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Dorota Wloga and Shilpa Akella
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 collaboration between three Cellular Biology laboratories (Gaertig, Dougan and Kipreos) and the Morrissette lab at UC Irvine.
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Boris Striepen
Team of researchers discovers potential new mechanisms of drug resistance in Toxoplasma

Research at the University of Georgia provides insight into the question of why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect.
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Tarleton
$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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Dr. Marcus Fechheimer
Marcus Fechheimer named University Professor

Dr. Fechheimer's achievements have been recognized in UGA Today.
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Dr. Marcus Fechheimer
UGA researchers develop mouse model to study Alzheimer’s

Dr. Fechheimer and his colleagues have determined that Hirano bodies may play a protective role in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Tags: Hirano, Fechheimer, Cells and Disease, Cell Structure and Function
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