Joshua Santarpia PhDOctopus FY24. National Strategic Research Institute Publications (November 2024-current): […]
Nov 1, 2024
Dr. Abdalla receives Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is asymptomatic and metastasizes early, leading to a meager 5-year survival rate of ~7%. Chemotherapy has had limited success in extending the life span of patients with advanced PDAC. Dr. Abdalla and his group are extending their expertise in reactive oxygen species by hypothesizing that inhibition of heme oxygenase in combination with […]
Nov 1, 2024
Dr. Fisher receives R37 Merit Award from the National Cancer Institute
Patients with metastatic chemotherapy have a 5 year survival rate of 14% with is exacerbated by K-Ras mutations. Previous work by Dr. Fisher and his team have shown that K-Ras muations increase the transcriptional co-activator PGC-1-b. Thus the goal of this application is to develop novel therapies for metastatic disease that inhibit PGC-1-b. No current, […]
Nov 1, 2024
Apples and Oranges
Zachary Van Roy, an MD/PhD trainee in the laboratory of Dr. Tammy Kielian, has indeed had a very productive month as he has published two first author manuscripts in Nature Communication and Cell Reports Medicine. The manuscript published in Nature Communication established that S. aureus biofilm infections elicit distinct immune and metabolic responses depending on […]
Nov 1, 2024
Department announces grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded six new grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 30 manuscript publications. New Grants PI: Jesse Cox MDDeveloping and Publishing a Process to run a Wipe Test using AlloSeq products. CareDx PI: Kurt Fisher MD PhDAssessment of Strategies for targeting transcriptional co-activators in colorectal cancer. NCI R37 PI: Jennifer […]
Oct 1, 2024
Dr. Chaudhari wins New Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sujata Chaudhari, who has received the UNMC New Investigator award for 2024. This award is given to outstanding junior faculty members who have also received their first independent federal funding within the 2024 fiscal year. Dr. Chaudhari received her PhD from Kansas State University in the Department of Biochemistry, where she studied […]
Oct 1, 2024
