Josh Kerkaert has been selected as the 2022 Milton Huppert Graduate Student Awardee by the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas (MMSA). This award recognizes an outstanding graduate student in the field of Medical Mycology. Josh will give a presentation at the MMSA Annual Symposium as part of the award.
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Novel Research Shedding Light on Fungal Infections
Deborah Hogan, PhD and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology tells “Infectious Disease Special Edition” that there is growing interest in the role of fungi in lung infections, such as those in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Can Neonatal Herpes Lead to Alzheimer’s Disease?
MD/PhD candidate Abigail Dutton is looking for answers—from incurious mice.
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Alternative Chloride Channels: The Next Frontier in CF Therapy?
Sam Neff’ Dartmouth 21 and a member of the Stanton Lab recently published the above article.
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Kudos: Harnessing the Human Heartbeat and More
Abby Dutton (of the Leib Lab) receives a second-place title in the Ivy+ Three-Minute Thesis Competition.
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Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis
Dr. Cramer begins his co-Directorship of the MOMY course
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PhD Innovation Program at Dartmouth
David Ritz (Schultz Lab) & Rebecca Valls (O’Toole Lab) have been selected as Innovation PhD Fellows
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Aspergillus fumigatus Strain-Specific Conidia Lung Persistence Causes an Allergic Broncho-Pulmonary Aspergillosis-Like Disease Phenotype
Jane Jones (Cramer lab) had a paper selected as “New and Notable” from mSphere
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Fungal biofilm morphology impacts hypoxia fitness and disease progression
Dartmouth Study Reveals How Fungal Biofilm Structure Impacts Lung Disease
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Awarded CFF LeRoy Matthews Physician-Scientist Award
Dr. Daniel Aridgides’s proposal title “Pseudomonas quorum sensing mutants inhibit alveolar macrophage function” submitted to The LeRoy Matthews Physician Scientist Award of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been funded