Congratulations to Brandon Hogland and Joseph Bryant! We are proud to share that both received awards for Outstanding Poster Presentations at last week’s American Society for Microbiology South Central Branch Meeting in Starkville, MS. Their hard work and dedication to advancing microbiology research truly stood out among an impressive group of participants. Well done, Brandon […]
MBIM Summer Students Present at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium
Three MBIM Summer Students (Mason DeLaMater, Katelin Kellar, Bailee Brinkley, above) presented their research projects at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at UAMS on July 23, 2025. Congratulations on your hard work and a productive summer! Bailee Brinkley (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas Tech University, mentor: Dr. Craig Forrest) Katelin Kellar (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas […]
Undergraduate and Medical Students Start Summer Research at MBIM
We are excited to have seven students from schools in and out of the state joining MBIM labs to conduct their summer research.
Ph.D. Defense: Lucy Fry, Ph.D.
Lucy Fry from the Weinkopff Lab successfully defended her dissertation (“Host Factors in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Mechanisms of Inflammatory Response, Lymphatic Remodeling, and Protective Immunity”) on April 10, 2025. Lucy will be pursuing her postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Beth Tamburini at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver, CO. Congratulations Dr. […]
Dr. Gyan Sahukhal Receives Inaugural AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA) Award
Dr. Gyan Sahukhal, Assistant Staff Scientist in Dr. Mohamed Elasri‘s lab, received one of three inagural AR Health Ventures Accelerator Award from UAMS BioVentures. This program is designed to accelerate the development of therapies from bench to bedside. Dr. Sahukhal’s project aims to target biofilm regulators when treating staph infection. He is featured in the […]
July 2024: Presentations, Publications and Grants
Presentations Our undergraduate interns completed their summer programs on July 26. This culminated in the presentation of their research in the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium last July 24, 2024 here at UAMS. Congratulations to all the students! They are: Oral Presentation (12 chosen from 53 submissions) Allie Farrar, Hendrix College (Manzano Lab), pictured above […]
June 2024 Presentations, Publications, Grants
Presentations by Trainees in International Meetings LeKivia Cobb (Boehme Lab), oral presentation at the American Society for Virology Annual Meeting at Columbus, OH last June 25. Steven Murdock, Jr. (Forrest Lab), oral presentation at the International Symposium on EBV and KSHV and Related Agents and Diseases at Boston, MA last July 3. Shana Owens, Ph.D. […]
Dr. Jorgenson receives an NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
Bacterial pathogens are coated by a wide array of glycan layers that protect against antimicrobials, immune systems, and environmental hazards. Though formidable, these protective layers harbor a critical weakness: most are assembled on a vulnerable lipid carrier known as undecaprenyl phosphate (Und-P). While most studies have focused on the consequences of decreasing Und-P levels, very […]
May Updates: Publications, Grants, Awards
Dr. Cannon receives the UAMS College of Medicine Red Sash Dr. Martin Cannon received the Red Sash at the UAMS College of Medicine Honors Convocation last May 17, 2024. Red Sash honorees are outstanding teachers voted by the members of the seniors class. New R21s awarded to Drs. Cannon (National Cancer Institute) and Li (National […]
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ashley Groshong
Dr. Ashley Groshong is an alumnus of our Ph.D. program in Microbiology & Immunology (2014). Working in the laboratory of Dr. Jon Blevins, she studied virulence factors of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. She continued her work on B. burgdorferi as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Connecticut Health Center focusing on gene […]