Maria gave a lightning talk and poster presentation at the Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases (MNID) meeting in Ann Arbor, MI. Great job, Maria!
MNID meeting, Ann Arbor MI, August 16-17, 2024
CDPK5 paper: Research Spotlight in Trends Parasitol
Nava MG, Szewczyk J, Arrington JV, Alam T, Vinayak S. The Cryptosporidium signaling kinase CDPK5 controls male gametogenesis and parasite virulence. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114263 => Research Spotlight in Trends in Parasitology https://www.cell.com/trends/parasitology/abstract/S1471-4922(24)00165-X
Organized the Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting (MNID-2023) at UIUC. Fantastic talks and interactions!
https://vetmed.illinois.edu/about-the-college/pathobiology/mnid-midwest-neglected-infectious-diseases/
Maria features in the Graduate Appreciation Week!
https://vetmed.illinois.edu/2021/10/27/grad-week-appreciation-maria-nava/
Maria received a travel award to present her research at the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. Congratulations!
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/680571219.html
Derek received an honorable mention award for his presentation at the annual pathobiology graduate student EXPO. Congratulations!
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/680571219.html
October 1, 2020: In the news: Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite.
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1468157016 https://vetmed.illinois.edu/research-shows-malarial-drug-may-combat-cryptosporidium/
September 30, 2020: Our paper describing a new class of compounds that kill Cryptosporidium and genetic validation of target is out in Science Translational Medicine.
https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/563/eaba8412