Accomplishments

Honors

Lohit Khera received the Best Poster award by a postdoctoral fellow at the ASM-SCB Annual Meeting 2022.

Bailey Mosher received the Richard and Dennis O'Callaghan Award for Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation at the ASM-SCB Annual Meeting 2022.

Nahomi Guerra received the Best poster award for a PhD student at the ASM-SCB Annual Meeting 2022.

Danielle Schaal received the ASM-SCB McClesky award at the ASM-SCB Annual Meeting 2022.

Presentations, Conferences & Meetings

Cellular cholesterol licenses Legionella pneumophila intracellular replication in macrophages. Ashley Wilkins. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Bordetella bronchiseptica Blocks Eosinophil Trap Formation via a btrS-associated Mechanism, to Prevent Clearance of Infection. Gabrielle Miller. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

UL38-mediated activation of mTORC1 causes IRS1 degradation and subsequent AKT inactivation during HCMV lytic infection. Anthony Domma. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Antiviral Immunity Coordinates an Alternative Mechanism of Entry During Cytomegalovirus Infection. Lauren Henderson. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Human Cytomegalovirus Manipulates Syntaxin 6 for Successful Trafficking and Nuclear Translocation in Monocytes. Bailey Mosher. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

HCMV Mediates Unique Monocyte-to-Macrophage Polarization, Differentiation Through The COX-2 Mediated Arachidonic Acid Metabolism In Infected Human Monocytes. Byeong-Jae Lee. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Lipin-1 restrains ceramide synthesis, improves b-oxidation and efferocytosis for disease resolution. Oluwakemi O. Igiehon. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Lipin 1 restrains lipid synthesis to promote pro-resolving macrophage function. Temitayo Bamgbose. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Bordetella spp. utilize T3SS to promote secretion of IL1RA leading to long-term persistent infections. Katelyn Parrish. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Identifying distinct roles for host transcription factor lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1 (LEF1) isoforms in EBV replication and latency. Billy Ward. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Epstein-Barr Virus Replication in Differentiated Epithelium Requires the Retinoblastoma Family of Pocket Proteins. Danielle Schaal. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

Human Papillomavirus Genome Copy Number Is Maintained by S Phase Amplification, Leakage to the Cytosol during Mitosis and Lysosomal Degradation in G1 Phase. Katarzyna Zwolinska. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.

HPV16 increases total and surface levels of the epidermal growth factor receptor in human keratinocytes. Jessica Trammel. ASM-SCB meeting 2022, Shreveport.