We are a happy bunch!

Birthday celebration for Dylan!! (Trick candles….)

Congratulations to Andres, awarded the NIH T32 Training Grant in Pharmacology!! What an amazing start to his graduate career.

This year I had the honor of serving as Grand Marshall for the 2024 Commencement for the School of Medicine at UC Davis. A very inspiring celebration! The Mace is heavier than it looks…

Amelia gave a fantastic talk at the first ever Pharmacology Department Retreat. Congratulations, Amelia on being selected as 1 of 3 best talks!!

Congratulations to Adam on landing a position with a biotech company in the Bay area! Adam will be missed but we are very happy for him.

We had a fantastic time at the 31st Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar – tons of fantastic science. So great to meet our colleagues in person! Amelia and Kiem both presented posters in person, Dylan gave a virtual poster and the PI gave a talk. Highly successful overall!

Dylan passed his Qualifying Exam! Congratulations Dylan.

Finally a face-to-face Party! So many Great Achievements to Celebrate!!

 

Sarisa, we will miss you!

Sarisa is moving on to a research and teaching position in Thailand!

We wish you all the best!

Sarisa-farwell-lunch

Congratulations to Phylicia for receiving the
PRESIDENTS DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP!

Congratulations to Sarisa for the MMSA Award!

The Latest Media Reports on Research from the Gelli Lab

photo 3

This Week in Microbiology: TWiM #83 -Illuminating tuberculosis and cryptococcosis. Podcast http://www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/this-week-in-
microbiology/archives/1731-twim-83

ASM Microbe Magazine – Current Topics: Metalloprotease help pathogens to cross from blood to brain. American Society of Microbiology (ASM) August 2014. Pages 7-8. http://www.microbemagazine.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1357&Itemid=1634

UC Davis Health System – Fungal protein found to cross blood-brain barrier (Finding opens door to new therapies for brain infections and cancer

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9030

UC HEALTH: News – Fungal protein found to cross blood-brain barrier (UC Davis finding opens door to new therapies for brain infections and cancers

http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu/2014/06/11/fungal-protein-found-to-cross-blood-brain-barrier/

Science Daily – Fungal protein found to cross blood-brain barrier

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612104954.htm