Fechheimer named University Professor
Marcus Fechheimer is widely regarded by colleagues at the University of Georgia as "a model university citizen"-a professor with a strong record in research and a tremendous devotion to teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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NIH funds imaginative approach to tackle a severe infection
Dr. Tarleton hopes to reduce a deadly parasite's toll on humans - by vaccinating dogs against the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
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$1.8 million NIH grant will be used to develop vaccine
Chagas disease is the most common cause of congestive heart failure and sudden death in the world. The devastating parasitic infection affects millions of people.
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UGA researchers develop first mouse model to study important aspect of Alzheimer’s
Fechheimer laboratory develops a transgenic mouse model to study Hirano bodies. read more
First Year Graduate Students Awarded Prestigious University Fellowships
Catherine Sullenberger won a Scholar of Excellence Assistantship. Justin Fellows won a Graduate School Assistantship. Kyona Jarrett is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and received a Summer Bridge Fellowship.
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The Department Welcomes Karl Lechtreck to the Faculty
Dr. Lechtreck uses high-resolution microscopy and the powerful genetics of the Chlamydomonas model to study the biology of cilia/flagella. This organelle is affected in numerous human diseases.
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Cellular Biology graduate student wins AHA Fellowship
Graduate student Srinivasan Ramakrishnan was awarded a predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association. Sri studies the metabolism of parasites that can cause inflammatory heart disease.read more
Team of researchers discovers potential new mechanisms of drug resistance in Toxoplasma
Scientists have for years been puzzled by why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect.read more
The Switch is on
Natalia Starostina and Edward Kipreos discover a new mechanism that controls cell movement and that may play an important role in tumor metastasis.read more
Parasites hang on to their chromosomes at all times
Cellular Biology's Carrie Brooks and Maria Francia describe a highly specialized nuclear architecture in the human parasite Toxoplasma in a new paper in PNAS.read more
Boris Striepen named Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Boris Striepen is a University of Georgia cellular biology professor who studies AIDS-associated parasites.read more
Two Cellular Biology Professors elected AAAS fellows
Drs. Roberto Docampo and Daniel Colley were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.read more
Recruitment for two new faculty members under way
The Department of Cellular Biology is inviting applications for two faculty positions specifically targeting scientists with research programs in the areas of cell biology or infectious diseases.read more
Cellular Biology student and postdoc discover enzyme that regulates microtubles
Graduate student Shilpa Akella and postdoctoral associate Dorota Wloga publish their discovery of a novel regulator of microtubules in Nature. This work represents a close collaboration between three Cellular Biology laboratories (Gaertig, Dougan and Kipreos) and the Morrissette lab at UC Irvine.read more
Rick Tarleton named first UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor
Cellular Biology professor was named to this new endowed chair in the biological sciences.read more
Cellular Biology's Roberto Docampo elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
Athens, Ga – Three University of Georgia researchers in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences have been elected Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology.read more
Researching World Diseases
Rick Tarleton thinks it's a "hokey story," but his eureka moment was the genesis for the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases.read more
Cellular biology student Swati Suryavanshi publishes on ciliary motility
A new publication in Current Biology, by Swati Suryavanshi, a cellular biology graduate student in the Gaertig lab, identifies a novel mechanism of regulation of dynein motors inside cilia.read more
Students and Postdocs organize conference headlined by Cori Bargman
GSPS is holding its second annual Scientific Research Day June 18 in the Coverdell Center. Join them for a full day of research presentations by students and postdocs and a keynote lecture by one of the most creative minds in neurobiology, UGA alumna Dr. Cornelia Bargman..read more
Athens ranks second in Livability.com survey of top college towns
According to Livability.com, Athens ranks #2 of college towns in which to live, ahead of Eugene and Chapel Hill.read more
Cellular Biology brings stem cell pioneer to campus for Ritter Lecture
Athens, Ga. – The first man to create insulin-producing cells in the lab —a potential breakthrough for treating diabetes—will speak March 23 at the University of Georgia.read more
Southeast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting
May 21-23, 2010 at the University of Georgia.read more
Divide and conquer: UGA scientists discover protein that is crucial to reproduction of parasites involved in disease
As diseases go, toxoplasmosis is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Its effects are usually mild, though infection is for life, and two out of five Americans are chronically infected. read more