April 25, 2016
Megan Hunt and Terral Patel presented research in Syracuse, NY on the weekend of April 8th as a part of the 2016 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference. Megan’s poster presentation focused on the impact of acuL and acuH on Cryptococcus neoformans virulence. Terral’s oral presentation explored the identification of signaling molecules in organelle regulation […]
April 7, 2016
Cheryl Ingram-Smith, Ph.D., a member of the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC), was recently awarded a 3-year, $423,966 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is studying metabolism in Entamoeba histolytica, which causes as many as 50 million cases of dysentery annually, with 50,000 to 100,000 deaths each year. E. histolytica is a […]
April 6, 2016
Stephen Patrick, a December 2015 Biochemistry graduate that is now the J. Morris Lab Manager, will be recognized at the May 2016 graduation ceremony with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, one of two given annually to Clemson students. This award is given annually “in recognition of the recipient’s influence for good, excellence in maintaining high […]
April 5, 2016
Cheryl Jones, a student in the Ingram-Smith Lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled, “Investigating the role of ADP-forming acetyl-CoA synthetase from the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.” Great work, Cheryl!
