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Spotlight article in Trends in Parasitology is online “Antigen Presentation of Vacuolated Apicomplexans – Two Gateways to a Vaccine Antigen.” It is a brief review summarizing two papers from the Yamamoto and Blanchard laboratories, that collectively suggest (I think) two host pathways to acquire...

Gave a talk at the 13th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis & T. gondii Biology, in Gettysburg PA. What a great conference and smart collection of scientists.

Received an internal award from UC Merced’s Committee on Research. The COR award will provide seed money to explore intestinal inflammation regulation by Toxoplasma.

My first day as an Assistant Professor at UC Merced. I am in the Molecular Biology Unit within the School of Natural Sciences.

Cumulative work from two graduate students, Angel Kongsomboonvech and Laura Garcia-Lopez, in which genetic mapping was employed to understand the parasite strain differences in eliciting CD8 T cell IFNg production to parasite infected cells. Over 120 parasite strains were screened, and ROP16 - a...

Prof. Goyal is the 30th recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award at UC Merced.

Graduate students Carmen Kho and Janice Disla presented their research at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Baltimore, MD. Pictured above as part of the symposium: “Is it a Six or a Nine? Quantifying Parent-Adolescent Perspectives in Dynamic...

Family Development Lab graduate student Carmen Kho presented her research on psychological control in Chinese American immigrant families at the Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD.