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. (Forrest Lab), oral presentation at the International Symposium on EBV and KSHV and Related Agents and Diseases at Boston, MA last July 1.
Publications
RANKL-mediated osteoclast formation is required for bone loss in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis. Campbell MJ, Bustamante-Gomez C, Fu Q, Beenken KE, Reyes-Pardo H, Smeltzer MS, O’Brien CA. Bone. 2024 Jul 1;187:117181.
An ex vivo human precision-cut lung slice platform provides insight into SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and antiviral drug efficacy. Pechous RD, Malaviarachchi PA, Banerjee SK, Byrum SD, Alkam DH, Ghaffarieh A, Kurten RC, Kennedy JL, Zhang X. J Virol. 2024 Jun 28:e0079424.
Single-cell analysis of ovarian myeloid cells identifies aging associated changes in macrophages and signaling dynamics. Zhang Z, Huang L, Brayboy L, Birrer M. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 16:2024.06.13.598667.
A replication-deficient gammaherpesvirus vaccine protects mice from lytic disease and reduces latency establishment. Bland WA, Mitra D, Owens S, McEvoy K, Hogan CH, Boccuzzi L, Kirillov V, Meyer TJ, Khairallah C, Sheridan BS, Forrest JC, Krug LT. NPJ Vaccines. 2024 Jun 24;9(1):116.
Metabolically active neutrophils represent a permissive niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Andrews JT, Zhang Z, Prasad GVRK, Huey F, Nazarova EV, Wang J, Ranaraja A, Weinkopff T, Li LX, Mu S, Birrer MJ, Huang SC, Zhang N, Argüello RJ, Philips JA, Mattila JT, Huang L. Mucosal Immunol. 2024 Jun 4:S1933-0219(24)00048-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.05.007.
Grants
Dr. Martin Cannon. Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program OC230190. Mechanisms of combinatorial therapy to enhance anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibition for ovarian cancer.
Dr. Jason Stumhofer. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21 AI180630-01A1. Regulation of macrophage function during acute infection with Plasmodium.
Dr. Daniel Voth. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21 AI173725-01A1. Defining the impact of host-directed drugs on Coxiella burnetii growth in macrophages.