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Very excited to share our discovery and characterization of the GPI sidechain sytnthetic pathway in T. gondii. This is a first for any parasite. This is the thesis work by graduate student Julia Alvarez, in collaboration with Christopher West at University of Georgia. Parasites that lack a GPI...

Family Development Lab graduate student Carmen Kho was awarded the Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship, a fellowship designed to recognize the unique challenges that face international graduate students and the promise that they can contribute a unique perspective to our community. Left to right: Dr...

The Merg lab visited Dos Palos High School and gives a presentation on nanotechnology in front of high school students. Great job Emil, Anthony, and Douglas for leading this event and providing high schoolers the opportunity to learn about graduate school, research life, and some exciting new...

Julia gave an oral presentation at the 2022 WHIP meeting in Woods hole, MA and a poster at the 16th International meeting on Toxoplasmosis and Toxoplasma meeting, Riverside CA. She won 2nd best talk at WHIP and best poster for her work on the GPI anchor of T. gondii. Pictured below are the awardees...

Our PLOS Pathogens paper by Souza et al. gained a lot of traction! The UC Merced News Room published an article written by former undergraduate researcher Anh Diep. Also, a Splotlight article published in Trends in Parasitology was written by Imtiaz Khan and colleague highlighting this important...

Undergraduate researcher, Safuwra Wizzard, graduated with a B.S. in Biology and we wish her the very best going forward.