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Congratulations Neel and Sahil - SNS Outstanding Student Awards!!

News: April 29, 2024

Undergraduate researchers Neel Kaushik and Sahil Malhi were bestowed SNS Outstanding Student awards. Of the graduating seniors this Spring 2024, only 3 Biology major students were given this award for their scholastic and extracurricular achievements! Great job!

Neel Kaushik

Person: 22' - '24 Undergaduate researcher, applying to medical school

Neel performed editing Toxoplasma genes and infecting wild-derived mice as he studied host-pathogen interactions. Neel is aiming for a future career in medicine.

Laura Garcia-Lopez

Person: Ph.D. Graduate student [4th year]

Laura Garcia-Lopez has joined the lab as a first year graduate student in our QSB graduate program. She comes from the University of Quindio, Columbia where she obtained her masters degree in Jorge Gomez-Marin's lab researching human immune correlates of occular toxoplasmosis. We are thrilled to...

Forward Genetics in Apicomplexa Biology: The Host Side of the Story

Publication: Journal Article

Sanchez-Arcila, Juan C, and Kirk D. C. Jensen. 2022. “Forward Genetics in Apicomplexa Biology: The Host Side of the Story”. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (878475).

Training the Fetal Immune System Through Maternal Inflammation—A Layered Hygiene Hypothesis.

Publication: Journal Article

Apostol, April C., Kirk D. C. Jensen, and Anna E. Beaudin. 2020. “Training the Fetal Immune System Through Maternal Inflammation—A Layered Hygiene Hypothesis”. Frontiers in Immunology 11 (123).

Thymic Selection Determines γδ T Cell Effector Fate: Antigen-Naive Cells Make Interleukin-17 and Antigen-Experienced Cells Make Interferon γ

Publication: Journal Article

Jensen, Kirk D. C., Xiaoqin Su, Sunny Shin, Luke Li, Sawsan Youssef, Sho Yamasaki, Lawrence Steinman, et al. 2008. “Thymic Selection Determines γδ T Cell Effector Fate: Antigen-Naive Cells Make Interleukin-17 and Antigen-Experienced Cells Make Interferon γ”. Immunity, no. 29(1): 90-100.

Variation in CD8 T cell IFNγ differentiation to strains of Toxoplasma gondii is characterized by small effect QTLs with contribution from ROP16

Publication: Journal Article

Kongsomboonvech, Angel K., Laura García-López, Ferdinand Njume, Felipe Rodriguez, Scott P. Souza, Alex Rosenberg, and Kirk D. C. Jensen. 2023. “Variation in CD8 T cell IFNγ differentiation to strains of Toxoplasma gondii is characterized by small effect QTLs with contribution from ROP16”. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Both maternal IFNγ exposure and acute prenatal infection with Toxoplasma gondii activate fetal hematopoietic stem cells

Publication: Journal Article

López, Diego A, Kelly S Otsuka, April C Apostol, Jasmine Posada, Juan C Sanchez-Arcila, Kirk D C Jensen, and Anna E. Beaudin. 2023. “Both maternal IFNγ exposure and acute prenatal infection with Toxoplasma gondii activate fetal hematopoietic stem cells”. The EMBO Journal.

Ahmadzakaria Arjmand

Person: 22'-23', Undergaduate researcher

Ahmadzakaria is interested in CD8 T cell responses to T. gondii infection.

Andrew Curd

Person: ’16-’17 Research Associate, Vera Therapeutics, Inc