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Prof. Merg and Anthony presented at the GRC-Chemistry and Biology of Peptides last week in Oxnard! Able to connect with many wonderful scientists in the field of peptide synthesis!
Merg Lab visits Dos Palos High School and presents on nanotechnology!
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...
Andie Joins The Lab
Andie Venegas was accepted in the QSB Ph.D. program. Andie has chosen to pursue her Ph.D. with us and will start as a graduate student in Spring of 2022. We are excited to have Andie in the lab as a graduate student (along with Morgan and Karen). Welcome Andie!
Welcome undergraudate researchers Arlon and Rachel!
Two new undergraudate researchers have joined the lab, Rachel Szymanski and Arlon Wizzard! We are excited to have you research with us as we delve into the immune response to parasites!
Jasmine is hired as an SRA-1
We received supplemental funding on our parental R01 to hire Jasmine Posada for a mentored year as a Senior Research Associate-1 (SRA-1)! Jasmine is preparing for graduate school in the fall of 2022, and this funding comes in response to the NIH call to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research...
Angel defends her Ph.D. thesis!!!
Congratulations Angel on your 5.5 years in my lab and defending your Ph.D. thesis! You did it! Such great discoveries were made and good luck in your upcoming postdoc at Stanford University in Elizabeth Egan's lab. I'm looking forward to seeing your career develop. Despite COVID the lab had to...
Ferdinand joins the lab!
Postdoctoral scholar Ferdinand Fnjume officially joins the lab. He comes to us from the University of Belgium with much experience in the molecular biology of the filarial nematode, Onchocerca volvulus. Looking forward to the years to come.
Angel's paper is published in PLOS Pathogens!
The bulk of Angel's thesis has been published in PLOS Pathogens titled, "Naive CD8 T cell IFNg responses to a vacuolar antigen are regulated by an inflammasome-independent NLRP3 pathway and Toxoplasma gondii ROP5." It is really a great paper that spans host and parasite requirements for CD8 T cell...
I received the Academic Senate Award for Distinguished Early Career Research, UC Merced!
I am excited to recieve this university-wide award bestowed by the Academic Senate of UC Merced. With all the amazing researchers at UC Merced, this is a true honor.