PAST GOODMAN LAB HIGHLIGHTS
July 2024
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Congrats to Aditya on his Master's thesis defense!
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Manish and Chelsea presented at the 2024 American Society for Rickettsiology meeting.
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June 2024
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Congrats to Chelsea for defending her PhD thesis!
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May 2024
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Manish's research is highlighted in WSU News.
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Alan receives the Faculty Award from the WSU Honors College.
April 2024
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Stevie is a WSU Top 10 Senior and receives a great frame for his diploma!
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Alan receives the 2024 Excellence in Support of Undergraduate Research Award from WSU DAESA.
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March 2024
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Aditya wins third place at the WSU GPSA Research Exposition - congrats!
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November 2023
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Manish presents his work at the American Society for Rickettsiology's Spotlight on Rickettsia.
October 2023
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The Goodman brothers welcome baby sister Anna.
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July 2023
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Chelsea presents her research at the American Society for Rickettsiology meeting.
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May 2023
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Stevie presents his research at the European Virology Conference in Poland.
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Evelyn, Ben, and Nate will all be attending Medical School at WSU-Spokane starting in the Fall - congrats all!
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April 2023
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Manish presents his work at the Keystone Symposia on Innate Immunity.
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Peter and Stevie win awards for their research poster presentations at SURCA - well done!
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March 2023
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Stevie is awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship - congrats!
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February 2023
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Alan presents the lab's work on antiviral insulin signaling at the Keystone Symposia on Vector Biology.
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November 2022
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Stevie presents his research at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists.
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Chelsea, Chasity, and Stevie present their research at the American Society for Microbiology Northwest Branch meeting - Chasity gives an invited talk!
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Ben, Evelyn, Dr. Guzman, and Dr. Trammell defend their Honors or PhD thesis. Congrats on this big step in your careers!
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July 2022
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Chasity presents her research at the American Society for Virology meeting.
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June 2022
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Marena and Chelsea attend the American Society for Rickettsiology Meeting and present their research.
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May 2022
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Chelsea receives a fellowship to support her research from the Poncin Trust - congrats!
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Olivia receives word that she's moving to Okinawa, Japan to be a chemist for the Air Force as part of her ROTC responsibilities - thanks for all of your hard work!
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April 2022
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Chasity's paper is published at PLOS Pathogens, and she wins a 1st place poster award at the WSU NIH Biotech Symposium presenting on this research - double win!
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March 2022
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Chelsea is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
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Chasity wins the CVM Three Minute Thesis competition and is selected to represent the college at the University-wide 3MT competition.
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Evelyn and Olivia win "Crimson" Awards at the at the WSU Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) - great job!
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Aditya joins the lab for his Ph.D. studies.
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February 2022
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Manish's family welcomes their first child, Zion - congrats!!
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January 2022
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Chelsea's first first-author paper is published at Molecular Microbiology - a great review!
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October 2021
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Alan gives an invited presentation at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in the insulin signaling session.
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July 2021
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Ben is accepted to the Honors College Pathway Program for the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine - congrats!
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Evelyn receives funding for her summer research from the MedSURE program - way to go!
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June 2021
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Ezra joins the lab for his Ph.D. studies.
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May 2021
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Sophie's Honors Thesis received the Pass with Distinction recognition!
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Ezra attends the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) meeting and receives a Young Scholars Award.
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April 2021
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Chasity's review manuscript is published in Viruses.
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March 2021
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Marena presents her poster, which was selected for a "Poster Preview" at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference.
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Olivia, Sophie, and Nate all win "Crimson" Awards for their presentations at the WSU Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) - well done!
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January 2021
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Marena and Zach's paper is published in Genetics - woohoo!
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Chasity gets 3rd place at our department's 3 Minute Thesis competition.
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December 2020
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The lab had its annual holiday party via a Virtual Escape Room, and the ladies escaped 3 minutes quicker!
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November 2020
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Ezra presents a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) and wins an award in the Immunology category - congrats!
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October 2020
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Chelsea successfully defends her First Proposal!
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Alan gives invited talks to the WSU Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, the Kiwanis Club of Pullman, and Fox Chase Cancer Center's Inflammation and Signaling Symposium - phew.
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August 2020
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Sophie and Ben receive Research Fellowships from the WSU Office of Undergraduate Research.
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June 2020
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Chasity receives a scholarship from the Poncin Trust - congrats!
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Even though the ASV meeting was cancelled, Chasity presents her research virtually - the first from our lab to do this!
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March 2020
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Chelsea Osbron joins the lab to pursue her Master's degree.
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February 2020
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Manish Chauhan joins the lab for post-doctoral training.
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January 2020
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Alan gives a presentation at the ASM Biothreats conference while Marena and Chasity both present posters.
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December 2019
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Chasity's first first-author paper comes out in Frontiers in Immunology - congrats!
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November 2019
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Laura's paper is published in Cell Reports and receives nice press coverage from WSU News and Crosscut!
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Our lab hosts Dr. Brad Blitvich from Iowa State University to visit WSU and present a seminar.
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October 2019
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Chasity successfully defends her Ph.D. candidacy exam - congrats!
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Alan receives the "Dean's Award for Outstanding Research." Can you spot the typo? :)
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July 2019
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The Research Topic that Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Alan organized for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is finalized. Ebook of all published articles is available!
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Chasity and Laura each deliver oral presentations at the American Society for Virology meeting in Minneapolis in the Arboviruses workshop session.
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The lab receives its first R01! Focused on innate immune responses to Coxiella burnetii infection.
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June 2019
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Laura successfully defends her Ph.D - the lab's first Ph.D. graduate! Next stop, NIH!
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April 2019
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Zach defends his Honor's Theses and receives "Pass with Distinction."
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Dr. Tom Rutkowski visits the lab and presents a seminar on ER stress and liver disease to our department.
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WSU's Vice President for Research, Dr. Chris Keane, tours the lab and we pose with safety glasses.
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Alan receives the "Excellence in Support of Undergraduate Research" award from the WSU Office of Undergraduate Research.
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Olivia receives a "Crimson" award in the Molecular, Cellular, and Chemical Biology category at SURCA!
March 2019
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Laura receives 3rd place in the poster competition at the WSU NIH Protein Biotechnology Symposium - her 10th poster competition award as a grad student!
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Keesha's signaling diagram is chosen as the book cover for the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, volume 345 - available on Amazon!
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Zach and Alan deliver platform presentations at the 60th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.
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November 2018
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Our collaborative work on mechanisms of sleep regulation is highlighted in WSU Insider.
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October 2018
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Laura is invited to give a talk at the American Society for Microbiology Northwest Branch meeting.
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September 2018
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A book chapter authored by Keesha and Marena is now online.
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August 2018
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Laura wins first place in our departmental retreat's poster competition - congrats!.
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June 2018
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Marina and Aoi have their paper on Drosophila STING published in Cell Reports.
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May 2018
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Grace and Keesha successfully defend their Honor's Theses and each receives "Pass with Distinction!"
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Aoi publishes her hemocyte extraction and imaging technique in JoVE.
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April 2018
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Laura updates the Seattle Fly Club on her thesis project, wins first place at the Protein Biotechnology Symposium poster session, and publishes a review article on West Nile virus - what a month!
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Grace wins a "Crimson" award in the Molecular, Cellular, and Chemical Biology category at SURCA - way to go!
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Michael receives the Walter and Pauline Harris Scholarship from SMB.
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March 2018
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Zach receives the distinguished Barry Goldwater scholarship - well done!
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Laura wins first place in the Medical and Life Sciences category at the WSU Graduate and Professional Student Association poster competition - congrats!
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Marena and Laura present posters and Alan gives a talk at the Keystone Meeting Cells vs. Pathogens: Intrinsic Defenses and Counterdefenses. Thanks to the organizers!
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Dr. Jim Samuel visits the lab and presents a departmental seminar on Coxiella pathogenesis.
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February 2018
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Laura receives a 2nd year Anne and Russ Fuller Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research/Scholarship.
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January 2018
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Ziying Liu, MPH joins the lab as our new lab manager - welcome!
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December 2017
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Sarah is featured on a cover story for The Daily Evergreen - wow!
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Alan participates in a Science Hangout with sciencemission.com.
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November 2017
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Chasity successfully defends her Honor's Thesis and receives "Pass with Distinction!"
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October 2017
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Keesha presents her poster on Nipah virus and innate immunity at the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Research Symposium and takes home a 2nd place award.
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Laura, Keesha, and Chasity all present posters at the ASM Northwest Branch meeting. Laura also gives a 3-minute lightning talk and wins a poster award!
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Baby Nathan is born!
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Dr. Harmit Malik visits our lab and delivers a departmental seminar. One faculty member later exclaimed - "Best. Seminar. Ever."
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September 2017
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Congrats to Keesha for receiving an award from the Scott and Linda Carson Undergraduate Research Endowed Excellence Fund!
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August 2017
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Our lab is awarded a two-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Laura wins the "best poster" award at our departmental retreat.
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July 2017
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Our paper published in Infection and Immunity is featured on the journal's cover - great images Aoi!
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June 2017
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Laura receives the prestigious Washington state Poncin Fellowship!
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April 2017
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Three undergrads are awarded scholarships from SMB: Chasity receives the Melva Jean (Kinch) Breffeilh scholarship, Grace wins the Elizabeth Hall scholarship, and Zach wins the Youngman Science scholarship.
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Laura presents her research at the Seattle Fly Club meeting.
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March 2017
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Zach's abstract is chosen for an oral presentation at the 58th Annual Drosophila conference in San Diego.
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Keesha is awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater scholarship - congrats!
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February 2017
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Congrats to Laura for being awarded an Anne and Russ Fuller Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research/Scholarship!
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January 2017
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Sam is awarded a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) research scholarship!
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November 2016
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Grace, Marina, and Zach all receive Auvil Fellow Awards - congrats!
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The lab published its first research paper in PLoS One!
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Alan is invited to speak at the ASM Northwest Branch meeting in Seattle, WA.
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October 2016
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Laura successfully defends her preliminary exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!
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Alan is invited to give a seminar to the Biology Department at Gonzaga University.
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Marina and Grace present posters at the CVM Annual Symposium. Marina is selected as a finalist!
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July 2016
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Alan gives a platform presentation at The Allied Genetics Conference in Orlando, FL.
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June 2016
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Laura and Alan have their review paper published in Current Clinical Microbiology Reports.
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April 2016
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Laura hosts Pippa Marrack from UC Denver for the annual NIH Protein Biotechnology Symposium, and Laura takes second place in the poster competition!
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Grace receives the Walter and Pauline Harris Scholarship from SMB - congrats!
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March 2016
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Zach, Marina, and Grace each presented a poster at SURCA. Zach and Marina won awards!
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Laura presented a poster at the Graduate and Professional Student Association and won first place in the Medical and Life Sciences category!
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February 2016
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My undergraduate advisor, Denis Wirtz, gives a seminar to the SMB department.
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Sam receives an AT&T/Boeing Cyber Grant Research Scholarship - congrats!
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December 2015
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Sara Cherry from the University of Pennsylvania visits SMB to give a seminar.
November 2015
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Reg gives a talk at the Seattle Fly Club on Coxiella burnetii.
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Sarah Hof successfully defends her Master's thesis - congrats Sarah!
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September 2015
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Owen McCarty from OHSU delivers a seminar to the SMB department.
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July 2015
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Laura receives two travel awards and gives a platform presentation at ASV 2015 in London, Ontario - great job!
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June 2015
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Baby Jacob is born!
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May 2015
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Miles successfully defends his Honor's Thesis and receives "Pass with Distinction!"
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April 2015
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Michael Katze visits SMB to give a seminar on his lab's research.
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March 2015
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Miles and Marina present their research at SURCA and win a Grey Award - congrats!​
February 2015
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Alan is invited to give a seminar to the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Idaho.
November 2014
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Goodman lab joins the Seattle Fly Club and Alan gives a lab overview presentation.
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July 2014
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Started my new job in the School of Molecular Biosciences - let the science begin!