The grant, entitled “Investigating the role of oxygen on Plasmodium multiplication rate” was awarded to Cordy Lab to support their early and conceptual stages of project development. Check it out on NIH’s website here.
Congrats to Dinah who wins an award from ACMCIP and give an oral presentation entitled “Deducing the Effect of Variable Oxygen Concentrations on Plasmodium falciparum Growth” during the ASTMH annual meeting. Check out the abstract here.
Former undergraduate student Noelle Allen presented her poster entitled “Gut barrier integrity in Macaques infected with Plasmodium Knowlesi” at ASTMH. Both of them performed an outstanding job! Well done!
Lab PI Regina Cordy also presented a talk entitled “Plasma metabolome and gut microbiome fluctuations during acute and chronic malaria infection” during ACMCIP Omics session.
Michael Ferdig was hosted by Cordy lab to deliver a seminar titled “Expanding the power of classical genetics to understand malaria parasite phenotypes: can malaria be the new yeast?”
Irene put together a poster presentation showcasing her summer project supported by URECA center, and represented the Cordy Lab at WFU’s Undergraduate Research Day.
Lab PI RJC is now a member of the core planning team in the Wake Forest Community contributing to create and sustain a better campus.
We are thrilled to welcome Cameron Sherlock and Tryphena Adams, who are new PhD students in Biology to Cordy lab! Looking forward to having them embark on the research journey with us!