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A Toxoplasma gondii parasite with cytosolic Green fluorescent protein and the mitochondrial red fluorescent marker.

A Double Hit Strategy May Lead to Better Treatment for Toxoplasmosis

Dr Silvia Moreno and her research team at the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology are providing evidence that it is possible to develop a drug combination to target Toxoplasmosis that synergistically inhibits both host and…

Dr. Kojo Mensa-Wilmot

NIH Awards $2.6 Million to Study African Sleeping Sickness

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to University of Georgia researcher, Dr. Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, and his team to advance new drugs to treat African Trypanosomiasis, also known as HAT or African sleeping sickness.


Ashley Rasys Receives ARCS Foundation Award

Ashley Rasys, form the James Lauderdale Lab, has been selected to receive the 2017-2018 ARCS Foundation Award.


Dr. Roberto Docampo Elected to Latin American Academy of Sciences

Dr. Roberto Docampo has been elected as corresponding member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL).


Dr. Roberto Docampo Recieves Faculty Acheivement Award

Roberto Docampo, Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology and Barbara & Sanford Orkin/Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, has been named the University of Georgia's recipient of the 2017 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award.