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Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Dr. Dragoi receives award
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Congratulations to Dr. Ana-Maria Dragoi, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. Dr. Dragoi has been awarded a 5-year grant for $1,788,500.00 from The National Institute of Allergy and Inflectious Diseases. The project title is, “Mechanism of macrophages colonization in gonorrhea”. Great job Dr. Dragoi!!
Vascular Discovery 2024 Conference
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Rajan Pandit (grad student), Dhananjay Kumar (postdoctoral fellow), and Dr. Yurdagul recently attended the Vascular Biology 2024 conference that took place in Chicago. Pictured above: Members and friends of the Yurdagul, Rom, and Orr labs dining at the Flat Top Grill in Chicago.
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Congratulations to Molecular and Cellular Physiology faculty, Dr. Arif Yurdagul for making Stanford University's "World's Top 2% Scientists List".
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More than $5 million in highly competitive grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was recently awarded to two researchers at LSU Health Shreveport studying infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
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Two members of the Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes COBRE at LSU Health Shreveport won meritorious awards for their presentations at the conference.
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The May 2024 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Brenna Pearson-Gallion in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology.
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The December 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Tashawna Esmond in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
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We are excited to announce that we have four new graduates from the School of Graduate Studies: Fawaz Alotaibi, Shripa Amatya, Vickky Pandit, and Utsab Subedi.
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The July 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Megan Butler in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
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Brenna Pearson-Gallion and Dr. Hemangini Dhaibar are the recipients of the 2022 Teaching Awards for overall best student and post-doc instructor.
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Several Physiology trainees earned recognition at the Feist Cardiovascular Research Symposium on February 6, 2023 at LSU Health Shreveport.
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The February 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Naznin Sultana Remex in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
